Ryan Downe

{{short description|American musician and audio engineer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Ryan Downe Karpf is an American musician and audio engineer. His debut album The Hypocrite was released in 1996 by Elton John's label, The Rocket Record Company. Two music videos were produced to promote this album: "Where Am I Gonna Run To" and "Scratch". Downe opened for both The Who and Iggy Pop during their 1997 tours.{{cite magazine

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| title = Rolling Stone gives lineup for The Who's 1997 Tour

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| title = MTV gives lineup for Iggy Pop's 1997 Tour

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| accessdate = 2007-08-05}} Later he and his guitarist Johannes Luley opened Freudenhaus Recording Studio in San Francisco. It was during this time that Downe is credited with co-engineering and playing/singing on the Grammy Award-nominated album, Arepa 3000, by Los Amigos Invisibles.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p182587/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Ryan Downes|author=Michael Sutton |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=2012-04-04}} Downe then joined up with Luley, keyboardist Tom Lynham and drummer / co-lead-singer Matt Swindells to create the band Moth Vellum with whom he released one album.

Downe is a co-founder and chief creative officer at High Fidelity, Inc., an American social virtual reality company.{{Cite web |last=Karpf |first=Ryan Downe |author-link=Ryan Downe |title=High Fidelity Blog / Ryan Karpf |url=https://www.highfidelity.com/blog/author/ryan-downe-karpf |access-date=March 4, 2025 |publisher=High Fidelity}}