Fellow Detroit resident, John Arnold, met Jeremy when he was invited to go and listen to him perform in a funk band… “I met Jeremy when I was 17 and my buddy said to me ‘listen to this funk band’ and this red [haired] Irish kid was playing the funkiest music and I was like ‘my God!’

Living in Detroit meant it was almost inevitable that Jeremy Ellis would discover soul music. With soul music constantly on the radio and a desire to be musically creative, Jeremy Ellis, aka Ayro, is a classically trained musician who has become one of Detroit's freshest makers of electronic soul music.