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Bayny
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Starting out as an R&B and Hip Hop deejay from the age of 18, Antwerp native Bayny (°1989) learned how to mix in the clubs with burned cd’s. Slowly growing and making a name for himself under a different alias, as Dj Sexy, he co-founded two nomadic party concepts titled CLITCLAP and HOOD, which where a staple in the Antwerp underground Hip Hop scene in 2012 and the years that followed.
Bayny always had a taste for electronic music, ranging from Jungle to House, to Techno, and was never solely committed to one genre, which became more and more apparent in his performances as time went on. After 10 years of actively deejaying R&B and Hip Hop, it was time for the complete switch.
In 2017 Dj Sexy transformed into Bayny, fully delving into 90's and early 2000's House, Tribal House, Tech House, Progressive, Trance and Techno, combining these musical styles which were strongly present and influential during his childhood years, through the viewing of tv broadcasts of club and rave culture growing up as a 90’s kid and listening to bootleg cd-mix releases of Belgian and Dutch House and Trance clubs, with their modern day counterparts and evolutionaries, resulting in a hot and crispy blend of old and new, the known and the unknown. With time, genres expanded. Adopting Breaks and Garage, ranging into the eclectic and covering more of a feeling, rather than narrowing down to a specific class of electronic music, evolving both personally and musically along the way. Tracks that evoke emotion, sometimes friction and then bliss, while remembering that we are partying.
His selection is defined by layeredness, where even the title of a track can play part in deciding wether it’s included in a set, brought in an enigmatic, yet grounded mixing style, while putting an emphasis on build up and connections between individual tracks, as he constructs thematic sets, often specifically curated for an occasion or moment in time. Above all, he enjoys elongated sets, in each one, clearly defining a beginning, middle and finale, taking you on a spiralling journey delivered with outbursts of contagious playful energy, veiled in an aura of sultry melancholy.
Since then he has played at festivals Transit, Klub Dramatik, Doel Festival and WECANDANCE, among others, deejayed at clubs such as Traum, Ampere, La Fabriek, Club Vaag, De Studio, Charlatan and Club Capital, and frequently stood behind the decks for concepts SCANDALS, ZAIKA and ENFNTS TERRIBLES. In 2020 he launched his own party concept The Shade, mainly bringing upcoming female House, Techno and Trance talent from the Netherlands to Antwerp as well as giving a platform to local queer talent. He co-founded Doel Festival in 2022, a festival located in the nearly abandoned village of the same name, and also co-organises the Vleeshaak events since 2024, club nights which offer more than just dancing, set in alternative club spaces. From April 2023 to November 2024, Bayny hosted an under the radar residency, inviting deejay friends for b2b’s and the occasional all night long set, free and for a limited crowd only, once a month in dance café Dobbel Trobbel. Now he hosts a bi-monthly radio show with The Shade on WAV radio, live from Witzli-Poetzli.
Next to being a deejay, Bayny is an all around visual artist focussing on drawing, painting, ceramics, poetry and photography, as well as providing art direction and curation. He ran exhibition space Hole Of The Fox from 2011-2018, showing young and upcoming artists, and he has had recent exhibitions showing his works at M HKA (Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp), Design Museum Den Bosch, DMW Gallery, Otty Park Gallery, COUR, and Schouwburg Noord.
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Bayny is both visual artist and deejay, bringing a broad selection of Breaks, House, Trance and Techno, both old and new, ranging into the eclectic and covering more of a feeling, rather than narrowing down to a specific class of electronic music, evolving both personally and musically along the way. Tracks that evoke emotion, sometimes friction and then bliss, while remembering that we are partying, while putting an emphasis on build up and connections between individual tracks, as he constructs thematic sets, often specifically curated for an occasion. In each one, he clearly defines a beginning, middle and finale, taking you on a spiralling journey delivered with outbursts of contagious playful energy, veiled in an aura of sultry melancholy.Bayny is co-organiser and resident of The Shade, an Antwerp concept which adopts similar musical styles, as well as co-founder and artistic director of Doel Festival, a festival located in the mythical village of the same name.