Tickets for BAYNK NZ tour:
24/8 – Christchurch, Mono 9/1 – Wellington, Meow 9/2 – Auckland, Rec
Props for BAYNK tracks:
“Poolside shows off the simple ‘less-is-more’ songwriting that’s becoming a staple of his output” – Complex
Could You: “Surefire Banger of the Southern Hemisphere summer” – Noisey
What You Need: “a fresh esoteric texture of electronica” – Nest HQ
“bringing the beaches of New Zealand directly to your speakers with live instrumentation atop catchy summery synths” – Ones To Watch
About Me: “an electronic adrenaline rush to start your week” – HillyDilly
“the New Zealander is bringing to the table a fresh, crisp sound that we can’t get enough of right now” – EDM.com
“eternal summer vibes” – C-Heads Magazine
New Zealand producer BAYNK and rising artist Shallou
release brand new collaboration
Come Home
An effortlessly smooth track evoking a figurative float down a stream of brimming hope and subtle melancholy, Come Home finds BAYNK at his most sharply astute and confident to date. The track is co-produced by Chicago-based artist Shallou and features his signature silky smooth vocal work. Come Home is an early taste of BAYNK‘s forthcoming debut EP, slated for a spring 2017 release.
Born Jock Nowell-Usticke, BAYNK has been on a fast rise over the last year with a string of singles which have amassed 13M+ plays on Spotify to date. Early singles like About Me and Could You began turning heads in early 2016, and it’s been a whirlwind ever since with recent singles What You Need (featuring fellow NZ-native NÏKA) and Poolside further establishing BAYNK as a top new artist to watch.
Shallou (real name Joe Boston) has ridden a similar wave of recent buzz, driven by standout singles Doubt and Begin (ft. Wales) as well as his debut EP All Becomes Okay, released early in 2017. A seasoned musician, producer, and vocalist, Shallou adds his beautiful and dark vocal soundscapes to Come Home. Shallou himself has garnered 25M+ Spotify streams and love from outlets such as The FADER and SPIN.
Of BAYNK‘s break into the scene, Noisey says, “the New Zealand kid puts a song up on Soundcloud in early 2015 while traveling around Europe. He loses his laptop, goes sur?ng for a week and returns to ?nd the track going bonkers. Next he’s on the Laneway Festival line-up and getting emails from music industry people wanting to talk.”
With a structural pop sensibility that sets him on a level of his own, BAYNK‘s releases have earned him early critical praise as well as support from major tastemaker YouTube channels such as Majestic Casual and Chill Nation and hitting #1 on Hype Machine. Known for his sensual textures and layered electronic arrangements, BAYNK has also released notable remixes for gnash’s i hate u, i love u as well as A R I Z O N A’s I Was Wrong.
To add to his fast-growing list of accolades, earlier this year BAYNK participated in a recent Nike collaboration on the track Find You, celebrating Nike’s ‘Air Max Day’ – check it out here.
With major festival plays under his belt such as Laneway Festival, Rhythm & Vines and Rhythm & Alps, as well as a 26-date support run with Matoma, BAYNK plans to bring energetic, live instrumental show to more audiences this year.
Bask in the shimmering cool of Come Home (with Shallou) now at the links below and be on the lookout for more to come from BAYNK in 2017.
