"BNYX insisted on a tour of his Hollywood studio to highlight all the carefully curated items he's procured for his workspace. The multi-platinum producer, known for his work with Yeat, Drake, and Travis Scott, lit up speaking about his Etsy-found collapsible metal shelf frame complete with Home Depot slabs of wood, his faux cement wall brought in from Miami, his intentionally placed skylights in each room so he can "know the time of day," and his custom sound proofing panels wrapped in distinct prints by his artist friend Gabriel Rozzell."
"BNYX's curatorial instinct results in a distinct arrangement of sound and style on his upcoming debut producer compilation, "Genesis FM." European dance music rhythms collide with contemporary hip-hop deliveries and progressive metal bass undertones as if they were always meant to coalesce. There were many lightbulb moments which led to the BNYX fusion sound-a Gesaffelstein live show where he was shown the freedom of industrial techno; progressive metal he heard growing up on Comcast On Demand; noticing how early Migos flows fit within his dance rhythms."
"Most importantly, he was inspired by the effect of his double time drums on Drake, SZA, and Sexxy Red's "Rich Baby Daddy." "When Drake first played it for me, it was just a half-time beat," BNYX told the Times, "I took off the drums that Gordo (another Drake producer) did and re-arranged the hook. I felt like it should be this uptempo Miami bass thing. A lot of my album came from working on that record.""
"Though BNYX is now a one-man band, Benjamin Saint Fort grew up in a Haitian church family band curated by his father in Philadelphia. He paid for strict lessons in musicianship for Ben and his siblings to train them, which included a teacher who'd slap knuckles due to wrong notes played. "I think he had an agenda, like, 'Now I can have little producers,'" BNYX"
BNYX toured his Hollywood studio to showcase carefully selected workspace items. He highlighted a collapsible metal shelf frame with wood slabs, a faux cement wall brought from Miami, skylights placed in each room to know the time of day, and custom soundproofing panels wrapped in distinct prints by artist friend Gabriel Rozzell. His curatorial approach carries into his upcoming debut producer compilation, Genesis FM. European dance rhythms combine with contemporary hip-hop deliveries and progressive metal bass undertones. Key inspirations include industrial techno freedom from a Gesaffelstein live show, progressive metal heard growing up, and early Migos flows fitting within dance rhythms. The double-time drum effect from “Rich Baby Daddy” helped drive the album’s direction.
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