« XPRNC » is Bony Fly’s debut EP. With a merge of sounds and styles from Jamaica, London, and New York, the EP takes us on a musical journey, focusing on dancehall, and afrobeats.

Bony Fly invited some of the best dancehall artists including Busy Signal, Capleton, QQ and Million Stylez, as well as veteran duo Tony Curtis and Jigsy King. He also created a space for up-and-coming artists, like Emiz and Fame from Nigeria, Safa Diallo from Guinea, and Vick D from Colombia to show off their talent and collaborate to create something beautiful. Bony Fly’s crossover style offers the perfect beats to all these talented artists.

Born and raised in Geneva, Bony Fly loves to investigate the diversity in musical styles and dancehall influences on a global scale. For the last 4 years, he has absorbed as much as he could, and XPRNC is the result of his exploration of different sonic spaces and regions, rather than a reflection of neatly defined genres. A dancehall EP that will rock the crowds from Geneva to Jamaica and back.
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released November 22, 2019

Label: Evidence Music
Musical production, mixing, arrangements: Mateo Echeverria
Mastering: Nicolas Meury
Guitars on "Growth" and "Only One": Alain Sandri
Artwork: Alan Bolumar

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Spotify: https://hyperurl.co/nh6jf1

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XPRNC

Dancehall veteran Capleton and promising music producer Bony Fly team up to deliver a ruff dancehall track, released on Evidence Music.
	Capleton’s assured lyricism is reflected in his dangerous flow, fitting perfectly with the hard-hitting riddim. "Badmind" is about letting the negative vibes aside to give place to positivity. Drawing his inspiration on 90’s dancehall versions, Bony Fly creates a percussive heavy bass loaded riddim, with cutting edge drums and abstract melodic patterns. Like King Shango’s previous hits "Fire" or "Who Dem", this one guarantees a forward in any session.
This single is the first in a series between Evidence Music and Bony Fly.

Mixed by : Bony Fly
Recorded by Evidence Music
Master by : Nicolas Meury, Evidence Music
Beat by : Bony Fly
Label : Evidence Music
Year : 2019

Get it : hyperurl.co/capleton

Release date : 10/05/2019

Badmind

Badmind (ft. Capleton)

The summer is hot, and with Busy Signal teaming up with Million Stylez and Safa Diallo on a Bony Fly instrumental, it will only get hotter.

After the recent success of Bony Fly’s first release on Evidence Music with Capleton (Badmind), they are dropping a second single before his album release in the early fall.

For this one, the promising producer cooked up an international summer hit: "Summer Sign" features one of the hottest Jamaican artists Busy Signal, one of the most talented European singer Million Stylez, and the promising Guinean Safa Diallo for an explosive single.

Summer Sign echoes the heat of the summer and Bony Fly’s instrumental provides the perfect beat for it.

Summer Sign (ft. Busy Signal, Million Stylez, Safa Diallo)

New York based, Trinidad and Tobago born artist Lenky Don kicks off new Amsterdam based record label Dimelow with hot single "Rapid Cash Flow". The label gives space to Dancehall and Latinx Reggaetón artists to be inventive and create exciting independent music.

Lenky Don and Bony Fly linked up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn in July 2018. They chilled together in Lenky’s apartment, freestyling while Bony Fly played his beats and Lenky improvised over them. Eventually, they came up with the track “Rapid Cash Flow”, an ode to Lenky Don’s career so far and the image he has created through his many ventures and collaborations. The track was recorded in 15 minutes - when you’ve got it, you’ve got it. The late 90s dancehall flow combined with the dynamic reggaeton beat hits the nail on the head.

Lenky has been in New York since the late 80s, where he quickly found his feet and made a name for himself. Spin and Sauce magazine described him as having a “machine-gun flow”, something he has kept at his core no matter the genre, and this track is no different. The sound they’ve created draws on Lenky Don’s rough-and-ready dancehall style, as well as Bony Fly’s passion for the genre and production talents. 

The combination results in an effortless, spontaneous burst of energy. “Rapid Cash Flow” explains how he got into the business and stayed relevant, through hard work, keeping his lyrics sharp and pushing the envelope. We get a small glimpse into Lenky Don’s universe. It’s a special, unconventional track, bringing a breath of fresh air to reggaeton and dancehall. It is likely the first of many on Dimelow from Lenky Don. The release comes with a riddim version dubbed by Bony Fly, available exclusively on Bandcamp.

Rapid Cash Flow

Taken from forthcoming EP "XPRNC", to be released on November 22nd.

Dancehall Rave (Bony Fly, QQ)

We Not Take Talk (ft. Jigsy King, Tony Curtis)

Magical (ft. Digital Sham)

Growth (ft.  Vick D)

Only One (ft. Fame)

Blow My Mind (ft. Emiz)

Bony Fly (aka Don Mateo) is a DJ and producer from Geneva, Switzerland. He is known for bridging the gap between Caribbean and Latinx music in his productions and sets, connecting mainly reggaetón and dancehall with various other genres rooted in soundsystem culture.

Dancehall, reggaeton and dub activist

bookings:
quentin(at)agence-3f(dot)com

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