OLD MONEY is an NYC based music performance, DJ and production group. Coming by way of Jamaica and Guyana, Shaun Anthoney-Bey fka Ahmad Julian and Andre Oswald's music has been described as having a dynamic and progressive diasporic sound. OLD MONEY blends influences of various African rooted rhythms i.e. UK Funky, Dancehall, Kwaito, Kuduro and Hip-Hop to stretch the limits of new age music.

OLD MONEY's work fits into the conversation around artists like Spoek Mathambo and M.I.A. - musicians with a global sensibility whose politics permeates their body of work, as well as those like Jay Electronica whose artistry also takes on a mystical bend. OLD MONEY's music is informed by their experience of being young men of color interacting with various forms of privilege i.e. living in disenfranchised communities, whilst attending some of the best (and predominately, white and well to do) academic institutions in the nation. Ahmad and Andre have also been shaped by exposure to moneyed and well affiliated black societies like Jack and Jill and black greek letter organizations, local religious and/or mystical groups like the Nuwaubians, the Moors, NOI and The 5 Percenters, and science fiction novels by Octavia Butler.

OLD MONEY has been featured/mentioned by Interview Magazine, GQ, OkayPlayer, DAZED, Clam Magazine [France], The National [Abu Dhabi], VICE, and The New Inquiry – and their music is currently being played out by forward-thinking selectors the world over.

Fire In The Dark, the debut full length project from Old Money, is available now on Dutty Artz/A.L.I.E.N.

Harlem native. Creative. Audio Engineer. Brand Manager.

Contact: jelani@jelaniday.com

Engineering Credits: Nitty Scott, MC, Action Bronson, Kendrick Lamar, AraabMUZIK, !llmind, Yuri Beats, Outasight, Black EL x Durkin, Homeboy Sandman, Green Street, Soul Khan, YC The Cynic, Joshua Bennett, The Kid Daytona, Von Pea, Fresh Daily, Donwill, M.C. K~Swift, 6th Sense, et al.

Music is a muse that I will inexorably chase, like all art; the need and inherent impossibility of perfection.

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