Biography

Starting out as an R&B and Hip Hop deejay from the age of 18, Bayny learned how to mix in the clubs, and with cd’s, without owning a home setup. 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 and was never solely committed to one genre, which became more and more apparent in his mixing style as time went on, while hitting the House and Techno clubs every weekend throughout his early twenties. 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, Trance and Techno, combining musical styles and tracks which were strongly present during his childhood years as a 90’s kid, through the viewing TV broadcasts of Berlin’s Love Parade and listening to bootleg CD Mix releases of Rotterdam’s Now & Wow, with their modern day counterparts.

Bayny puts an emphasis on build up and connections between individual tracks, as he constructs thematic sets, often specifically curated for an occasion. Above all, he enjoys bringing elongated sets, in each one, clearly defining a beginning, middle and finale, taking you on a spiraling journey, a sonorous narrative delivered with an outburst of contagious energy, veiled in an aura of sultry melancholy.

Since then, he has played clubs such as Ampere (now Kasko), Trix, Club Vaag, De Studio, Charlatan and Club Capital, deejayed at festivals Full Circle, WECANDANCE, Transit and J’ardin, among others, and frequently stood behind the decks for SCANDALS and ZAIKA. In 2020 he launched his own party concept The Shade, bringing upcoming female talent from the Netherlands to Antwerp, and co-founded Doel Festival in 2022, a festival located in the nearly abandoned village of the same name. As of April 2023, you can find Bayny monthly in dance café Dobbel Trobbel, where he hosts a casual residency, inviting deejay friends for b2b’s and the occasional all night long set, for a limited crowd only.

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