Bunka Busta was formed in 2004 by Byron & Bruno, out of a pure love for electronic music. The Bunka boys were also bored of watching DJs simply lay down records, and they decided to bring some "live show element" back to the club scene. Bunka Busta's live shows are bursting with energy as Byron drops loops and layers guitar and vocals on the fly...
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Bunka Busta was formed in 2004 by Byron & Bruno, out of a pure love for electronic music. The Bunka boys were also bored of watching DJs simply lay down records, and they decided to bring some "live show element" back to the club scene. Bunka Busta's live shows are bursting with energy as Byron drops loops and layers guitar and vocals on the fly over Bruno's bangin' beats. Bunka Busta's music breathes life into club music through their enticing melodies and their addictive lyrical flow. Electronic music is an art form traditionally driven by drum machines, samplers, synthesizers and vinyl, well, for Byron, his foray into making music with a DJ as opposed to a band all started back in 1996. This was the year Daft Punk dropped their debut LP, Homework, and changed the face of electronic music, catapulting loop based house music out of the underground and proving its value as a "commercially" acceptable art form. Byron's sites Daft Punk's Homework and Bassment Jaxx as two of the most important influences in the Bunka Busta sound.
Since 1996, he's been experimenting and pushing boundaries with guitars and vocals, doing something completely different, as he emulates the sounds of synthesizers with the use of filter modelers, dynamic wahs, the e-bow and Stanley Jordan guitar techniques. He has also experimented with various vocal techniques; one of the most interesting is that using Mongolian throat singing techniques, Byron is able to imitate electronically-altered sounds with his own natural voice. Through extensive experimentation and innovation, Byron has crafted a truly unique sound. Bunka Busta's sound has been heavily influenced by many of the world's greatest electronic artists including: Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Aphex Twin, Basement Jaxx, Kid Koala, Massive Attack, Tiga, Cassius, Felix the House Cat, Prodigy, Crystal Method, Mauro Picotto, and DJ Dan, to name a few. Byron's classical and jazz training, funked up with a profound fascination for 70s sounds, fused with his heavy electronic influences, has lead Bunka Busta into an un-charted guitar-based electronic music territory, a place where there are no rules to follow. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our world. Since the inception of Bunka Busta the group has performed more than 200 shows and is signed with Milagro Records.
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