Bynon

Richard Glenmor Beynon, professionally known by his stage name BYNON,^[1] is a British-Canadian music producer and DJ.

Early life

The clarinet prodigy turned DJ/Producer/Songwriter comes from a family of musicians hailing from South Wales (U.K.) but was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. Educated at the Langley Fine Arts School, Juilliard School ,and McGill University, Montreal, he was inspired to play guitar, bass, keyboards, piano and drums before becoming a top clarinet player. Performing with the Surrey Youth Orchestra, the Vancouver Summer Pops Youth Orchestra and winning gold at the Kiwanis International Fraser Valley Music Festival. Collaborating with his father, BYNON arranged and produced three very successful albums featuring many genres of music including classical, jazz and pop and his vast knowledge and brilliant, natural creativity has enabled him to pursue music production by merging classical jazz and orchestral music with today's electronic revolution.^[2]

Musical career

A seasoned performer, BYNON toured heavily around North America, with multiple dates in Europe & Asia, highlights include, Paradiso Festival at the Gorge in Seattle, a four year residency in the Las Vegas circuit featuring Legendary Pool Party REHAB and SLS, and most recently in 2018 at Ile Sonqiue, in his new found hometown; Montreal.

With his freshman releases alongside Dannic, Project 46 & Feenixpawl, his name popped up monthly all over the Beatport top 10 charts, (Golden Hearts, Eyes, Home) on Revealed, Ultra Records, & Atlantic, throughout 2014.

At the end of 2015 BYNON's massive rework Ganja Man featuring Sean Paul went Viral on Youtube accumulating over 23 Million Views.

In early 2016, BYNON decided to focus primarily on songwriting & production, working with the likes of Sean Paul, Kaskade, Ilsey, Taryn Manning, Mako, Jane XØ and many more. He has been involved with major projects at Columbia, Atlantic, Sony, & Warner Music.

That same year, Corey Hart personally commissioned him to co-write and produce Jonathan Roy's Hit Sophmore Album "Mr. Optimist Blues" which included the Certified Gold Record Smash "Daniella Denmark"

Co-Writing numerous iTunes # 1 Albums and Singles, and with several solo releases and remixes set to hit later in 2018 BYNON continues to prove that not only can he produce in any musical style, his high energy, genre bending, live performances continue to ignite audiences all over the world.

Personal life

BYNON currently resides in both Montreal and Los Angeles

Discography

• 2011: Richard Beynon - Close To You [Perfecto Records]
• 2011: Richard Beynon & Etienne Ozborne - I Don't Wanna Stop [HotFingers]
• 2012: Richard Beynon & Yanik Coen - Metronome [Perfecto Records]
• 2012: Starkillers & Richard Beynon Feat. Natalie Peris - What Does Tomorrow Bring [Next Plateau/Universal]
• 2012: Starkillers, Dmitry KO & Richard Beynon - Keep Pushin' [Spinnin' Records]
• 2013: Richard Beynon feat. Sam Olsson - Mirrors [Perfecto Records]
• 2013: Starkillers, Richard Beynon feat. Kai - Rampage [Spinnin' Records]
• 2013: Richard Beynon & Dmitry KO - You [Strictly Rhythm]
• 2013: Saints of Valory - Neon Eyes (Richard Beynon Remix) [Atlantic Records]
• 2014: BYNON & Project 46 - Eyes [Ultra Music]
• 2015: BYNON feat. Taryn Manning - All The Way [S2 Records]
• 2015: BYNON & Domeno feat. Alice Berg - Golden Hearts (Dannic Edit) [Revealed Recordings]
• 2015: BYNON, Feenixpawl, Project 46 feat. Melissa Ramsay - Home [Ultra Music]
• 2015: BYNON, Adam & Luwiss - Lyon (Eclypse Records)
• 2015: BYNON - Hey Hey (Ultra Records)
• 2016: BYNON, Rumors - City Of Angels (Ultra Records)
• 2016: BYNON, Project 46 - Castles (Arkade Music)
• 2016: BYNON, Sean Paul - Ganja Man (White Label)

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