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Skinny Banton
Bouyon-muffin is one of the first times Bouyon deliberately mixes with a vocal language from elsewhere, long before Famalay (Dada / Soca 2019), before Nasty Business (Mr Ridge 2022) or RnBouyon (Fallon 2024).
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Fact #1, on the house: , Launches the Skinny Banton / Shadowflow project in Dominica, beginning of the bouyon-muffin vocal trajectory. Wikipedia EN, Bouyon music
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Skinny Banton is from Dominica.
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1993
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Launches the Skinny Banton / Shadowflow project in Dominica, beginning of the bouyon-muffin vocal trajectory. Wikipedia EN, Bouyon music
1995
1 release
WCK collaboration that formalizes the bouyon-muffin subgenre, ragga toasting + dancehall + Bouyon base. Wikipedia EN, Bouyon music
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1999
7 releases
2000
14 releases
2002
13 releases
2003
13 releases
2005
11 releases
2008
1 release
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2010
1 release
Release of the pivotal "Best of Skinny Banton 'Bouyon Muffin'" compilation (22 tracks, Spotify), discographic crystallization of the subgenre. Spotify, Best of Skinny Banton « Bouyon
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2011
1 release
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2012
2 releases
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2013
3 releases
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2014
4 releases
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2015
13 releases
2016
6 releases
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2017
10 releases
2018
7 releases
2019
7 releases
2020
3 releases
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2021
10 releases
2022
5 releases
2023
7 releases
2024
6 releases
2025
8 releases
2025 Calypso catalogue, continued activity on the Dominican scene.
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Cornell Phillip
Keyboardist · producer · WCK sonic architect
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- 1988-present
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Derek "Rah" Peters
Drummer · WCK co-founder · Bouyon naming figure
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- Dominica
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- 1988-present
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Mr Delly
WCK singer and drummer
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Bouyon-muffin is one of the first times Bouyon deliberately mixes with a vocal language from elsewhere, long before Famalay (Dada / Soca 2019), before Nasty Business (Mr Ridge 2022) or RnBouyon (Fallon 2024). Without Skinny Banton, the Bouyon narrative jumps directly from WCK 1988 to Nasty Business 2022, and you lose thirty years of history in between.
Skinny Banton belongs to the extended WCK core alongside Derek "Rah" Peters, Cornell Phillip, Naye, Mr Delly and Brenton Vidal for the vocal expansion of Bouyon between 1995 and 2005. Important: Skinny Banton = bouyon-muffin / WCK / Dominica. Skinny Fabulous = soca / Grenada-SVG / Bouyon collaborations. Two different people, two different islands, two different genres.
Skinny Banton, Shadowflow as his first stage alias, is the architect of bouyon-muffin. The sub-genre builds in two stages. First in 1993, when Skinny Banton launches his vocal project in Dominica. Then in 1995, through a direct collaboration with WCK that formalises the fusion: Jamaican ragga toasting and dancehall laid over the Bouyon rhythmic base, at slower tempos (110-135 BPM documented). It is one of the first conscious hybridisations of Bouyon with an external vocal language, well before Famalay (Dada/Soca 2019), before Nasty Business (Mr Ridge 2022) or RnBouyon (Fallon 2024).
The discographic reference point arrives in 2010 with the compilation "Best of Skinny Banton 'Bouyon Muffin'", 22 titles gathered and available on Spotify. It is the marker of the sub-genre: bouyon-muffin counts few emerging artists after 2020, but keeps a solid historical trace. Without Skinny Banton, the story jumps straight from WCK 1988 to Nasty Business 2022, which creates a hole of some thirty years.
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Where is Skinny Banton from?
Skinny Banton is from Dominica. This profile then follows the whole run: the dated timeline, the releases and the circle of artists around them.
How old is Skinny Banton?
This profile does not give Skinny Banton's age: no verified birth date is documented here. What is documented: active since 1993, from Dominica. The profile also lays out the releases, the circle of artists around them.
Who is Skinny Banton?
In 1993, Skinny Banton, aka Shadowflow, launches his vocal project in Dominica.
What are Skinny Banton's key tracks?
Key tracks by Skinny Banton: "Bouyon-muffin / raasuka" (1995), "Best of Skinny Banton "Bouyon Muffin"" (2010), "Calypso catalogue 2025" (2025). The profile gives the dates and the sources for each one.
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Wikipedia EN, Bouyon music
Article documenting Skinny Banton / Shadowflow (1993) and bouyon-muffin (1995).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouyon_music -
Spotify, Best of Skinny Banton « Bouyon Muffin »
2010 pivotal compilation (22 tracks), discographic crystallization.
https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/6EsrquTJUy32UlVx52o0tX
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