Bouyon artist · bouyon-muffin · former WCK collaborator

Skinny Banton

In 1993, Skinny Banton — civilly Wayne Robinson, aka Shadowflow — launches his vocal project in Dominica. Two years later, he signs a collaboration with WCK that formalizes a new subgenre: bouyon-muffin, a fusion that drops Jamaican ragga toasting and dancehall on the Bouyon rhythmic base at slower tempos (110-135 BPM). In 2010, his compilation "Best of Skinny Banton 'Bouyon Muffin'" lands on Spotify with 22 tracks. It's the record that sums up the subgenre. Important: Skinny Banton is NOT Skinny Fabulous, the SVG-Grenada soca artist behind "Famalay" 2019 and "Water" 2023.

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Role: Bouyon artist · bouyon-muffin · former WCK collaborator
Origin: Dominica
Period: 1993-present
Genres: Bouyon · Bouyon-muffin · Dancehall
Territories: Dominica · Caribbean

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Why this profile matters

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.

Verified timeline

1993
Launches the Skinny Banton / Shadowflow project in Dominica — beginning of the bouyon-muffin vocal trajectory.
1995
WCK collaboration that formalizes the bouyon-muffin subgenre — ragga toasting + dancehall + Bouyon base.
2010
Release of the pivotal "Best of Skinny Banton 'Bouyon Muffin'" compilation (22 tracks, Spotify) — discographic crystallization of the subgenre.
2016
Stardom King of the Tent — modern carnival recognition per editorial notes.
2025
2025 Calypso catalogue — continued activity on the Dominican scene.

Tracks / markers

2026

Can't Stop Us

single

1995

Bouyon-muffin / raasuka

subgenre architect — WCK collaboration

2010

Best of Skinny Banton "Bouyon Muffin"

pivotal compilation — 22 documented tracks

2025

Calypso catalogue 2025

continued Dominican carnival activity

Same movement

TIITII NBA rides the same wave. His current single is out.

Play the single

Related chapters

Chapter I — The Roots Chapter II — The Language

Frequently asked questions

Where is Skinny Banton from?

Skinny Banton is from Dominica.

Sources

Apple Music — Skinny Banton, page artiste (Can't Stop Us, 1er juin 2026)
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/skinny-banton/300501713
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
Audit Bouyon — sous-genres canon archéologiques
Bouyon-muffin ranked archaeological CANON in Era 10 (gaps audit).
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/