Ruairí Lynch (born 5 October 1983), known by the stage name Bantum, is an Irish
multi-instrumentalist, musician, DJ, producer and composer.
Early life
Lynch grew up in
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
. He has no formal music training, having studied Business Information Systems in
University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork.
The university was founded in 1845 as one of ...
.
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers (along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, and other acts) in bringing the big beat genre t ...
were an early inspiration.
Career
Lynch began making music in Dublin in 2010. The name "Bantum" originated as a mishearing of the wrestling term "
bantamweight
Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is .
The name for the class is derived from Ba ...
."
He composed music for the short
''Little Bear'' (2015). Bantum released the album ''Move'' in 2016, which was nominated for the prestigious
Choice Music Prize
The Choice Music Prize (), known for sponsorship reasons as the RTÉ Choice Music Prize is an annual music prize awarded to the best album from a band or solo musician who is born in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland or holds an Irish pa ...
. He was also nominated by ''
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...
'' for Irish Artist Of The Year in that year.
Discography
Studio albums
*''Legion'' (2012)
*''Move'' (2016)
References
External links
Official site*
*
Bantum on Bandcamp*
1982 births
20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
Living people
Musicians from County Cork
Irish DJs
Alumni of University College Cork
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