Levi Wijk (born 1996), known professionally as Bunt (stylized as "BUNT.") is a German DJ. Bunt was formerly a duo comprising him and Nico Crispin from
Stuttgart
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, before Nico left in May 2021. He is signed to
Arista Records
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.
Musical style
Bunt's musical style is described as "
electronic folk
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music" and noted to be heavily influenced by late electronic music pioneer
Avicii along with influences from musicians such as
Justice,
Basement Jaxx
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,
Swedish House Mafia and
Calvin Harris
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His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'', was released in June ...
with elements of
Fred Again.. When it was still a duo, BUNT. publicly stated that they are huge fans of Avicii, who had given them the inspiration to start creating their style of songs, which mixes electronic music with folk house music, which is something that is still new in the electronic music world. In a fan reply, BUNT. has publicly stated they were happy to be able to complete the song 'Crocodile Tears' as a final tribute to Avicii.
Career
Bunt began to collaborate in 2014 when they were students in college.
In 2016, they released the song "Old Guitar" and "Young Hearts". They are signed to Interscope Management.
In 2019, they released "Oh My Other".
In 2020, they released singles "Unbreakable" featuring Clarence Coffee Jr., "Nights Like That" feat.
Georgia Ku and "Crocodile Tears" feat.
Jens Hult.
In 2021, Nico left the duo.
In 2023, BUNT. released "Clouds" featuring
Nate Traveller with Arista Records.
BUNT discography
Singles
Remixes
References
External links
*{{soundcloud, buntmusic
German DJs
Deep house musicians
German electronic music duos
Electronic dance music duos
Folktronica musicians
Musical groups from Stuttgart
Geffen Records artists