Biography

The Bony King of Nowhere is the project of 22-year-old Belgian composer Bram Vanparys. His honest music, characterized above all by Bram’s distinctive voice, claims your heart straight away. Songs are built on melodic backing vocals, guitars and sound layers, as well as the frequent use of unconventional percussion inspired by the Brazilian Tropicália Movement from the 1960s. His lyrics are often theatrical: the virgin Mary addressed by a dying man exalting death from his deathbed (“Maria”), the sunset pictured in a puppet’s world (“The Sunset”)...

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Origin

Belgium

Genre

Folk, Singer-songwriter

Performed at Pukkelpop in

2007, 2009

Social media

• http://www.myspace.com/thebonyking
• http://www.last.fm/music/The+Bony+King+of+Nowhere