Sound Advice: BAMBII

Join BAMBII on Sound Advice, the weekly interview series covering artists’ journeys and their creative process. In this episode, we discuss the Toronto DJ/producer’s ‘INFINITY CLUB’ EPs, JERK party series and more.

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On this week’s Sound Advice, we talk to DJ, producer and party promoter BAMBII, one of the most singular voices emerging from the electronic music world in the last couple of years. BAMBII’s sound brings together the Caribbean diaspora, Britain’s hardcore continuum and the global club underground, in an approach that’s more about energy, surprise, texture and groove than any one particular musical genre. That approach is reflected in her ‘1000 Genre’ DJ mix series and her ‘INFINITY CLUB’ EPs, as well as her collaborations with artists including Kelela, Yaeji, Ravyn Lenae and Scrufizzer, just to name a few.

We talked to BAMBII about her creative process, the influence of her travels and throwing her JERK party in Toronto, and the triumphs and challenges of navigating the electronic music industry. She also highlights the importance of community, and talks about how SoundCloud has been instrumental in her career, providing a platform for discovering new music and connecting with other artists. BAMBII also hosts music production sessions worldwide, and we got some of her best tips and tricks on how to get inspired, make beats and finish them.  

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Things We Talked About In This Episode of Sound Advice

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How BAMBII’s Musical Origins Inspire Her DJing and Production

• We begin the conversation by speaking about BAMBII’s DJing in 2025, and how playing out her recent music has been an inspiring experience. Her latest release, ‘INFINITY CLUB II,’ is a collection of tracks designed for the club, so the best part of touring, she says, is “seeing what the music means to people IRL,” in its intended rave setting. 
• It’s a style of production that comes from her multi-genre DJing, best shown on her ‘1000 Genres’ DJ mixes on SoundCloud. Across rave, club, hip-hop, R&B and different styles of Caribbean music, BAMBII feeds that energy back into her original music. 
• Rather than being inspired by a few core artists, or any one particular genre, BAMBII explains that she is inspired by formative moments in her life as a raver. Here, she talks about how her time in the UK has been hugely impactful on her creativity and understanding of club music and culture. 
• One of the turning points in BAMBII’s career was when she was the tour DJ for rap artist Mykki Blanco. While on a tour date in Sheffield, she discovered a basement party that played jungle and ragga music. Blown away by the intensity of the packed party, with all ravers locked into the junglist breakbeats and acid grooves, she felt inspired to keep pushing these Black genres back home, in Toronto. 

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BAMBII’s Caribbean and Canadian Roots, and Her Goal to Reframe Jamaican Music in Club Culture

• Growing up, BAMBII was exposed to myriad styles of music, including the indie rock of her classmates, the Caribbean music of her family and local friends, and the rave music of Toronto’s club scene. This paved the way for her to find a way to bring much of these music cultures together in a creative, sincere way. As she explains it, now, she’s “less concerned with genre these days,” and is “more into textures and grooves” as unifying musical elements. 
• Here, she also talks about the time she spent in Jamaica, and how her exposure to authentic Caribbean soundsystem culture and street parties had a profound impact on not just her music taste, but her understanding of how Caribbean culture has influenced electronic music more broadly, and how the diaspora often misrepresents the Caribbean through a kind of “rose-tinted nostalgia.”
• The influence of Jamaica, she explains, fed her creativity. She became “more rigorous,” and “leaned into choices more aggressively.” With stronger references to tap into, having been immersed in Caribbean music, she felt drawn to its ever-evolving sonic palette as a DJ and producer. 

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How BAMBII’s ‘INFINITY CLUB’ Concept Defies Genre and Celebrates Underground DJ Culture

• BAMBII’s career has blossomed thanks in part to her original music. Her debut EP, 2023’s ‘INFINITY CLUB,’ won the 2024 Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year, and saw her work with vocalists such as Lady Lykez, Aluna, Ragz Originale and Lamsi. Here, BAMBII talks about the ‘INFINITY CLUB’ concept, and how her commitment to open format DJing comes from her global travels through the experimental DJ underground. 
• Noting DJs such as Jubilee and Venus X of seminal NYC party GHE20G0TH1K, she reflects on how these parties, scenes and artists are all operating in an ecosystem that “disintegrates the meaning of genre itself,” prioritizing grooves and textures over all else. 
• “Genre is a confining social construct in the music world,” BAMBII says, and she wants to open it up through her DJ sets and productions. Here, she talks about how social media has affected music lovers’ attention spans and music consumption habits, and how a willingness to commit to new musical ideas and discoveries need to happen in person, in the club, rather than purely online. 

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BAMBII’s Production Tips For Crafting Memorable Dancefloor Tracks

• By bringing her DJ brain to her production sessions, BAMBII often thinks about how she can shape a track to get the best, most authentic reactions on the dancefloor. Here, she talks through the making of her track “WICKED GYAL” featuring Lady Lykez, from crafting a recognizable intro as a hook to a call-and-response vocal moment that creates a bonding moment between the artist and audience. For BAMBII, it’s all about being involved in a musical moment together, rather than her being purely a performer for others to react to. “I’m a DJ first, artist second,” she says.
• As BAMBII has progressed as a DJ/producer, she’s hosted workshops for up-and-coming artists to elevate their craft. Here, she gives advice to fellow artists who may be early in their production journey, or more seasoned producers who are looking for studio tips and tricks. When she’s making her own music, she says, she listens to a lot of music “with intention” and makes playlists of sonic references; collecting ideas, textures and grooves that fit into her worldview. 
• More practically speaking, she also likes to “backwards produce” a track. After pulling a track you like into Ableton, she says, study how the track is structured — from the drums to the chord progressions, how long the verses and intro are — in order to figure out different arrangement styles that speak to you. Once you understand how patterns appear in music, she says, you’ll be able to better structure your own tracks.

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The Collaborative ‘INFINITY CLUB II’ EP and Influence of SoundCloud on Music Discovery

• This year, BAMBII released ‘INFINITY CLUB II,’ featuring a variety of collaborators: from Jessy Lanza and Yaeji, to Ravyn Lenae, Scrufizzer, £MONZO and more. Here, she talks about the making of the EP, how she likes to work with vocalists to craft the best possible collaboration, and how a producer being more involved in the vocal work on a track leads to fewer edits and revisions. 
• Knowing when a track or release is finished can be a creative struggle for producers. For BAMBII, she’s learned over time that you have to “know when to let it go and stop messing with it,” because you not only risk taking the original spirit and creativity out of a track by over-editing it, but it also “inhibits new ideas.” 
• Now, BAMBII’s come to appreciate that a track may be finished but not perfect, and that’s okay — it’s “like a snapshot of a place and time.” In the studio, BAMBII likes to balance instrumentation and digital production software to create her sound. She talks about some of her favorite plug-ins and samples, how she likes to start writing chord progressions on the piano first, and how she approaches software as a means to edit, rather than create, a track.
• Throughout her career, SoundCloud has had “a huge impact” on BAMBII by “showcasing music from the margins,” like LSDXOXO, one of her favorite artists that she discovered on the platform. Here, she talks about how SoundCloud has had a democratizing effect on her music discovery, influenced her choices as a DJ and made it possible for her to connect the musical dots between artists, cities, scenes and genres. 
• She also talks about how the functionality of being able to quickly and directly share her music with her growing audience on SoundCloud has inspired her DIY approach, emphasizing the impact and importance that functionality has on building confidence as an artist, especially early on.

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BAMBII’s Caribbean-Club Party JERK and Making Futuristic Musical Connections

• When it comes to community, BAMBII has brought her online tastes offline, with her JERK party. Now a biannual event in her native Toronto, JERK blends her love of electronic club genres with Caribbean music, hip-hop and R&B. 
• Here, she talks about the genesis of the party, how it’s shaped her DJing and productions, taught her what it means to be a curator and how to harness the power of the musical community to shape tastes and present new ideas. 
• Tapping into her time spent in Jamaica, BAMBII talks about how JERK is a reaction to the “rose-tinted nostalgia” around the Caribbean, a reimagining of  Caribbean sounds in the future and a statement on Caribbean sounds — like dancehall, zouk and soca — intersecting with the wider electronic music world.

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BAMBII’s Essential Tips on Independent Artistic Presentation, Collaboration and Social Media 

• When it comes to being an independent artist, knowing how to present and market yourself can be one of the trickiest parts of your career to navigate. Here, BAMBII gives advice to her fellow DJs and producers on how to tackle the tasks of social media, how to find your own visual language and identity, as well as how to find inspiration from visual media in order to expand your self-expression and promote your work in today’s digital landscape.
•  “Take your consumption of visual media seriously,” she insists, “and do your homework” on what aesthetics feel right with your sound and how you present it. If done well, this can become another creative outlet that compliments and elevates your music. 
• Another tip from BAMBII, relating to social media, is to resist getting too sucked into the huge ecosystem of potential visual collaborators, and who may have appealing online presences, but who ultimately may not be the right fit for you and your work. 
• Start off by connecting with photographers, designers and stylists from your local scenes or city, build relationships with them in person, and draw from influences that feel close and real to you. Ultimately, as BAMBII explains, this can be more fulfilling.

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How The Make The Perfect Rave, and What’s Next For BAMBII

• Looking beyond the recent release of ‘INFINITY CLUB II,’ what’s next for BAMBII creatively? Here, she talks about what she’s inspired by sonically, from drones and sirens, to higher BPMs, four-on-the-floor techno beats, 808 drums and Southern rap music. 
• She also gives parting advice to fellow artists and promoters on how to make the perfect rave. Top of her list? Get the ratio right by prioritizing more women. “Women are the vibe-cultivators” who “bring energy, mystery and common ground” to the rave. It’s not how busy the room is, she says, but who’s in the room that counts. 

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Links and Extras

Follow BAMBII’s journey on SoundCloud.
Press play on BAMBII’s 2025 EP, ‘INFINITY CLUB II.’
Follow Ravyn Lenae, who features on ‘INFINITY CLUB II.’
Hit play on BAMBII’s collaboration with Jessy Lanza and Yaeji, titled “Mirror.”
Go back to where it all began with one of BAMBII’s early tracks, “TRUCK RIDDIM.”
Check out BAMBII’s collaboration with Lamsi and £MONZO, “IN MY MIND AGAIN.”
Explore some of BAMBII’ wide-ranging influences, including Jubilee, Fade to Mind, Nguzunguzu and Night Slugs, to name a few. 
Listen to the New Era Dancehall playlist on SoundCloud.
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