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“Sonar blazing in the waves of our fate” - Wayne Bamba

Situated in the corners of the Rocky Mountains and Midwest, singer-songwriter Wayne Bamba is an oracle of an America dead and forgotten.

His songs are wistful, but fractured scrapbooks steeped in a unique lens of absurdist American sadcore — scoured to cinematic, dream-pop soundscapes with bold retro flair.

Inspired by musicians like Nina Simone and writer Toni Morrison, Wayne unearths our world of contradictions through sweeping short-films set to music.

He’s a church boy; a vagrant; and a man on the run. Wayne is the voice of a new generation looking to find truth in the darkness of the past.

Through coal mining towns, abandoned factories, and Midwest high schools, Wayne presents visceral storytelling that reshapes the histories that shape us all.

Wayne is a Colorado native, now residing in Northern Illinois

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