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Bmbu is a lo-fi / Boom-Bap / hip-hop producer and beatmaker, based in the United States.^[1][2]

Between 2008 and 2010, Bmbu released multiple mixtape projects via SoundCloud and Bandcamp, which led up to his first true releases, "Infinite Pt. 1"^[3] and "Infinite Pt. 2",^[4] released in late 2011 and early 2012 respectively.

In 2013, he released "Elevator Music",^[5] a project that introduced him to the international underground beat scene of the early 2010s.

Bmbu followed up his early albums with the "Unheard" EP^[6] and the full-length "The Language That You Dream In" in 2013.^[7] That same year, he formed the production duo BmbuWEST with producer FortuneWest,^[8] and together, they released four projects in 2013 alone,^[9] contributing to a total of six releases by Bmbu in a single calendar year.

In 2014, he released the full-length album "reBuilder"^[10] and the EP "The C.R.A.T.E. Escape",^[11] alongside BmbuWEST’s "The Diversity Tape".^[12] Later on in the year, he produced the track "GO OFF (A PRELUDE TO (R)EVOLUTION)" for Brooklyn artist LATASHÁ,^[13][14] that was featured on her album "PAST LIFE".^[15] Bmbu was also featured on "Sinoptic International"'s hip-hop compilation, "Pure Dopeness 12" in 2014.^[16]

Outside the five-track project "…So My Dad Can Retire",^[17] Bmbu largely took a step back from solo work to focus on collaboration for a year, before returning with "hiatUs" in 2016.^[18] In between the two projects, he co-produced Rapper Cody Nash's "Bamboo Fortunes"^[19] and began working closely with Lizea Harper, fully producing her debut project "Build New" in late 2015.^[20] He was also once again featured on a "Sinoptic International" compilation, in "Pure Dopeness 19" that same year.^[21]

Following the release of "hiatUs", Bmbu signed with the German record label Vinyl Digital.^[22] During this period, he released "Atlantis"^[23] and "Cloud City"^[24] in 2017, followed by "#throwback"^[25] in 2018—his first project to receive a vinyl release.^[26][27]

He once again collaborated with R&B artist Lizea Harper on "The Dive" (2018)^[28], as well as with British R&B artist SueLily, producing her single "Two Minds" on the 2018 project CURRENT.^[29][30][29] Several tracks from his collaborations with Harper were later featured in television series such as Tell Me Lies (Hulu)^[31] and The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix),^[32] and received airplay on MTV Brazil (De Férias Com o Ex).^[33]

In early 2019, Bmbu co-produced Sudo Williams’ debut album "You, Me, Them",^[34][35] and released five four-track EPs in a series he called "Interludes",^{[36][37][38][39][40]} followed by two additional short-form projects in 2020.^[41][42]

After an extended hiatus that ended when we has released from his label, Bmbu released a string of singles in 2023 that collectively formed the "Quiet Work" series.^{[43][44][45][46]}. More singles followed, and in late 2024, he released two full-length collections. ^[47][48] Eight more singles followed over the course of 2025, and toward the end of 2025, Bmbu released four six-track EPs titled deadbeat 1–4, distributed exclusively through Bandcamp.^{[49][50][51][52]}

• "foundation" (May 17, 2023)^[82]
• "skies" (August 8, 2023)^[83]
• "fall back" (September 20, 2023)^[84]
• "midnight maraud" (January 3, 2025)^[85]
• "muted" (February 1, 2025)^[86]
• "envy green" (March 7, 2025)^[87]
• "night shade" (May 1, 2025)^[88]
• "blue spirit" (June 20, 2025)^[89]
• "loose leaf" (August 20, 2025)^[90]
• "dustmote" (October 30, 2025)^[91]
• "itachi" (December 29, 2025)^[92]

• "Sick" (March 23, 2014) (featuring ThatKidCry)^[101]
• "Over/Under" (December 25, 2014) (featuring RA Scion, ThatKidCry and Seth)^[102]
• "Two Minds" (June 14, 2018) (featuring SueLily)^[103]
• "Platinum Blue" (March 8, 2020) (featuring Kaang Le Loup)^[104]
• "GO OFF (A PRELUDE TO (R)EVOLUTION)" (June 5, 2020) (featuring LATASHÁ)^[105]
• "LIMPIA" (Feb 3, 2021) (featuring YO Q)^[106]