Boombox w Yuni Wa

A little house, a little blues, a little funk, a little rock, and a whole lot of soul blast through BoomBox.

Since first emerging in 2004, founder, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Zion Rock Godchaux has been quietly seasoning and simmering this recipe to perfection. At the same time, the Muscle Shoals, AL native stays true to what attracted countless fans in the first place.

“I remain open to anything you would hear coming out of a boombox,” he explains. “You hear about different forms of magic around the world,” he goes on. “The West, in general, has its own voodoo influenced by the blues. That’s what shaped me as a musician growing up in this country. It’s hard to put in the words, but you know it when you hear it.”

You hear it in everything that BoomBox has done thus far. Over the course of five albums, the group has become a streaming favorite with numerous tracks clocking in the millions of plays on Spotify. Moreover, they’ve made audiences groove everywhere from Electric Forest and Hangout Music Festival to High Sierra Music Festival and Red Rocks.

In the spring of 2019 Zion enlisted his “brother from the same mother” Kinsman MacKay
to embark on BoomBox’s most exciting configuration to date. “There’s a special kind of chemistry between two brothers playing music together,” Zion explains.“ Since 2003 we’d get together and make tracks just for fun, and realized we had a strong connection in the studio.” The two always knew they would work on a project together someday, and when the doors opened up logistically in 2019, it was the natural move for the brothers to take form as BoomBox.

BoomBox debuted their live horn section called “The BackBeat Brass” in the fall of 2019 to great reception. “It’s like these songs are my children that I’ve been raising for the past 15 years, and with the addition of the horns it feels like seeing them again for the very first time” says Godchaux. The Backbeat Brass, led by trumpet artist Nic Chaffee of Delta Nove, will be featured on select shows, bringing a classic live horn sound filtered through an array of psychedelic sounds and elements.

Through the industry with a deft touch, propelled by his work ethic and unique approach. Yuni Wa has created one of the most vast and diverse catalogs in music today. Hailing from Little Rock, AR, Yuni Wa comes from a spiritual background where he was inspired to make music from seeing his grandmother play gospel songs on the family Kimball Piano. By the time that he was just 13 years old, Yuni Wa was ready to start putting out music and start building a legacy. Known for hit dance songs such as "So 1989" and "All About You". Also while producing Hip Hop bangers such as "Out The Flames Remix" with Def Jam signed artist Goon Des Garcons featuring Chase Atlantic and "C World" with Mass Appeal signed artist Cuz LightYear in which was Co Produced by acclaimed music producer DJ Burn One. His wide berth of creative musical talent stretches across Electronic, Hip-Hop, R&B, and alternative styles of music and has led to him being named one of the Visionary Arkansans by the Arkansas Times in 2017 and also being nominated for Best Electronic Artist/DJ twice in the state of Arkansas. He continues to use his unique viewpoint in the industry to tell his necessary story. Yuni Wa has received praise from The Arkansas Times, Symphonic Distribution, Noiseprn, The Elevator Mag, The Arkansas Democrat Gazzette, Soundcloud, Amazon Music, DJ Mag, and Audiomack.