Bino Bames
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Bino Bames is 19 years old and already carrying the weight of a lifetime. Born Gino James Rayos in the chaos of Las Vegas, he left home at 15, running from everything that was going to swallow him whole. "I didn’t want to be stuck in the same place," he says. "I wanted to make something of myself."
The streets didn’t welcome him with open arms. But he had his guitar, and that was enough. "I’d crash on couches in New York, LA, Portland—just looking for somewhere to belong, but always with a guitar. I played every single day. Music was all I had. And it’s still the only thing that makes sense."
He had nothing, but somehow he had everything: raw ambition, pure instinct, and the songs that would come to define his soul. Now, two years later, with his debut EP Gathers No Moss, he’s ready to show the world who he is—and who he’s been.
Bino’s music doesn’t ask for your attention—it demands it. The EP is the sound of broken relationships, mental scars, and the kind of emotional mess you can’t scrub off. It’s pain mixed with something else—hope, maybe? Or maybe just the will to survive. "It’s about the people around me. My relationships. Mental health, addiction, abandonment. I’m just trying to make sense of it all. It’s all I know,” he explains. It’s dark, it’s messy, but it’s unapologetically real. Bino didn’t just make this EP; he lived it. After years of couchsurfing and grinding in the underground, his world collided with some of the most influential producers in the game—the Invisible Men (Lil Peep, Jessie J, Iggy Azalea, etc.)—and icons like Olly Burden from The Prodigy. Together, they built a sound that’s a perfect storm of raw, gritty, and transcendent. Gathers No Moss isn’t polished—it’s torn apart, stitched back together, and thrown into the world to make you listen.
His influences? Think Syd Barrett, Elliott Smith, and Daniel Johnston—free thinkers who bled out their souls on their records, no filter. Bino doesn’t just want you to hear his music; he wants you to feel it. “I’m not worried about success. If one kid hears my song and feels like someone gets them, then I’m happy.” The truth is, Bino doesn’t need to prove anything. He’s already done the hard part—he’s alive.
As he prepares to unleash his first official music to the world in 2025, there’s only one thing you need to know: Bino Bames is not here to follow the rules. He’s here to break them.
