Vegyn

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| years_active = 2013–present

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Joseph Winger Thornalley, known professionally as Vegyn, is a British music producer, DJ and graphic designer. He is best known for his production work on Frank Ocean's 2016 albums Blonde and Endless.

Career

Vegyn was born in London. His mother worked as a graphic designer and his father is musician and songwriter Phil Thornalley of The Cure fame.{{cite web |last1=Gore |first1=Sydney |title=Welcome to the World wide of Vegyn |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/vegyn-interview/ |website=Higshnobiety |access-date=19 January 2021 |date=8 November 2019}} He began performing in 2013 while studying design at the London College of Communication{{cite web |last1=Cliff |first1=Aimee |title=Meet Vegyn, The 23-Year-Old Dance Producer Who Worked On Endless And Blonde |website=The Fader |url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/03/03/vegyn-frank-ocean-blonded-interview-plz-make-it-ruins |access-date=19 January 2021 |date=3 March 2017}} teaching himself how to make boom bap beats after encouragement from fellow musicians.{{cite magazine |last1=Schube |first1=Will |title=Vegyn, Frank Ocean Collaborator, Gets 'Frustrated With A Lot of Modern Electronic Music' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8543045/vegyn-interview-debut-album |magazine=Billboard |access-date=19 January 2021 |date=8 November 2019}} He later left university to focus on music and created the electronic music label PLZ Make It Ruins, which released his debut extended play All Bad Things Have Ended – Your Lunch Included and the compilation tape PLZ Vol. 1 featuring underground London producers.{{cite web |last1=Benjamin |first1=Patrick |title=Vegyn is stepping out on his own |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/46626/1/vegyn-only-diamonds-cut-diamonds-interview |website=Dazed |access-date=19 January 2021 |date=30 October 2019}}

Around the same time, he met fellow music producer James Blake during a 1-800 Dinosaur event at the now-closed London nightclub Plastic People. Vegyn gave him a USB of songs he had made under the Vegyn moniker.{{cite web |last1=Moen |first1=Matt |title=Vegyn Is His Own Man |url=https://www.papermag.com/vegyn-only-diamonds-cut-diamonds-2641297753.html?rebelltitem=20#rebelltitem20 |website=Paper Mag |access-date=19 January 2021 |date=14 November 2019}} Blake later played these songs on BBC Radio in 2014.

Vegyn met Frank Ocean at the Plastic People club and was flown out to do production work on Ocean's studio albums Blonde and Endless. He also hosted Ocean's Blonded Radio in 2017 and played one of his PREP+ nights in New York in 2019.

Vegyn has since contributed to albums such as Travis Scott's UTOPIA and Astroworld, and JPEGMafia's All My Heroes Are Cornballs.

In 2019, he released the 71 track mixtape Text While Driving If You Want To Meet God!. Later that year, he released his debut studio album Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds featuring guest appearances from rappers JPEGMafia, Retro X, and Jeshi.{{Cite news |first=Andrew |last=Trendell |date=2019-09-25 |title=Frank Ocean collaborator Vegyn shares JPEGMAFIA collab 'Nauseous / Devilish' and announces debut album |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/frank-ocean-collaborator-vegyn-shares-jpegmafia-collab-nauseous-devilish-announces-debut-album-2551223}}

In May 2023 he released the album The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth under the name Headache. The record is credited to Vegyn as producer and mixer, with lyrics written by Francis Hornsby Clark.{{cite web |title=The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth by Headache |url=https://plzmakeitruins.bandcamp.com/album/the-head-hurts-but-the-heart-knows-the-truth-3 |website=Bandcamp |access-date=16 September 2024 |date=31 May 2023}} Some listeners speculated that the vocals on the album were produced using AI, and that Clark himself may not exist, owing to his lack of social media presence. Vegyn confirmed that the vocals were AI-produced, but insisted that Clark was real, a friend he has known for years who keeps a low public profile.{{Cite news |first=Sam |last=Davies |date=2024-04-15 |title=Who's Vegyn? And How Does He Make Such Subtly, Utterly Beautiful Electronic Music? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/vegyn-frank-ocean-headache-travis-scott-1235001572/}}

Vegyn debuted his AV Live show at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan,{{Cite news |first=Scott |last=Ng |date=2023-04-10 |title=Fuji Rock Festival adds Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar and more to 2023 line-up |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/fuji-rock-festival-2023-lineup-dates-tickets-3391686}} sold out his London show at EartH two months in advance,{{Cite web |date= 12 October 2023|title=EartH Hackney - Vegyn LIVE 12 October 2023 |url=https://earthackney.co.uk/events/vegyn-live-12th-oct-earth-london-tickets-7m7wv/}} and played select US dates including The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles{{Cite web |date= |title=Vegyn (Live) - Fonda Theatre 14 Dec 2023 |url=https://ra.co/events/1810150}} and Webster Hall in New York.{{Cite web |date= |title=Vegyn - Webster Hall 6 Dec 2023 |url=https://ra.co/events/1817549}} In April 2024,{{Cite news |date=2024-01-16 |title=Vegyn announces new album featuring John Glacier, Lauren Auder and more |url=https://crackmagazine.net/2024/01/vegyn-announces-new-album-featuring-john-glacier-lauren-auder-and-more/}} he released his second album, The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions.{{Cite news |last=Robin |first=Murray |date=2024-01-16 |title=Vegyn Confirms New LP 'The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/vegyn-confirms-new-lp-the-road-to-hell-is-paved-with-good-intentions/}}{{Cite web |title=Vegyn: The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/vegyn-the-road-to-hell-is-paved-with-good-intentions/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}

Discography

= Studio Albums =

As Vegyn

All Bad Things Have Ended - Your Lunch Included (2014)
Janhui (2015)
Text While Driving If You Want to Meet God! (2019)
Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds (2019)
Like a Good Old Friend (2021)
Don't Follow Me Because I'm Lost Too!! (2022)
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions (2024)
Blue Moon Safari (with Air, 2025){{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=2025-04-11 |title=5 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/5-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-bon-iver-ken-carson/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}