Local music artist Jock Nowell-Usticke (BAYNK) made his Rhythm and Vines debut at the 14th annual music festival at Gisborne's Waiohika Estate on Thursday night.
A recent engineering graduate, BAYNK played in the same line-up as American hip hop artist Chance the Rapper on the first day of the three-day festival.
The achievement is testament to Mr Nowell-Usticke's transformation from humble bedroom artist to up-and-coming producer.
BAYNK'S journey to the stage began in 2015 when, as a 22-year old Canterbury University student, he uploaded his first bedroom-mastered song.
In what can only be described as Kiwi ingenuity Mr Nowell-Usticke started using Ableton production software at university after having to mix music for his university band on a computer when studio time became too expensive.