Toro y Moi
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America Canada toro y moi has featured on pretty much every 'who's gonna be big in 2010' list you can think of from nme to the guardian pitchfork and time outtoro y moi aka columbia south carolinas chaz bundick is the sound the world has been waiting for this multicultural juggernaut gathers up the best musical elements from around the globe rb indie rock electronic dance and psychedelica and creates somethingfreakingeeels it's perfect postclub music blissed out slowburning landscapes subtle rolling beats layers of leftfield soothing synths and wobbly soulful vocals the album references everyone from eno to the beach boys prince to j dilla and talking headsor as one journalist put it it's kind of how animal collective would sound if they spent a year listening to old soul and motown records before laying down their new lp toro y moi is 23 year old columbia south carolina native and resident chaz bundick after earning a bfa in graphic design at the university of south carolina chaz decided to push his music further now that he has more time on his hands his mom came from the phillipines to the united states where she met her future husband who's african american in college they lived in new york city taking in all the wonderful cultural influences the city's rising underground scene had to offer at the time late 70s early 80s deciding to slow down and be closer to family they moved to columbia south carolina where they had their first childchaz bundick's methods are constantly changing and evolving heavily influenced by his parent's vinyl and tape collection he also possesses great admiration for contemporary influences like animal collective sonic youth j dilla and daft punk like most prepubescent teens he had his punk band and once that died out the 'side project' soon became the main focus toro y moi started in 2001 as a bedroom project but quickly grew into the live performance realm the songs are born from a plethora of different genres from freakfolk to rb to french house
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