Artist of the Day: Toro y Moi

Toro y Moi is 24-year-old Columbia, South Carolina native and resident, Chazwick Bundick. in 2009, Bundick earned a BFA in Graphic Design from The University of South Carolina.

Chaz Bundick’s methods are constantly evolving. While heavily influenced by his parent’s vinyl and tape collection, his contemporary influences are Animal Collective, Sonic Youth, J Dilla, and Daft Punk.

Toro y Moi started in 2001 as a bedroom project that quickly grew into live performance. The music is associated with the chillwave movement but the sound is influenced by freak-folk, r and b, and french house (Last.fm, 2011).

You can listen to Toro y Moi's music at:
http://www.last.fm/music/Toro+y+Moi



Released Albums:
Toro y Moi - Causers of This

Reference:
(2011). Toro y Moi. Last.fm. Retrieved from http://www.last.fm/music/Toro+y+Moi

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Artist of the Day: Casino Versus Japan

Casino Versus Japan is the recording name for Erik Kowalski (born May 5, 1973), a United States-based electronic musician from Lexington, Kentucky by way of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who produces intelligent dance music (IDM for short) with baroque melodies and distorted trip-hop beats.

As a young boy in Wisconsin he recorded episodes of television series Miami Vice, sampling Jan Hammer’s music, later collecting them, and playing them over the backdrop of other musical genres. After a brief stint with model railroading such experiments with tape grew less obvious. Samples were collected from a range of sources, and eventually mixed with meagre homespun recordings. Later attending Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Kowalski would often be found playing the grand piano in the empty auditorium rather than attending class, slowly teaching himself chord progressions. During this same period, he also learned the basics of other instruments including guitar and drums in an effort to put together simple songs. By then, other influences began to take hold (Last.fm, 2010).

You can listen to Casino Versus Japan's music at:
http://www.last.fm/music/Casino+Versus+Japan



Released Albums:
Casino Versus Japan - Go Hawaii
Casino Versus Japan - Whole Numbers Plays The Basics
Casino Versus Japan - Casino Versus Japan
Casino Versus Japan - Hitori + Kaiso 1998 - 2001
Casino Versus Japan - Night On Tape

Reference: (2010). Casino Versus Japan. Last.fm. Retrieved from
http://www.last.fm/music/Casino+Versus+Japan

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