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: KenLo Craqnuques

Akena Lohamba Okoko aka KenLo Craqnuques is an instrumental hip-hop musician born in Quebec, Canada on May 24th 1984. Having spent the last decade sharing his music with Quebec’s underground hip-hop scene collaborating along the way with artists such as Boogat, Webster, Accrophone, Monk.e and the Movezerbe collective, he now devotes himself to beatmaking. In 2007, KenLo launched a series of downloadable instrumental LP’s free online (Craqnuques) which consist of 5 parts to date (Noir, Bleu, Mauve, Orange and Rose) (Last.fm, 2011).

You can listen to KenLo Craqnuques' music at:
http://www.last.fm/music/KenLo+Craqnuques





Released Albums:
KenLo Craqnuques - Cailloux Germes EP

Reference:
(2011). KenLo Craqnuques. Last.fm. Retrieved from http://www.last.fm/music/KenLo+Craqnuques

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Artist of the Day: James Pants

THE YEAR IS 2001 AND THE PLACE IS TEXAS. Stones Throw head honcho Peanut Butter Wolf is DJing while a sharply dressed young man approaches the DJ Booth with his Prom date in tow to formally introduce himself. Thus begins the story of James Pants.

What began as a dream Prom night to see his hero DJ went to an internship at the label to eventually landing the ultimate fantasy by being signed to the roster and championed as the ‘next big thing’ by none other than Peanut Butter Wolf himself – on top of critics like Busy P, Urb, XLR8R, & Dazed & Confused Magazines.

Mr. Pants is a purveyor par excellence of that unmistakable “fresh beat”: 80’s Soul, Electro Boogie, Early Rap, New Wave, & Post-Punk Disco, all of which can be found on Welcome where James plays drums, keys, guitar and sings (Last.fm, 2011).

You can listen to James Pants' music at:
http://www.last.fm/music/James+Pants



Released Albums:
James Pants - Rhythm Trax Vol. 1
James Pants - Welcome
James Pants - Seven Seals
James Pants - All the Hits

Reference:
(2011). James Pants. Last.fm. Retrieved from http://www.last.fm/music/James+Pants

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Artist of the Day: FaltyDL

FaltyDL is Drew Lustman outta New York City. He’s making garage ‘n stuff with his hands. Nostalgic tracks immersed in the old New York and Chicago sound yet creating a more subtle futuristic Big Apple version mashing together influences from hip hop, dubstep, garage, soul, jungle and electronica creating his own NYG. NYG. NYG (Last.fm, 2011).

You can listen to FaltyDL's music at:
http://www.last.fm/music/FaltyDL





Released Albums:
FaltyDL - Love is a Liability
FaltyDL - Rapidly Harvested Asparagus EP
FaltyDL - Beat Lumber EP
FaltyDL - Bravery EP

Reference:
(2011). FaltyDL. Last.fm. Retrieved from http://www.last.fm/music/FaltyDL

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Artist of the Day: Glen Porter

Hailing from Huntington Beach, California, Ryan Stephenson under the Glen Porter moniker started producing music four years ago with the help of some friends and dusty records from the dollar crates. Influenced by Sixtoo, Buck 65, and Keola, Stephenson crafts his own sound out of disjointed guitars, sinister beats and harmonic atmospherics. When asked about his alias, he produced the following explanation: “Originality found itself on the edge of death, ready for suicidal sentiments until something came from Glen Porter’s broadcast. Changed the tide, sent his thoughts towards the epicenter of self-demise so he could kill this reliance on the past to explain personal nature. Answers never found, understanding such concepts are in the sound of silence during passionate day dreams. Cannibalizing the self soon became a fading memory, no longer held by the desire to explain things, he was left to create a symphony no one would ever hear until his heartfelt intent could be felt with the slightest gesture of turning the middle finger up so it meant love” (Inner Current).

You can listen to Glen Porter's music at:
http://www.last.fm/music/Glen+Porter



Released Albums:
Glen Porter - Blessed by a Young Death
Glen Porter - Falling Down
Glen Porter - Something Glue EP

Reference:
Glen Porter. Inner Current. Retrieved from http://www.innercurrent.com/artists/

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