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• • • • • As many eye-rolls as it may engender, it’s important to address that particularly chill and wavy elephant in the room, because as much as Chaz Bundick rejected chillwave and the other artists that were tagged with the moniker, its history provides a valid reference for Bundick’s work as. And it’s important to get it out of the way, because with his third record, Anything in Return, he consciously moves even further away from the aesthetics of the short-lived microgenre he helped accidentally pioneer. Bundick’s attempts to distance himself from the hazy, nostalgic atmospherics associated with the genre pushed his second record,, into richer territory. That forward movement continues on Anything in Return, as the project delves further down the kaleidoscopic hole of genre influences that have spiced Bundick’s past two releases, staking out territory in the middle ground between Pines and his 2011 EP. Cd Label Vorlagen Data Becker.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Chazwick Bradley Bundick was born on November 7, 1986 in, to a mother and an father. He attended, where he formed the band The Heist and The Accomplice with three schoolmates. Bundick graduated from the in spring of 2009 with a in. Late in his school career, Toro y Moi formed a close musical relationship with fellow artist Ernest Greene, who performs under the name. Career [ ] Causers of This (2010) [ ] In mid-2009, Toro y Moi was signed to, on which he released his debut full-length album in January 2010.

On Causers of This, Bundick experimented with sampling and production techniques using the. The album garnered comparisons to the 'chillwave' subgenre; however, Bundick stated that he never classified his music as such. Bundick refers to the album's subject matter as 'personal,' calling it a 'break-up album.' Tours supporting,, and followed the album's release. Underneath the Pine and Freaking Out EP (2011) [ ] Toro y Moi's second album,, was released on February 22, 2011.

The album was recorded at Bundick's home in-between tours while supporting Causers of This. Underneath the Pine marked a stylistic departure from the previous album in that it was made up of all live instrumentation and contained no samples. Bundick cites horror movie soundtracks,, and film composers and as inspiration for the album's sound. Further, Budick states '.what influenced Underneath the Pine was finding stuff that I wanted to sample for Causers. A lot of the things I sampled for Causers ended up being the main musical inspiration for Underneath the Pine.' In an interview with website At the Sinema, he suggested that he had moved beyond the chillwave genre: 'All that stuff is really good music, like Ernest Green (Washed Out) and Neon Indian.

I'm a big fan of all of that, but I think [chillwave] was just a small little period where we all were, coincidentally.' On September 13, 2011 Toro y Moi released an EP titled Freaking Out, featuring a cover of ' by and. The EP's sound was heavily influenced by 80's and R&B. The band was chosen by to perform at the festival that they co-curated in December 2011 in Minehead, England. Toro y Moi performing at in in 2013 Anything in Return (2013) [ ] In January 2013, Toro y Moi released his third studio album,, which he described as having a 90's dance and sound.

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According to him, the album was 'influenced by lots of different types of, from to [.] The chords ['Harm in Change' and 'Say That'] use—that's just something I've been a fan of for a while. I really wanted to mess around with those kinds of elements and revisit what I did on Causers of This, but make those elements a little bit better and more apparent.' The album was called 'highly indebted to the late sacrosanct hip-hop producer ' by the. Bundick stated that he wanted to combine electronic production of his first record with the elements of traditional instrumentation of his second album. The album lyrically focuses on Bundick's move across country to California with his girlfriend and the strain touring puts on a relationship. In promotion of Anything in Return, Toro y Moi embarked on an international tour and made an appearance on. And Samantha (2015) [ ] In January 2015, Toro y Moi announced a new album to be released April 7 by Carpark Records and shared a new track 'Empty Nesters.'