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"If you don't know the name Toro y Moi (yet!), you should. It won't be too difficult to remember considering the multi-ethnic moniker (toro means \"bull\" in Spanish and moi means \"me\" in French) is splashed across every upcoming festival lineup! The guy behind it is musician/producer Chaz Bundick, and his sound is sheer dance goodness.\n\nAfter making waves at SXSW, Chaz is taking his tour to South America, Europe, and the Sasquatch! Music Festival, among the many others. But before hitting the road, the humble artist (\"the snootiest thing on my tour rider is a couple of disposable cameras and orange flavored Emergen-C\"), took a breather to chat with us about his influences and what's coming up next. Hint: A clothing collab is in the works!\n\nWhat influenced you while making your album, Anything In Return?\n\n \"It's definitely more hip-hop and R&amp;amp;B influenced. It has an electronic vibe. I'm always interested in all kinds of music, not just stuff from the '70s and '60s. I also like Drake and Frank Ocean. On this album I just wanted to try to figure out what I liked and what sounded contemporary, and put that together.\"\n\nHow did you start out?\n\n \"I started playing piano when I was about eight and then began writing music when I was 15. I went to school with Ernest Greene of Washed Out and we made some music together, and that stuff ended up turning into what we both did solo. We influenced each other in the beginning and it's pretty cool to have someone like that who is in the same career path and status as you because you can compare stories and relate to each other. I was in several bands and when Toro y Moi got noticed, that became my main focus.\"\n\nWhat's been your biggest oh-my-gosh-this-is-really-happening moment?\n\n \"Every single time I'm doing something like this, it's pretty cool. Three years ago I was playing to 20 people and now I'm playing to 1,200. All I have to do is continue being focused and keep making music.\"\n\nHow do you stay grounded with such a large following?\n\n \"I feel like because of the internet I was able to see what a bad personality is. A lot of artists have egos. I don't know where that mentality comes from. It's not really necessary.\"\n\nWhat is your songwriting process like?\n\n \"I'm always in the mood to write music so I do that first and then the lyrics. I just sit down and knock out the music part and then once I get the rhythm parts down, everything else is just filling in the blank. I have the hardest time with my lyrics because it's hard to be original and not sound cheesy or too deep. From there, once I have the lyrics, sometimes I even go back and re-do the music and build it around the lyrics.\"\n\nYou appear on the album art for Anything In Return. Did you draw the image yourself?\n\n \"This last album was done by a friend who I went to school with in South Carolina. I was aware of his skills so I asked him if he would draw the cover. I'm going to try to do some art in general. We did a show for the album release. I'm always doing drawings for people so I want to do more of those. Not just computer-based stuff, but more hand drawings.\"\n\nYou have a cool, laid-back sense of style. Are you interested in fashion?\n\n \"I'm actually going to make a shirt with ONLY NY featuring one of my drawings embroidered on the chest. The company is a fan of Toro y Moi and we share a similar taste in art, so we're going to link up and make some stuff.\"\n\nDo you have any advice for aspiring musicians?\n\n \"Just be humble. And don't take yourself too seriously. Also, like all kinds of music\u2014don't just like one kind.\"\n\nCheck out Toro y Moi's new music video that just dropped this week!\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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