Performing and recording under the name Toro Y Moi, Chaz Bundick draws on elements of soul, jazz, Latin disco, funk and modern pop. With Toro Y Moi's 2010 debut, Causers of This, Bundick became a pioneer of what's often called chillwave.
His new album, Anything in Return, is a set of electro-pop songs enhanced by his smooth vocals. In this installment of World Café, Toro Y Moi plays a few songs from the album and talks about the inspiration behind his lyrics. (Link)
Tracklisting
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Cody ChesnuTT "I've Been Life" Landing on a Hundred
Luscious Jackson "Strong Man" Natural Ingredients
The Alabama Shakes "Hang Loose" Boys & Girls
Grizzly Bear "Two Weeks" Veckatimest
Rhye "The Fall" Woman
((Toro Y Moi “Say That” Recorded Live For The World Cafe))
Toro Y Moi "High Living" Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Toro Y Moi "Say That" Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Toro Y Moi "Grown Up Calls" Recorded Live for the World Cafe
((Toro Y Moi “High Living” Recorded Live For The World Cafe))
They Might Be Giants "Birdhouse in Your Soul" Flood
Boz Scaggs "Mixed Up Shook Up Girl" Memphis
Pickwick "Hacienda Motel" Can't Talk Medicine
Paul Butterfield "New Walking Blues" Better Days
Coldplay "Shiver" Parachutes
The Lone Bellow "You Never Need Nobody" The Lone Bellow
Moby "Southside" Play
Sam Phillips "Baby I Can't Please You" Martinis and Bikinis
Caitlin Rose "Menagerie" The Stand-In
((Atoms For Peace “Default” Amok))
Nortec Collective "Polaris" The Tijuana Sessions Vol. 1
Mexican Institute of Sound "Mexico" Politico
((Bjork “Venus As A Boy” Debut))
The Rolling Stones "Hot Stuff" Black and Blue
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside "They Told Me" Untamed Beast
Jim James "A New Life" Regions of Light and Sound of God
Joan Osborne "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" Standing in the Shadows of