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Recommended by us on 9th September 2011
...according to our Dave on Thu 08 Sep, 2011.
Toro Y Moi's new album is full of house style stomp and squelch. Its five tracks wouldn't sound out of place on the Golden Child soundtrack. It has electro grooves and soulful vocals in abundance. It starts off with a track called "All Alone" which has a really good beat and solid bass grooves. This level of quality doesn't dip...the grooves and electro aceness just keep coming. The title track "Freaking Out" is also a rousing Chicago house tour de force. It just makes you want to errmmm...jack your body. I thought that Toro reminded me of somebody. I just couldn't get my thought train on time. Then a track called "Saturday Love" started up and it - much like that frisbee in the park that seemed far away - hit me. It's fucking Alexander O'Neal innit!! Toro does a proper sterling job on this cut, which is a great song by all accounts, and his searing zinging bass and awesome vocal stylings make this one of the better cover versions that I've had the pleasure to listen to. This short but sweet record closes with a track called "I Can Get Love" which is another house classic in the waiting. Probably. Toro says that he feels like he has kind of outgrown chillwave and listening to this brief but wonderful record you would have to agree. It's more like '80s soul with a steady chillwave heart. A quality record that will evoke memories of summer.
For Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bundick, 2011 has seen the release of his acclaimed sophomore album, Underneath the Pine, remix work for Tyler, the Creator, a split 7” with Cloud Nothings, and a steady stream of international tour dates. Just over halfway through what’s already been a busy year, the prolific producer has a brand new batch of lavishly funky material to offer.
Bundick’s latest is no sloppily assembled bunch of Pine session throwaways. Freaking Out was put to tape in June during a period of touring quiescence. The release finds Bundick revelling in twenty minutes of boogie, roping in the heavy sounds of groups like the Gap Band and Mtume.
While the first two tracks are modern takes on the 80s post-disco vibe, “Sweet” sounds like the product of a Todd Edwards and Teddy Riley collaboration, with smooth synths weaving in and out of meticulously chopped and arranged vocal samples. The New Jack influence spills over into the cover of Cherrelle and Alexander O’Neill’s “Saturday Love,” in which a swingbeat carries along fluttering piano lines steeped in delay.
The Mini-Album's crown jewel, “I Can Get Love,” sees Bundick assimilating styles of each of his to-date releases, with the synthesized funk of Causers of This, the irresistible hooks of Pine, and dance alias Les Sins’ penchant for filter effects and house beats. Full of energy and crafted with a conciseness that begs repeated listens, Freaking Out is Toro Y Moi’s most concentrated venture into pure dance floor hedonism.
1. All Alone
2. Freaking Out
3. Sweet
4. Saturday Love
5. I Can Get Love
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