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Toro y Moi

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Toro y Moi is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Balkans, Kenny Mason, Nosaj Thing, Khruangbin and Washed Out. Those roots explain a lot about how Toro y Moi arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Les Sins, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ariel Pink, Gold Panda and Chrome Sparks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Baths, NoMBe, BLACKSTARKIDS, Islands and Ginger Root, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around Toro y Moi, reaching back through Balkans and forward to Baths. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Toro y MoiBalkansKenny MasonNosaj ThingKhruangbinWashed OutNeon IndianPiero UmilianiAlexander O'NealBathsNoMBeBLACKSTARKIDSIslandsGinger RootWashed OutNeon IndianTyler, The CreatorLes SinsUnknown Mortal Orche…Ariel PinkGold PandaChrome SparksGeorge ClantonTwin ShadowCaribou

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Toro y Moi connections

Toro y Moi grew out of Balkans, Kenny Mason, Nosaj Thing and Khruangbin, shares an orbit with Les Sins, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ariel Pink and Gold Panda, went on to shape Baths, NoMBe, BLACKSTARKIDS and Islands. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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