Toro Y Moi - Mahal

Grammy-nominee Toro y Moi returns with Mahal

Toro y Moi, a.k.a Chaz Bear's forthcoming album Mahal arrives with a Justin Morris-directed video that begins with the viewer entering a white stretch limousine that acts as a portal to dreamlike vignettes of Bear, culminating in a montage of him traveling across America.

Speaking about the video, Bear shares, "I hope you enjoy this small slice of American pie that I have prepared for you."

Mahal follows Toro's highly celebrated 2019 album Outer Peace, which Pitchfork described as "one of his best albums in years" along with his Grammy-nominated 2020 collaboration with Flume, The Difference, which was also featured in a global campaign for Apple's Airpods.

Toro y Moi is the 12+ year project of South Carolina-reared, Bay Area-based Chaz Bear. In the wake 2008's global economic collapse, Toro y Moi emerged as a figurehead of the beloved sub-genre widely known as chillwave, the sparkling fumes of which still heavily influence musicians all over today. Throughout the subsequent decade, his music and graphic design has far, far surpassed that particular designation.

Across nine albums (six studio as Toro y Moi along with a live album, compilation and mixtape) with the great Carpark label, he has explored psych-rock, deep house, UK hip-hop; R&B and well-beyond without losing that rather iconic, bright and shimmering Toro y Moi fingerprint. As a graphic designer, Bear has collaborated with brands such as Nike, Dublab and Van's. And as a songwriter and producer, he's collaborated with other artists such as Tyler, The Creator, Flume, Travis Scott, HAIM, and Caroline Polachek.

 

Side A

1. The Medium

2. Goes By So Fast

3. Magazine

4. Postman

5. The Loop

6. Last Year

7. Mississippi

Side B

1. Clarity

2. Foreplay

3. Déjà Vu

4. Way Too Hot

5. Millennium

6. Days in Love

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