Toro y Moi Biography, Age, Chaz Bear, Wife, Young, Outer Peace, Tours

Toro y Moi Biography

Toro y Moi ( Chazwick Bradley Bundick) also known as ”Chaz Bear” is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and graphic designer.

Since he began recording music, his music has taken on many forms. He is, however, often identified with the rise of the chillwave movement in 2010 and 2011.

Moi graduated rom the University of South Carolina in spring of 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. During his school Career, he formed a close musical relationship with fellow chillwave artist Ernest Greene, who performs under the name Washed Out.

Toro y Moi Name meaning

Moi’s stage name -Toro y Moi- is a multilingual expression consisting of the Spanish words toro and y (meaning “bull” and “and”, respectively) and the French word moi (meaning “me”).

Chaz Bear

Bundick announced on June 9, 2017, that he had officially changed his name from Chazwick Bundick to Chaz Bear. He changed his last name to match a shortened version of his wife’s last name, Beardsley.

Toro y Moi Age | How Old is Toro y Moi?

Moi was born on November 7, 1986, in Columbia, South Carolina US. The creative artist was born to a Filipino mother and an African American father.

Young

He enrolled and attended Ridge View High School, where he met three schoolmates who would later go on to form the indie rock band The Heist and The Accomplice. In the Spring of 2009, Chaz graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. Late in his school career, he formed a close musical relationship with fellow singer and chillwave artist Ernest Greene, who performs under the name Washed Out.

Toro y Moi Outer Peace

On January 10, 2019, Toro announced a stream of his January 18, 2019 that he was releasing his new album titled Outer Peace, on Carpark Records. It was available as part of NPR’s First Listen program.

Toro y Moi Boo Boo

In June 2017, Toro y Moi announced a single, “Girl Like You” and a new album Boo Boo which was released on July 7, 2017 by Carpark Records.nIn creating Boo Boo, Bundick was influenced by an eclectic mix of Daft Punk, Frank Ocean, Travis Scott, and Oneohtrix Point Never. Two weeks before releasing Boo Boo, Bundick tweeted that he would not be touring to promote the next album

Toro y Moi Wife

Moi got married in 2015 to Samantha Beardsley whom he claims is a very strong, independent woman. He changed his name to his wife’s name.

In an interview with Complex, he confesses she was like, “I’m not changing my name. You change your name.” I was like, all right. That’s pretty much it.

Toro y Moi Graphic design

Bundick also works as a graphic designer and prefers to treat his musical career as a hobby to maintain the enjoyment of creating it. He designs his own cover work for his albums and has admitted that he is a workaholic. In his free time, he enjoys going on overnight hiking trips.

Chaz Bundick Day

On June 27, 2017, Berkeley, California made June 27 ‘Chaz Bundick Day’. Bundick was honored with the Day by the Mayor of Berkeley for his contribution to music and arts. Bundick had only lived in Berkeley for a few years, moving there in 2013 to be closer to his girlfriend of 11 years who was attending graduate school in the city.

Toro y Moi |Les Sins

The artist makes electronic dance music and DJs under the moniker Les Sins. As Les Sins, Bundick has put out a series of 12″ records on Carpark Records and Jiaolong Records. Bundick stated that Les Sins “was just another way to make weirder music without having to feel I’m alienating Toro y Moi [fans]. So it’s kind of nice to do whatever kind of song I want to do without having to worry about it being accessible.” Les Sins’ debut full-length album, Michael, was released on November 4, 2014 on Bundick’s own Company Records.

Toro y Moi Vegetarian

Moi became a vegetarian in 2012, two days after his 26th birthday.

Toro y Moi Equipment

In his home studio, Bundick utilizes a Roland JX-3P, Moog Voyager, Fender Rhodes, and various soft synths.

Albums

Studio albums

  • Causers of This (2010)
  • Underneath the Pine (2011)
  • Anything in Return (2013)
  • Michael (as Les Sins) (2014)
  • What For? (2015)
  • Star Stuff (2017)
  • Boo Boo (2017)
  • Outer Peace (2019)

Mixtapes

    • Samantha (2015)
    • Soul Trash (2019)

Toro y Moi Tour| Concerts

Bundick and the Mattson brothers toured and performed Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 alongside existing songs from Toro y Moi

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