Toro y Moi

Toro y Moi is one of those artists I genuinely respect for refusing to stay in the lane people tried to put him in. Chaz Bear basically helped invent chillwave out of his bedroom in Columbia, South Carolina — hazy synths, lo-fi warmth, a sound that felt like summer through a fog — and then immediately started moving away from it before anyone could really pin him down. Albums like Underneath the Pine showed he could go full psychedelic funk, Anything in Return leaned into slick pop, and Outer Peace had a playful hypnagogic shimmer that felt completely fresh. He's also a graphic designer, which tracks — you can feel the visual thinking in how he constructs atmosphere. A quiet original who's been quietly great for well over a decade.

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Name (English)

Toro y Moi

Name (Japanese)

トロ・イ・モア

Reading

とろ・い・もあ

Born

November 7, 1986 (age 39)

Origin

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Occupation

record producer / singer / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

High school

Ridge View High School

University

University of South Carolina

• Official sitehttps://www.toroymoi.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/toroymoi/
• Xhttps://x.com/ToroyMoi
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toro%20y%20Moi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1590013

Tags

• South Carolina
• record producer
• singer
• composer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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