Toro Y Moi’s dance music alter ego Les Sins has an official video for “Bother” directed by Harry Schleiff & Harry Israelson. Les Sin’s imperative to dance seems to promise an escape from a dull working class life. The full-length album, Michael comes out November 4th.
Les Sins-Bother
Les Sins is Toro Y Moi’s dance music project inspired by pop, ’90’s dance music, hip-hop and the soundtracks to cartoons and movies. “Bother” is the first single from his first album as Les Sins, entitled Michael. Les Sins was first introduced in 2010 with the singles, “Lina” and “Youth Gone.” The release date for Michael is November 4th and can be pre-ordered now.
Chromeo-Come Alive Feat. Toro Y Moi
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Chromeo and Toro Y Moi worked together on the song “Come Alive” from Chromeo’s forthcoming White Women. Their adventure inside the mall with models that really do “Come Alive” is laying out the concept of the album’s focus on fairer-skinned women.
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