Toro Y Moi Vinyl Records
Toro y Moi was one of the first artists to be called chillwave due to the underwater, laid-back sounds of his 2009 single "Blessa," but that tag was soon left behind as each subsequent record and project tackled by Chaz Bundick (later Chaz Bear) headed off in an unpredictable direction. Whether digging into '80s R&B, house music (on the Les Sins side project in 2014), space age pop, prog, or guitar-heavy power pop (as on 2015's What For?), Bear is never satisfied to stick to one formula when he could experiment instead. Whether tapping into the mainstream zeitgeist, as on 2017's modern R&B-inspired Boo Boo, or veering off into the funky psychedelic realms of 2022's Mahal, Bear's innate melodic gifts and sonic shape-shifting prove impervious to genre shifts and sonic zigzags.