Toyo Tsutsuli

Toyo Tsutsuli (Chinese name, Fong Juei, Yang, born July 14 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese indie singer, songwriter, and video artist. Because his past musical participation was focused on the market in Japan, his first name in Chinese was used as artist name in Japanese pronunciation.[1] Toyo was born in a Taiwanese family but he is a Dutch origin from his mother's ancestry.

Toyo Tsutsuli
Background information
Birth nameFong Juei, Yang
BornJuly 14
OriginTaiwan
GenresElectronic, pop
Occupation(s)singer, songwriter, video artist
InstrumentsVocals, lyrics, music, arrangement
Years active2009–2012
LabelsT.I.A. Record
Websitewww.facebook.com/toyotsutsuli.official

History

Toyo used to be signed by an entertainment agency in 2008 in Tokyo however he didn't debut.[2] Until 2009, He started his solo musical activities on myspace as "Toyo Tsutsuli" officially.

After 2010, Toyo was involved in English pop music spans multiple genres from electronic ("EVERY YOU") and dance music ("Want More") to emotional ballads ("Twilight"). At the same time his music projects also focus on the experiments with visual art. During 2010 and 2011, Toyo released two English albums "Surreal Party" (2010) and "NOUVEAU"(2011) which were both basically influenced by 1980s synthpop although many songs were characterized by Toyo's distinctive, soothing vocals and multi-layered synthesizer and string arrangements ("Flavor", "Dancing alone"). Combined with his androgynous style, Toyo started to get noticed by occidental people and his music were also played on some indie radios[3] in US and Europe. In 2012, Toyo released his best album "Lost Carnival"(2006–2012) and announced for free downloading.[4]

The visual art element can be seen in Toyo's music videos and photographs which were directed, shot and edited by Toyo himself. To date, Toyo has released three studio albums, seven music videos all of which have been released independently and produced by Toyo.

Discography

Albums
  • Surreal Party (T.I.A.) – October 12, 2010
  • NOUVEAU (T.I.A.) – October 15, 2011
  • Lost Carnival (2006–2012)[5] (T.I.A.) – June 11, 2012

Music videos
Year Title Director
2010 "Flavor" Toyo Tsutsuli
"EVERY YOU" Toyo Tsutsuli
"Certain Night" Toyo Tsutsuli
2011 "Twilight" Toyo Tsutsuli
"Live again" Toyo Tsutsuli
"Dancing alone" Toyo Tsutsuli
2012 "Black Soul" Toyo Tsutsuli

References
  1. Chinese name:豐 (Fong) in Japanese pronunciation=トヨ (Toyo), 綴 (Juei)=ツヅリ (Tsutsuli)
  2. Toyo Tsutsuli Official myspace blog "台湾人として / in these days " May 31, 2009
  3. HomeGrownRadioNJ "Sher Delight" playlist March 9, 2010
  4. Toyo Tsutsuli Official Twitter "Note to my fans" June 10, 2012
  5. MusicBrainz.org
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