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Polyrhythmic finks, broken beats and atmospheric textures - based out of Graz, Austria, Toupaz has
been quietly carving out his own lane in the leftfield techno & bass music world. Distinct, detailed and
fundamentally genre-fluid, his oddball productions cross a range of stylistic influences and tempos,
purpose built for the explorative DJ. If you’ve kept your ear to the ground these past few years you
might have come across his outstanding transmissions as Awo Ojiji. The magic in his sound lies in the
way he manipulates drums, using non-standard palettes of percussion and making them move in
mind-bending ways. The wild rhythmic shenanigans are matched by a virtuoso approach to synthesis
and sound design which ducks, dives and darts around the many-limbed beats. It’s not a simple case
of shock and awe though — Toupaz understands how to maintain subtlety and intrigue even in the
most complex, fizzing peaks of his tracks. In short: playful tracks with physical impact.
A frankenstein text by Shilla Strelka, Control Freak & Oliver Warwick