Tor Sjogren, who records mononymously as Tor, is a Canadian electronic musician from Vancouver, British Columbia,[1] who won the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022 for his album Oasis Sky.[2]
He began his career in 2009 with Illinoize, a remix album which blended hip hop songs by artists such as Aesop Rock, Outkast and Big Daddy Kane with samples from Sufjan Stevens' 2005 album Illinois.[3]
Discography
edit- Illinoize (2009)
- Drum Therapy (2012)
- Blue Book (2016)
- Blue Book Remixed (2017)
- Oasis Sky (2021)[4]
- Oasis Sky Remixed (2022)
References
edit- ^ Franz Hilerbath, "Tor: The dual Aussie/Canadian details his start, the rise of sample-based music and playing his style of music before the masses". The Marquee, June 1, 2019.
- ^ Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.
- ^ Josiah Hughes, "Montreal's Tor Mashes Up Sufjan Stevens". Exclaim!, March 12, 2009.
- ^ Patrick Ames Conner, "Burgeoning beatsmith TOR shares eclectic electronic LP 'Oasis Sky'". Earmilk, May 6, 2021.
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