Toy is an electronic duo formed by UK composer Alisdair Stirling and producer Jorgen Traeen from Bergen, Norway. They released 'Rabbit Pushing Mower/Valley Cars' in 2002 as a vinyl seven inch on Telle Records described by the BBC as an amusing cream puff of a tune. As Telle Records had a break, the label kindly handed Toy to Smalltown Supersound. This resulted in a new seven inch single "Sedan Through Tunnel/Decorama". Both singles sold out quickly.'Rabbit Pushing Mower' opened their friend Annie`s DJ Kicks mix album for Studio K7 (in late October 2005). In 2006 the duo released the debut album, Toy, on Smalltown Supersound. The album received brilliant reviews. A mini-album 'Half Baked Alaska' is set for release on Smalltown early in 2008. It will contain four live tracks by Toy's 10-piece organ orchestra and a remix by the High Llama's Sean O'Hagan. Their third vinyl seven inch 'Welcome to Cedars Lodge/High in the Cedars' will be released in 2008.Jorgen Traeen runs Duper Studios in Bergen, a space he also shares with Røyksopp, Datarock and Bjorn Torske among others. Traeen is a well known producer who among others has produced Sondre Lerche, Magnet and Jaga Jazzist. He also has his own solo project Sir Dupermann on Smalltown Supersound. Although a Londoner Stirling has his roots in Bergen where he is the driving force behind the Bergen pop workshop/collective 'House of Hiss'."Like Röyksopp's "Poor Leno"-- cold, lonely pop, bedroom danceparty shit"(PITCHFORK)
Prozac-flavoured glory (BBC RADIO 3)
"Sounds like a lot of fun being in Toy" (4/5, DJ MAGAZINE)
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