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About Me

Visit Twink's website for more info and MP3s.

Twink is Mike Langlie from Boston, MA, and his collection of toy pianos. Mike collaborates with a bunch of eclectic musicians, fusing a variety of unlikely instruments and moods. Tunes range from cartoon soundtracks, to classical sounding chamber pieces, to hyper electronica. Twink appeals to all ages and anyone with a sense for fun and unusual music. Frequently heard in programming for MTV and VH1.

"Picture your stuffed animal collection at a late-night rave in an enchanted forest - Twink is the music they are dancing to." (Performer Magazine)

"This has got to be one of the most fun, unique and creative albums I've ever heard." (Space Junkies)

"Weirdly, I kind of like this, if for no other reason than it seems so entirely deranged." (Diskant)

My Interests

toy pianos, toy instruments, casio keyboards, cutetronica, bunnies.

I'd like to meet:

Fun-loving folks and bunnies!

My Blog

A Very Fine Adventure.

The new album by my toy piano band Twink is out. It's 10 fun tracks and an interactive cover that lets you choose your own adventure. Check out a couple of songs at the site. You can also get all the ...
Posted by Twink on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:44:00 PST

Bunniez are hardcore.

Holy cow, my bunny skull logo is now a tattoo! Hardcore Twink fan or just a logo thief? :) You can get a shirt of it if you're not as brave. (Thanks to DJ extraordinaire Fred Yarm for the alert!)In ot...
Posted by Twink on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:17:00 PST

Virtual toy piano

Toy musician Pascale Ayerbe has created an online playable toy piano. Be sure to check out the other sound toys on his site (look for the Instruments button)....
Posted by Twink on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:23:00 PST

Ice Cream Truckin makes WFMUs Best of 2007

The latest Twink CD has the dubious honor of making Liz Berg's list of "Best charmingly annoying releases" of 2007. Huzzah!
Posted by Twink on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:55:00 PST

NPR Feature

NPR Music's "Second Stage" has a nice write-up on Twink and features my song "Do You Hear the Frog?"
Posted by Twink on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:28:00 PST

New MP3 for Halloween -- for a limited time!

There's a Twink version of the theme from Rosemary's Baby at the bottom of my website's Music page. It will only be up until early November so listen while you can!...
Posted by Twink on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:22:00 PST

Twink featured in Vogue Italia.

Here's a scan from the August 2007 issue. Too bad I can't read Italian.
Posted by Twink on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:58:00 PST

Another cute video!

Miss Ming from France does it again, this time animating some of my illustrations for The Nearest Star.
Posted by Twink on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:38:00 PST

What could be prettier than a piano burning in the snow?

Multimedia artist Jeff DeRose (of ice-axe.com) made a beautiful video for the Twink tune Light Through a Keyhole. That's him in the goggles and bowler hat....
Posted by Twink on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:21:00 PST

Pictures come alive

Miss Ming made a cute animated video from illustrations I did for Twink CD booklets. I'm amazed to see the bunnies come to life.
Posted by Twink on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:56:00 PST