Featured Artist - TODDZERO
TODDZERO crafts kaleidoscopic sounds with sonic textures that are equal parts inclusive and infectious.
Like a lot of kids, TODDZERO became obsessed with music at a young age. The first song the California native remembers listening to and loving was ‘Like a Rhinestone Cowboy’ by Glen Campbell. “Something about the lyrics and the melody made me want to sing along,” he says. He took a few guitar lessons and played in bands before putting music on the back burner in order to build a successful career in business.
All that changed in 2010. He began collaborating with a friend who owned recording equipment and what started out as merely a hobby turned into a full-blown calling. Immersing himself in the recording process, he bought his own gear and learned how to self-engineer a record.
In 2012 he released the “1234567″ EP which quickly appeared on NoiseTrade.com’s “New & Notable” homepage and eared positive press.
Building on the buzz generated by “1234567,” TODDZERO returned to his Los Angeles studio to write, record, and produce the bulk of his first full-length album. Stringing together songs full of ecstatic longing for rest and home, “Kid Heart” debuted in June 2013 on indie label Hembot Recordings.
The songs on “Kid Heart” weave electronica, indie, and Gospel to create a wholly distinct, persuasive sound buoyed by narrative songsmithing. Tracks explore lost youth and innocence, as well as spiritual themes of salvation, redemption, and homecoming.
Part diary and part concept album, “The first half of ‘Kid Heart’ is a collection of deeply personal songs, while the second half is almost a concept album with songs that follow the narrative of the final week of Christ’s life from the triumphal entry all the way to the resurrection,” TODDZERO explains. “It’s a unique mix, to be sure, but I think it’s one that both believers and nonbelievers can embrace.”
You can find out more at http://www.toddzero.com/
