Broken Toy – 10 Essential Tracks
Broken Toy – 10 Essential Tracks
Behind the Broken Toy project is James Copeland, a psytrance producer from Cape Town in South Africa.
His unique approach of producing music, fused by a twisted and quirky edge, and mesmerizing soundscapes, has placed him his among the best Psytrance artists the scene has to offer today.
James was one of the first pioneers of the South African psytrance scene with artists such as Rinkadink, Protoculture, and Shift. In 2003, he joined Alchemy records shortly after starting the Broken Toy solo project during the same year.
His self-titled debut album released in 2005, featuring a unique blend of powerful soundscapes. The follow up album and part 2 in the trilogy, “The low, down, dirty sound of…” was released in 2007.
He has performed at parties all over the world – Brazil, India, Russia, UK, Canada, South Africa, Israel, Mexico, France, Spain, Austria, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden,Finland, Germany, Portugal, Japan, Australia – and has played at major festivals such as Boom festival in Portugal, Glade festival in the UK, Full Moon festival in Germany, SOnica in Italy, Universo Parallelo in Brazil as well as all the major parties in South Africa such as PRISM, Vortex, Origin, H20, Fu-cha, Alien Safari, etc.
His unique approach of producing music, fused by a twisted and quirky edge, and mesmerizing soundscapes, has placed him his among the best Psytrance artists the scene has to offer today.
You can re-discover Broken Toy older albums on Bandcamp’s page.
https://brokentoymemo604.bandcamp.com/album/broken-toy
Header pic : Ron Kobi