The Toucan
Music Style: Cheeky breaks and electroclash
First Toucan Track: Point Blank (2003)
Real Names: The Toucan
Profile
Producing cheeky UK breakbeat, the first Toucan track was "Point Blank", dating from summer 2003 (a Dave Kent and Psychadelik Pedestrian collaboration) and released online until January 2004. The online release coincided with the change of the name of this site to Toucanmusic.com - hence the new artist name.
"Freshen Up" was the follow up from early 2004, an irritatingly catchy, rolling mix of synth bass and breakbeat with a bizarre vocal sample. The even more eccentric "bathroom" remix featured a sample of a flushing toilet at the end!
The third track, this time produced by Psychadelik Pedestrian alone, "Push It Down" was the first to feature a full vocal, completely synthesized using FruityLoops Speech utility. The vocal was mixed with heavily distorted bass and electronic beats. Following this, the fourth track "Enemy Within" was finished in the Autumn of 2004 and featured a stripped down, old skool breakbeat sound. The final track, 2005's "Audial Assault" was a distorted mix of breakbeats and electroclash, again featuring a full vocal but this time a combined mix of real vocals and synthesized speech.
Always intended as a temporary venture, The Toucan project was wound up after "Audial Assault".
Releases by The Toucan
The Enemy Within - The Toucan
tou211 17 December 2005
The Enemy Within - electro edit The Enemy Within - 12" electro blag The Enemy Within - original mix
The Toucan present The Enemy Within, a futuristic, banging electro breaks track with robotic distorted vocals, bouncy bass stabs and old skool electronic beats. The electro blag remixes feature cut up electronic beats and arpeggiated acid synth effects, while the original mix features a two step breakbeat.
Audial Assault - The Toucan
tou205 12 July 2005
Audial Assault - vocal edit Audial Assault - Beat Doctor's "red hot poker" edit Audial Assault - Beat Doctor's "red hot poker" extended Audial Assault - drum solo
The Toucan livens things up with this furious blend of futuristic driving electro breakbeats, distorted and aggressive digital vocals, and rolling bass. On the remix is the Beat Doctor, with a funky, warm analogue synth house sound. Finally, there's the exclusive drum solo, a mix of the backing breaks, programmed by The Toucan. Feel free to use all or part of the drum solo as backing in your own tracks - if you do, please give credit to Toucan Music.
Remixes by The Toucan
“Calling Out Your Name” by Redmann [The Toucan's old skool remix] tour56Older releases by The Toucan
Older releases from Frantik Music and Toucan Music dating from 1998 to 2005.
Push It Down by The Toucan [original mix] 7 June 2004 Point Blank by The Toucan [original mix] 5 January 2004 Freshen Up by The Toucan [original mix] 5 January 2004 Freshen Up by The Toucan [bathroom edit] 5 January 2004 Freshen Up by The Toucan [extended bathroom remix] 5 January 2004