Torul (band)

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Torul
Torul at the Amphi Festival 2017
Torul at the Amphi Festival 2017
General information
origin Ljubljana , Slovenia
Genre (s) Electropop , synth pop
Website www.torul-recordings.net
Current occupation
Torul Torulsson
Maj Valery
Borut Dolenec
former members
singing
Jan Jenko (until 2016)
Torul at the Blackfield Festival 2014 in Gelsenkirchen

Torul is a Slovenian electro-pop band.

history

The founder and namesake Torul Torulsson has been musically active since the 1990s. As Torul W he held several Club publications under the label of Low Spirit , z. B. Waterproof Theme .

In 2010 Torul made their album debut with Dark Matters . With the successor In Whole (2011) they switched to the soul food label Infacted Recordings. In 2012 they performed at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig. In 2013 the album Tonight We Dream Fiercely was released . This was followed by a European tour as a backing band for the synth pop group Mesh . In 2014 they also had an appearance at the Amphi Festival . In spring 2016 Jan Jenko left the band and was replaced by Maj Valerij.

style

Torul reinterpreted songs from The Cure ( Disintegration ) and Tears for Fears ( Mad World ).

Her style has influences from indie pop , electro pop , dark wave , IDM and electro .

Discography

Albums

  • 2010: Dark Matters (Torul Recordings)
  • 2011: In Whole (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2013: Tonight We Dream Fiercely (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2015: The Measure (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2016: Reset (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2019: Hikikomori (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2020: Teniversia (Infacted Recordings)

Singles

  • 2003 (as Torul W): Waterproof Theme (Low Spirit)
  • 2003 (as Torul W): Discreamer (Low Spirit)
  • 2007: Start Like This (Fargo)
  • 2010: It Was Supposed to Be Fun (Digital Release)
  • 2010: Saddest Song (Digital Release)
  • 2011: Try (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2011: Partially Untamed (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2012: Glow (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2013: The Fall (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2014: All (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2016: Savior of Love (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2014: Monday (Infacted Recordings)
  • 2018: Explain (Infacted Recordings)

Web links

Commons : Torul  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sonic Seducer : Torul "In Whole" ( January 21, 2013 memento in the Internet Archive ), December 9, 2011.
  2. WGT - artist line-up 2012
  3. Sonic Seducer: Torul "Tonight We Dream Fiercely" ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 5, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sonic-seducer.de
  4. Amphi Festival - History ( Memento from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. New singer at Torul: Maj replaces Jan Jenko / album teaser online. Sonic Seducer , April 28, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016 .
  6. Zillo Musiknews: Torul: New album "Tonight We Dream Fiercly" and tour with Mesh