Freddy Todd
Freddy Todd
Freddy Todd is an American DJ from Detroit, Michigan. [1] He currently is based out of Ashville, North Carolina. Todd describes his sound as "Psychedelic Bassy Dancey Soulful Funky Glitchy Electronic Music." [undefined]
Biography
Todd grew up in Detroit and has been friends with fellow DJ/producer GRiZ since middle school. [undefined] They both started using FL Studio in 2004 when a friend downloaded it from LimeWire. They both in their school's marching band and jazz band together and eventually started to collaborate with electronic music. [undefined] They formed SplaTTerboX together, a funky glitch-hop project and would play shows in the midwest. They both went off to have solo careers but still remain close friends. Todd releases music under GRiZ's label All Good Records. [undefined]
Todd has named a number of artists and bands from a wide range of genres as his influences including The Mars Volta, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Stereolab, The Chemical Brothers, Add N to (X), Boards of Canada, Coheed and Cambria, The Fall of Troy, Brand New, The Mercury Program, Mum, Ozric Tentacles, Prefuse 73, Portishead, Dntel (and The Postal Service), Plaid, Plaid, Queens Of The Stoneage, Spoon, Radiohead, Ratatat, Shpongle, STS9, Thievery Corporation, Tool, Jimi Hendrix, The Postal Service, Venetian Snares, Minus the Bear, Wagon Christ, WEEN, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Yes, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, and Miles Davis. [undefined]