{"id":11041,"date":"2012-09-13T10:11:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T10:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=11041"},"modified":"2017-03-01T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:48:11","slug":"new-noise-marques-toliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/09\/13\/new-noise-marques-toliver\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW NOISE: Marques Toliver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hailing from Florida via Brooklyn, Marques Toliver is a jewel in the crown of London\u2019s music scene. His impromptu busking sessions and joyous fusion of soul, blues, and strings have attracted the praise of everyone from Adele to Grizzly Bear, Holly Miranda to TV on the Radio. Wonderland caught up with the one man orchestra to discuss his roots, current projects, and inspirations.<\/p>\n

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Can you tell us a little about your current single, Magic Look?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I like leaving it up to the listener to decipher for themselves. But it\u2019s structured around strings – I guess you could say it\u2019s a rhythm and blues \u2018pop\u2019 track.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve recently released a great video for Magic Look – who came up with the concept?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That was all me! I\u2019ve always been working on treatments \u2013 this one was very easy to flesh out and create. I\u2019m very hands on with it, from the styling to the edits. I look up to Beyonc\u00e9 a lot, when it comes to being on top of things. And Natasha from Bat For Lashes \u2013 working with her, she\u2019s very hands on. She has tonnes of journals of ideas. That\u2019s something that I try to do also.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re also editor of Love is the Law<\/a>, what\u2019s the concept behind it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Love is the Law is basically like\u2026 if the world had access to my Facebook friend\u2019s account, these would be some of the people they would be running into, like Lianne (La Havas), Georgia Jagger, Tali Lennox (sorry, I\u2019m namedropping like crazy right now)! But that\u2019s what the magazine is\u2026 it helps my music fans know a little bit more about me and what I\u2019m into. It\u2019s not your typical magazine. <\/p>\n