{"id":21483,"date":"2013-07-17T10:44:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T10:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=21483"},"modified":"2013-09-06T13:15:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T13:15:42","slug":"listen-marques-toliver-exclusive-mixtape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2013\/07\/17\/listen-marques-toliver-exclusive-mixtape\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: Marques Toliver Exclusive Mixtape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marques Toliver’s<\/a> soulful, electro-jungle meets choir beats are back in his second mixtape,\u00a0Study For My PHD, Volume II<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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When he’s not busking the sidewalks of Brick Lane with his violin, Marques Toliver<\/a> is all about working the magic. Discovered first by TV on the Radio in New York, then by Bella Union’s Simon Raymonde in London, he has a CV that makes most musicians grumble with envy: a sometimes model, an Adele favourite, star of Bat For Lashes’ video, Laura<\/em>, editor of Love is Law<\/em> magazine, and now a world-renowned violinist and musician due in part to his first album,\u00a0Land of CanAan. <\/em><\/p>\n

But don’t think he’s just riding on the waves of success — Toliver is back only a few months after Land of CanAan<\/em>‘s release with an entirely new mixtape, Study For My PHD, Volume II<\/em>. The sound is\u00a0 vibrant, steeped in classic soul — and Beyonce<\/a>. Hints of Queen B run throughout the tape, from clips of her Love on Top<\/em> track to her classic\u00a0 snippets of wisdom. We’re feeling smarter by the minute.<\/p>\n

Toliver<\/a> is keen to let his audience sink their teeth into\u00a0the new tracks — but not for long: “We can’t rest too long though so next up, the band and I are back at the Latitude Festival…then in September and October we’ll be back on the road taking the ‘Marques Toliver & The Sometimes – Land of CanAan Tour’ all around Europe.” While we wait for the multiple chances to drool over Toliver’s impressive abilities, we’ll be jiving along to his eclectic beats.<\/p>\n