Tor (musician) explained

Tor Sjogren, who records mononymously as Tor, is a Canadian electronic musician from Vancouver, British Columbia,^[1] who won the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022 for his album Oasis Sky.^[2]

He began his career in 2009 with Illinoize, a remix album which blended hip hop songs by artists such as Aesop Rock, Outkast and Big Daddy Kane with samples from Sufjan Stevens' 2005 album Illinois.^[3]

Discography

• Illinoize (2009)
• Drum Therapy (2012)
• Blue Book (2016)
• Blue Book Remixed (2017)
• Oasis Sky (2021)^[4]
• Oasis Sky Remixed (2022)

Notes and References

1. Franz Hilerbath, "Tor: The dual Aussie/Canadian details his start, the rise of sample-based music and playing his style of music before the masses". The Marquee, June 1, 2019.
2. Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.
3. Josiah Hughes, "Montreal's Tor Mashes Up Sufjan Stevens". Exclaim!, March 12, 2009.
4. Patrick Ames Conner, "Burgeoning beatsmith TOR shares eclectic electronic LP 'Oasis Sky'". Earmilk, May 6, 2021.