Toman

The Netherlands has long been considered a fertile breeding ground for electronic

music, and one man who’s very much indicative of the country’s new era of talent is Toman. Now based

in Amsterdam, he moved to the Dutch capital in early 2018 — and has barely had time to pause for

breath since.

A producer who boasts an impressively prolific streak, Toman started his musical journey at an early

age. More recently, his unique take on house and techno has led him to much-renowned outlets such as

We R House, Cyclic, Blind Vision and Inermu, yet Toman’s story is no overnight success. On the contrary,

his is one that that’s as attributable to a ceaseless work ethic as it is a supportive. music-loving

upbringing as well as an unyielding love of music.

Fascinated by all things percussion, Toman began learning the drums in his early teens, a move that

would eventually steer him toward what he considers the “unrestrictive complexities of electronic

music”. A producer with an endlessly eclectic palette, Toman cites the likes of Underworld,

Minilogue, and Terry Lee Brown Jr as influences, all of whom attest in some way to his own eclectic

palette. From minimal to tech-house to house and deeper sounds, Toman’s diverse musical outlook is

refreshingly hard to categorise.

In 2017, Toman’s first solo EP arrived courtesy of Mihai Popoviciu’s much-respected Cyclic. An ear-

catching release that introduced us to a prodigious young talent, it was an impressive sign of things to

come. Looking forward, Toman recently signed his debut vinyl EP to Cinthie’s much-loved we_r house

label, with the Broodrooster EP supported by a diverse cast of globally-respected DJs such

as Archie Hamilton, Terry Francis, Roger Gerressen, Rossko, Dorian Paic, Traumer, Waze & Odyssey, Alexi

Delano and Eric Cloutier.

In between studio sessions, Toman continues to tour as a DJ, with bookings across his

the Netherlands including the likes of Awakenings and Straf_werk festival. Outside of his native country

he has also thrown it down it esteemed German clubs such as Berlin’s Watergate and Leipzig’s Distillery,

in between playing in Zurich, Manchester and Bucharest to name a few. There’s no doubting that Toman

is an individual beginning to leave his musical mark on the international scene. Watch out for him in a

city near you soon.