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The heap of genres, the noise that needed to be edgy, distinct and solid in true terms of electronic music, gave birth to the New Delhi based electronic duo Teddy Boy Kill back in 2008. Individually known in the scene as Toymob (Ashar Farooqui former vocalist of Envision) and Audio Pervert, (Samrat B), they blended their sounds to give birth to a genre of its own nature, backed by mesmerising use of synths, beats and programming. We spoke to the duo about their arrival in the scene and found out what’s going on in the studios:

  How was TBK born?

Teddy Boy Kill was formed out an idea to compose original electronic music which reflects a certain mood, a message and the choice of sound. The mood is twisted. The message is often cryptic. And the sound is dance. It’s a full frontal approach to making and performing dance music live.

  What was your sound like before you two hooked up?

Toymob – Ashhar Farooqui was the front man and producer of the erstwhile fusion band Envision (circa 2006), Audio Pervert (Samrat B) collaborated and mixed Envision’s debut and only album till date – Patterns & Moodswings. The album created many more possibilities to combine electronic sounds, ethnic melodies, sampling and synthesis – Toymob remains the lyrical and vocal stream of TBK although, as a part of the evolution, Toymob has transgressed into severe manipulation of the voice, while Audio Pervert engineers the beat, basslines and synthesisers at the studio and on stage. The combination stems from the desire to bring in individualistic yet musical sensibilities to perform and to record.