Fancy Toys 'Gypsy Eyes' album

James Duncan and Mickäel Téo have been writing, playing live and recording in the studio with many artists, since they were really pretty young. They have performed at some of the most prestigious venues all around the world and have now come together to form The Fancy Toys.

They take influences from across the globe and implement them into a new, exciting and refreshing way of making music. With the Fancy Toys, they unleash their creativity, challenge themselves through the use of different and unusual instruments and explore new sounds.

James had his first taste of professional music at the age of 18 when he played drums on a TV show in Ireland. Session drumming took over at 22 when he left university and thus started his musical life; playing for Rock bands, Pop bands and Jazz artists. James has played in 39 US states, every European country, India, Russia, South America and beyond. His taste for travel through music is continuing to be fulfilled, with The Fancy Toys due to hit the shores of Iceland in April and The Czech Republic in July of 2009. James plays percussion, melodeon, glockenspiel, guitar, mandolin and toys.

Mickäel has always been obsessed with art and quickly developed a passion for computers ad their creative possibilities. He sold his first music and graphics to a major video game companies as a teenager. He learned the guitar quite late but started gigging immediately with a Rock band, a Funk band and a Jazz trio. Mickäel plays guitar, ukulele and flutes. He is able to achieve a very unusual range for a male singer by singing over 3 Octaves.

James and Mickäel met when The Loot paper fell open to ‘guitarist needed’ in Mickäel’s hands. Both stimulate each other’s creativities and they have developed a range of short-lived but nonetheless exciting projects: A model agency, a music agency and a TV cooking program. Music won out and The Fancy Toys were created... And they’re here to stay!

The Fancy Toys love to invite guests on to the stage to help out with the performance. Notable inclusions are trumpet, double bass, backing vocals and percussion. Every show is different!

Their vision is to write music that will be extremely fresh and to stimulate listeners to smile, laugh and dance. They are absolutely unique and continue to surprise at every level. The Fancy Toys show is a visual and audio experience; a true show. So stand back and watch the comedy, the lights, the make up and be amazed...

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‘The Fancy Toys have mustered some impressively jaunty, craftily catchy tunes. They will find fans across a wide variety of audiences.’ Metro Newspaper

‘...Simply gorgeous – little vignettes of charm and bitterness with a sense of humour aswell... Absolutely joyful, and they could be huge.’ Music News

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