BROKEN TOY

BROKEN TOY

Broken Toy is the psytrance project of James Copeland, a producer from Cape Town, South Africa. He begins his career in the project Damage in 2001 and becomes one of the early figures in the South African psytrance scene, alongside artists including Rinkadink, Protoculture and Shift.

Style and releases

His music focuses on full-on psytrance with a twisted, quirky edge. He joins Alchemy Records soon after starting Broken Toy as a solo project in 2003. More than 70 tracks are released on various labels. His self-titled debut album appears in 2005, followed by The Low, Down, Dirty Sound Of... in 2007, which forms part two of a planned trilogy.

Performances and projects

Broken Toy performs at parties across Brazil, India, Russia, the UK, Canada, South Africa, Israel, Mexico, France, Spain, Austria, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Japan and Australia. He also appears at major festivals including Boom Festival in Portugal, Glade Festival in the UK, Full Moon Festival in Germany, Sonica in Italy and Universo Parallelo in Brazil, as well as major South African events such as PRISM, Vortex, Origin, H20, Fu-cha and Alien Safari.

In 2010 he expands into two other projects: Nesono, a techno project with an African-influenced approach to minimal, electro and tech bass, and Super Evil, a metal-influenced project in which he returns to guitar and bass.

Other artist with the same name

Another artist uses the name Broken Toy: Alexander Popp, a breakcore producer from Toulouse, France.