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Origin
  
Akron, Ohio, USA

Siblings
  
Tim Tobias

Role
  
Instrumentalist

Name
  
Todd Tobias

Years active
  
2001–present


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Occupation(s)
  
Record producer, musician

Instruments
  
drums, bass guitar, 6-string guitar, keys, samples

Labels
  
Hidden Shoal Recordings Tiny Room Records

Associated acts
  
Circus Devils Robert Pollard Guided by Voices Clouds Forming Crowns Psycho and the Birds Brother Earth

Albums
  
I RAZOR, Impossible Cities, Tristes Tropiques, Medicine Show, Moorea

Music group
  
Circus Devils (Since 2001)

People also search for
  
Robert Pollard, Tim Tobias, Timothy J. Tobias, Ed Real

The World of Dust - Tarot (feat. Todd Tobias)


Todd Tobias is a multi-instrumentalist and music producer best known for his work with Robert Pollard and his band Guided by Voices. Other projects include Circus Devils, Kramies, The Library is on Fire, The Celebrity Pilots, Slark Martyr, and musical theatre composer and lyricist George Griggs.

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In 2012 Tobias began recording solo albums of instrumental, atmospheric mood music ranging in style from ambient to post-rock. Todd's debut album Medicine Show, released on Hidden Shoal Recordings. has been described as "a multi-faceted instrumental opus, evoking a shadowy steampunk dystopia."

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In 2013, Tobias released I RAZOR, a soundtrack album for the experimental film of the same name, followed by Impossible Cities in 2014 and Tristes Tropiques in 2015. Todd's EP Moorea was featured in John Diliberto's NPR program Echoes' top 25 in September, 2015.

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Albums and EPs

  • Medicine Show – 2012
  • Night Above Ground – 2012
  • I Razor – 2013
  • Impossible Cities – 2014
  • Impossible Cities 2 – 2014
  • Tristes Tropiques – 2015
  • Moorea – 2015
  • Gila Man – 2016
  • Discography for Todd Tobias as producer/ performer

    2017:
    Circus Devils: Laughs Last

    2015:
    Robert Pollard: Faulty Superheroes
    Circus Devils: Stomping Grounds
    The World Of Dust: Womb Realm
    The Flower Machine: Tangerines and Opium Trees

    2014:
    Circus Devils: "Escape"
    Brother Earth: "Positive Haywires"

    2013:
    Robert Pollard: Blazing Gentlemen
    Robert Pollard: Honey Locust Honky Tonk
    Kramies: The Wooden Heart
    Circus Devils: When Machines Attack
    Circus Devils: My Mind Has Seen the White Trick
    King Pedestrian: King Pedestrian

    2012:
    Robert Pollard: Jack Sells The Cow
    Robert Pollard: Mouseman Cloud
    Guided by Voices: The Bears for Lunch
    Guided by Voices: Class Clown Spots a UFO
    Kramies:The European
    The No Real Need: Nonlocal Motives
    Scarcity Of Tanks: Ohio Captives
    Johnny Render: Rendervoux

    2011:
    Robert Pollard: Lord of the Birdcage
    Robert Pollard: Space City Kicks
    Circus Devils: Capsized!
    Clouds Forming Crowns: Allowing Thunderhead
    The Library is on Fire: Works On Paper
    The Flower Machine: Lavender Lane

    2010:
    Robert Pollard: Moses on a Snail
    Robert Pollard: We All Got Out of the Army
    Circus Devils: Mother Skinny
    The Celebrity Pilots: Hawks of the Lesser Antilles
    The Library is on Fire: Magic Bumrush Heartz
    Clouds Forming Crowns: Ouija Board Taxman
    Hospital garden: Hospital garden

    2009:
    Robert Pollard: The Crawling Distance
    Robert Pollard: Elephant Jokes
    Circus Devils: Gringo
    The Sleeptalkers: Back to Earth
    Kramies: Castle of Ghosts
    The No Real Need: Thistles Where We Slept
    Ceiling Star: New Advances in the Field of Obsolescence

    2008:
    Robert Pollard: Robert Pollard Is Off to Business
    Circus Devils: ATAXIA
    Slark Martyr: Cave in the A-Frame
    Kramies: Golden Like a New Thing
    The Softrocks: Summer Apocalypse
    The Frozen Hellsicles: Oh No Wait a Minute...
    Humphry Clinker: Among Cutting Threads EP
    Slark Martyr: Imagination and a Pile of Dirt

    2007:
    Circus Devils: Sgt. Disco
    Robert Pollard: Standard Gargoyle Decisions
    Robert Pollard: Coast to Coast Carpet of Love
    Robert Pollard: Silverfish Trivia
    Psycho and the Birds: We've Moved
    The Celebrity Pilots: Spooky Action
    The Library is on Fire: Cassette
    George Griggs: Transmitter Man'[1]
    Coffinberry: God Dam Dogs
    Humphry Clinker: What’s the Story With the Knife?
    The Sorrys: The Last Clear Thought Before You Fall Backwards

    2006:
    Robert Pollard: From a Compound Eye
    Robert Pollard: Normal Happiness
    Brian Lisik: Happiness is Boring
    Clouds Forming Crowns: Race to the Blackout
    Psycho and the Birds: All that is Holy
    Psycho and the Birds: Check your Zoo EP

    2005:
    The Celebrity Pilots: Beneath the Pavement, a Beach!
    Clouds Forming Crowns: self-titled
    Circus Devils: FIVE
    The Moping Swans: Lightning Head to Coffee Pot

    2004:
    Guided by Voices: Half Smiles of the Decomposed
    Robert Pollard: Fiction Man
    Clouds Forming Crowns: All the Pharmacies
    Circus Devils: Pinball Mars

    2003:
    Guided by Voices: Earthquake Glue

    2002:
    Guided by Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles
    Circus Devils: The harold pig memorial
    Guided by Voices: The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet

    2001:
    Circus Devils: Ringworm Interiors

    References

    Todd Tobias Wikipedia