Biography

Toygrace formed in Rome, Italy, in August 2009, from the encounter of vocalist Laura and piano player and composer Ema, both professional musicians working as live performers for various tribute bands throughout all Italy.
Ema had the project for some unsigned music and he already had many songs written and arranged when he started, in mid 2009, to search for a new female vocalist – since he had stopped the co-working with a former singer who didn’t match with the sound of his music.
Laura, a Ema’s old friend, heard some of the tracks, being enthusiastic since the beginning. Ema wasn’t oriented on Laura’s voice, as he was searching for a darker kind of vocals, but a single jam made him change his idea. Laura’s light and delicate vocals sounded as the missing element in Ema’s music.
Few months later they choosed for the project the name “Toygrace”. “Grace” from the refrain of their song “Me, You”, as the idea of “grace” was really fitting with the atmosphere in their work; “Toy” because Toygrace’s music is meant to be some way ironic and not too serious.
In august 2010, Laura brought the first Toygrace single “Great!” to the Music Festival in Solarolo (IT), coming up to semifinals. Toygrace also appeared together in some other local contest.
First Toygrace’s album, “Average Songs”, was self produced in 2010-2011, mastered at Synchronia Recording Studio in Rome, and released for the digital sells in december 2011. For the single “Great!”, a videoclip has been directed by Rosencrantz & Guilderstern from RG Factory in Rome.
In the “Average Songs” LP, also featured drummer Piero E. Pierantozzi, bass player Simone Di Rienzo, vocalist Denis Tesselli and guitarist Vince Grieco.