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Those who say that all of my songs sound the same, I can partially agree with you there, as others say - it's how I roll, that's my style. You won't believe this, but I actually make each of my song from scratch, I don't have any "Tobu template". But by the end of the day it turns out actually sounding very similar to my other songs. I make melodic house music, so yeah, beat is same, style is same, but melodies are different. 99.1% averagely seems to be liking my songs, and that's good enough for me. It's surprisingly high ratio, if I would really start changing all my style, my fans would go away, that's why they are here, to hear this.
Tobu
Toms Burkovskis, professionally known as Tobu (pronounced as toe-boo) and stylized as 7obu, is an artist who debuted on NCS with his track, Seven, released on January 26, 2014.
NCS Timeline[]
2013[]
- March
- March 27, 2013: Tobu had his first appearance on NCS when his track, Floating, was promoted by NCS exclusively on SoundCloud. It was later removed for unknown reasons.
2014[]
- January
- January 26, 2014: Tobu released his debut NCS single, Seven.
- February
- February 9, 2014: Tobu released his second NCS single, Colors.
- March
- March 30, 2014: Tobu released his third NCS single, Hope.
- April
- June
- June 1, 2014: Tobu released his fifth NCS single, Life.
- June 22, 2014: Tobu released his sixth NCS single, Infectious.
- July
- July 17, 2014: Tobu released his seventh NCS single, Mesmerize.
- September
- October
- October 19, 2014: Tobu released his ninth NCS single, Dusk, in collaboration with Syndec. This track is featured in the NCS: Uplifting album.
- December
- December 22, 2014: Tobu released his tenth NCS single, Running Away, in collaboration with Marcus Mouya.
2015[]
- February
- February 9, 2015: Tobu released his eleventh NCS single, Candyland. This track is featured in the NCS: Infinity album.
- March
- March 19, 2015: Tobu released his twelfth NCS single, Good Times.
- April
- April 25, 2015: Tobu released his thirteenth single on NCS, Sound of Goodbye.
2016[]
- July
- July 23, 2016: Tobu released his fourteenth NCS single, Roots. This track is featured in the NCS: The Best of 2016 album.
2017[]
- May
- May 6, 2017: Tobu released a remix of Culture Code's track, Make Me Move, featuring Karra.
2018[]
- December
- December 1, 2018: Tobu released his fifteenth NCS single, Return To The Wild, featuring Michael Shynes. This track is featured in the NCS: Reloaded album.
- An instrumental version was released in the creators bundle of the album.
2019[]
- March
- March 23, 2019: Tobu released his sixteenth NCS single, Turn It Up.
2021[]
- August
- August 17, 2021: Tobu released his seventeenth NCS single, Destiny, in collaboration with Jim Yosef, Anna Yvette, Electro-Light, and Deaf Kev. This track is featured in the NCS10 and screen time albums.
- October
- October 2, 2021: Tobu released his eighteenth NCS single, Lost. This track is featured in the NCS10 album.
2022[]
- May
- May 7, 2022: Tobu released his nineteenth NCS single, If I Disappear, featuring Tom Mårtensson.
- August
- August 12, 2022: Tobu released his twentieth NCS single, Memory Lane.
- November
- November 26, 2022: Tobu released his twenty-first NCS single, Back To You. This track is featured in the NCS: The Best Of 2022 album.
2023[]
- March
- March 7, 2023: Thirteen of Tobu's tracks: Seven, Colors, Hope, Sunburst, Life, Infectious, Mesmerize, Cloud 9, Dusk, Running Away, Candyland, Good Times, Sound of Goodbye and two YouTube Shorts that featured Tobu's 2014-2015 music were removed from the label due to Tobu's contract with NCS expiring.
2024[]
- August
- August 9, 2024: Tobu released his twenty-second NCS single, Faster, along with an extended mix and an extended instrumental mix.
- November
- November 14, 2024: Tobu released his twenty-third NCS single, Geometry, in collaboration with Diviners.
2025[]
- January
- January 9, 2025: Tobu released his twenty-fourth NCS single, Funk It.
NCS Uploads[]
- Seven
- January 26, 2014
- Colors
- February 9, 2014
- Hope
- March 30, 2014
- Sunburst (with Itro)
- April 27, 2014
- Life
- June 1, 2014
- Infectious
- June 22, 2014
- Mesmerize
- July 17, 2014
- Cloud 9 (with Itro)
- September 21, 2014
- Dusk (with Syndec)
- October 19, 2014
- Running Away (with Marcus Mouya)
- December 22, 2014
- Candyland
- February 9, 2015
- Good Times
- March 19, 2015
- Sound of Goodbye
- April 25, 2015
- Roots
- July 23, 2016
- Culture Code - Make Me Move (feat. Karra) (Tobu Remix)
- May 6, 2017
- Return To The Wild (feat. Michael Shynes)
- December 1, 2018
- Turn It Up
- March 23, 2019
- Destiny (with Jim Yosef, Anna Yvette, Electro-Light & Deaf Kev)
- August 17, 2021
- Lost
- October 2, 2021
- If I Disappear (feat. Tom Mårtensson)
- May 7, 2022
- Memory Lane
- August 12, 2022
- Back To You
- November 26, 2022
- Faster
- August 10, 2024
- Geometry (with Diviners)
- November 14, 2024
- Funk It
- January 9, 2025
Trivia[]
Other[]
- Tobu's track, Candyland, was featured in the game "Rolling Sky" in the level "Candy".[1]
- Most of Tobu's 2014-2015 tracks (except for Seven, Hope, Cloud 9 and Infectious), have not been removed from NCS' SoundCloud yet.
- All of Tobu's releases were labeled as House, except for Turn It Up.
- His 2014-2015 songs initially did not have the NCS logo on their cover arts and were the very few at the time that did not have the placeholder cover art, but rather Tobu's own cover arts. At an unknown point however, they were added onto the cover arts before they were removed from NCS.
- Tobu used to have comments on YouTube uploads of his own NCS songs, as well as other songs such as This Time, Rollercoaster, and Dreaming Of Me. However, all of them were deleted shortly before his 2014-2015 songs were removed. He has since not commented on any NCS upload from that point even after returning.
- Despite being removed, Tobu's videos of his removed NCS songs on his YouTube channel still say "Released by NCS" in the descriptions as well as in the usage rights of the songs on his website, Tobu.io.
Collaborated with[]
- Itro (2)
- Anna Yvette (1)
- DEAF KEV (1)
- Diviners (1)
- Electro-Light (1)
- Jim Yosef (1)
- Marcus Mouya (1)
- Syndec (1)
Artists featured[]
- Michael Shynes (1)
- Tom Mårtensson (1)
Artists remixed[]
- Culture Code (1)
Featured artists in artist's remixes[]
- KARRA (1)
Gallery[]
Tobu working in his studio.
Tobu shared this note on his social media to notify why his older NCS releases were taken down.
References[]
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