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Toro, Toro, Toro!!! is an exercise in tension and release. The Chicago power trio mixes, sparse atmospheric slowcore, serpentine crescendos, wall of sound caterwauls, box step waltzes, and Arabic hymns with full on rawk action. Toro, Toro, Toro!!! was conceived in an ill heated rehearsal space on a very cold evening in November 2004. After a 6 month hiatus, longtime songwriting partners Chris O'Connell and Marco Delgado reconvened in September 2004 to begin composing music for a project that would feature their most ambitious and focused work to date. A cavalier 25 year old drummer Zafar Musharraf answered the online advertisement that Marco and Chris had been running for 3 months straight. The meeting of these three musicians resulted in an immediate personal and musical connection, as each musician possessed the same level of drive, discipline and commitment to creating and performing with total abandon and focus. Over the past year, Toro, Toro, Toro!!! has been collaborating non-stop and performing shows throughout the Chicago area. They are currently preparing to record a 5-song e.p. tentatively titled "Engineered Air", which is slated for a self release in the spring of 2006. They also plan to tour regionally throughout the Midwest, and select dates on the East Coast.