Music like Tesla Boy

Tesla Boy is a Russian synthpop band formed in 2008 by sound producer, songwriter and musician Anton Sevidov.

From an early age, Anton Sevidov learned music through his father's old vinyl collection that included Ray Charles, Prince, Stevie Wonder and Blondie.

The activity of the band began from the recording and spreading online the demo consisting of five tracks, which were released as "The Tesla Boy EP" later. First Tesla Boy gave few concerts, but after that in 2009 Tesla Boy had their first open show. This show helped the band to become well-known, furthermore, "Valerie", a popular foreign blog about music, wrote about the band.

Mullet Records, a British record label, suggested to release a mini album with five tracks. "The Tesla Boy EP" uploaded in winter, 2009, official release was in September, and later autumn the album of remixes was dropped. The band had shows on big festivals such as Afisha’s Picnic and STEREOLETO. Moreover, Tesla Boy’s songs were rotated on radio BBC.