Review: Last time we heard from Toy Tonics boss Kapote (real name Matthias Modica), he was offering up a updated and reworked version of his 2019 debut album, What It Is. 'Electric Slide', his latest EP, showcases his first all-new original solo music for almost five years. Our pick of the bunch is energetic opener 'The Party', a percussion rich romp rich in heady party atmos, densely layered drums, addictive electric piano hooks and a propulsive bassline. Naturally, there's plenty to set the pulse racing elsewhere across the EP, from the subtly proto house-influenced, hands-in-the-air joy of 'The See Me' and the thickset deep disco house flex of 'The Come On', to the kaleidoscopic nu-disco elasticity of 'The Slide'.
Review: Toy Tonics' self-explanatory 'Top Tracks' compilations are not only a great way of keeping track of what the label has been up to over the previous 12 months, but also a superb source of guaranteed floor-fillers and underground anthems. Volume 11 in the series is naturally packed to the rafters with high-grade treats, with our picks of a super-strong bunch including the sun-soaked disco-not-disco brilliance of Art of Tones' remix of Sam Ruffillo's rap-sporting Italian house gem 'Mind & Soul', the bumpin', mid-90s NYC house style excellence of 'Work 2 It' by Sound Support, the low-slung, jazz-funk tinged brilliance of Kapote's 'The Body Move', a thrillingly bouncy Dan Shake rub of his Cody Currie collaboration, 'Cash', and Esa's melodious, early '90s South African house-inspired 'Club Dub' of his own 'Brigada', featuring Barbara Boeing.
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