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Sam Ruffillo
Various
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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TOYT 155
18 Aug 23
Deep House
18 Aug 23
Deep House
Various
The Soultrend Orchestra & Papik - "Spread Your Love Around" (feat Randy Roberts - Ricky Birickyno Classic remix instrumental) - (5:44) 120 BPM
Played by: Noema
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IRM 2253
12 May 23
Deep House
12 May 23
Deep House
Played by: Darren Clark, ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Deep House, Rayko, Fred Everything, Todd Terry, G-Blaster (Memorie Cluster), BRENDON P, The Magic Track
Review: Italian house and disco producer Sam Ruffillo has three EPs for Toy Tonics under his belt, and now here come the remixes of 2022's 'Brooklyn Tapes'. The standout for yours truly is Art Of Tones' Extended Remix of 'Mind & Soul', which tops a jaunty, nagging keys riff with a Tyree Cooper-esque rap vocal, while Eli Escobar's take on 'Just Fine' vaguely recalls the more soulful end of UKG circa 1999. But in Ruffillo's own words, "these tracks are house and electronic funk but they're also rap, R&B and disco," so if any of that sounds like your bag, dive on in!
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TOYT136RMX
17 Feb 23
Deep House
17 Feb 23
Deep House
Review: We generally shy away from tipping artists for great things - it can be a curse - but it's a safe bet to say that Sam Ruffillo will make an impact in 2023. The young Italian producer has not a put foot wrong on his earlier releases, and this expansive EP - which further defines a trademark sound that blends references to classic Italian and American house with nods to jazz-funk, broken beat, soul and boogie - is his best work yet. There are original and instrumental mixes of four cuts: the boogie bass and kaleidoscopic house colour of 'Just Fine', the electrofunk-meets-Italo-disco excellence of 'Mind & Soul (Italo Version)'. Elsewhere, Ash Lauryn turns unreleased cut 'Don't Think Twice' into a subtly disco-tinged deep house body-warmer, while Art of Tones delivers two passes on 'Mind & Soul' - a glistening, sun-bright vocal version that sounds like a classic Dave Lee production, and an equally as impressive, vocal-free Dub Mix.
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TOYT 136
20 Jan 23
Deep House
20 Jan 23
Deep House
Review: He may only have released a handful of tracks and one EP but rising star Sam Ruffillo has yet to put a foot wrong during his so far short career. Predictably, the Bologna-based producer has hit the mark yet again with this sequel to his debut EP Italianissimo, which landed earlier in the year. Particularly potent is opener 'Chiamami Subito', a hard-wired fusion of gritty funk, righteous disco and hands-aloft piano house that's as celebratory and sweaty as they come. Elsewhere, '80 Voglia di Calcio' is a bouncy, squelchy and atmospheric affair in which Ruffillo blurs the boundaries between jazz-funk, boogie and classic U.S deep house, while BPlan collaboration 'Mediterranea' is a sun-soaked slab of summery house perfection that comes complete with carnival-ready horns and a suitably seductive vocal.
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TOYT 144
12 Aug 22
Deep House
12 Aug 22
Deep House
Various
Papik & The Soultrend Orchestra - "Touch The Sky" (feat The Soultrend Orchestra - Ricky Birickyno Classic remix instrumental) - (5:40) 120 BPM
Papik, The Soultrend Orchestra & Frankie Pearl - "Shiver" (Mark Di Meo instrumental remix) - (6:38) 122 BPM
Dolls Combers - "Don't You Ever Wonder Why" (feat Dana Byrd - DC Element instrumental mix) - (8:59) 122 BPM
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IRM 2062
08 Sep 21
Funky/Club House
08 Sep 21
Funky/Club House
Played by: Kraak & Smaak, Juno Recommends Deep House, Rayko, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, FRAN DEEPER
Review: Sam Ruffillo has barely put a foot wrong since debuting on Irma Dancefloor back in 2018, with fine contributions to Boogie Caf?'s Bologna on the Move EP being followed by a string of releases on Toy Tonics. His latest missive is naturally rather impressive too, mixing his usual jazz-funk-tinged house colour with nods aplenty to turn-of-the-90s Italian house. 'Danca Organica' is a breezy, feelgood piano house number straight from the top drawer, 'Es Buena' is a slick and soulful slab of Mediterranean house warmth and 'Perfetta Cosi' is as bold, beautiful and colourful as you'd expect while retaining the artist's famed bottom-end strength. The EP also boasts two remixes: a jazzy nu-disco-goes-deep house tweak of 'Perfetta Cosi' by Gome, and a throbbing, Italo-disco style Musumeci re-wire pf 'Danca Organica'.
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TOYT 124
13 Aug 21
Deep House
13 Aug 21
Deep House
Various
Review: There's much to enjoy about the ninth volume in Toy Tonics' ongoing Top Tracks series, which showcases much played, sought-after highlights from the label's rapidly growing catalogue. The standard of material on show is uniformly excellent, from the warming and organic broken dancefloor soul of Cody Currie's compilation opening 'Moves' and the sparkling piano house retro-futurism of COEO's 'I Can Never Be Yours', to the Amp Fildder-esque deep house soul of Rhode, Brown & Kosmo Kint's 'Through The Night', and the good-time, carnival-ready dancefloor sunshine of Sam Ruffilo's disco-tinged 'Es Buena'. Throw in a couple of killer cuts from jazz pianist-turned-deep house don Joel Holmes, and you have a seriously good compilation.
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TOYT 125
16 Jul 21
Deep House
16 Jul 21
Deep House
Black Mighty Wax / Various
Black Mighty Wax - "Shake Your Heart" (From P60 The Headloop remix - feat Sarah Jane Morris) - (6:28) 120 BPM
Played by: Dj N◉va ▶ Rodon FM 95
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IRM 2042
22 Jun 21
Deep House
22 Jun 21
Deep House
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IRM 1965
16 Nov 20
Balearic/Downtempo
16 Nov 20
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Dave Mathmos
Review: London label Boogie Cafe bring us a four-track V/A EP showcasing rising stars from Bologna, Italy. Sam Ruffilo's 'U Make Me Sing' is up first: it ain't nothin' but a funk loop, if we're being honest, but it's a highly effective one that'll do the damage out on the floor. That's followed by D'Arabia's 'Straight Outta Fire', a light, Afro-tinged roller topped with a mournful male indie-soul vocal, before Sam Ruffillo returns with Brine in tow to bring us the deep, bubblin' Jersey garage stylings of 'Request Line' - to these ears, the EP's standout. Brine then goes it alone on 'Star Chaser', which tops a deep, jazzy groove with insistent synth chords.
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BC 023
24 Jul 20
Deep House
24 Jul 20
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House, Dave Mathmos, 80's Child, Dealt With Records, Problematic Disko
Review: Young Italian DJ/producer Sam Ruffillo recently staked his claim to being "one to watch" by contributing two brilliant, musically expansive tracks to Boogie Caf? Records' essential "Bologna On The Move" EP. Here he provides further proof of his "rising star" status via a debut EP on Toy Tonics. It's an assured and surprisingly mature EP, with Ruffillo adding all manner of neat, often jazz-funk-influenced musical touches to a thickset deep house groove on opener "Ride My Bike" and the jazzier, more percussive dancefloor bliss of "Midnight Funk". "Playa Bola" is a dreamy and drowsy slab of organic deep house soul rich in electric piano solos, while "Surf Ways" sees him pepper a seductive house groove with warm chords and playful flute solos. In a word: superb.
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TOYT 108
10 Jul 20
Deep House
10 Jul 20
Deep House
Various
Review: In honour of the imprint's fifth birthday, Boogie Cafe founders Jimmy The Twin and Alex Dinham have decided to offer up a first label compilation containing previously unheard tracks from their growing family of artists. There's naturally plenty to set the pulse racing among the woozy deep house, shuffling broken beats, seductive synth-boogie and retro-futurist US garage on offer, with highlights including the musically expansive brilliance of Sean McCabe's "Infinity", the slick New Jersey bump of Goshawk's "Home (Throwback Vibe Mix)", the Balearic nu-disco bliss of Piers Kirwan's "Shout", the spacey Afro-bruk shapes of EVM128's "Tuff" and the sub-heavy dancehall-soul bounce of Haze City's broken house gem "Yer Tiz". Top stuff from the Bristol-based imprint: don't let it pass you by!
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BC 018D
15 Aug 19
Deep House
15 Aug 19
Deep House
Various
The Soultrend Orchestra - "We Use To Live Together" (feat Adika Pongo - Mark Di Meo remix) - (6:55) 122 BPM
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IRM 1796
20 Feb 19
Funky/Club House
20 Feb 19
Funky/Club House
