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Toy Tonics
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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'.
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TOYT 161
29 Mar 24
Deep House
29 Mar 24
Deep House
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TOYT161S 1
12 Feb 24
Deep House
12 Feb 24
Deep House
Review: South Londoners Athlete Whippet find their way back to Toy Tonics following a collaborative drop with Amy Dabbs on Aus Music earlier this year. Turning in something polished and produced with soaring synth lines, massive walking basslines and 909 kick drums with weight, "Release Me" features beautiful, multilayered vocals by Allysha Joy, known for her solo work on labels like Gondwana and First Word but also for being the voice of Australian cult outfit 30/70. Cut from a similar cloth is "U Look At Me" with its vocal hook, live synthstrumentation and starry arpeggios. Known for exploring the more playful side of house music and those genres around it - Athlete Whippet's serve the tonic.
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TOYT 154D
10 Nov 23
Deep House
10 Nov 23
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Toy Tonics may be renowned for delivering delicious deep house and kaleidoscopic nu-disco, but the label is not averse to mixing things up - as their championing of Baby's Beserk, a contemporary four-piece inspired by a mixture of 1980s new wave, 90s indie-dance and post-punk posturing, emphatically proves. The band's self-titled debut album does a great job in setting out their sonic vision, where stylised male and female vocals rise above a mixture of low-slung bass guitar, sharp analogue synth sounds, delay-laden drums, proto-house pianos, woozy drum machine rhythms and dark, clandestine electronic textures. It sounds like it could have been made at some point between 1979 and '83, which of course is entirely the point, but with enough freshness to dispel any thoughts of hollow nostalgia or 21st century revivalism.
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TOYT 147
29 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Following a string of collaborative EPs, Kosmo Kint goes solo to deliver a debut album piled high with effortlessly soulful vocals and colourful, synth-powered musicality. Of course, joint productions still feature - Sam Ruffilo makes his presence felt on two tracks (including the sparkling deep house synth-soul of 'Invincible', which also features Kapote), while Zac Tenebaum stamps his authority on 'Magic' and 'The Formula' - but there are far more solo works amongst our bulging list of album highlights. These include the deep, drowsy and soulful two-step garage brilliance of 'Only Gets Better', the seductive R&B/neo-soul wonder of 'Happy Ever After' and the subtly disco-influenced vocal house of 'Fake Love'.
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TOYT 140
26 May 23
Deep House
26 May 23
Deep House
Review: Cody Currie has established himself in the music scene with notable labels such as Razor N Tape, Classic, Shall Not Fade, and Toy Tonics. His Lucas LP from last year showcased his talent, and now the label has released a feel-good remix package featuring renowned artists. Dan Shake's remix of "Cash" delivers a tough-bumpin' version, while Sam Ruffillo and Kapote amp up the funky elements of the track. Following is the British multi-instrumentalist Kaidi Thatham delivering a soul-charged rendition of "Money," while Jamie 3:26 takes the track deeper with a sweet Moog bassline that is sure to get the crowd grooving.
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TOYT 143
21 Apr 23
Deep House
21 Apr 23
Deep House
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, DJ LAUREL, Rob Lee, FINGERMAN, ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, Ash Reynolds, Discolypso, Rayko, Andy Downtown Science, TERR, THE NICEGUYS, Andy Vann/Grass Green, Chuggin Edits, Ruff Diamond, Paper Recordings, D.S.D., DiCE_NZ, The Magic Track, 1Farshad
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TOYT 132DL
01 Apr 22
Deep House
01 Apr 22
Deep House
Review: Martinique-raised, France-based producer Fenyan is a genuine rising star with a deep, soulful sound that impressively joins the dots between broken beat, dusty house, Zouk, Afro-house and tropical beats. For his debut EP following a few contributions to compilations, the sometime professional dancer has joined forces with enough talented artist on the up, Berlin-based American soul vocalist Kosmo Kint. The results are deep, soulful and rhythmically impressive, with warming instrumentation, punchy beats, toast bass and emotive lead vocals catching the ear. Our pick of a very impressive bunch is bouncy, ultra-deep workout 'Break Your Rules', though broken house bomb 'Take Of' and the effortlessly groovy 'Da Real' are also top-notch.
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TOYT 119X
21 May 21
Deep House
21 May 21
Deep House
Review: Having previously worked alongside Cody Currie on two terrific EPs, GRAMMY-nominated pianist and producer Joel Holmes has gone solo on this latest outing for Toy Tonics. As you'd expect given his credentials, Osmosis really is a fantastic collection of cuts. Check first opener 'It Feels Good', a fluid, warm and effortlessly soulful number that brilliantly joins the dots between Detroit deep house (think Moodymann, Theo Parrish and Amp Fiddler) and chunkier NYC flavours, before turning your attention to the deep, woozy and fluid 'Playing With My Mind', which boasts some great Kaidi Tatham style keys and synths. 'Pose' boasts a more bass-heavy and thickset groove alongside Holmes usual starry synths, while 'Got To Survive' is a sparkling slab of jazz-funk/soulful house fusion.
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TOYT 117
12 Mar 21
Deep House
12 Mar 21
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Following his recent trans-Atlantic collaboration with Felipe Gordon on Shall Not Fade, Cody Currie returns to Toy Tonics with a swathe of guest musicians and vocalists in tow. Perhaps the most notable number - and given the quality on show, that's saying something - is 'Moves', a deliciously deep and jazzy vocal broken beat number featuring Eliza Rose that Currie later re-imagines as a Latin-tinged chunk of jazz-house heat (track five). There's plenty to get the pulse racing elsewhere across the EP though, with highlights including 'LS Anthem', another musically rich bruk-up workout featuring Andy K and Ally McMahon, and the toasty deep house soul of 'When The Time Is Right'. Impeccable.
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TOYT 113
12 Feb 21
Deep House
12 Feb 21
Deep House
Kapote / Various
Played by: Kraak & Smaak, Juno Recommends Deep House, G-Blaster (Memorie Cluster), Pontchartrain, Chuggin Edits, VIGI
Review: Last year, Kapote joined forces with regular home Toy Tonics to release Teutonik Disaster, a compilation of his own re-edits of late '70s and early '80s, "German new wave funk". 12 months on he returns to the same label with a new collection, Mushroom House, which boasts a mixture of Balearic, Afro and cosmic-influenced cuts from the imprint's vaults. Highlights come thick and fast throughout, from the rubbery, dubbed-out Afro-house bounce of Ponty Mython's 'Slippin' Into Darkness' and the dusty Afro-disco haziness of Munk's 'Nigerian Jam', to the intergalactic electro trip of the Asphodells' killer remix of 'The Circular Path' by the Deadstock 33s, and the deep space Italo-disco chug of Baldelli's sparkling 'Phobos (2020 Version)'.
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TOYT 115
20 Nov 20
Deep House
20 Nov 20
Deep House
Played by: Kisk, Juno Recommends Deep House, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, An Architect, 80's Child, Marina Trench
Review: Since last appearing on Toy Tonics two years ago, Felipe Gordon's profile has risen considerably, thanks in no small part to well received outings on Black Jukebox, Quintessentials and Razor 'N' Tape Reserve. His return to the popular imprint is of course a successful one, with each of the four tracks proving particularly alluring. He begins with the drowsy, blues-sampling cut-up deep house bump of "Wait On Me", before reaching for the crunchy disco drums, cowbells and funky bass guitar on the Holy Ghost-goes-house vibes of "El Meloncito". Elsewhere, "The Semimodular Bird of Jazz" is a fine bit of dusty deep house/jazz-house fusion, while "Definitely and Completely Mayor" is a slightly off-kilter dancefloor work out rich in poignant pianos and quirkily swung drums.
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TOYT 105
21 Feb 20
Deep House
21 Feb 20
Deep House
Played by: Kraak & Smaak, Juno Recommends Deep House, In Flagranti, Rayko, Ladies On Mars, DAVID DUNNE (Triple Dee/Funkademia), Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, Jamie Jones, Citizens Of Vice, JAMES ROD, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Claptone, Paper Street Soul
Review: Since joining Toy Tonics last year, the Phenomenal Handclap Band has served up some of their greatest material to date. Predictably, their third outing for the label is another winner. You'll find the band's original mix of "Remain Silent" - a wonderful slab of off-kilter revivalist disco rich in attractive lead vocals, authentic instrumentation and spacey synths - tucked away at the end of the EP. The headline-grabbing remixes once again come from Ray Mang, whose "Extended Mix" and "Instrumental Mix" both offer a slightly tighter, polished-up feel that's arguably more suitable for club spins. The EP also contains rather good "Remix" and "Dub" takes from Superpitcher which subtly strip the track back and give it a more spaced-out dub disco feel.
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TOYT 097
08 Nov 19
Deep House
08 Nov 19
Deep House
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TOYT 074X
01 Dec 17
Deep House
01 Dec 17
Deep House
Played by: Robot 84, Jean Jacques Smoothie, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Deep House, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, MANIK, George Fitzgerald, Kenny Dope , Mike Woods, Eli Escobar
Review: Hardworking Italian duo Riccardo Paffetti and Gabriele Michelli have enjoyed a relatively low-key career to date, despite the obvious quality of their chunky, bass-heavy deep house releases. This latest EP for Toy Tronics - their first for a year - is once again packed full of tried-and-tested dancefloor fare. They begin with the hazy, jazz-flecked bump of "Cassette 2", where sparkly keys and delay-laden vocal samples ride a deep and chunky groove, before ramping up the pressure with the robust analogue beats and bleep-era sub-bass of "Cassette 7". COEO adds even more swing to "Cassette 2" on a toe-tapping, hip-wiggling revision, while Carlo turns "Cassette 7" into a low-slung, Derrick Carter style boompty thumper.
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TOYT 053
20 Jun 16
Deep House
20 Jun 16
Deep House
Review: Toy Tonics regular Kapote returns to action, and this time he's brought a friend along for the ride. Zhut joins the party, lending a hand on the EP's two original tracks, "Make It Cold" and "So Damn Hot". The former is a lively, off-kilter disco-meets-deep house gem built around rubbery electric bass and picturesque melodies, while the latter sounds like a balls-out, pitched-down take on the Soundstream disco-house sound. Nachtbraker remixes "Make It Cold", adding some swinging beats, fluid synths and a whole lot more energy, while Kian T turns the more restless "So Damn Hot" into an undulating, Mister Saturday Night style deep house groover.
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TOYT 049
02 May 16
Deep House
02 May 16
Deep House
Review: Metropolitan Soul Museum (or MSM) are Nick (Mock & Toof) and Filippo, who together have been running Teng Records for the last three years. This time around it is the Tesla EP for Berlin based Toy Tonics and it's quite a nice one indeed. Starting out with the tile track which is a dark journey with wonky synth leads, dark pads and a nice bit of rumble in the bassline. "A&E" goes even darker and deeper; very atmospheric with some razor sharp synth leads and those bongo drums add an extra bit of suspense and momentum. There's a remix by men of the moment Tuff City Kids aka Lauer and Gerd Janson who give the track the retro, fun loving house vibes from yesteryear like only they can. Finally "Let's Play" is a smooth and chilled out deep house affair with a Balearic touch which works a treat!
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TOYT 047
07 Mar 16
Deep House
07 Mar 16
Deep House
Played by: Lysgaard, Jean Jacques Smoothie, Juno Recommends Deep House, Ash Reynolds, Alan Dixon, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, GRANT NELSON, Jakobin & Domino, Shur-i-kan, Space Echo, Phil Dockerty, Mike Woods, Downunder Disco, SEEN ON TV, Alioscia mele, Olivier (La Freund Recordings), Jon Delerious
Review: To date, Bavarian duo Coeo has released a number of quietly impressive deep house singles on a variety of labels, including Let's Play House, Seven Music and Dabit. Back In The Days sees them return to the Toy Tonics imprint they last graced back in 2014. There's a classic disco-house-meets-contemporary deep house feel to the groovy and attractive title track, while "Jugendstil" adds hazy jazz influences to the same successful formula. The bizarrely titled "+++" throws African vocal and drum samples into the mix, combining them with bold string riffs and unfussy house beats to excellent effect. Finally, bonus track "Humbled" sees the duo return to their filter-sporting best, with the results sounding like a fusion of Soundstream and Tom Trago.
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TOYT 046
08 Feb 16
Deep House
08 Feb 16
Deep House
Review: Hailing from Brixton and now living in Berlin, Mona Lazette has created a buzz by lending her soulful vocals to tracks by Kele, Catz N Dogz and Munk. Now she delivers her debut single, Pressure Pressure, which is an expertly produced smooth leftfield house jam that's reminiscent of Freaks or Freeform Five. Elsewhere on the remix front Art Of Tonnes delivers some deep, thumping, bleep-house, Jad & The Ladyboy goes for hypnotic acid-drone and The Rhythm Odyssey goes for a semi-drumless squelch-out.
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TOYT 051
18 Jan 16
Deep House
18 Jan 16
Deep House
Review: As resident at hot Milan club Le Cannibale, Uabos has made some friends in high places. When the time came for a new release he called up his buddy Munk and wrangled a single on Gomma offshoot, Toy Tronics. Not bad going and the music's pretty good too. There are three originals here, the percolating analogue jack-jam "Hard T", the warped and loopy house of "A Spirtual Thing" and the long, cosmically pulsating title track. The latter also gets a remix by Danny 'Legowelt' Wolfer, who delivers a trippier, linear excursion into electro and disco-fied waters.
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TOYT 038
20 Jul 15
Deep House
20 Jul 15
Deep House
Played by: Kiu D, Jad & The, Juno Recommends Deep House, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, Kuba Kraczewski, Black Loops
Review: Berlin/Milan based Italian twosome Riccardo Paffetti and Gabriele Micheli have previously impressed with their chunky blends of bass-heavy deep house, classic Italian house and basement-friendly Berlin techno. Here they once again the Black Loops alias for their first single on Toy Tonics since 2013. They begin with the classic bump of "No Questions" - all warm chords, heavyweight sub, US house shuffle and Todd Edwards style vocal cut-ups. One-time Dirtybird regular Ardalan provides the obligatory remix, roughening up the edges via murkier basslines, wild electronics and rolling, post-fidget grooves. Finally, the duo offers up something altogether deeper and more melodious in the shape of "Suki", a picturesque roller blessed with a particularly spellbinding breakdown.
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TOYT 034
13 Apr 15
Deep House
13 Apr 15
Deep House
Review: Rather like a ladyboy, Aussie producer Jad Lee, packs a little extra than expected. Often seen as a nu-disco re-edit guy, Lee actually has been making big international waves with increasingly deep and quirky house productions too. "The Swazi Techno Funk Truck" is as long as its name - seven minutes of lean and shimmering mechanical acid-funk. "Be My Friend" is a jazzy voodoo throbber, while the title track, "Namibian Gold" appears as both a deep and percussive Afro-house "Gold" Version" and a woozy 303-led "Acid Version".
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TOYT 032
02 Mar 15
Deep House
02 Mar 15
Deep House
Review: Following the break-up of Azari & III, Alixander has delivered this EP for Toy Tonics. Working with vocalists from his hometown of Toronto, he drops a three-tracker that pushes house music to its outer limits. "(She's So) Young", which features Kim E & Gingy, is the most conventional track, its deep acidic lines and playful female vocals chopped up to seductively claim "there's a few girls for the new girls". "The Black Room", featuring Terence Kissner, is more discordant and the evocative vocals are underpinned by detuned riffs, howling analogue tones and steely percussion. By the time he gets to "Something 'Bout You" featuring Chobo, it sounds like Alixander is throwing away the rulebook with the vocals surfacing in a soupy but metallic arrangement.
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TOYT 033
16 Feb 15
Techno
16 Feb 15
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: For their latest missive, German label Toy Tonics has turned to Italian producer Andrea Pedra, previously famous in his native Tuscany as a DJ and promoter of parties in a "dirty old jazz cavern". This EP - his first for Toy Tonics - showcases his love of sleazy but fluid deep house, created using analogue equipment. There's naturally much to admire, from the revivalist Italian house bump, late night vocal snippets and jaunty organs of "You Know What?", to the driving drums, woozy synths and densely layered vocal samples of "Muff 60". Best of all, though, is opener "In My Eyes", an effective fusion of undulating acid lines, fireside chords, trippy vocal samples and boompty-influenced drums.
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TOYT 031
19 Jan 15
Deep House
19 Jan 15
Deep House
Review: Munquito and Pacheco's Berlin-based imprint Toy Tonics drops yet another killer EP by the Coeo! The Munich-based duo are experts in deep house, and have even released on Let's Play House. "Native Riddim" is a sweet, summertime scorcher with some of the funkiest keys we've heard from these guys, while the alternate mix is a whole load deeper and a lil' more Detroit-esque. "Select Language" is the banger here, though, bringing in some tight garage swing and one sweltering bassline.
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TOYT 028
01 Dec 14
Deep House
01 Dec 14
Deep House
Review: Italian producer Whitesquare has been one of the success stories of 2014, with releases on Toolroom and Mr Carter following his April debut on Toy Tonics. Here he returns to the German imprint with another solid three-tracker. First up is "Unfaithful", a woozy shuffler heavy on tumbling electronics, baggy tech-house drums and subtle stabs. "Shades" is a deeper and more melodious affair, with picturesque electronics riding a similarly shuffling groove. Finally, "Anyway" is a tougher and denser proposition, with slack-tuned percussion, poignant pianos and soulful vocal samples underpinned by a solid kick and warm, expansive bassline. Expect more goodness from Whitesquare in 2015.
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TOYT 027
10 Nov 14
Deep House
10 Nov 14
Deep House
Review: Having previously impressed with their releases on Seven Music, Sccucci Manucci, DaBit and Globelle Records, Munich-based deep house duo Coeo pop up on Toy Tonics. As its title suggests, "Feel Me" is a huggable chunk of tactile electronic deep house, with classic late night vocal hooks riding a warm and fuzzy groove - all crunchy synth bass, bouncy pianos, dreamy pads and classic US garage organs. Sometime Futureboogie and Wolf Music man James Welsh delivers the obligatory remix, offering up a wonderfully atmospheric deep jazz-house interpretation. It's arguably his best remix to date. In its' original form, "Say No More" is deep, breezy and summery, with jaunty keys and a borderline Balearic vibe. The longer, more electronic sounding "DJ Version" is a little tougher and groovier, whilst retaining the original's casually humid feel.
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TOYT 019
26 May 14
Deep House
26 May 14
Deep House
Review: Having previously signaled his intent with a couple of tracks on split EPs, Rome-based producer Whitesquare presents his debut solo EP for Toytronics. His style sits somewhere between vintage analogue house and the deep modern tech-house of fellow Italians Tale of Us, with added deep house dreaminess liberally spooned into the mix. It's a sound that's never less than enveloping, and highlights are pleasingly plentiful. Choose between the yearning, late night haziness of "Lost", the tactile riffs and tweaked acid bass of "Klum", the stripped-back late night bass pleasure of "Rise", and the booming, garage-influenced strut of "Stand". If that's not enough, the NT89 remix of "Lost" is also a bit of a peach.
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TOYT 018
07 Apr 14
Deep House
07 Apr 14
Deep House
