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Electric Slide
The Slide - (5:16) 122 BPM
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
What It Is (2.0)
The Body Move (album version) - (5:36) 120 BPM
Brasiliko - (5:46) 122 BPM
The Nose (Short version) - (6:20) 120 BPM
Fuck Music (Short version) - (6:17) 120 BPM
Fusion 79 - (6:21) 120 BPM
Get Down Brother 2020 - (4:08) 120 BPM
Review: It's not often that a popular album returns in lightly tweaked and re-edited form, but that's exactly what's on offer here. The original 2019 version of Kapote's debut album, 'What It Is', was a genuine gem, but this 'lightly reworked' new edition is, we believe, even better. For proof, checked the hushed, TB-303 sporting jazz-funk-goes-loop-house flavours of 'Jaas Func Haus'' the carnival-ready, electric-piano sporting dancefloor sunshine of 'Brasiliko', the bouncy and loose-limbed excellence of 'Salvation' (whose rubbery bassline is an addictive delight), the organic 21st century jazz-funk-goes-electrofunk headiness of 'Fusion 79' and the wonderfully warming organic house delight that is 'LOVE'.
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TOYT090-2DL
10 Mar 23
Deep House
Remix EP
Kapote, Kosmo Kint & COEO - "Strangers" (Coeo House mix) - (5:03) 124 BPM Hot
Kapote, Kosmo Kint & COEO - "Strangers" (Coeo Garage mix) - (5:03) 124 BPM
Kapote, Kosmo Kint & COEO - "Strangers" (Coeo House mix instrumental) - (5:03) 124 BPM
Kapote, Kosmo Kint & COEO - "Strangers" (Coeo Garage mix instrumental) - (5:03) 124 BPM
Review: Kapote and Kosmo Kint's various collaborative tracks on Toy Tonics are all top-drawer, so hopes are naturally high for his epic, action-packed remix EP. The headline reworks come from Detroit deep house legend Andres, who delivers vocal and instrumental takes on 'Misbehave' that place Kint's slick, soulful lead vocal atop an attractive bed of rubbery bass guitar, crunchy mid-tempo house drums, lilting lead lines and colourful chords. Elsewhere, Tom Jarmey offers a funky, shuffling, post-electro nu-disco rework of the same track, while Coeo drops vocal and instrumental versions of two distinctive mixes of 'Strangers': a rolling, retro-futurist 'House' take (all fluid and jazzy synth bass, sustained synth-strings and warming electric piano riffs) and a 'Garage Mix' underpinned by an Armand Van Helden style 'dark garage' bassline.
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TOYT 139
18 Nov 22
Deep House
Kapote Pres Mushroom House Vol 2
Vito & Druzzi - "Night Masquerade" - (7:27) 121 BPM
Hard Ton - "Food Of Love (DJ Sprinkles Grub Dub)" (2021 version) - (3:36) 120 BPM
Munk - "The Bolero Bunuel" (Red Axes remix) - (5:20) 121 BPM
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TOYT116X
30 Apr 21
Deep House
Kapote Presents: Mushroom House Vol 1
Kapote / Various
Zhut & Kapote - "Afro Rico" (2020 version) - (5:23) 122 BPM
Jad & The Ladyboy - "Gervinho" - (5:05) 120 BPM
Hyenah - "Fire" (feat Kissey) - (6:40) 121 BPM
The Deadstock 33s - "The Circular Path" (Asphodells remix) - (5:02) 120 BPM
Daniel Haaksman - "Akabongi" (feat Spoek Mathambo & Los Bulldozer - Kapote remix) - (5:07) 124 BPM
Baldelli - "Phobos" (2020 version) - (2:28) 124 BPM
Munk & Rebolledo - "Surf Smurf" - (5:59) 120 BPM
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
Get Down Brother 2020
Get Down Brother 2020 - (4:08) 120 BPM
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TOYT 090S2
17 Jul 20
Deep House
Remix EP 2
Jaas Func Haus (Art Of Tones remix) - (5:06) 121 BPM Hot
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TOYT 091X
06 Sep 19
Deep House
What It Is
Brasiliko - (5:46) 122 BPM
Fusion 79 - (6:21) 120 BPM Hot
Fuck Music (Short version) - (6:17) 120 BPM
The Nose (Short version) - (6:20) 120 BPM
Get Down Brother (2019 version) - (6:17) 120 BPM
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TOYT 090X
17 May 19
Deep House
Brasiliko
Brasiliko - (5:47) 122 BPM
Brasiliko (Giovanni Damico remix) - (5:22) 122 BPM
Brasiliko (Byron The Aquarius remix) - (6:23) 124 BPM Hot
Played by: BRENDON P, Jabru
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TOYT 089
01 Feb 19
Deep House
Yeah Pass It
Yeah Pass It - (6:04) 120 BPM Hot
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TOYT 086X
03 Aug 18
Deep House
Remix EP
L.O.V.E. (Art Alfie remix) - (6:27) 124 BPM
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TOYT 078X
02 Mar 18
Deep House
The Body Move
The Body Move - (6:58) 120 BPM
Review: Kapote is head honcho down at Toy Tonics HQ in Berlin with Manuel Kim and Bavarians Munk. He presents the label's latest offering in the form of The Body Move EP. It starts off with the funky and disco-fied jam that is the title track and then moves into "Tell Tony" which continues on in a deep and filtered fashion reminiscent of early Daft Crew releases: full of whirly synths and rough beats beneath. Finally, you can recline for the lo-slung acid jazz inflections of "L.O.V.E.". This is slow grooving dance music. In the words of the label, nothing is stressed here: just mid-tempo house with live played bass, keyboards and plenty of warm harmonies.
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TOYT 066
05 May 17
Deep House
Get Down Brother
The Nose - (8:54) 120 BPM Hot
Get Down Brother - (8:09) 120 BPM
Uhh Baby (Brame & Hamo remix) - (5:56) 120 BPM
Review: Toy Tonics are getting their money's worth out of Kapote. Since making his debut for the label 18 months ago, the Berlin-based producer has had a hand in no less than four other EPs. There's no messing around on this latest four-track missive, as he launches himself at the dancefloor with the rubbery, punk-funk bass, fizzing percussion and jazzy disco samples of "The Nose". He heads for smoother, groovier deep house pastures on "Get Down Brother", before dipping the tempo a little on the shuffling, pie-eyed disco-house goodness of "Uhh Baby". That track also gets the remix treatment from Irish twosome Brame & Hamo, whose jazzy-but-driving interpretation makes excellent use of clattering drum machine hi-hats.
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TOYT 060
09 Dec 16
Deep House
Mushroom House EP2
Zhut & Kapote - "Afro Rico" - (7:13) 122 BPM
Hyenah - "Fire" (feat Kissey) - (6:40) 121 BPM
Review: The second volume in Toy Tonics' ongoing Mushroom House series gathers together more Afro-influenced dancefloor jams from an impressive selection of producers. Zut and Kapote kick things off with the bouncy house rhythms, chanted African vocals and heavy dub disco bass of "Afro Rico", before Gomma regular Munk pays tribute to Afrobeat on the excellent "Nigerian Jam". Elsewhere, Freerange and Objektivity regular Hyenah throws down a typically tactile chunk of atmospheric, Afro-tinged tech-house ("Fire"), and Glaswegian genre-bender Auntie Flo layers up indigenous instrumentation and hand-held percussion on the standout "Kampala Boda Boda Ride".
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TOYT 054
29 Aug 16
Deep House
So Damn Hot
Make It Cold - (7:45) 122 BPM
Make It Cold (Nachtbraker remix) - (6:59) 124 BPM
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
Luftikuss
Luftikuss - (7:44) 121 BPM
Luftikuss (Mark E remix) - (6:23) 121 BPM
Luftikuss (Mark E Dream House remix) - (6:22) 121 BPM Hot
Played by: Alkalino
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TOYT 048
14 Mar 16
Deep House
Fuck Music
Fuck Music - (9:44) 120 BPM
Fuck Music (Session Victim remix) - (6:56) 120 BPM Hot
N1 - (6:15) 122 BPM
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TOYT 045
30 Nov 15
Deep House
Caliente Tunes
Caliente - (7:28) 121 BPM
Fuego - (6:00) 120 BPM
Caliente Dub - (7:28) 121 BPM
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TOYT 036
04 May 15
Deep House
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