WHAT IS TOY TONICS ?
Toy Tonics is an independent music label and culture crew.
A group of international artists primarily based in Berlin.
Musicians, DJs, producers + graphic designers, photographers, illustrators.
Toy Tonics’ prime ethos is to create new forms of (dance) music. Combining new house music with indie dance and organic sounds. Neo Soul meets the 4 to the flow beat. Real musicians produce dance tracks. Musicians with skills as songwriters, guitars, bass, key bards meet electronic music producers trying to develop new types of positive and emotional dance music that includes also vocals and strong hook lines and that can also be listened to at home.
Half of the music Toy Tonics releases is made for dancefloors the other half could also be new modern soulful pop music that maybe one day can get ‘mainstream’
The tunes that Toy tonics releases with a more crossover potential can be seen in line with music by successful dance pop artists like Peggy Gou, Blessed Madonna, Purple Disco Machine, The Kolors .. apart of the music we also release design shirts, posters and the Toy Tonics pocket magazine.
And we organize the Toy Tonics Jams around the world to spread the Toy Tonics sound, style and vibe.
We are a DIY community and countercultural movement that connects artists, scenes, people and different styles!
Toy Tonics is all about positivity, passion, emotions, knowledge, individualism, diversity, quality, good vibes.
TOY TONICS CREATIVE DIRECTION
by Mathias ‚Kapote‘ Modica
THE SOUND OF TOY TONICS
We bring together different genres to create new kinds of quality dance music.
We combine organic sounds with electronic production. DJ culture with analogue (band) sounds.
We are influenced by Italo disco, American and French house, fusion jazz, neo soul, new wave, indie dance, funk, Afro beat, 80s pop.
THE TOY TONICS JAMS
We started the Toy Tonics Jams 2019 in off spaces in Berlin to spread our musical vision, vibe and style.
Since 2022 we have been invited all over Europe. We are regulars in clubs like Panorama Bar (Berlin), Phonox (London), Rex Club (Paris), Apollo (Milano), festivals like Melt, Kala, Calvi on the rocks, Montreux Jazz festival.
We also do events in museums/art fairs like Palais de Tokio/Paris, Triennale Milano, Haus der Kunst/Munich, Venice Biennale and we do the official party for Design Week Milano.
THE TOY TONICS SHIRTS
We invite artists to design shirts for us and released limited edition shirt series with artists like Why Ebay, Mirko Borsche, Michael Sailstorfer, Kitasavi, Michael Ullrich, M.i.r.u.e.l., Leonhard Laupichler, Kostas Murkudis, Will Sweeney a.o.
TOY TONICS POCKET POSTER MAGAZINE
Once a year, we publish a 60-page magazine.
Featuring graphic and photo works by artists from the Berlin scene like Barbara Lüdde, Why Ebay, Leonhard Lauchpichler, LouLou Joao, Lars Eidinger a.o.
TOY TONICS PRODUCERS, BANDS & DJs:
Athlete Whippet, Bárbara Boeing, Baby‘s Berserk, Cody Currie, Coeo, FAHU, Daniel Monaco, Fimiani, Gee Lane, Joel Holmes, Kapote, Kosmo Kint, Sam Ruffillo, Magou, Stump Valley a.o.
GUEST RELEASES by
Kai Alcé, Sound Support, DJ Sneak, Baldelli, Severino Horse Meat Disco, M¥ss Keta a.o.
TOY TONICS DESIGNS by
M.i.r.u.e.l, (German illustrator and graphic designer. Studied art with Stefan Marx at art academy in Hamburg)
Thomas ‚Paso‘ Kartsolis, (German-Greek graffiti artist, illustrator and graphic designer. )
Michael Ullrich (photographer and artist based in Berlin. Former assistant of Jürgen Teller)
Mathias ‚Kapote‘ Modica (Inventor and creative director of Toy Tonics, Gomma, Kryptox)
Find Toy Tonics on Instagram, YouTube and all streaming platforms
Get in contact with TOY TONICS > info@toytonics.de