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Toy Tonics · Baby's Berserk [TOYT147] There are many shades of funk in dance music. Berlin’s Toy Tonics label brings up artists that reflect many of these different aspects of dance music. Now the label comes up with a band! A band that is inspired by 1980ies New Wave as well as the Y2K Indie dance scene. Two guys and …

Toy Tonics welcome one of the US’ absolute legends in the game on their roster – Kai Alcé! One of the original masters of jazzy house, Kai is a prime example of someone who witnessed the genesis of Detroit’s electronic musical landscape and strives to keep that spirit alive. Being of Haitian descent laid the foundation for his musical ear, …

Toy Tonics comes up with a new house record by an artist by FIMIANI aka BPlan. DJ and producer from Napoli / Italia that has already been doing edits of extremely rare Italian disco tracks since three years on his own imprint Caffè Corretto. FIMIANI’s “Amore Latino“ EP is his debut as a producer, is all played live, no samples …

Toy Tonics welcome the first vocalist to their roster! Kosmo Kint – born and raised in NYC to Trinidadian parents and now based in Berlin – brings together the musical heritage of the two cities: the soul of NYC and the dance floor vibes of Berlin. Kosmo joins forces with Mathias ‘Kapote’ Modica and other producers from the Toy Tonics …

Bárbara Boeing joins Toy Tonics! True to her heritage from Southern Brazil, the EP and title track are called Brasiliana and combines the incomparable joy and warmth of the culture with the punch of the European dance floor which she has so impressively concurred over the past years. For this campaign 40+ tour dates are lined up across 2023 incl …

Dan Shake, Kaidi Tatham, Jamie 3:26 on Toy Tonics! Yes. Toy Tonics lead artist Cody Currie released his debut album on the Berlin label last year and now here come the remixes! Pure dancefloor joy is guaranteed with this release. The names speak for themselves. And they really made effective DJ weapons out of Cody’s very organic sounding, warm, soul-driven …

Toy Tonics presents a new producer team: Sound Support consists of two enthusiastic synth and house aficionados that everybody knows (in the scene): Lars Dales from Dam Swindle and Lorenz Rhode (keyboard wizard and producer genius). Together they are doing extremely groovy, jazz infected dance music that connects the good things of 1990ies house with the indie disco of the …

Toy Tonics brings back the Kapote album. 10 dancefloor tracks originally released 2019 on the „What it is“ album. Now reworked, re-edited and with 2 new tracks. House music, but with a heavy jazz-funk, brasil, lofi – influence. A mood that reminds early Moodymann, Kerri Chandler or 1990ies Paris stuff. Loft Disco and Indie House. When this album came out …

Blessed Madonna, Pete Tong, Gerd Janson, Ash Lauryn… the list of great DJs playing and loving Sam Ruffillo’s very special italian disco music is long. With only 3 EPs on Toy Tonics, he might be the most talked about producer on the Berlin label (with Cody Currie and Coeo). One of his Italian disco songs form his last EP ITALIANISSIMO …