Prana & Passione by Kapote
Toy Tonics delievers the 2nd pre-single of label boss KAPOTE’s upcoming 2nd album. An instrumental tune that combines melodic inspirations from German electronic music, italo disco with the dreamy world of japanese 1980s electronica and the vibes of 1970 fusion jazz. Yes, some might hear influneces from Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yellow Magic Orchestra, italian electronic disco or even Chick Corea’s electric jazz or Kraut Rock melancholy in the new Kapote tracks. And Prana & Passione is a good hint how the whole album will sound.
Kapote started Toy Tonics records almost 10 years ago with some friends after he had been known under the name MUNK and his former label GOMMA records for years. He used to produce music for and with artists like LCD Soundsystem, Peaches, Franz Ferdinand or the first album of WhoMadeWho or the New York street art legend The Rammellzee. He changed name when he started Toy Tonics as a new label that is dedicated to a dancefloor sound that combines musicality, sonic diversity and positivity with the DJ culture. While techno and trance became darker and harder over the last years, Kapote and his artists wanted to offer new forms of house music that combine diffferent styles from afrofunk and amercian undergound danccemusic to neo soul, italan disco or french indie dance. A new dance sound based on good songs and fresh ideas to create real emotions on dacnefloors.
The last years Kapote was mainly helping the young new DJ and producers that he found for the Toy Tonics label to develop their sounds (Coeo, Cody Currie, Gee Lane, Barbara Boeing, Sam Ruffillo). But now as the label and its artists started to „fly“, Kapote aka Mathias Modica finally could go back to the studio and develop his own musical ideas. Sounds that are based on dance music and the 4 to the floor beat but go much further the efficacy of a DJ tool. It's all about creating music that you can listen at home and creates positive emotions. Music that you want to hear on repeat.
After his debut album as Kapote in 2019 and a solo EP called „Electric Slide“ and a collabo EP with italian producer Sam Ruffillo („Robot Salsa“) this is tune is part of the next Kapote album. It’s worth to remind Kapote’s former works as Munk: Four albums released on Gomma records between 2005 and 2015 that are a wild mix of styles and that became legendary back in those indie dance days. Music supported by all kinds of DJs from Soulwax, Erol Alkan, James Murphy and Andrew Weatherhall to Blessed Madonna, Seth Troxler, Folamour or Justice and Laurent Garnier.
Similar to Gomma records, Kapote’s former label thats was active from 2003 - 2015 and used to become one of the key labels of the „indie dance“ scene of those years - in recent times Toy Tonics became one of the key labels of the new house and growing indie dance scene. Only in 2024 the label made more than 100 Toy Tonics Jams, the label parties in 15 countries. Being invited to festivals like SONAR, KALA festival, Montreux Jazz festival, Melt and many more to bring their sound. And doing sold out label shows in Europe’s leading clubs from Phonox in London to REX in Paris. Including a new residency in Panorama Bar Berlin (the label's homebase).
