Athlete Whippet - Mesmerise by Toy Tonics published on 2022-01-18T10:31:17Z Download / Vinyl / Stream: toy-tonics.lnk.to/Nogueira Athlete Whippet return to Toy Tonics with an EP showcasing emotionally layered dance tracks and their refusal to stick to genre conventions. The duo are synonymous with sublime cuts that are just as suited to late nights and early mornings on the dancefloor, as they are to home-listening, this perfectly exhibited on the "Noguiera" EP. The four-tracker is named after a remote place in the mountains around Rio de Janeiro where it was made on a creatively fruitful getaway in 2021. It's sentimental, joyful, bouncy, and futuristic, and showcases the duo’s musicality combining bass guitar and piano, with hardware synths, loops and fragmented vocal samples. Robin explains - "Spending time in Brazil in recent years was a blessing. The nature, culture and musical heritage over there is beautiful. Mostly in solitude, as I ended up spending most of my time in a remote place in the mountains around Rio, music became the only real emotional outlet for a while. So in a way this is a record of dance music created as far away as we’ve ever been from the dance floor!" Both from a live performance background, Robin and Avi met studying at Goldsmiths London and found their way to the dance floor via playing in bands, Robin a guitarist, Avi classically trained in trumpet and later on picking up the keys. Absorbing the community of South London, they eventually set up artist collective and record label Squareglass - a proudly established home for new artists coming out of the area. They’ve remixed for the likes of Rhythm Section, collaborated with Olugbenga, and their releases have come with reworks from Ross from Friends, Cameo Blush, Baltra and Seb Wildblood. In 2021, their hybrid sound found a new home with tastemaker German label Toy Tonics who released their "Vesta" EP in May, followed by a run of European tour dates including Funkhaus Berlin, Phonox London and Amsterdam Dance Event. @athlete-whippet toytonics.de Genre House Comment by BIGPARTYLOVEMAN Amazin'! 2022-10-16T19:44:09Z Comment by Greenhorn Nice! 2022-04-07T12:34:50Z Comment by amyroooo boom 2022-02-02T17:57:56Z Comment by calrscarly yesssssss 2022-02-02T17:55:15Z Comment by Paul yes plssss 2022-02-02T17:49:02Z Comment by Annelise luvly 2022-02-02T17:47:36Z Comment by Peach River <3 2022-02-02T17:45:10Z Comment by squareglass <3 2022-02-02T17:43:26Z Comment by Athlete Whippet ( ͡°( ͡° ͜ʖ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°) ͡°) 2022-02-02T17:41:35Z Comment by Inch yes! 2022-02-02T17:39:59Z