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At this moment, Global Bass music is an intimate circuit in the electronic music landscape. Airplane tickets and the internet serve to connect producers and artists in every imaginable combination. Spanning across Africa, Europe, India, the Caribbean, and the Americas, allowing for the birth of new forms of collaboration.  At the nexus of the Tropical music monsoon is producer Thor Partridge, aka Thornato.

Born in Sweden, Thor grew up in a household filled with traditional Greek, African, and Carribbean music.  Moving in early childhood to Queens, New York, the borough’s diversity further influenced his style and taste. Thor added to his rich musical palette by studying classical piano, jazz guitar, and bluegrass banjo. A passion for electronic music production, remixing, and music of the entire globe soon developed.  

Thor’s debut EP “Things Will Change” is an amalgamation of his global influence, coupled with strong roots in dance music culture. His music is not a product of samples downloaded from the internet, but from his driving wanderlust and ability to hand select musicians to work with on location in the countries where they are from.  By recording in the field with a mobile studio, Thor captures the real essence and soul of the music and where it's coming from. The EP kicks off with “Chapinero”, a bass heavy joint with an infectious Colombian Gaita melody.  Handclaps and chopped vocal samples make for a booming floor rocker.  “Deux a Duex” turns towards the African dancefloor incorporating infectious guitars and beautiful vocal harmonies courtesy of Kongo Electro from Cape Town. “Koz Kazah” heads to the Middle East with it’s violin melodies, thick sub-bass, and Arabic vocals courtesy of Karen Be. Finally, “Tera Dewana” lands us in the Indian subcontinent with it’s driving beat, tablas, and Hindi vocals from Vasanth S & AKS. 

Thornato's "Things Will Change" EP shows that while indeed the music does change, the soul and the heart of sounds from all over the world remain consistent, and that dancefloor music is universal - no matter where in the world you are!


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Thornato - Chapinero

London producer Kouslin is back with a brand new 12" out on 29th April on MDNGHT Records (home to the likes of Cloaka, Viers, Kalli, Ansome, Bleaker and Harushi Clan). The two-track EP, Suga's Drums on Leeds-based is dynamite bass meets techno fusion. What's more, you can check a full premiere from the release on site today. It comes in the form of 'Maasai Voices' an emotive yet pounding cut with an all-consuming low-end element. The track features beautiful vocals by women of the Maasai community in Kenya, highlighting the work of the Osiligi Charity - a UK organisation working in the Maasai areas of Kenya helping families out of poverty through education, health and local clean water.

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A light-hearted stepper sampling pre 1970s African music. Released on Beating Heart's Malawi charity compilation.
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Wonderwheel Recordings is very proud to present the long awaited debut album Bennu by Queens, NY based produced Thor Partridge, aka Thornato. Building up a name for himself over a number of years as a proficient and in-demand remixer, Thor’s breakout tune “Gaita Gaita” has been sampled thousands of times by producers all over the world, and has become a certified hit record in South America. A string of remixes and a couple of rare song releases later, Thor’s groundbreaking Things Will Change EP was released via Wonderwheel in 2016 garnering massive buzz and record sales, resulting in a European tour that summer, and a Boiler Room performance in the fall.

Bennu represents a giant leap forward for Thornato, as he showcases his chops in crafting dancefloor gems from the ground up. While the electronic production of the album provides a strong backbone, Thor has carefully selected artists from Jamaica, Ecuador, South Africa, Colombia, Canada and beyond to breathe live energy into each song. From the massive bass driven energetic dancehall vibes of “Rhinoceros” featuring veteran chat master Gappy Ranks, to earth shattering chopped up African dancefloor sounds of “Chagamei” to the contemplative Flamenco influenced deep house sound of “Welwyn”, and moving into the uplifting & soulful dembow vibes of “Tu Luz” featuring Lido Pimentia – Bennu is an album that carefully navigates through the globe while maintaining a cohesive and consistent feel from start to finish.

Bennu

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James Benjamin is a co-owner of Montreal's Breakglass Studios and a prolific music producer, Grammy-winning audio engineer, mixer, and composer. In over a decade at Breakglass, he's collaborated with notable artists like Kaytranada, Purity Ring, Lunice, Bianca Oblivion, Anna Morgan, Honeydrip, and more and has crafted a distinctive signature sound—bass-heavy, vocal-forward, and genre-fluid music—that sets dance floors ablaze during his DJ sets. In 2023, he achieved a breakthrough as an artist, releasing a debut LP "The Boogieman and Samito Mixtape'' with his analog dance duo Boogieman and Samito via Urbnet Records. As James Benjamin, he released a series of well-received edit packs culminating in the release of an EP called “Dance Beyond Genre vol. 1” composed of two brand new edits and two originals “Team Break” and “Ancillary Things”