Toolroom Radio is now live! Mark Knight’s back on Toolroom Radio with all the usual business and coming up this week there’s huge new music from ESSEL, Tony Cortez, Bad Intentions, Hotswing and Zsak. There’s all the usual features with Hot Right Now, another Toolroom Academy Track of the Week, Toolroom’s predictions for big things in 2023 in the Shakedown and of course the biggest record in the world right now with the Killer Cut. 

Stay locked for Hour 2 as ESSEL is coming in live from Foreverland at Printwork’s, London.

Tracklist
CASSIMM vs Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall [Toolroom] - 00.00
Max Muller, Dan Corco - This Is It (Yvvan Back Remix) [HouseU Records] - 05.29
Zsak - Hold On [There Was Jack] - 09.17
 
Hot Right Now
Mr. Kavalicious, AR (UK) - Overthink [Strangelove] - 13.27
Tony Cortez (feat. Orita Cantora) - La Negra [Toolroom Trax] - 16.45
Bad Intentions, Sir Francis - Never Gonna Give You Up [Wh0 Plays] - 21.02

Killer Cut
ESSEL - Lennon [Toolroom] - 26.12

In The Mix 
Oscar Barila - Miles [Salted Music] - 31.24
Bonetti - Rio De Janeiro [Motive Records] - 34.59
Hotswing - Sunshine [House 'n Chips] - 39.20

Toolroom Academy Track Of The Week
HUX & THIN - In Your Mind [Toolroom Trax] - 43.31

The Shakedown 
CHANEY - Bet You (I Do) [Toolroom] - 48.08
Friend Within - Bring It Down [Toolroom] - 52.16
Crusy - Karma [Toolroom Trax] - 55.46

HOUR TWO 

ESSEL live from Foreverland at Printwork’s, London
Drew Hill - Talk To You (Groove Armada Remix) [Armada] - 01.00.00
ESSEL - DRMR [White Label] - 01.04.35
ESSEL - Hit Em Up Style [White Label] - 01.07.45
Nobel - Dip It Low [ID] - 01.09.55
Reza, Tom Chubb - Anthem [Zulu Records] - 01.12.20
Chapter & Verse - The Beat Goes On [Helix Records] - 01.14.22
East & Young - Swing [Artwrk] - 01.18.18
ESSEL - Lennon [Toolroom] - 01.21.21
Sosa UK - It's Time to Move [COCO] - 01.25.18
Sosa UK - Clutta [COCO] - 01.27.11
John Tejada, Sebo K - Sweat (On The Walls) [Defected] - 01.30.07
Little By Little - Bang The Box [Defected] - 01.31.38
Wade - Pan Jabi [Universal] - 01.34.41
Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (Bootleg) [ID] - 01.37.44
Dot N Life, Flera - Hollaback Girl [Glasgow Underground] - 01.41.47
Ninetoes - Finder [Kling Klong Records] - 01.44.37
Cloonee - Sun Goes Down [Big Beat Records] - 01.48.12
Bicep - Glue (Original Mix) [Ninja Tune] - 01.51.15
Volaris - Purple Skies [Sola] - 01.54.49

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Toolroom Radio EP667 - Presented by Mark Knight

Buy / Stream: https://true-romance-records.lnk.to/Fancy

Tensnake's True Romance consistently omitted joy across what was still a slightly unsteady 2022 for dance music. Records from Ben Gomori, Jesse Bru and Factory Frequencies showed resilience against dance floor doubt and now - the label carries that energy forwards as it kicks off another year of positive party jams.

Number 54 in the catalogue brings with it the return of long term label friend Dan Corco. For this record, Corco makes his return alongside regular production pal Max Muller and together the duo synergise for a Disco / House crossover that whips up some fervid dance-floor tension.

'Fancy' kicks things off with a filtered funk loop which snowballs through thick, punchy drum work. Vocal flicks and a broad, spacious breakdown build up a completely irresistible vibe across a highly effective DJ tool.

'Rising High' then follows a similar format as nifty percussive elements pepper a pure party jam. Filters bring jubilant tones into focus while drums steadily fill out the frequency spectrum which works to galvanise a peak time energy.

Fancy

Rising High

Dan Corco & Max Muller - Rising High

Buy / Stream: true-romance-records.lnk.to/Fancy

Tensnake's True Romance consistently omitted joy across what was still a slightly unsteady 2022 for dance music. Records from Ben Gomori, Jesse Bru and Factory Frequencies showed resilience against dance floor doubt and now - the label carries that energy forwards as it kicks off another year of positive party jams.

Number 54 in the catalogue brings with it the return of long term label friend Dan Corco. For this record, Corco makes his return alongside regular production pal Max Muller and together the duo synergise for a Disco / House crossover that whips up some fervid dance-floor tension.

'Fancy' kicks things off with a filtered funk loop which snowballs through thick, punchy drum work. Vocal flicks and a broad, spacious breakdown build up a completely irresistible vibe across a highly effective DJ tool.

'Rising High' then follows a similar format as nifty percussive elements pepper a pure party jam. Filters bring jubilant tones into focus while drums steadily fill out the frequency spectrum which works to galvanise a peak time energy.

Dan Corco & Max Muller - Fancy

Dan Corco & Max Muller take over our mixtape series to celebrate his new 'Moisture On The Motherboard' release.

Buy / Stream: https://true-romance-records.lnk.to/Fancy

Press play & enjoy!

True Romance Mixtapes #31 by Dan Corco & Max Muller

Can one become English? What does this have to do with the Suez Canal? Are you white? Are we free? Is it good to be obedient? Is the Other always an enemy? Or, could it be a reference group? Did everyday defiance (say, by the peasants) play a role in India’s struggle against the British Empire? Is nationalism necessarily anti colonial? How is Indianness linked to the Aryan Invasion Theory? Was the British conquest of India always partial? Are Gandhi, Gandhism, & Gandhi-ites the same thing? Had Tagore read Marx? Why does dissent take time? How do wild elephants live within the market economy? Do rivers have their own unruly ‘erratic’ lives? Are forest fires often an act of defiance? How/why do we defy Nature’s will? Does geography change the way we think? Is Assam Bengal? Can the seemingly peaceful bear a lot of conflicts within? Was Tibet seduced differently from the other colonies? Does assimilation/citizenship always follow acculturation/subjecthood? What happens to Sutlej in Nathpa Jhakri? Will there always be defiance? How can one learn from dissent/friction? &, might modern democracy survive because of defiance? SynTalk thinks about these & more questions using ideas and concepts from literary/post-colonial studies (Dr. Sayan Chattopadhyay, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur), philosophy (Dr. Bharati Puri, IIT Delhi, New Delhi), & history (Prof. Arupjyoti Saikia, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati). Listen in...

#TBOD (The Biography Of Defiance) --- SynTalk

Buy / Stream: https://true-romance-records.lnk.to/WayOut

Next up on True Romance is a slice of zenith-energy Italo from long term label friends Dan Corco and Max Muller. The duo have appeared across Tensnake's catalogue in varying forms - both as individual artists and collaborators - and here they do what they do best in aligning a potent studio set up in the creation of some immaculately executed dance floor heat.

An Alpha Juno line dictates the groove, gathering momentum as it snowballs over the top of a slapping, muscle-bound Disco kit. Panned stabs pop out with colour while a treated vocal bleeds in at the base of an electrifying breakdown. The drop boxes back in with equal doses of sass and drama that make it an absolute sure-shot for a peak-time dance floor.

Way Out

Dan Corco & Max Muller - Way Out

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