Toby Gale “Jet”

Toby Gale‘s EP on Activia Benz was one of our favourites of last year. If you dozed on it, it’s the sort of twinkling VGM that plays blissfully on the mind long after an insomniac SNES marathon. It’s fair to say Toby’s the David ‘Donkey Kong’ Wise for the emoji generation – an understated savant of Nintendo console cuteness, updated for anyone who tripped on early HudMo and Glass Swords.

Toby’s new record arrives on Apothecary Compositions and is every bit the ‘level up’. Where we haven’t lost any of the previous record’s Ocarina of Time melancholia, we’ve gained a spritz of dynamic new sampling and ballistic synth work. Colourful, unique and delightfully oddball, it’s music for fans of autre beatmakers like Iglooghost, Jameszoo and Maxo. Our pick of the litter goes to “Jet” which recalls the best bits of Slackk’s Patrice & Friends project and is every bit as fizzling as its name suggests.

Grab the full thing on April 20th.

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