Money Back Guarantee Coeo [v6] Tonic Edits Vol. 6 Toy Tonics vinyl record

4 Tracker – Deep House – Nu Disco With Latin Soul & Funk Vibes – Coeo have been travelling in Japan and discovered the magic of City Pop: That Japanese Disco movement of the 1980ies. Back then there were amazing dance tracks coming out of Japan. Some with Japanese lyrics others with American vocals. Often so perfectly played and recorded that it was hard to tell if the music came out of NYC basement studios or for real Asiatic studio musicians. Coeo found a lot of rare jams and did edits for their DJ sets. As at the Toy Tonics office everybody is always searching for the rare and unknown the crew was totally excited. And so the decision was made quickly: Let’s put out a few of these rare jams & edits. Here they are.
The sixth volume in Toy Tonics occasional “Tonic Edits” series comes courtesy of label regulars COEO, a Munich-based duo who previously proved their edit credentials via a tasty 12″ on Razor-N-Tape. This collection is arguably even better than its predecessor and sees them take their rusty scalpels to a quartet of Japanese disco-pop tracks from the 1980s. There’s much to admire, from the sleazy electrofunk grooves, bold pianos and sparkling pianos of “Matchbox” (A2) and the slap-bass propelled boogie goodness of the Teena Marie-esque “Uber Man” (B1), to the freestyle influenced synth-pop bounce of cheery closing cut “Tibetan Dance”. Arguably best of all, though, is lead cut “Japanese Woman”, a bi-lingual disco song rich in rubbery bass, Chic style guitars and sparkling synthesizer flourishes.