(09.11.05) Toytronic’s latest release is an odd choice: a new E.P. of previously unreleased archive material from Gimmik. Given that the label has just begun its Re-issue Campaign with the classic Load Error EP by Gimmik (featuring numerous extra, previously unreleased tracks) and will no doubt follow this up in 2006 and with the re-issue of [...]
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Gimmik :: Load Error (Toytronic, CD Re-Issue)
(07.12.05) Toytronic kick-off their re-issue campaign by returning to the very beginning: TOY1, the Load Error E.P. from Martin Haidinger’s Gimmik project. Re-packaged in a new CD format and expanded with six exclusive new/old tracks, this re-issue series spells the end of the drudgery of trawling eBay and paying exorbitantly high-prices for the original brown [...]
Infinite Scale :: Sound Sensor EP (Toytronic, CD/12")
(04.11.05) It is becoming increasingly apparent that, subsequent to their more unusual releases of late, Toytronic are attempting to revert to their classic in-house sound. Recent releases such as the Everything Is Green compilation and Ochre’s A Midsummer Nice Dream have all featured the trademark analogue bleeps, squelches and glitches that we have come to [...]
Ochre :: A Midsummer Nice Dream (Toytronic, CD)
(01.13.05) Ochre (Chris Leary) is attracting a lot of critical attention at the moment, because of his previous releases, his focused efforts to promote his work and most recently because of the imminent (and sadly delayed due to pressing problems) release of his debut album for Toytronic. A Midsummer Nice Dream lives up to its [...]
V/A :: Everything is Green (Toytronic, CD)
Of the Toytronic veterans, there are two entries from label owner Chris Cunningham’s Abfahrt Hinwil, “Everything Is Green” being an embodiment of their classic electro style whilst “Of 1,” easily one of the best tracks here –is a seamlessly integrated, coruscating flow of crystalline keys, glacial washes and atmospheric pads. There’s the peculiar track of [...]
Kylian :: Lappi Inzoo (Toytronic, CD/12")
Toytronic continue to intrigue with their adventurous and unpredictable output, this time in the unexpected form of a dual CD/12″ single release entitled Lappi Inzoo from new Finnish talent, Kylian. The CD single is a rarely seen format as far as small independent IDM labels are concerned and it’s extremely welcome to see this one. [...]
3D Concepts Part 2 + 3 (Toytronic, 12")
The Miles Tilmann 12″ in the 3D Concepts trilogy was always going to be a hard act to follow and sadly, neither of the subsequent entries quite manage it. Loess’ entry in the trilogy is a subdued but often rhythmic invention that’s simultaneously beautiful and strangely bland.The metronomic tick-tick of the rhythm on “Sofar” is [...]
Gimmik :: Back to Basics (Toytronic, CD/LP)
Due to the frustratingly limited nature of previous Toytronic releases and my failure to discover the label before it was too late, I have not heard any of Gimmik’s previous material save the few tracks that appear on compilations here and there. I therefore come to this release with a fresh outlook. And it’s one [...]
Miles Tilmann :: 3D Concepts Part 1 (Toytronic)
This is Part 1 of the Toytronic Records 3D Concepts trilogy, a wonderful EP by Miles Tilmann. This is something of a departure for Toytronic: a series of three overtly ambient, textural records devoid of the trademark crunchy, grittiness of much of their previous output. It’s quite possible that it may not be popular with [...]