Our latest single sees Base II team up with Dave Kent for some hard house mayhem. Blending a driving kick drum, techno rhythms, air horns and screaming old school hoovers, Hysteria is a reminder of why we used to be called Frantik Music when we first started out! Download it from Toucan now, stream it […]
Our DJ mix compilation celebrating 15 years of Toucan as a netlabel is now available to stream & download! This time around we’ve a bumper extended 90 minute mix which was first broadcast on 27th December on our Facebook channel and features music from 2005 to the present day from Redmann, Notch, Psychadelik Pedestrian, Marc […]
Marc has teamed up with Dave Kent in our latest two track EP release, which combines Marc’s chilled trance sounds with Dave’s acid house influences. Twinkletoes is a mellow groove staring with smooth pads, deep pulsating bass and a spoken vocal sample, before launching into punchy beats with stuttering saxophone sounds and electric guitar samples. […]
Our annual end of year mix for 2016 is now available! With the mellow, minimalistic grooves of Blastculture, brooding beats and bass of Psychadelik Pedestrian, disco funk of Phish Funk and progressive trance of Marc Burt, the 86 minute mix showcases some of our favourite Toucan tracks of the year. Listen and download now from […]
Our February release is out today, and just in time for Valentine’s we have two soulful disco grooves to get you in the mood! Phish Funk are back with the Discotheque EP, their first original release in five years and have effortlessly blended classic disco and house in this double tracker. As always, both tunes are […]
Blastculture returns in our first EP release of 2016 with two fresh tracks for the new year. Featuring his trademark tight grooves, Gravitation and Based On A True Story combine tribal rhythms, crisp house beats and include a darker, techno influence and stuttering effects. Dave Kent and Notch provide a remix of Gravitation, adding acid […]
Two remixes of Phish Funk tracks feature in our August release out today, with Blastculture and Dave Kent on editing duties. Lava Lamp is tackled by Blastculture, who combines slick house beats with a laid back e-piano groove, pops and glitches to create that late night dancefloor vibe. Dave Kent tweaks The Squelch, adding even […]
Continuing our countdown of the top 20 Toucan tracks of all time, today we reveal 10 – 14: 10. Pump It (Beat Doctor remix) – Dave Kent 11. Move Harder (Beat Doctor remix) – Redmann 12. Against The Grain (Beat Doctor v Dave Kent remix) – Psychadelik Pedestrian 13. The Piano Tune – Beat Doctor […]
Dave Kent’s live podcast, originally broadcast in January, is now available to download from our podcasts page. Dave’s podcast features over 40 minutes of acid, house and breakbeat tracks from 2000 to the present day seamlessly blended together in Dave’s own unique way.
We’ll be restreaming Dave Kent’s live mix shortly over at http://mixlr.com/toucanmusic/. Join us for the broadcast starting at 8.30pm UTC / GMT!