Following his debut Third Ear release, the Shonky ep in 2018, Third Ear follow up with 8 more Shonky dance floor bombs. Shonky has a signature hypnotic, hard grooving sound, characterised by punishing beats laced with detailed polyrhythms and elusive motifs. On The Run is Shonky's debut album. More

Shonky has over the years developed a signature hypnotic hard grooving sound, characterised by punishing beats laced through with detailed polyrhythms and elusive motifs. Sexy and playful, seriously jacking. The result is dance grooves that punch and tickle every surface and joint in the body. It sounds effortless, but it's far from it. Shonky crafts his tracks to deliver a prefect groove every time. More

While feeling very honored and excited to have three extremely talented artists feature on his new Real Tone Records release, Shonky the French Berlin-based producer who is also a part of Apollonia, has asked Larry Heard, Delano Smith and The Martinez Brothers a couple of different questions each to give us more of an insight to them and their artistry.

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Shonky’s debut EP for the label bears a lot of his signature elements, mixed in with a dash of patented Culprit funk. The title-track fits the label’s canon of soulful, warm grooves and provides the inspiration for the rest of the EP. The two companion songs ‘La Bestia’ and ‘Kwality’ took shape as label and artist moulded the release together. In ‘La Bestia’ Shonky serves up his take on the melodic, funky bassline sound which Hot Natured pioneered for the label, with his own more euphoric twist. ‘Kwality’ channels Shonky’s love for classic 90’s US house. It works a dancefloor but reflects LA’s sun-drenched vibe far more than darkened warehouse spaces. The song recently set the roof ablaze at Culprit’s Sonar showcase. An outgrowth of another trans-Atlantic relationship also sees Londoner jozif join Culprit on this release, remixing ‘Oasis’. His remix has been a secret weapon in Droog sets for the last few months, with its dramatic piano flourishes and jozif’s own original guitar elements adding up to a modern take on a truly Balearic style. It’s only fitting that jozif has just become a Space, Ibiza resident. Through a “meeting of the minds” last year in London and playing together in Miami and Sonar, a friendship between the label and jozif has been cemented that, in typical Culprit symmetry, will see him go from remixing to contributing a full release to the label later this year. More