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Toka Project was born with the release of Swungbeats King Sized Blueep in early 1995.
Originally a collaboration between Nottingham d.js Steve Walker and Andy Riley, Toka Projects early output was released on Nottinghams strictly 4 groovers label, now better known as Diy Discs. Steve and Andy went on to remix a number of artists on the labels roster at the time, notably Gibby Music of crash records fame and Fred Everything amongst others.
By 1997 Jay Cowley had joined and with some financial help from friends Toka Project started to put together a studio of their own.
The following year saw the release of the much acclaimed Be Freeep for Chicagos Guidance records, the title track also appeared on Guidances High Fidelity House Imprint Vol 2. These two releases helped to push the Toka Project profile abroad and in 1999 Andy and Jay embarked on a three-month tour of the U.S and Canada with Andy Macari, stopping off in New York, San Francisco, Phenix, Tampa, Seattle,
Washington D.C, Montreal and Victoria etc
Over the course of the 90s, Andy had been djing with Smokescreen soundsystem and by 1998 had started writing tracks with fellow Smokescreen member Laurence Ritchie, who had just moved over to Nottingham from Sheffield. As Inland Knights Laurence and Andy undertook a hectic production schedule to write tracks for Dropmusic, Laurences fledgling house label. This proved to be very successful with Dropmusic becoming one of the most highly regarded house labels in the world and Inland Knights becoming one of the most prolific production outfits in the house community.
However Toka Project releases have continued on a parallel to Inland Knights and over the last few years have put out music on labels such as Transport, Naked Music, Silver Network and Viva amongst others.
Upcoming Toka Project records include eps for Miamis So Sound, as well as eps for Lowdown and Mobile Trax, a label run by fellow Smokescreen buddy, Steve Lee of the Littlemen.
Originally a collaboration between Nottingham d.js Steve Walker and Andy Riley, Toka Projects early output was released on Nottinghams strictly 4 groovers label, now better known as Diy Discs. Steve and Andy went on to remix a number of artists on the labels roster at the time, notably Gibby Music of crash records fame and Fred Everything amongst others.
By 1997 Jay Cowley had joined and with some financial help from friends Toka Project started to put together a studio of their own.
The following year saw the release of the much acclaimed Be Freeep for Chicagos Guidance records, the title track also appeared on Guidances High Fidelity House Imprint Vol 2. These two releases helped to push the Toka Project profile abroad and in 1999 Andy and Jay embarked on a three-month tour of the U.S and Canada with Andy Macari, stopping off in New York, San Francisco, Phenix, Tampa, Seattle,
Washington D.C, Montreal and Victoria etc
Over the course of the 90s, Andy had been djing with Smokescreen soundsystem and by 1998 had started writing tracks with fellow Smokescreen member Laurence Ritchie, who had just moved over to Nottingham from Sheffield. As Inland Knights Laurence and Andy undertook a hectic production schedule to write tracks for Dropmusic, Laurences fledgling house label. This proved to be very successful with Dropmusic becoming one of the most highly regarded house labels in the world and Inland Knights becoming one of the most prolific production outfits in the house community.
However Toka Project releases have continued on a parallel to Inland Knights and over the last few years have put out music on labels such as Transport, Naked Music, Silver Network and Viva amongst others.
Upcoming Toka Project records include eps for Miamis So Sound, as well as eps for Lowdown and Mobile Trax, a label run by fellow Smokescreen buddy, Steve Lee of the Littlemen.
