German DJ/producer, Eddie Thoneick has returned to the recently founded Cartel label with the solid two-track ‘Snakes & Daggers EP’. Both tunes represent Thoneick’s and Cartel’s love for headstrong percussive house music, including the widely supported ‘Guinea’ as well as the just as hot blooded ‘The Snake’. After immense DJ support, the EP is officially out now on Cartel.
Eddie Thoneick has been a steady force in dance music for a while now. Kicking off his career in the early 90s, playing house tunes at several clubs, he began producing his own music in the late 90s, remixing for guys like Roger Sanchez en Steve Angello, creating a trademark house sound for himself, releasing his highly popular records at labels like Axtone, Size, Subliminal, Hed Kandi, 541 and, now, Cartel, recently founded by Kryder and Tom Staar.
After delivering the first Cartel release last month, the much acclaimed Kryder collab ‘The Chant’, mister Thoneick now also signs for the second release. And with the ‘Snakes & Daggers EP’ it seems like he’s on fire more than ever, dropping the invigorating, much supported ‘Guinea’ alongside ‘The Snake’ – two house tunes featuring Eddie Thoneick’s characteristic percussive grooves, incorporating a sensual South American vibe.
This is what he had to say about this EP –
“With ‘Guinea’ I wanted to go back to my roots and also make a track which just says ‘summer’. When I stumbled across the flute sound, I had to put it in there as it was so catchy. I wanted to make something big for the stages but could still crossover into the clubs.”
“Then, ‘The Snake’ came up, as I was on a roll with my South American, Latin vibes. The track actually happened by accident, in the sense that I didn’t over think the tracks, they just came naturally and the idea was done in a day.”
“Kryder and Tom had an amazing reaction to the tracks, simply saying ‘sign here’. They premiered them at the Cartel Launch party at WMC and the reaction was amazing, especially with the Spanish speaking community there singing along to ‘The Snake’ on the first ever play.”
