SOTO - They're named like ABBA

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  • Botchit & Scarper's Sonia Akow and Toby Edwards make up the duo SOTO, exponents of the breakbeat sound combined with strong elements of electro, house and hip hop all melded together with an emphasis on musicality. The pair have been DJing for about 8 years and have also lent their hands to extraneous projects with Toby working on a new project 'Delempika' that major label Sony are involved with. The duo's sound has taken them all over the world to places like Australia, Asia, the US and they've also been chosen to deliver breakbeat to drum'n'bass heads at London's legendary club night Movement. The pair are also responsible for producing the third volume (released in 2002) in Botchit's ever-expanding Urban Funk Breaks series and more recently produced 'Hootenanny' a daring piece of electro hip hop breaks which gained favour with the likes of Damian Harris (Skint), Rennie Pilgrem, Aquasky vs Masterblaster to name a few and was licenced to the deep tech side of Kid Kenobi's 'Breaks 03'. The pair have just embarked on an tour which sees them spinning their deep, bass heavy sound around Australia and New Zealand all the while leaving the freezing cold environment of their UK home in favour of the antipodean summer. RA caught up with SOTO on a blistering hot day in Perth for a chat about the tour and the label.
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