Contributing Writer
Toolroom welcomes DJ and producer Cristoph to the label with ‘Gimme The Love’, a piano-led cut that leans into his more melodic instincts while keeping a firm sense of control.
Cristoph’s catalogue has long circled the outer edges of Toolroom’s progressive lineage, shaped early on by releases via John Digweed’s Bedrock and Sasha’s Last Night On Earth, before widening out through labels like Knee Deep In Sound and Pryda Presents. Tracks like ‘Breathe’ with Jem Cooke and CamelPhat pushed that sound into a wider space, balancing scale with a measured, emotive touch.
‘Gimme The Love’ picks up on that thread. The piano work carries a familiar sense of uplift, but the arrangement stays grounded, avoiding excess and letting the tension build gradually. There’s a subtle nod to Toolroom’s earlier progressive output, though it sits comfortably alongside the label’s current direction, with a deeper low-end and a more restrained sense of release.