Tilman/Rhode & Brown - Three Of Us (2020)

Earlier in the year, Toy Tonic regulars Rhode & Brown joined forces with fellow German deep house sort Tilman for a first collaborative EP on RTB. Here they repeat the exercise on Shall Not Fade, delivering an EP so expansive we should probably refer to it as a mini album. There's naturally much to enjoy throughout, from the bongo-laden heaviness of bouncy piano-house rinse-out 'Times New Romance' and the jazz-funk-goes-deep house wonder that is 'Body Heat', to the huggable breakbeat-house lusciousness of 'Could Weave a Memory', and the ultra-deep, saucer-eyed Afro-house bliss of 'Aywo'. Closing cut 'The Highest Pressure', a tropical-tinged disco-house loop jam, is also rather good.