Gin & Tonic

Yo, Our names are Jack and Xavier, and we are Gin & Tonic. The first question we always get asked is: “Who is Gin and who is Tonic?”. The truth is we don’t know. We got the name from a random word generator in year 8 when we were trying to come with a catchy name to use when DJ’ed at our mates house parties. Since then, Gin & Tonic has become a musical venture between 2 best friends that changed our lives in more ways than we thought possible. We have thrived on music and used it to express our emotions, explore creative boundaries and mould our identities into who we are today. Currently we produce and work full time, but we would rather spend most of our time focusing on music. To put it simply, we want to make a career out of producing since it is what we are most passionate about. On a side note, we also want to quit our lame day jobs and stick it to our parents who didn’t let us go to producing school (don’t tell them we said that). Producing music has become much more than just hobby for us and we hope you are able to feel the same way about our music as we do. Our Sound: If anything, we can apply the word “electronic” to describe the music we make. We employ influences from genres spanning from classical to techno and we have a really refined musical taste. Lately we have been exploring a more downtempo sound, combing elements of RnB with deep house. Our latest release: “Like Me” is a bouncey mix of deep house and RnB. It was inspired by many popular Kaytranada hip hop instrumentals and features Anderson .Paak style vocal samples. Past Success: Our first Spotify release “Colder” marked a massive turning point for us when it got featured in Spotify’s New Music Friday and Fresh Finds playlists. It was also our first international collaboration with Toronto native rapper Acey. Artists that Inspire Us: Here is a list of artists that inspire us (in no particular order): Kaytranada, Disclosure, Tom Misch, FKJ, SG Lewis, DJOKO, Jungle, Khalid, Sabrina Claudio, Mac Ayres, Daniel Ceaser, HER, SZA, Calvin Harris, RINI, Flume, Shay Lia, Gold Link, Dwilly, Rufus Du Sol, Leon Bridges, Masego, Snakehips, The Weeknd, Galimatias, Moon Boots, Purple Disco Machine, Medasin, Cosmos Midnight, Kali Uchis, Tyler The Creator, Aluna George, Flight Facilities, Bag Raiders, Clairo, James Blake, JaFunk, Louis The Child, Hayden James, Wafia, Young Franco, Kaytranada (Double mention for the legend), Malaa, Tchami, Hardwell (shoutout 2012 big room vibes), Adam Beyer, Mura Masa, Autograf, Chet Faker, Pomo, ABBA, Jamiroquai, MXXWLL, Kanye West, Earth Wind and Fire, Majid Jordan, Cody Currie, Alina Baraz, Mahalia Josh Butler, Enrico Sanguiliano (Techno God), Gin & Tonic ( ? ). Seems long, but there are way more. Thank you for taking the time to learn about who we are and the music we make. We hope to share more of our musical journey with you in the near future. Love from Jack and Xavier (Gin & Tonic)