Tough Art get straight to the groove on ‘Walk Away’

01/10/2026 · Source: Data Transmission ↗

Six years away, and Tough Art have returned with plenty of bass. The Brazilian duo land back on Lee Foss’ Repopulate Mars on 2nd October with their three-track ‘Walk Away’ EP, and we’ve got the first play of the title cut. Fernando Tonello and Phelipe Lamanna have kept busy since their last appearance on the label in 2020. Club and festival dates across Brazil have come alongside a growing catalogue and regular Beatport chart appearances. Their FractaLL collaboration ‘Collors’ even landed in a Dior commercial. Here, though, the business is firmly back in the booth. Our premiere, Tough Art’s ‘Walk Away’, keeps things lean. A spoken-word vocal winds around nimble synth notes, with deep bass doing the heavy lifting underneath. There’s space between the percussion and enough movement in the groove to keep the pressure on without throwing everything at the mix. That restraint gives the vocal