COEO

COEO, the Munich-based duo of Florian Vietz and Andreas Höpfl, represents the sophisticated intersection of deep house and nu-disco. Emerging in the early 2010s, they quickly became pillars of the Toy Tonics label, a collective known for blending high-fashion aesthetics with organic, sample-heavy dance music.

Their sound identity is characterized by a 'crate-digger' ethos, utilizing their background in hip-hop and soul to source the melodic DNA for their house productions. Critically, they are lauded for their 'Disco Volante' era, which helped revitalize the disco-edit trend by adding muscular, contemporary house percussion to vintage grooves. Their career arc shows a steady evolution from straightforward deep house toward a more expansive, lush sound that incorporates elements of jazz-funk and world music, as seen in their 2024 releases. Within the electronic scene, they occupy a space similar to artists like Crazy P or Lovebirds, where musicality and 'vibe' take precedence over aggressive drops or industrial textures. They are essential for collectors of the 'Munich sound' and fans of the modern disco revival.