Similar Artists to Tuff City Kids
If you follow Tuff City Kids, these are the artists Electrobuzz listeners also track — connected through shared labels, overlapping genres, and actual collaborations across 20 releases. Top connections include Lauer, Gerd Janson, Butch. These aren't generic recommendations — every link is computed from real release data in the Electrobuzz archive.
Tuff City Kids is a German duo from Frankfurt consisting of Phillip Lauer and Gerd Janson. The pair produces house, nu disco, and indie dance tracks for labels including Permanent Vacation, Running Back, and Suol.
Artists Similar to Tuff City Kids
Lauer
Phillip Lauer is a German DJ and producer from Frankfurt who operates under several aliases including Brontosaurus and DJ Speckgürtel. His indie dance and nu disco productions appear on Permanent Vacation, Running Back, and Live At Robert Johnson, spanning house and melodic techno across 55 releases since 2011.
Connection: 3 shared labels, 13 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Gerd Janson
Gerd Janson is a German DJ and producer who co-founded the Running Back label. He produces house, indie dance, and melodic techno across labels including Running Back, Fabric, and Needwant.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 13 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Butch
Bülent Gürler, known as Butch, is a German DJ and producer from Mainz who co-founded Bouq Records and received two Beatport Music Award nominations in 2008. His tech house and driving techno productions appear on labels including Watergate Records, Moon Harbour Recordings, and Rebirth, spanning 95 releases from 2009 to 2019.
Connection: 3 shared labels, 13 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Tiga
Montreal-based producer Tiga James Sontag operates under the moniker Tiga and founded the Turbo Recordings label. His releases span peak time techno, tech house, and indie dance across labels including Turbo Recordings, Counter Records, and IPSO.
Connection: 1 shared label, 14 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Vince Watson
Vince Watson is a Scottish DJ and producer from Glasgow who is now based in Amsterdam. He produces peak time and deep techno alongside deep house, releasing on labels including Cocoon Recordings, Everysoul, and Suara.
Connection: 1 shared label, 14 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Captain Mustache
Captain Mustache is Paris-based producer Frederic de Carvalho who has released 28 tracks across indie dance and melodic house since 2020. His productions span house, afro house, and electronica across labels including Mobilee Records, Bedrock Records, Kompakt, and My Favorite Robot Records.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 12 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Joe Goddard
Joe Goddard is a British electronic musician and DJ from London, born in 1973. His releases span deep house, tech house, and indie dance across labels including Permanent Vacation, Domino Recording Co, and Greco-Roman.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 11 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Green Velvet
Chicago-born Curtis Alan Jones produces as Green Velvet, an alias initially created as an outlet for his non-vocal productions separate from his Cajmere project. His tech house and driving techno releases appear on Relief Records, Toolroom, Dirtybird, and Snatch! Records.
Connection: 1 shared label, 13 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Ursula Rucker
Ursula Rucker is an American poet and vocalist from Philadelphia who bridges spoken word with electronic music production. Her releases span deep house, melodic house & techno, and indie dance across labels including Houndstooth, Anjunadeep, and Mobilee Records.
Connection: 1 shared label, 13 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Sharam Jey
German producer Sharam Jey (Sharam Nickjey Khososi) is based in Cologne and has released 75 tracks since 2011. He produces indie dance, nu disco, tech house and deep house across labels including Bunny Tiger, King Kong Records, Nurvous Records and KATERMUKKE.
Connection: 1 shared label, 12 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Curses
Curses is Luca Venezia, a New York-born producer now based in Berlin who blends rock and roll with darker disco elements, incorporating ghostly vocals and guitar. His indie dance and house productions appear on respected labels including Innervisions, Dischi Autunno, and Iptamenos Discos, spanning EBM-influenced tracks to melodic techno since 2013.
Connection: 1 shared label, 12 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Qess
London-based producer Neil Quigley operates under the alias Qess, releasing melodic house and techno since 2020. His deep house and hypnotic techno productions appear on established labels including Mobilee Records, Ovum Recordings, and Poker Flat Recordings.
Connection: 1 shared label, 12 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Skatman
Skatman is Aziz Haddad, a Tunisian DJ and producer currently based in Germany who founded SCATCITY Records in 2017 and launched Cognitive Prophecy in 2022. His melodic house and techno productions span from indie dance to Afro house across labels including Innervisions, Systematic Recordings, and Running Back.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 10 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Local Suicide
Local Suicide is the Berlin-based duo of Greek/German producers Maximilian Brudi and Konstantina Paschalidou Brudi, active since 2010. Their indie dance and nu disco productions appear on labels including Iptamenos Discos, My Favorite Robot Records, and Eskimo Recordings.
Connection: 1 shared label, 12 shared genres, 1 collaboration
Victoria Rawlins
South African singer and songwriter Victoria Rawlins produces indie dance and melodic house & techno tracks. Her releases appear on dirtybird, Sanctuary Music, and Iptamenos Discos, spanning peak time techno to nu disco styles.
Connection: 1 shared label, 11 shared genres, 1 collaboration
How We Found These House Artist Connections
These recommendations are computed from Electrobuzz's archive of 172,163+ releases. Each artist's connection score is based on three signals: shared label affiliations (artists releasing on the same imprints), overlapping genre coverage (artists working in the same musical territories), and direct collaborations (co-releases, remixes, and compilation appearances). The rankings update automatically as new music is published.