Why? Because it brings together three disparate artists: , a respected Spanish minimal producer; Thony Grey , a shadowy Italian-born, Berlin-based DJ; and Tonyx1831 , an anonymous SoundCloud account known for posting 30-second looped snippets of “lost” tracks. The phrase “min hot” — almost certainly shorthand for “minimal hot” or a “hot minimal mix” — has become a cult identifier.
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Whether this track is a lost gem, an inside joke, or a well-constructed fiction, its legend is now part of minimal techno’s oral history. Lorenzo Viota continues to play live, occasionally teasing an unreleased track with “Neukölln, 2019” in the title. Thony Grey remains unseen. Tonyx1831’s SoundCloud page returns a 404 error. And when it surfaces — if it surfaces
But somewhere, on an aging hard drive or a forgotten USB stick, “min_hot_final.aiff” may still be waiting. Lorenzo Viota continues to play live, occasionally teasing
However, underground chat logs (from platforms like Telegram minimal rooms and Hardwax forum archives ) describe Thony Grey as: “A ghost in the Berlin minimal scene, 2018–2022. Played at about a dozen illegal parties in Rummelsburg and Neukölln. Never used social media. His USB stick contained only untitled tracks, many with ‘.tmp’ extensions.” Thony Grey is rumored to have co-produced a handful of tracks with affiliates and even with Viota during a residency at the now-closed Club der Visionaere. No official releases exist under the name — only a 2023 leak titled “Grey Area (Thony’s 4AM Tool)” on a Russian minimal blog.