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Permanent Vacation
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Review: It's now 11 years since Wolfram joined forces with legendary house vocalist Haddaway to deliver 'Think Called Love', an uplifting fusion of proto-house, acid house and synth-pop elements that comed backed with remixes from Legowelt and KiNK. This reissue of the single contains brand-new Wolfram edits of his and Legowelt's versions. His new tweak is a relatively short, radio-friendly affair, so we'll focus on the two tweaks of Legowelt's versions. His take on the Dutch producer's acid-flecked 'Dub' is a genuine early morning treat, where intergalactic chord progressions and Italo-disco melodies dance around a shuffling drum machine beat and moody bassline. Arguably even better is his tweak of Legowelt's vocal remix, which sounds like an arms-aloft peak-time anthem in the making.
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PERMVAC 0942
08 Apr 22
Electro
08 Apr 22
Electro
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PERMVAC 2422
07 Apr 22
Balearic/Downtempo
07 Apr 22
Balearic/Downtempo
Review: Three mixes to choose from of this latest salvo from Permanent Vacation co-founder Benjamin Frohlich, which finds him joining forces with vocalist Vilja Larjosto, who's perhaps best known for her previous collaborations with Feater on Running Back. 'Coldwave/synth' is what it says at the top of this page, but the emphasis is firmly on the latter part of the equation here - think bliss-y 80s synth-pop rather than glacial gothic electronica. The accompanying Dubstramental offers a slightly mellower/deeper alternate pass, but it's the Dubwise Mix that wins out for yours truly as it looks to ACTUAL dub (and maybe some early 90s William Orbit remixes?) for inspiration.
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PERMVAC 2541
25 Mar 22
Coldwave/Synth
25 Mar 22
Coldwave/Synth
Review: This one's a definite grower. Yours truly kinda dismissed lead track 'Make It Stay' at first, because the female vocal is very, very pop... but let it sink in and you'll be hooked! Prins Thomas's mix does exactly the kind of dreamy/cosmic/synthy thing you'd expect, while German veteran Boris Dlugosch steps up with a rub for house floors, but it's Gerd Jansons unashamedly 80s-tastic pass that takes the gold, as he loops up the vox into one long euphoria-fest. But if you're really NOT having that vocal, don't worry - in the form of 'Altetalenanti' and 'No More Push-Backs' you also get two darker, moodier synth-disco workouts.
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PERMVAC 2197
11 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: A few years back, siblings Peter and James Isaacs caught the attention of a fair few listeners with their first two EPs as Donald's House, which both paired a joyous, piano-heavy approach to house music with musical and percussive elements borrowed from nu-disco, freestyle, proto-house and high-class 1980s synth-pop. This colourful and tactile trademark sound remains as alluring on ever as The Final Front Ear, their first EP for Permanent Vacation. Our picks of a very strong bunch are the rushing and immersive, retro-futurist brilliance of 'Melodies on the Meridian' and the acid flecked, turn-of-the-90s Italian dream house-goes-psychedelic surge of 'Journey To Now-Here', though the whole EP is highly impressive.
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PERMVAC 2321
28 Jan 22
Funky/Club House
28 Jan 22
Funky/Club House
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PERMVAC 2362
26 Nov 21
Deep House
26 Nov 21
Deep House
Review: Like his fellow Permanent Vacation co-founder Benjamin Frohlich, Tom "TB" Bioly has devoted more time in recent years to growing his production career. His 2019 debut album, Romance, was quietly impressive, and this follow-up EP - his first new material in two years - is similarly well-made and packed with interesting ideas. Opener 'New You' is wonderfully deep, warming and melodious, with broken beats replacing his usual house and electronic disco grooves. He returns to more familiar territory on spooky late-night house number 'Praline' - all rumbling sub-bass, clandestine synth riffs and crunchy drums - before delving into ambient-not-ambient territory on gorgeous IDM cut 'Zzz'.
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PERMVAC 2381
08 Oct 21
Experimental/Electronic
08 Oct 21
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Since joining Permanent Vacation two years ago, Yor Kultura has delivered two EPs that combine deep house nous with heavy tribal percussion and knowing nods towards a variety of global musical styles. The fast-rising trio subtly tweaks this now trademark sound on their latest EP for the Munich-based label, opening with a heady, atmospheric and faintly foreboding workout ('Vlucht') that adds ghostly chords, loose-limbed percussion hits and echoing steel pan melodies to hypnotic tech-house beats, synthesizer arpeggios and a deep, alluring bassline. They move further towards trance-inducing territory on 'Morse', where rising and falling high register synthesizer sounds dance atop a locked-in groove, before delivering some dark, stripped-back Afro-house on the brilliantly breathless 'Megane'.
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PERMVAC 2221
17 Sep 21
Minimal/Tech House
17 Sep 21
Minimal/Tech House
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PERMVAC 2371
03 Sep 21
Deep House
03 Sep 21
Deep House
Review: After earning his stripes on Running Back and establishing his own Love Attack label, Alan Dixon pitches up on Permanent Vacation with a predictably impressive four-track outing. He begins in fine fashion with squelchy, acid-sporting, piano-powered, retro-futurist breakbeat roller 'I'm OK, You're OK (We'll Be OK)' - a fine message in these troubled times - before getting deep and loved-up on gorgeous ambient number 'WWAWD'. 'Do You' sees Dixon add elongated organ chords and undulating acid bass to a hip-house style breakbeat, while closing cut 'Machina Jam' is a warehouse-ready slab of TB-303 driven goodness full of 'Good Life' style synth stabs and sustained synth-strings.
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PERMVAC 2341
20 Aug 21
Deep House
20 Aug 21
Deep House
Various
Review: Some 15 years after Benjamin Frolich and Tom Bioly launched their Permanent Vacation label with a fine compilation of the same name, the Munich-based pair return with a seventh showcase of treats from the imprint's now sizable roster of artists. As you'd expect, it's an eclectic and uniformly high-quality affair, with the 22 included cuts touching on everything from cheeky electro covers of Chris Rea (DMX Krew's rather good take on 'On The Beach'), deep nu-disco (the star-fall synths and Italo-disco bass of Kendal's Basorexia') and sun-soaked, 80s synth-pop-meets-dream house bliss ('Digital Joy' by Rees), to sleazy slow acid ('Lose Your Soul' by Zilas on Acid), late-night proto-house revivalism (Felice's 'Just Passing By') and rushing, breakbeat-driven dancefloor dreaminess (Dharma's 'The Epiphany'). In a word: excellent.
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PERMVAC 2271
30 Jul 21
Minimal/Tech House
30 Jul 21
Minimal/Tech House
Review: No prizes for working out what's going on here - the clue's in the EP title! First released in 2010, 'Beam Me Up' from NYC collective Midnight Magic is a mid-paced disco/boogie groover with a female vocal that suggests something of a Grace Jones fixation. As for the remixes, Theo Kottis pays homage to the Italo-house sound of late 80s/early 90s Ibiza, Perel takes us into stripped 'n' sleazy Berlin-ish territory and Krystal Klear's rub has an epic, big room feel, while Benjamin Frolich gives the track a much housier makeover. Each of the mixes will find its fans for sure, but Perel and Frohlich lead the charge to these ears.
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PERMVAC 2231
28 May 21
Funky/Club House
28 May 21
Funky/Club House
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PERMVAC 2233STR
14 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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PERMVAC 2252
07 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Over the course of the last decade, long-serving German producer Philipp Lauer has become associated with a colourful, wide-eyed style of electronic music that seems to draw just as much influence from glossy 1980s synth-pop as turn-of-the-90s Italian dream house. His latest album, Answers 2 Trouble, largely explores similar sonic territory, though there are far more nods towards 1980s new wave and Bobby Orlando style synth-pop than vintage deep house. For proof, check the Bobby O-meets-Spandau Ballet flex of 'Ghost (featuring Jesnau)', the Pet Shop Boys-with-extra-acid vibes of 'Switec' and the mid-80s Euro-pop goodness of 'Make It Stay'. Elsewhere across the album, highlights include Italo-meets-Balearic house gem 'SNNO', throbbing Fabrizio Mammarella hook-up 'Atalenati' and the early Human League style synth-clang of 'Fait Accompli'.
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PERMVAC 2191
02 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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PERMVAC 2193
12 Mar 21
Funky/Club House
12 Mar 21
Funky/Club House
Played by: Tee Mango
Review: Tom Mangan AKA Tee Mango has been in fine form over the last couple of years, with recent EPs on Aus Music and Delusions of Grandeur further enhancing his reputation. He's in fine fettle on this tasty two-tracker, too - his first for long-serving Munich imprint Permanent Vacation. 'You Are The Sun' is available in two versions, each tailored to fit a specific time and mood. The 'Sun Up' mix that kicks off the single is glassy-eyed and melodious, with warming female vocal samples, twinkling piano motifs, looped synth stabs and electric guitar flourishes wrapping around a chunky groove. In contrast, the 'Sun Down' mix sounds perfect for early evening outdoor dancing thanks to its alluring mix of flutering synthesizer motifs, squeezable synth-bass and deliciously dreamy chords.
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PERMVAC 2102
05 Mar 21
Funky/Club House
05 Mar 21
Funky/Club House
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PERMVAC 2192
26 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
