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Next up on our podcast series, we have Munich label-heads, Permanent Vacation, with a bucket-loads of unreleased material. Tom Bioly and Benjamin Frölich founded the label back in 2006 and it has grown from strength to strength with releases from highly acclaimed artists such as John Talabot, Mano Le Tough, Todd Terje, and Tevo Howard. The duo have also released on the label under the moniker Permanent Vacation and put on parties in Munich where they play alongside many highly respected artists.

Unfortunately, this one isn't available for download due to the unreleased material. Enjoy!

Flux Podcast - 33 - Permanent Vacation

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Reptant 'Lizard Eyes' [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

An essential and prolific figure in Australia’s electronic music community, producer Reptant officially presents his new tech-house inspired alias Ulo. S for ANIMA13. What started as a one-off live experiment for Melbourne’s Techworld party series, Ulo now reveals Beat Seeker - an EP of serious groove and a pure timeless quality. Beat Seeker advances on the signature old-school electro Reptant style and merges it with euphoric melodies and crisp, driving basslines. A dear friend of Animalia, Beat Seeker is another family affair that truly represents our entire ethos of colourful and mind bending sounds.

Animalia would like to acknowledge that all tracks were produced on the traditional land of the Wurundjeri peoples, and pay respect to their elders past, and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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A1: Beat Seeker
A2: It's Phizzy in Here
B1: Uphoria
B2: Uphoria (Last Bean of the Night Dub) 

Artist: Ulo. S (Lucas Hatsisavas, Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)
Title: Uphoria
Format: 12”
Distributed by: Clone (Rotterdam, NL)
Artwork & Design by Lucas Hatsisavasi (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia))
Mastered by Keith Tenniswood @ Curve Pusher  (East Sussex, UK,)

Ulo S. - Uphoria (ANIMA13)

We've got Skinnerbox's live set from our January Snowbombing Launch party at Beaverworks for your listening pleasure. A truly epic live set that created an amazing atmosphere right from the off. 

Tune in, enjoy and be sure to check out their Soundcloud for more: www.soundcloud.com/skinnerbox  

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@peshkamusic - Your Behind [Secret Feta]
Track from Ukrainian Peshka on the first ever (!) vinyl only release of @secret_feta_records - 4 tracks EP «Cheese Tricks Vol 1 // Honey & Cheese Combo» curated by @mr-sela. From the name it is clear that people know about life and know how to please avid hedonists! Theres another Ukrainian - @vquv witch you may know from Noneside 12" :) Syntelman and Multivers on the record as well. Don't mess with GOATS!

The idea was created in Mariupol in 2020, - Mark Peshka says, - but only the vocals and part of the groove remained from the old project, which became the basis of the track. At the end of 2023, I was approached by French artist Sela, who was starting a new vinyl label and offered to release my stuff. After the usual rummaging through old projects, I found Your Behind and another demo (a little insider), which will also be released on the label's next release. After completing the tracks, I sent them to Doryan (Sela), after which they immediately found their place on vinyl. Despite my overall brooding, sometimes dark and sad vibe, this track has a clubby and aggressive sound that reminds me of my opposite sides.

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Next up is Noema, resident DJ at the highly acclaimed Berlin club, Wilde Renate. 

Since his first DJ appearance in 1997, Noema has worked with the likes of Apparat, Daniel Wang and Dixon. He has released on African Shakedown with his re-work of Ata Kak – Daa Nyinaa and a cover/dub-version of Iko Iko. His new label The Magic Movement, promises to bring all sorts of experimental disco-influenced tracks in the near future. 

The Renate faithful will know Noema for his energetic marathon sets where he predominantly blends disco and psychedelic house.

Keeps your ears & eyes peeled for further explorations in the Shakedown series, spanning across continents.

Enjoy.


Flux Podcast - 47 - Noema

Elvers Pass

Synthetic Squashies

Fio Fa - B3ach B0utiqu3 EP - SUNSET004 (clips)

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Keeping it widescreen throughout and the percussion pulls focus. At times slick and sultry, at others more ominous and ill-tempered, we’re dishing out high-velocity dynamics across four distinct trax. Constantly nudging towards the peak-time, but with plenty of breathy sensuality and dappled melody as he flexes a detailed, sound-sensitive approach.

Drums, drums and more drums. You know the deal by now: direct torque in full effect as we traverse the rugged, funked-out and percussive. Plenty of trippy flourish for good measure too, from humid fusions of rainforest FX and hallucinatory detail to light trail synths punching through inky abyss.

It all recalls Terry Francis and his Housey Doingz project at the peak of their powers - big stabs, big forward momentum. Think the golden era of their Wiggle parties circa 1999.

PREMIERE: DJ Life - To be Defined

Panorama Bar resident, Love On The Rocks label boss and one of dance music’s most in-demand DJs, producers and remixers, PARAMIDA returns to her own imprint with ‘Devil’s Destination,’ her first EP in 3 years. Set for release on 9th May, it features two brand new solo tracks, a collaborative re-interpretation of a rare 2000s tech house classic with E-Talking, and a remix by the legendary Mathew Jonson.

PARAMIDA’s reputation as a digger and student of dance music is translated here into an EP that showcases her unique and interdisciplinary approach to production, curation and DJing, threading the needle in a way that pays tribute to the past, locates itself in the present, and pushes forward into a new and exciting future – the hallmark of her label, described by Groove magazine as “one of the best house labels of the decade”.

The EP opens with its title track, and wastes none of its 8-minute runtime getting to the point: a huge, enveloping bassline (courtesy of 90s progressive trance producer Musique de Marque), to the effect of instant chills. If Love On The Rocks releases can be defined by certain characteristics, one of them is undoubtedly the presence of big emotional hits. PARAMIDA wants her listeners to feel something, with the full impact of emotions that can only truly be felt on a dance floor. A swirl of vocal samples and hi-hats precede it, before it drops directly into a thumping percussive workout replete with huge kicks, dubby bleeps and rewinds. Calling back to the cross-pollinated sound of 90's house, breakbeat and rave to devastating effect, she punctuates segments of jump-up energy with pauses that propel the listener right back into the feels, before unleashing a groove as introspective and melancholy as it is connective and ecstatic.

The EP continues with ‘On Process’ – a collaboration with E-Talking and re-interpretation of ‘Incidental Beats’ by Jean Marie K and People On Process, a French deep/tech house release on Megaphone Records from 2002. Here, the two show their skill at identifying and reworking obscure gems and influential classics whilst paying respectful tribute to them (as demonstrated on their update to Anja Schneider and Sebo K’s ‘Rancho Relaxo’ from 2024.) Lifting the disco-leaning percussion and bassline of the original, along with its contrasting dub techno/tech-house pads and synth lines, they blend the components into a gentle, endlessly progressing dreamscape that shifts effortlessly between diverse genre lines.

This sets the stage for a stunning interpretation by the massively influential Mathew Jonson, who leans into the dubby tech-house of it all. Over 8 minutes of detailed and pristine drum programming and insistent forward motion, he effortlessly connects elements of minimal, electro and tech house, layering moody twists and turns that situate the remix pitch-perfectly on an EP that surprises in both its daring and its subtlety.

‘Devil’s Destination’ closes with ‘Sayonara’, a two-and-a-half minute beatless coda, which calls back to PARAMIDA’s predilection for ambient and dream house, previously explored on ’33’ from her 2022 EP ‘Moonrise VII’. It’s a patchwork of vocal samples, reverb, delay, pads, and a proto-house bassline sitting in a soft universe between dreaming and consciousness; perhaps, a glimpse into the mind of its maker.

In short: Essential.

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Written & produced by PARAMIDA
A1 Bassline by Musique De Marque
A2 Produced by PARAMIDA & E-Talking
Mixed by Mr. Lee
Mastered by Schnittstelle
Artwork by Vittorio Maria Dal Maso
Text + Design by Samuel Gieben

Pre-order: loveontherocks.bandcamp.com
Wholesale enquiries: distribution@loveontherocks.cc

© 2025 Love On The Rocks. All rights reserved.

Devil's Destination

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Next up we have Head Mistress of the Paradisco party series, resident record authority at Berlin’s famed OYE Records, and label boss of the heavenly, Love on the Rocks: Paramida.

Growing up on the banks of the Rhine and exploring the lesser known record bins in Frankfurt’s Metropolitan Area, Paramida wasn't like all the other girls in school. A fiery presence backed up with strong musical opinions was what ultimately led to Para hitchhiking her way to Berlin the day she graduated from high school. Her search for something new in the East didn't last very long when she landed a job in one of Berlin’s best record shops, OYE Records. After a few years of DJing and throwing parties around Berlin, she landed in Renate, and began her monthly event, Paradisco, with a core group of friends. 

Spending time playing alongside varied selectors, as well as working during the day at the record shop, has allowed Paramida to develop her own unique musical style that shows in her selection. 2014 saw Para launching her label “Love On The Rocks” which maintains a fragile balance between balearic sunsets, discotheque road trips, and sweaty house nights.

Keep an eye out for her, she's one to watch.

Enjoy.

Flux Podcast - 48 - Paramida

Klasse Wrecks is happy to welcome a young new producer to its ranks, hailing from the magical city of Sheffield in the North of the UK, KWAKE is fresh on the scene with a debut EP brimming with style and function. The ‘Nucleus’ EP is a well curated selection of 303 and breakbeat sprinkled dance tracks, powerful enough to move the feet but with enough consideration to inspire the mind.

COLD AUTOMATION

NUCLEUS

BANDCAMP: https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/the-core

Olsvangèr joins Craigie Knowes for ‘The Core’ EP. 4 sophisticated club tracks spanning the spectrum of the Olsvangèr sound. From bumping house on the title track ‘The Core’ to darker club atmospherics on ‘Goldman’s Propeller’ and outright techno bounce on ‘Lunar Kiss Baby Whale’. The record is rounded out with the blissed-out breaks of ‘Lava Luva’. A truly spectacular and versatile record to cover all points in the night, get some! Released onday 19th May, 2025.

A1 - The Core
A2 - Goldman's Propeller
B1 - Luna Kiss Baby Whale
B2 - Lava Luva

Mastered and cut by Marco @ Analogcut, Berlin
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Design by Guillaume de Ubéda
Released by Craigie Knowes, Scotland
10 Years of Craigie Knowes: 2015-2025

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