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PERMVAC 174-1EP
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It's done. The final, last, and endmost volume of remixes for Tuff City Kids' (aka Philipp Lauer and Gerd Janson) unique debut album, Adoldesscent (PERMVAC 153CD/LP, 2016), are here. Featuring KiNK, Prins Thomas, Sascha Funke, Shan, Justin Strauss's Whatever/Whatever project, and Brussels's bohemian Mugwump, TCK originals are treated with acid, Balearic rhythms, lean Berlin grooves, New York City dubs, UK breaks, and Belgian new beats. Remixes by KiNK, Prins Thomas, and Sascha Funke. Includes previously unreleased proto-rave rocket "Icebot".
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PERMVAC 167-1EP
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2020 repress. Calling in the favors: Marcel Dettmann, Roman Flügel, and Scuba under his SCB Inversion disguise, take apart songs and tracks from Tuff City Kids' debut album Adoldesscent (PERMVAC 153CD/LP, 2016). Dettmann keeps the song that is "Scared" intact, but mangles it into a fast-paced pogo piece, while Flügel uses his second take of "R-Mancer" to push it into the K-Lauer abyss, before SCB Inversion tones down the rockism of "Nordo" and makes it inherently his own. To complete the picture, you get "Thorarium" by TCK themselves -- a previously unreleased track.
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PERMVAC 157-1EP
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Remixers getting remixed: The first batch of interpretations for Tuff City Kid's 2016 debut album Adoldesscent (PERMVAC 153CD/LP, 2016) arrives with a trio of artists above the ordinary. While Tensnake and Joe Goddard take care of "Tell Me" (the former delivers one of his peaking trademark tearjerkers, while the later one is basically meditating on himself), the gifted and blessed Roman Flügel turns the proto-rave of "R-Mancer" into a joyful ride through post-house that not only will make Gerdy happy.
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PERMVAC 153LP
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Double LP version. Includes MP3 code. Gerd Janson and Phillip Lauer, aka Tuff City Kids, are creatures of habit. Every week, the two club veterans meet up at Phillip's studio and spend an entire day making tunes. And while Gerd often likes to joke that his role in the arrangement is limited to making coffee and looking at his cell phone, it's clear that the two men have forged a potent partnership, one that's been responsible for an astonishing amount of dancefloor heat over the past few years. Incredibly, this German pair has managed to maintain a relatively low profile, despite the steady stream of music they've released via well-respected labels like Unterton, Delsin, Internasjonal, Permanent Vacation and Live At Robert Johnson. And then there are the remixes - Azari & III, Scuba, The Juan Maclean, Fort Romeau, Avalon Emerson, Massimiliano Pagliara and Sinkane are just a small sampling of the artists who've enlisted Tuff City Kids to work their studio magic. Throughout it all, there have been whispers of a proper Tuff City Kids album, and now that Adoldesscent has arrived, it will be all but impossible for the duo to linger in the background. After all, the LP is anything but shy, thanks in part to hooky vocal turns from the likes of Annie, Joe Goddard, Kelley Polar and Jasnau, and even the album's instrumental cuts, featuring some clear nods to various eras of dance-pop, from the boogie-inflected funk of "Wake People" to the breakbeat techno of "Boilered" and the tweaky rave nostalgia of "Nordo." Elsewhere, first single "Labyrinth" is an infectious bit of new wave, while the guitar-driven "Scared" recalls the gloomier side of '80s pop and "Tell Me" is perhaps the record's most playfully soulful moment. DJs will likely gravitate toward the darting strings of "Aska" and breezy vibes of "Farewell House," yet Adoldesscent isn't entirely focused on the dancefloor. Dreamy opener "Ophmar" evokes the legacy of John Carpenter, while the crunchy "R-Mancer" offers up a sort of psychedelic synth freak-out. Much like the Tuff City Kids themselves, Adoldesscent isn't about any one style or sound in particular. It is, however, a cohesive effort, along with proof that the different corners of the electronic spectrum have a lot more in common than we'd all like to admit. More importantly, it's a whole lot of fun, and isn't that what dance music is supposed to be about anyways?
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PERMVAC 153CD
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Gerd Janson and Phillip Lauer, aka Tuff City Kids, are creatures of habit. Every week, the two club veterans meet up at Phillip's studio and spend an entire day making tunes. And while Gerd often likes to joke that his role in the arrangement is limited to making coffee and looking at his cell phone, it's clear that the two men have forged a potent partnership, one that's been responsible for an astonishing amount of dancefloor heat over the past few years. Incredibly, this German pair has managed to maintain a relatively low profile, despite the steady stream of music they've released via well-respected labels like Unterton, Delsin, Internasjonal, Permanent Vacation and Live At Robert Johnson. And then there are the remixes - Azari & III, Scuba, The Juan Maclean, Fort Romeau, Avalon Emerson, Massimiliano Pagliara and Sinkane are just a small sampling of the artists who've enlisted Tuff City Kids to work their studio magic. Throughout it all, there have been whispers of a proper Tuff City Kids album, and now that Adoldesscent has arrived, it will be all but impossible for the duo to linger in the background. After all, the LP is anything but shy, thanks in part to hooky vocal turns from the likes of Annie, Joe Goddard, Kelley Polar and Jasnau, and even the album's instrumental cuts, featuring some clear nods to various eras of dance-pop, from the boogie-inflected funk of "Wake People" to the breakbeat techno of "Boilered" and the tweaky rave nostalgia of "Nordo." Elsewhere, first single "Labyrinth" is an infectious bit of new wave, while the guitar-driven "Scared" recalls the gloomier side of '80s pop and "Tell Me" is perhaps the record's most playfully soulful moment. DJs will likely gravitate toward the darting strings of "Aska" and breezy vibes of "Farewell House," yet Adoldesscent isn't entirely focused on the dancefloor. Dreamy opener "Ophmar" evokes the legacy of John Carpenter, while the crunchy "R-Mancer" offers up a sort of psychedelic synth freak-out. Much like the Tuff City Kids themselves, Adoldesscent isn't about any one style or sound in particular. It is, however, a cohesive effort, along with proof that the different corners of the electronic spectrum have a lot more in common than we'd all like to admit. More importantly, it's a whole lot of fun, and isn't that what dance music is supposed to be about anyways?
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INT 030EP
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TCK are Gerd Janson, who otherwise runs the splendid Running Back label, and Philipp Lauer, who produces grand music under his own name and is half of the fantastic Arto Mwambe. They have remixed Sven Väth, among many other fab projects, and on top of that are both irresistible deejays. But all that said, you haven't even heard their best... it's called "PF01," "PF02," "PF03," and "PF04" and are the tracks made for this record.
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UTON 002EP
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Gerd Janson (head of Running Back) and Phillip Lauer (DJ, producer and 50% Arto Mwambe) step out of remix mode and release their first 12" of original tracks as Tuff City Kids. The EP is released as a hand-stamped yellow label in a green generic paper sleeve and is the second release on Ostgut Ton's new sub-label, Unterton.
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