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2020, 12″ reissue, Discomatin.
Some years back, Permanent Vacation dipped into the back catalogue of decidedly Balearic synth-pop trio Antenna before offering up a swathe of fresh remixes. Now Discomatin have decided to explore the solo discography of lead singer Isabelle Antena, serving up two rare contemporaneous remixes of 1987 singles by Mark Kamins and Marc Moulin respectively. The former’s version of “Laying On The Sofa” is superb, with the Danceteria resident layering her fine lead vocals over delay laden electro beats, warm Rhodes chords, glistening guitars and elastic bass guitar. Moulin’s body-popping, synth and drum-machine fired revision of “La Tete Contre Les Murs” is arguably even better and undeniably funkier. It goes without saying that both tracks are superb. – Juno