HALF HAWAII Vinilo y CD

Review: For the latest release on his quietly impressive Foom label, Ben Freeney has secured the rights to release two killer cuts, both of which are significant in their own way. On the A you'll find a previously unreleased Tobias Freund remix of "You Laugh at My Face", an obscure late '70s proto-new wave collaboration between legendary disco producer Patrick Cowley and art-punk vocalist Jorge Socarras (best known for being part of San Fran band Indoor Life). Freund's version is undulating and evocative, with spacey analogue synth motifs and drowsy vocals rising above a pitched-down breakbeat groove. On the flip, German duo Half Hawaii return to action after a six-year break, offering up a slow-burn delight rich in drowsy, melancholic motifs, shuffling drums and dewy-eyed vocals.

Review: As PERL100 rolls ever closer we are beginning to wonder if Perlon founders Zip and Markus Nikolai have realised the design job involved when it comes to the centre labels. Regardless PERL96 is here and hooray it's some all new material from the Half Hawaii pairing of Sammy Dee and Bruno Pronsato. Both very much a part of the Berlin scene, All Over finds Sammy and Bruno revisit a project responsible for a couple of memorable 12"s (including Into You in 2007) and plenty of live performances. Last seen on Perlon with a contribution to the label's 2010 compilation Superlongevityfive, Half Hawaii's strengths are on full display here with both the title track and "NYC Town Car" notable for the abstracted weirdness of Pronsato's textural input and the finely sculpted beats of Sammy Dee. Proper Perlon tackle.

Review: If you order "Half Hawaii", what you'll get is Sammy Dee and Bruno Pronsato. Those two founded this project right after mister Pronsato moved to Berlin. Sammy Dee is known as a member of Panty Tec while Bruno Pronsato is the producer of many quality tunes. Here their powers unite.