Permanent Record is very proud to officially welcome the genre defying band Wildernessking to the label's family.  Wildernessking's music has managed to capture a massive following spanning across the globe. Their early 2016 full length release MYSTICAL FUTURE drew critical acclaim from prominent voices in the international metal scene, and this new EP will follow hot on the heals of this release.  Pre-Orders will go live soon.  Stay tuned for more info.

  VAN COKE KARTEL’s cover EP, ENERGIE, is out NOW on iTunes exclusively.  Pre-orders of the 12” vinyl is also open at here as of now.  A free digital download of the entire EP is available upon purchase of the vinyl. Wynand Myburgh: THIS ALBUM IS ALL ABOUT FUN The members of VAN COKE KARTEL spent most of 2015 on other projects. Francois and Jedd Kossew launched the FRANCOIS VAN COKE debut solo album.  Wynand Myburgh kept busy managing Jack Parow and Fokofpolisiekar’s affairs, while Dylan Hunt joined the band Southern Wild. The band wanted to do something together again and...

The last couple of months we have been hard at work behind the scenes to launch a new and improved website which is fully responsive on desktop, tablet and mobile, as well planning the new Van Coke Kartel - ENERGIE ep release. It is a great pleasure to work with the Belleville boys again, and to be the label behind a vinyl release. The ENERGIE ep vinyl package will be available for PRE-ORDER on the 11th of September. In the meantime, familiarise yourself with the tour dates, and catch them in a town near you. The awesome portrait photos were taken by...

Permanent Record is pleased to announce our next vinyl release for local rock and rollers Van Coke Kartel. The band has been playing around with the idea of doing a 'covers' album for a long time, and when the project finally started to take shape, Permanent record jumped at the opportunity to get involved.  The EP, titled ENERGIE, will be available as a limited edition vinyl as well as a digital iTunes release. Stay tuned for more information regarding the vinyl package, pre-order instructions and tour dates.  VCK Facebook VCK Twitter VCK Instagram

Carlo Mombelli's STORIES was recorded live in studio using vintage microphones from the 1940s and mastered on reel- to- reel tape machines. The ensemble for this recording was Daniel Pezzotti on cello, Adrian Mears on trombone, and Dejan Terzic on drums, a quartet that Mombelli has been playing with in Europe for the last four years. For this recording he travelled to Switzerland with Mbuso Khoza, a traditional Zulu singer who improvised over the chamber quartet music.  Unlike the schooled European musicians in the band, Mbuso learnt his music on the mountains of Kwa-Zulu Natal while herding his father’s sheep. The vinyl...

"Carlo Mombelli is nothing short of a national treasure – you cannot argue with the depth, passion and inventiveness of his music" Lloyd Gedye Roastin' Records, Angry Africa and Permanent Record are doing a collaborative vinyl release of Carlo Mombelli's emotive album titled STORIES. ‘STORIES’ is a really personal record for Mombelli: an opportunity to pay respect to the people that matter in his life – his wife, his children and his musical teachers. The final product reaffirms that Mombelli, now in his early 50s, is still very much in rude creative health. He is still pushing the limits of sound...