1999- Montreal’ minimal lost link,  hautec label reboots with 2 EP’s

With its roots in mid 80’s underground cassette culture, Montreal’ hautec label five year lifespan,  nurtured the fertile influential Montreal minimal techno scene. Diminutive minimal sister label to the more house oriented haute couture, it laid down the first wax releases of  prolific micro house originator Marc Leclair (Akufen, Reno Disco, Juicebox), as well as future techno stars, DJ Champion,  Deadbeat, Mateo Murphy, Pheek. Also the first home to label head Martin Dumais’ pioneering award winning ‘Les Jardiniers’, which also featured the talents of DJs Jean-François Charette and Sylvain Houde of the famed Foufounes Electriques club.

With its sister labels, the catalog of two dozen plus releases proved an important stepping stone to its entire roster, all attaining international status and still currently active in their respective labels and projects. 

The stripped down sounds from the then unknown artists, proved difficult to find its audience at first, but gained steam as minimal became a dominant strain of club music. Fueled by several record shops, the expanding reach Mutek festival, and official minimal techno central the lamented  dj and artist hangout LAIKA, where partners in crime DJ Maus (haute couture) and DJ Mighty Kat (hautec) held  longtime residencies.  Label highlights of the period include performances by DJ Maus and Les Jardiniers at the massive Sonar 2000 festival in Barcelona, which opened up to many years of adventures and ensuing chaos.

Existing during the tumultuous  and disturbing early 2000’s, a time at which consumers taste shifted towards new digital formats, sending many record distributors into bankruptcy, leaving hautec and many others in dire financial situations, with large quantities of vinyl simply lost.  These now rare slabs of wax often fetch hefty discogs prices.

In the spirit of its original incarnation, the current hautec focuses on unbound strains of techno, house,  deconstructed trance and ambient post everything club/non-club sounds 

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Starting off with: SVHS’ ‘Blau Montag’ an organic metallic minimal techno  stormer by label boss’ SVHS.  This is a companion release to  the  recent december 2021 ambient house  (top 5 Electronica Beatport) album SVHS ’Bong Zero’  (on DJ Pheek’ Archipel label). 
https://svhs.bandcamp.com/album/blau-montag
https://archipelmusique.bandcamp.com/album/bong-zero

Also archiving and reviving some of its unavailable early catalog, such as DJ Champion’  2001dub techno ‘untitled’ EP. A series of cassettes, odd formats, remixes, new vinyl and full digital releases are planned throughout 2022.
https://hautecrecords.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-2

HAUTEC ON DISCOGS
https://www.discogs.com/label/1240-Hautec

BANDCAMP
https://hautecrecords.bandcamp.com/music

https://soundcloud.com/hautec/sets/svhs-blau-metal?

SOUNDCLOUD
https://soundcloud.com/hautec

SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6lnsmk4HlxrdsPgDmLvCVw?si=gQ1IJDtTRP2ufwM0zpt2zw



NOW
SVHS
‘Blau Montag’
Label boss returns to form with 4 tracks of elegant pulsing organic metallic minimal techno
FULL PREVIEW 
LINKS

NEXT
February:
DJ Champion ‘Untitled’
The long lost dub techno EP
LIMITED PREVIEW 
LINKS

Upcoming
March
SVHS ‘Drift Signals’  digital/VHS tape/Cassette
PREVIEW LINKS PHOTO  Bamdcamp


April
Les Jardiniers (remixes one)

Bleu De Mer is the captivating musical persona of Montreal-based artist Dan Foley. With roots dating back to the mid-80s electronic music scene, Foley has been an enigmatic force in the Montreal underground community. Throughout the years, he has explored various genres, leaving a distinctive mark in each endeavor. From his early days in the industrial music project QRN to his curious Dan Foley Fredonne Noel project that featured haunting hums of Christmas songs, Foley has continually pushed boundaries and challenged artistic norms.

Dj // Producer, from Montreal, Canada.
NA: HardCore & all hard sub-genres. Since 2000
aka. CREATURE: DoomCore & all heavy sub-genres. Since 2016.
Deadna Productions: Hardcore (etc.) events. Since 2004.

“Mythical techno producer from an alternate reality. People that have been enchanted by his music knows that it is almost impossible to retain their mylohyoid muscle when his beats drop. Fierce techno creator Steffrey Yan is mostly a thoughtful jamboree companion that will guide you through your sonic exploration.”

https://www.facebook.com/Tvinylshop/
    
    PARIS/CATALUNYA vinyls / 10 000
    
Passion for vinyl started in1989, playing hip hop or funky and soul sounds in the oldschool time !
After this i have a revelation with the electronics music and Rave Party till the end of 90'S....
after traveling and play all around europe electronic sounds,resident in Spain for 10 years...
I play in many big club like The Fuze,Blau,Rachdingue, Palm Beach, la Sala del cel, Pacha, Mirona...,
Macumba's gig...and also in small events (bars/Restaurent/terrassa/playa) like the marroco, Luam,Va i Vé, Mas pi,El Pati del Moli Nasty Kids In Paris,
secret Paradise, Reidioclub, or 124BPM (in the radio or internet) etc... //// AND more....
Today i am playing Long Set's like 4 or 5 hours going from 89bpm to 139 from pure soul funky or nu disco deep house ,house ,old school sounds and more new things jazzy tech house...,techno and electro all mixed toghether more like telling a story with many artiste from all around and not just puting tracks or songs... and i can play any good Electronic sounds, also the good sounds in any kind of music as an addicted dj...

i also study the harmonics and frenquencies hz etc... but this can be discute with intersted people...just ask me

I really want to share my passion with people because i think music have no limit and conect all the people and affect everebody in passiv or activ ways every minutes....

thank' you All & Peace....


DJ Sylver’s first performances on turnables exploded in the 1990’s. This energetic artist made his name on the night scene by spinning in rave events and by popularising electronic music through radio (CJRA). More and more bewitched by rhythm, DJ Sylver is a versatile montreal musician who defines is art as hard-line raw techno spiced with a propellant beat, a smooth finish and a spirit of trance and movement. Abandon yourself to a hard house, electro, techno adventure through DJ Sylver’s raw techno creations and ingenious turntables skills…
Première fois devant les platines dès les années 1990, DJ Sylver débuta sa carrière nocturne en jouant à travers des soirées rave et en popularisant la musique électronique à la radio (CJRA). De plus en plus envoûté par le rythme, la répétition il définit son art comme du raw techno pur et dur agrémenté de beats répétitifs provoquant transe et mouvement. Aussi à l’aise à composer son raw techno qu’aux platines, il vous plongera dans un voyage de hard house, d’électro en faisant escale dans l’univers techno

⌭ Music for raves and rituals ⌭

one half of @wearedissembler
one half of Exposé Noir

Tonewerk is a Montreal-based crew of Techno DJs.
Check our other projects
@siliconbeatsmtl: live acts (all-hardware) and open jams
@spidermanpterodactyl electro-rock / dream-pop band
M_MCHN new solo live and studio project: instagram.com/m_mchn.djm_

Due to Soundcloud limits, older mixes can be found here:
mixcloud.com/blau/
mixcloud.com/djm_/

Master the dials, trip the generator, throw the switch, adjust the receiver and compensate for distance. The sounds of vacuum tubes and transistor rhythms.

Music and video by Claude Charnier

https://aetherpilot.bandcamp.com/

Other musical projects:

Headscan, Bioskop and Le Cartographe.

http://headscan.bandcamp.com/
http://bioskop.bandcamp.com
http://lecartographe.bandcamp.com

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