one of the greatest tracks!!! love this. darkness pure ! ;)

Marc Houle @Crobar  03.04.15

Here is my Berghain 01 mix that I release back in 2005. Enjoy!

André Galluzzi - Berghain 01 - (Ostgut Ton) 2005

Marc Houle is back with his latest full-length album entitled “Cola Party” on his own Items & Things imprint.

The album contains 9 tracks, with the main singles being “Cola Party” and “I Don’t Wanna Know About You”. “Cola Party”, the lead track of the album, sets the scene with Houle’s textbook pitched down vocals weaving through tightly programmed drum patterns and heavy low frequencies. “I Don’t Wanna Know About You” is a late-night jam whose pulsating lead synth and effortlessly catchy main vocal hook make it one of the more upbeat tracks of the album. Both tracks will be released two weeks and one week before the album’s release respectively on iTunes.

“Cola Party” comes as a long-awaited follow up to Houle’s well-received 2012 LP “Undercover”. As an album, it contains all the elements fans and followers have grown to love with every Marc Houle release; his signature take on techno and jacking minimalistic-funk shines through from start to finish. If anything, the album is a clear example that Houle is still at the top of his game after more than 10 years in the business.

As a bonus for digital DJs and Traktor users worldwide, the album will be part of the Native Instruments' Traktor Remix Set series in July. The stems of 7 of the tracks from the album will be on this Remix Set release, following on from an array of other well-known artists who have done the same since the Remix Set series’ inception in Autumn 2012.

“Cola Party” is Houle’s sixth studio album and comes just in time for summer, with the release date set for 27th June.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

Connect with Marc Houle:
www.marchoule.net/
www.facebook.com/marchoule.official 
www.mixcloud.com/marchoule
www.youtube.com/user/MarcRHoule
www.twitter.com/MarcRHoule
www.itemsandthings.com

Marc Houle - Jackn' Jill | Items & Things | 2014

Marc Houle is back with his latest full-length album entitled “Cola Party” on his own Items & Things imprint.

The album contains 9 tracks, with the main singles being “Cola Party” and “I Don’t Wanna Know About You”. “Cola Party”, the lead track of the album, sets the scene with Houle’s textbook pitched down vocals weaving through tightly programmed drum patterns and heavy low frequencies. “I Don’t Wanna Know About You” is a late-night jam whose pulsating lead synth and effortlessly catchy main vocal hook make it one of the more upbeat tracks of the album. Both tracks will be released two weeks and one week before the album’s release respectively on iTunes.

“Cola Party” comes as a long-awaited follow up to Houle’s well-received 2012 LP “Undercover”. As an album, it contains all the elements fans and followers have grown to love with every Marc Houle release; his signature take on techno and jacking minimalistic-funk shines through from start to finish. If anything, the album is a clear example that Houle is still at the top of his game after more than 10 years in the business.

As a bonus for digital DJs and Traktor users worldwide, the album will be part of the Native Instruments' Traktor Remix Set series in July. The stems of 7 of the tracks from the album will be on this Remix Set release, following on from an array of other well-known artists who have done the same since the Remix Set series’ inception in Autumn 2012.

“Cola Party” is Houle’s sixth studio album and comes just in time for summer, with the release date set for 27th June.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

Connect with Marc Houle:
www.marchoule.net/
www.facebook.com/marchoule.official 
www.mixcloud.com/marchoule
www.youtube.com/user/MarcRHoule
www.twitter.com/MarcRHoule
www.itemsandthings.com

Marc Houle - Hot Sauce | Items & Things | 2014

Carl Craig - Detroit Love - TV Lounge 10 11 20

For our 600th mix, a dream come true: Sven Väth. Which takes us back to Frankfurt, 1981. This is the year it all began for Sven Väth, a living legend who transcends time and trends. Currently amassing 43 years of career (at the age of 59), he embodies the pure and timeless essence of the art of DJing, defending and keeping vinyl culture alive and always reinforcing the importance of researching music beyond the obvious, because only then is it possible to tell different and exciting stories with each new performance that can last for 2 or even 12 hours.

@cocoonrecordings @svenvath-music

600: Sven Väth

Today I’m launching the DubCast; my broadcast channel where I'll be sharing upcoming music here first, plus plenty of behind the scenes highlights from my travels.

To kick off the channel, you can listen to my set from ADE at DJ Bone’s long-running Homeless Homies charity event at Radion during ADE, where I join a wide array of amazing artists who have all come together to raise awareness and funds for the homeless in Amsterdam and Detroit. Thank you DJ Bone and Ahnne for creating such a worthy project and asking me to be involved 🙏🏻❤️

Dubfire @ DJ Bone pres Homeless Homies Fundraiser - Amsterdam 10.18.2024

Recording of DJ HELL's 3-hour killer set at E-TROIT x DJ HELL RETURNS!!
Enjoy & big thanks to @djhellofficial for visiting Eindhoven!

DJ HELL @ E-TROIT x DJ HELL RETURNS (2025-03-29)*

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/_qBpx2MWKeE

Octave One Live @ 909 Festival, Amsterdam [28.05.2016] tracklisting:
Intro - Stella (unreleased)
The Push
One People, One Planet
Pain Pressure (unreleased, from upcoming ep)
Dema (V2)
New Life

Various

The Push 

Octave One Live @ 909 Festival, Amsterdam [28.05.2016]

Mix recorded on MODEL 1 @ at The Block, Tel Aviv 22.09.2017

Another beautiful moment looped between the past, present and future at The Block Tel Aviv reminding me once again that the foundation of our scene, the club dance floor, should not be forgotten.  The night was a perfect synchronous moment between the audience and I, immersed together in warm frequencies emanating from a sound system impeccably curated by the clubs owner.  Nights like this, where we all disappear into the darkness together are what bought me to the dance floor in the first place. Here's four hours of pure modern Techno music, from my mind to yours!


Tracklist
01 Special Request - Telepathic Dog 
02 Sigha - Down 
03 Jose Monsalve- Secuencia 94 (Original Mix)
04 Destination Unknøwn - Theme 1 (Original Mix)
05 MITA - Human Circus (Original Mix)
06 Matrixxman - Process
07 Biotech - Verdoso Polar
08 Kaled - 4 Steps
09 CementO - Retina (Original Mix)
10 LANDR - Hurr
11 Carara - The Ambiguous (Original Mix)
12 Andre Crom - Rhea (Original Mix)
13 Skeef Menezes - Mean Me Up (Original Mix)
14 Extrawelt - Gentle Venom
15 Kris Wadsworth - Melt
16 HORN - M.A.R.Y
17 Vinquenn - Jumper (Original Mix)
18 DJ Emerson & Thomas Hoffknecht - Vacation Club (Original Mix)
19 Errol Dix - Moonlight Rhythm (Original Mix)
20 Deuce Parks - Data Breach (Original Mix)
21 Carlo Ruetz - Until The End
22 Erik Anthony & An Dante - Bound
23 Sean Collier - Paradox
24 Krossfingers - Rumors (Original Mix)
25 Jason Patrick - Umbertones (Original Mix)
26 Insolate - Subversion
27 Tiga vs Audion - Stabbed In The Back
28 Volto - Kaleidoscope (Original Mix)
29 Astronomy Domine - Piena (Original Mix)
30 Julian Jeweil - Nasa
31 Cardao - Return To Earth
32 Tronus - Protos (Original Mix)
33 Destination Unknøwn - Theme 2 (Original Mix)
34 Tom Newman - Trip
35 Thee J Johanz - More Cowbell
36 Tibiza - The Gallery (Original Mix)
37 Temporary Permanence - 1939 (Original Mix)
38 Julian Jeweil - South
39 Chipi & Rimles - CH707 (Original Mix)
40 Frau Anke - Afterglow (Original Mix)
41 MAP vs DJ Haus - Freq Trak
42 Beat Tape - Music 
43 Tiga vs Audion - Stabbed In The Back (Dubfire Remix)
44 Astronomy Domine - Prima Di Andare Va (Original Mix)
45 THNK & Pim Kos - Macabre (Extendid Mix)
46 Lazar (IT) - Space Oddity (Original Mix)
47 Claudio Coccia - Third (Original Mix)
48 Hans Bouffmyhre - Life Without Freedom (Original Mix)
49 Stiv Hey - Venture (Original Mix)
50 Juan Tellez - The Temple
51  Stroboscopic Artefacts - Lady Starlight
52 Highestpoint - Vice Versa (Original Mix)
53 Ali Zee - Sonorous (Original Mix)
54 Christian Cambas - Multi-bot (Original Mix)
55 Truncate - Terminal 5
56 Juan Tellez - The Temple (Dub Version) 
57 Neil Pantos - Muhba 
58 Abstract Division - Out Of Alignment 
59 Abstract Division - Future Existence (Matrixxman Biohazard Mix)
60 Marco Faraone & Hertz Collision - Monastero
61 Troy Kros - Fluid funk
62 Sjoerd Mäts - Unpolished
63 Rico Puestel - A1 Caravel 
64 FAC3OFF - Departure
65 Max Loderbauer & Jacek Sienkewicz - Tuk
66 Ligocskoï - Man (Abdulla Rashim Remix)

Richie Hawtin @ The Block, Tel Aviv  22.09.2017

Download EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/drift/284354

Release date: 27/09/2010

“This album is about the cold dark grey Berlin winter” – Marc Houle.

A simple statement, sure – but anyone who experienced Berlin during the winter of 2009 / 2010 will know exactly where Marc is coming from. Each day and night the temperature remained below freezing, the sky grey from an unsettling lack of sun. Ice covered streets from Kreuzberg to Prenzlauer Berg. The conditions did, however, grant Marc the opportunity to spend all of his waking hours in the studio, absorbing the warm welcoming heat generated from his analogue synths. The experimentation during this winter period was the catalyst for Marc’s latest long-player for Minus – quite possibly his most accomplished and personal release to date.

Drift is an album of tracks inspired by the prolonged Berlin winter, and the depression, which it so often causes – from the chill of the coldest nights felt on tracks such as Inside and The Next, through to songs that encompass the frustrations of gray skies such as Seeing In The Dark. Marc has created a season of emotions and in doing so put forth his own personal frustrations towards what is considered “techno” in its most basic form. Locking himself away during a winter season to fully embrace his own idealism has resulted in an album on which his rebellious nature and desire for a more experimental musical mentality has cast him further from the standard practice of our techno underworld. His grievances are at their most clear on the title track, which is an intense, and ultimately angry, techno belter produced as the winter season caused feelings less of “beauty” and more of suffocation.

Drift is not without moments in which the sunlight peeks through the layers of heavy clouds, however. Tracks such as Sweet and Hitcher Man provide the audible interpretation of a person dreaming of warmer climates. The not so forgotten idea of being elsewhere, with the experience of finally seeing the snow fade away and the clouds drift towards springtime skies. By the time the album reaches its finale, with the track Hammering, it’s clear that Marc’s winter blues have receded, as the few remaining patches of ice melt into puddles of past musical memories. While summer has not yet arrived, the sun is starting to make its presence felt, warming the city streets once more.

A mainstay of the Minus camp, Marc Houle has been known to push the boundaries with his output for the label, always adding tweaks and twists from analogue synths, unexpected, obscure sounds, and an onslaught of vocals and playfulness. He is a producer clearly not satisfied with following the guidelines set by other techno practitioners. His take on electronic music is one in its own, a personal sound that draws upon his early influences from industrial, retro and Detroit, along with a modern vision of path-finding techno. His ability to play with ideas and equally provide functionality for the floor sets Marc Houle apart. And his latest venture for the label, although inspired by the coldest moments of the year, is undoubtedly hot as fire.

Tracklist:

1. Inside
2. Seeing In The Dark 
3. Sweet
4. Drift
5. The Next 
6. Hitcher Man 
7. Melting
8. Hammering

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

Connect with Marc Houle:
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www.residentadvisor.net/dj/marchoule 
www.dj.beatport.com/marchoule 
www.juno.co.uk/artists/Marc+Houle/
www.discogs.com/artist/Marc+Houle 
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Marc Houle - Seeing in the Dark | Minus | 2010

► The king Richie Hawtin back on Boiler Room and centre stage in Argentina.
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Richie Hawtin Boiler Room Buenos Aires DJ Set

Download here: http://www.beatport.com/track/michael-jackson-marc-houle-mix/3101021

Release date: 06/12/11

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Phil Kieran & Green Velvet - Michael Jackson (Marc Houle Mix) | Phiel Kieran Recordings | 2011

MAZE 008 | Marc Houle

Tracklist:
1) Marc Houle - Here we are
2) Marsian - Unreleased
3) Marc Houle - Unreleased
4) Krankbrother - zipp (Marc Houle remix)
5) Marc Houle - unreleased
6) Marc Houle - unreleased
7) Marc Houle - unreleased
8) Marc Houle - unreleased
9) Marc Houle - unreleased
10) Lee K - You should know - Marc Houle remix
11) Marc Houle - No One Knows dub mix
12) Marc Houle - unreleased
13) Marc Houle - Deckard 7
14) Marc Houle - unreleased
15) Marc Houle - unreleased

https://soundcloud.com/marchoule

Marc Houle Mixtape for KALTBLUT Magazine

Download EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/sixty-four-week-1/127858

Release date: 06/08/2008

Marc Houle follows 2007’s Techno Vocals EP with a string of releases that experiment with the true potential of the digital download age, 3 tracks released per week for one month.

The project aptly titled Sixty-Four represents an exciting phase in Marc Houle’s production cycle with most of the year having been spent testing ideas for his album. As a result, these twelve tracks were only ever meant to represent ‘work in progress’, functioning primarily as DJ tools for Magda, Troy Pierce and Richie Hawtin over the summer with Marc also performing them live on the road and during the Contakt shows. However, exactly because of their 'in-between' nature, their inherent quirkiness and route one approach the crowds have really taken to them and other DJs have been desperate to get their hands on them. To satisfy demand, Minus has put together this very special series of digital releases for August, before a double pack 12" hits the shops in September featuring seven carefully selected tracks.

They contain such a wealth of unique and twisted sounds that it’s a challenge finding adjectives to describe them. Houle attacks each idea with verve and tenacity, constantly varying the unconventional line up of machines at his disposal, in fact there’s a vast collection of equipment on display here - early analogue synths, sequencers and drum machines, 80s digital synths, modern buchla synths, samplers, vocals, acoustic drums, electronic trigger pads, bass guitar - even a vst! The result is a plethora of sound encapsulating different styles and multi – coloured dimensions as each track revolves around a musical motif that’s subsequently stretched, contorted and wrenched in every direction possible. It all works perfectly as Houle never loses sight of the basic orthodoxies needed to make a techno track kick.

Week 1 sees the digital release of Sands, Deathray At You and Jouster, and the depth and quality of sound generated from his arsenal of machines is immediately apparent. Just check out the heavily treated raw bleeps and blips that usher in the huge, filtered bass loop on Sands. Every element is given space to breathe as the slow techno groove constructs around a dark acid bassline before the 808 hats introduce more beautifully crafted sounds, creating a lush analogue landscape. The beginning of Deathray At You reflects the title perfectly. A four-note descending bassline then takes the floor and Houle starts running amok with a selection of modulated effects that literally pull the sound inside out while the unobtrusive beats keep everything ticking over. Jouster combines more classic beats with laser cheeky unquantized toms and a low slung, warbling bassline in a rough and ready style including a classic, sampled vocal section.

There’s a strong reference to 80s computer and video game culture during week 2 with Buchla9 as it leaps and cavorts across the sonic spectrum - Just wait for the bass to kick in. Steeplechase is another high-end mixing tool continuing the theme of machines in meltdown with a fuzzy bassline slowly warping up and down while the loose groove speaks with a lazy tongue. Door Nobula then rounds off the instalment with a more aggressive techno workout. The beat hammers the point home with lethal precision as a twisted, freaking acid line dominates the majority of the track.

Week 3 returns to a slightly more sedate state of affairs with Flapping Around displaying some distinct early techno tendencies although its not long before Houle launches the unassuming riff and we’re off again. Selection 12 contains authentic bass guitar work, looped and filtered against a backdrop of delayed drum rolls and thick, reverberating swathes of guitar. The post punk overtones bring a dark, brooding quality to the project making it a welcome but not entirely out of place departure. Ketchup and Beans then kicks in with a tasty electro-funk groove. It’s an infectious dancefloor warmer complete with bouncing, elastic bassline and hypnotic hook taking control and ordering you to dance.

As we enter the home straight of this mammoth release, the fantastically titled Meatier Shower rains down as the title implies, complete with raw sampled hook line and creative interplay between the bass and a Magda vocal. It’s a bomb that detonates with insane harpsichord riffing at the end and a deeply meaningful last note. Investments instigates more mischief with shifting time signatures and delay effects that disorientate the dancefloor before What Are You Doin brings the curtain down. Drifting amid a haze of classic beats and a self referencing cut up vocal, it revolves around a programmed sequence, chattering in a way that reaffirms Marc Houle’s complete and almost unnerving control over his machines.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

Connect with Marc Houle:
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www.residentadvisor.net/dj/marchoule 
www.dj.beatport.com/marchoule 
www.juno.co.uk/artists/Marc+Houle/
www.discogs.com/artist/Marc+Houle 
www.itemsandthings.com




Marc Houle - Deathray At You | Minus | 2008

Digital EP (24 May) - itunes.apple.com/gb/album/where-i…ttin/id638765522

A collaboration between Items & Things label boss Marc Houle and Grenoble born techno/electro legend Miss Kittin, IT022 sees the release of “Where is Kittin?” a six track EP featuring two original tracks, as well as remixes from Dubfire, John Foxx & the Maths, and two further edits from Miss Kittin herself.

Building on the disco-not-disco, industrial and new wave influences of Houleʼs recent Items & Things long-player “Undercover”, the two originals on “Where is Kittin?” demonstrate the wide-ranging influences and potent pairing of the production duo: the title track a jagged hybrid of Houleʼs signature style and Kittinʼs deadpan vocal talent. In sharp contrast, A2 track “Black Star” presents an equally driven, yet slightly more ambient affair: its haunting synth lines, detuned claps and granular vocals a poignant reminder of the pairʼs production abilities both on and off the dancefloor.

High profile remix duties come from Sci+Tec Techno mastermind Dubfire, as well as John Foxx & The Maths: a recently formed musical project featuring electronic music pioneers John Foxx and modular synth experimentalist Benge. Dubfire furthers the main room potential of the EPʼs title track, with John Foxx & The Maths bringing the male vocal line to the forefront, turning the track into a roaring techno/electro-pop live hybrid.

With “Where is Kittin?” also acting as a succinct accompaniment to Miss Kittinʼs double album “Calling From the Stars”, out on 22nd of April via wSphere/Wagram, Kittin appropriately rounds off the package with a further two of her own edits, a pair of eloquently stripped-down digitally exclusive versions of the EPʼs two title tracks.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

Connect with Marc Houle:
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www.mixcloud.com/marchoule
www.youtube.com/user/MarcRHoule
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www.itemsandthings.com

Marc Houle - Seeing in the Dark | Minus | 2010

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