Gratiot EP

This Old House

Gratiot

Released on Nov 25, 2009. Buy on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/salamandarin-ep/206156

Marc Houle returns to Minus this year with a special digital only release of tracks collectively titled the Salamandarin EP. The purpose here is functionality, as Mr. Houle simply puts "these are five tracks to dance to".

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Marc Houle - Yonkers | Minus | 2009

Marc Houle - Salamandarin | Minus | 2009

This mix is part of Marc Houle's 2013 podcast series, with previous podcast for Italians no.1 website for electronic music, Soundwall.it, and French magazine Tsugi. Each edition lays focus on a different style and direction out of Marc’s large catalogue of released and unreleased material. 

http://www.marchoule.net/launch-of-new-podcast-series-edition-1-tsugi/
http://www.soundwall.it/soundwall-podcast-164-marc-houle/

Track listing:
Marc Houle & Click Box - Taqueria | Items & Things | IT025
Marc Houle - Flyguy | unreleased
Marc Houle - Feelings | unreleased
Marc Houle - Break Up | unreleased
Marc Houle - Juno 6660 | Items & Things | IT012
Marc Houle - Passive | unreleased
Marc Houle - S.T.E.A.K. | unreleased
Marc Houle - Picking Oysters | unreleased
Marc Houle - Unsettled | unreleased
Marc Houle - Cola Party | unreleased
Marc Houle - Hula Boys | unreleased
Marc Houle - Kicker | Items & Things | IT001

'Taqueria' is part of the "Razzamatazz EP" on Items & Things, a cooperation between label head Marc Houle and Brazilian duo Click Box. The 5-track EP was released September 20 on vinyl & digital:

Artist: Marc Houle & Click Box
Title: Razzamatazz
Cat. Number: IT025
Format: Digital & Physical
Release date: September 20, 2013

Tracklist: 
1. (A1) Razzamatazz
2. (A2) Freaky Baby
3. (B1) Cable Line
4. (B2) Taqueria
5. Barbershop (Digital Only)

Preview link: http://snd.sc/18bcWpI

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Marc Houle - Items & Things Podcast 07 - FIXED

Gashu

To compliment the three mixes I've done this year showcasing my new sound, I've decided to revisit my past albums and include my favorite tracks as a sort of greatest hits for this final mix.

Full article & download link here: http://autobrennt.com/news/81-marc-houle

On Mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/MarcHoule/marc-houle-autobrentt-podcast-081-2013-11/

Tracklisting:
1. Marc Houle - Business | Minus23 
2. Marc Houle - Has To Do | Minus23 
3. Marc Houle - Borrowed Gear | Minus23 
4. Marc Houle - Edamame | Minus042 
5. Marc Houle - Sands | Minus064
6. Marc Houle - Bay Of Figs | Minus042 
7. Marc Houle - Selection 12 | Minus064
8. Marc Houle - Inside | Minus98 
9. Marc Houle - Seeing in the Dark | Minus98 
10. Marc Houle - Sweet | Minus98 Drift | 2010
11. Marc Houle - Undercover | IT012 
12. Marc Houle - Fusion Pop | unreleased
13. Marc Houle - Techno Vocals | Minus50 
14. Marc Houle - On it | Minus50

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2013-11 Marc Houle - Autobrennt Podcast #081

Computer Madness

Beatport - http://tiny.cc/l0f1ix

A track that was heard everywhere from the big gun sets at festivals to the dingy backrooms of clublands underworld months before it officially came out - Shame Cube caught the ear of the more intelligent modern clubber with its unmistakably Sian style vocal creeping into a densely textured mash of beats and bass wobble. 

It marked a segway further into our dark and edgy strobe lit world inhabited solely by Octopus and its henchmen. Having already wrestled into the number 2 spot on Beatport Techno Top 100, we felt it a likely contender for a fan remix contest and we assigned Marc Houle and Oliver Huntemann the tasks of leading the way with their insanely creative interpretations, plus we opened the doors to hordes of fans to appear on this ep alongside the talented trio of producers, and selected a winner named Philip Lowenbek, who´s truly left field mix won us over with a straight-up adventurous attempt. Outstanding reimaginings of a new school cult classic tune, the mixes harness the vibe and stay true to that disturbingly catchy call to arms vocal ¨when will you look at yourself?¨.

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Sian - Shame Cube (Marc Houle Remix) | Octopus Recordings 2014

MARC HOULE

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ENTER.
Music. Sake. Technology. Experience. ●

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1) Sian - Shame Cube (Marc Houle Remix)
2) Bay of Figs (Marc Houle)
3) Jack n Jill (Marc Houle)
4) I don't wanna know about you (Marc Houle)
5) Tower of Power (Marc Houle unreleased)
6) Green velvet/Phil Kieren - Birds n Bees (Marc Houle remix)
7) Red Axxes - Caminho de Dreyfus (Marc Houle remix)
8) Raybans in Bahrain (Marc Houle)
9) Feelings  (Marc Houle unreleased)
10) Techno Vocals  (Marc Houle)
11) Like LSD  (Marc Houle unreleased)
12) Hot Sauce  (Marc Houle)
13) Yonkers  (Marc Houle)
14) Salamandarin  (Marc Houle)
15) Plastikman - Spastik Marc redux  (Marc Houle)
16) Sweet  (Marc Houle)



Marc Houle - Live at ENTER, Space Ibiza 2014

MARC HOULE

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Tracklist:

* Unreleased
1) Death of a Pet Owner *
2) Sign of the Cross *
3) Fish Love *
4) Beside Myself *
5) Jack n Jill
6) Softech Lover *
7) This is Love Remix *
8) Birds and Bees Remix
9) Hot Sauce
10) Undercover
11) Where is Kittin
12) Jackson Remix
13)Tower of Power *
14) Amelia *
15) Borrowed Gear
16) I don’t wanna know about you
17) Yonkers
18) Salamandarin
19) Like LSD
20) Dreyfus Remix
21) Feelings *
22) Conbular *
23) Speckles *
24) Paligama *
25) Seeing in the Dark
26) Melting
27) Sweet

Marc Houle - Live at Fuse, Brussels 2014

VINYL:
Juno - bit.ly/HOTC060_Juno
Phonica - bit.ly/HOTC060_Phonica
Deejay.de (Germany) - bit.ly/HOTC060_Deejay

Hot Creations deliver ‘Words Gone’, the first single from the forthcoming artist album ‘Love Somebody’ by Parisian luminary Popof.

Featuring the handsome voice of Arno Joey, ‘Words Gone’ is a stunning slice of electronic music with crossover appeal, giving us a taster of what is in store for the album. Cadenza boss Luciano’s remix dives into tribal percussion, while main man Jamie Jones flips into a new gear, introducing a new melody, deep pads and emotive keys. Canadian techno legend Marc Houle is last to remix, using a bright synth melody to add a new groove.

Voted Best Newcomer artist at the Ibiza DJ Awards in 2009, Popof has gained notoriety for his work with Cocoon, and remixing the likes of Depeche Mode, Chemical Brothers, and Moby. One of the most downloaded artists in techno music, he was appointed the official mentor of the Paris Techno Parade 2013's fifteen year anniversary, a great honour he shared in front of 300.000 participants.

One of the biggest names in dance music, Luciano has released on labels such as Perlon, Transmat and Lo-Fi Stereo. Aside running Hot Creations, Hot Trax and Paradise, Jamie Jones is this year launching his new imprint Emerald City alongside Lee Foss. Another huge name in the business, live artist Marc Houle can be found on imprints such as Richie Hawtin’s Minus and his own Items & Things.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

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POPOF Feat. Arno Joey - Words Gone (Marc Houle Remix) | Hot Creations | 2015

"We swim around for hours 
Looking for a mate
Fish Love

We're swimming in the ocean
Isn't this great
Fish Love

When I was walking on the ground
There was nobody around
Fish Love

Now where ever I can see
There's someone there for me
Fish Love."

Recorded one night in Berlin, Germany.
Video: http://bit.ly/1jfR1rM

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Marc Houle - Fish Love

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3tvau4cBbU

It’s hard to believe an entire decade has gone by since Claude VonStroke first released ‘Who’s Afraid of Detroit”. But believe it or not, we’ve reached the 10 year mark of one of the biggest hits of Claude’s career, and we felt it’s about time for some fresh takes on the track that helped launch VonStroke and Dirtybird.

For the 10 year anniversary, we tapped into the Motor City’s outstanding talent pool and enlisted an amazing lineup of Detroit artists to help us celebrate. Besides Claude VonStroke’s brand new 2016 remix, we also included mixes from techno icons Octave One, minimal techno pioneer Marc Houle (Windsor is close enough!), and the accomplished trio Visionquest.

Not limiting the Detroit based artist package to just the music, the haunting release artwork comes to us from Michigan illustrator Dan May. In addition, a dark David Lynch style music video comes from award winning Detroit director, Anthony Ernest Garth.

“Who’s Afraid of Detroit Remixes” will be released on the 10th anniversary of the Movement Festival in what city?
Detroit, of course.

Release date: May 27, 2016
More info: www.dirtybird.com/detroit

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Claude VonStroke - Who's Afraid Of Detroit (Marc Houle Remix)

March Houle - Silver Siding EP [Innervisions IV66]

Vinyl: bit.ly/2afrwoq
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Tracklist:
1. I Don't Want To Watch You Read
2. I Don't Want To Watch You Read (Golden Filter Remix)
3. Silver Siding
4. I Don't Want To Watch You Read (Red Axes Remix)

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Silver Siding EP

I Don't Want To Watch You Read

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Marc Houle - I Don't Want To Watch You Read

Recorded live recording at Watergate 2017

Watergate Berlin May13 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

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Marc Houle - Sweet | Minus | 2010

Download LP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/undercover/867190

Release date: 24/02/2012

Let’s call ‘Undercover’, the new album from Marc Houle, a double departure. His last album, ‘Drift’ was on Minus, and his label, Items & Things, run alongside Magda & Troy Pierce, was until last year a Minus sub-label. He’s now left the label, and Items & Things stands on its own two feet poised for great things in the years to come. With this new found freedom Marc’s synth-driven techno sound continues to grow, evolve and surprise. Nowhere is this growth more evident than in the tracks that make up ‘Undercover’.

Things kick off with ‘Hearing’ which has a bassline that drives like a vintage Mercedes shifting gears on the Autobahn as it picks up speed. The synths, with their soft melody, let you know how smooth the suspension is while a metallic voice whispers in your ear from the back seat. ‘Undercover’, the eponymous single, is a case study in the deep and moody side of old school Chicago House.

In a recent interview Marc said that ‘right how I am trying to get away from my regular tempo, play some real drums and get some non 4/4 fills and beats going on.’ On ‘Juno 6660’ he does just that and with stellar results. ‘Juno 6660’ sounds like what could have happened if early Warp artists like LFO and Sweet Exorcist had grown up on NYC freestyle rather than Detroit Techno. ‘Very Bad’ is actually very good, so Marc must be referring to something else entirely; the mystery remains within him and the music. Bink is able to set you off balance with a melody that sounds like it’s from an old music box that’s been wound up just a little too far. The ballerina dancing on top of the box is held steady only by 4/4 beat, acid house claps and bouncy bass.

Continuing with ‘Am Am Am’ Marc takes things in a bit of an industrial direction. Not the industrial of Nitzer Ebb & Einstürzende Neubauten but rather a construction site buried deep inside an unsettling dream. Hammers ping and echo, while the sounds of cables detune and voices echo from other floors. When ‘Mooder’ drops you wake up slowly and find yourself back on the dance-floor. The tracks driving rhythm and pitter pat toms keep things moving underneath the track’s ever dreamy pads.

The albums concludes with ‘Under the Neath’ which succeeds in taking things even deeper than just ‘Under Cover’ while at the same time unearthing Marc’s roots in the sound of Detroit Techno. Chords shift back and forth in pitch as the rolling bassline goes lower and lower. Kept steady by a very live shaker sound the track completes its cycles adding new layers and voices upon each turn.

Marc says that this album represents ‘my personal sound more than anything I've ever done before’ and it shows. With influence and inspiration from such diverse sources that Marc calls upon, ‘Undercover’ more than manages to carve out a distinctive flow that is all his own. What the future holds is anyone’s guess, just expect the unexpected.

Tracklist:
1. Hearing
2. Undercover
3. Juno 6660
4. Very Bad
5. Bink
6. Am Am Am 
7. Mooder
8. Under the Neath

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Marc Houle - Hearing | Items & Things | 2012

Marc Houle - Undercover | Items & Things | 2012

Download EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/undercover/856031

Release date: 27/01/2012

For his new EP, ‘Undercover', Items & Things co-founder Marc Houle jumps in his time machine and heads back in time. Destination Chicago, 1987, and a face to face with Master C&J exploring the mysterious power of plunging basslines and moody synths. On remix duties Berlin based Miro Pajic sneaks in charting a decidedly bleepier course while Bruno Pronsato delivers his signature 'romantic techno' sound.

There’s no way back and Marc launches the fist bars of ‘Undercover’ with just a bouncy kick and a vintage ‘house’ bassline. With reverb in full effect the drums and hi-hats find their own space and time. Then, if the synths that roll in aren’t mysterious enough for you, the pillow talk vocals will be. The end of each line, spoken with a certain sense of agitation, is covered by chords that ride, all night long. The revelation is for your imagination but you might not want to be ‘Under Covers’ with this guy.

Next up, Miro takes the dirty sheets and chucks them in the washing machine for a good old fashioned rinse and spin. This mix creeps along all bubbles, pops, tick tocks and rim shots. Snare rolls glide in and out of time only to snap back for a sub-bass drop or a little heavy breathing. What more can you ask for?

Bruno’s ‘Electric Blanket Dub’ warms things up quite nicely with its intricate, heady take on the original. Bringing a subtle balance to the three mixes with vaguely organic tones, natural rhythms and spontaneous drum fills, Mr. Pronsato comes through in full on a cold Berlin night. 
The final track, ‘Triple E’, is an underground goodie brandishing a relentless kick and enough swing to make Chancellor Merkel do the Jitterbug. Combine sharp snares, a muted bass warble and nonsensical vocal snips panning from side to side and you have the perfect late night jack track or pump priming party starter.

True to the ‘no rules’ vision laid out by Marc, Magda and Troy, this new edition of ‘Items & Things’ is weird and wonderful with more bounce to the ounce.

Tracklist: 
A1: Undercover 
A2: Triple E 
B1: Undercover (Miro Pajic Remix) 
B2: Undercover (Bruno’s Electric Blanket Dub)

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Download here: http://www.beatport.com/track/kill-the-pain-feat-dot-allison-marc-houle-vocal-mix/54496

Release date: 01/09/2005

Marc Houle grew up in Windsor, Canada with Detroit as his mid-90’s backyard party playground – as a kid he had a love for obscure new wave & analog synths, so it was just a matter of time before he started making music of his own. Ask any of his friends, and they’ll tell you the same: the guy is a prolific music-making-machinist, dedicated to quality, but quantity as well – with nearly 1,000 tracks to his credit (most of which are tucked away on his hard drive as super secret weapons).

Now taking the reigns alongside his A&R partners Magda & Troy Pierce, Marc Houle has resurrected their label Items & Things, breaking it free from its former Minus sub-label status. Spanning electronic genres in a variety of forms… from disco tech to experimental to techno, to bring their eclectic tastes together as an outlet for music they discover on their travels & a home for their own releases.

Marc Houle’s current sound can be described in cityscapes – somewhere between Chicago & Detroit, with a new-wave underbelly. His live performances are always diverse & genre-bending reigns supreme. No two sets are ever the same, except perhaps, their ability to impress the crowd.

He’s travelled a long way from his 1997 residency at Richie Hawtin’s club “13 Below” in Detroit, to being asked to join the legendary Minus label, now making Berlin his home & continuing to show his diverse musical roots on his productions. In February 2012 Marc Houle released his heavy-hitting, second album and single “Undercover” on Items & Things, with more releases in the making.

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Slam - Kill The Pain (Marc Houle Remix) | Soma | 2005

All tracks are unreleased Marc tracks
Forest
Enos C
Demon Drop
Glit for Pink
I Wish You
Road Trip
Spy Wall
Tempto
Tonite
Fanplosion
Lookame
Marthe Idea

I'm Not Dying, You're Dying - Dark Acid Techno Mix Podcast

Items & Things delivers ‘Here We Are’, the first single from Marc Houle's upcoming album ‘No One Knows’, is a moody party track in the classic Houle style. ‘Here We Are’, lies somewhere between Chicago jack drums and a rolling techno bass line. Minor synth chords tie everything together and create a building track that delivers a strong, fresh energy. The hypnotic vocals from Karla Houser repeat throughout creating a slow morphing crescendo that pushes the track over the edge just at the right time.

Here we Are

Marc Houle (feat.Karla Houser) - Here we Are

Here we Are (feat. Karla Houser)

This is the second single extracted from Marc Houle’s forthcoming album on his home label Items & Things.
‘No One Knows’ is a dark pumping energy featuring a deep vocal ambience with an equally melancholic message. The accompanying bassline emits a brooding vibe while an emerging acid line keeps it deep in the party realm.
Marc Houle is revisiting his Detroit Techno roots, highlighting the artist’s distinct sound of heavy beats and strong melodies.

Marc Houle - No One Knows

Bay of Figs

Rumble Bass from Ford Mustang
https://freesound.org/people/pastori666/sounds/384059/
Kick from Car Collision
https://freesound.org/people/toadpuppy/sounds/398111/
Snare from Chrysler Car Door
https://freesound.org/people/mandymatz/sounds/424031/
Percussion from Train Clanking with Replika XT Reverb added
https://freesound.org/people/bloodymilk/sounds/386555/

For: https://www.reddit.com/r/TechnoProduction/comments/gbfoqf/techno_production_challenge_four/

Detroit Car Thing

Marc Houle's live performance on March 6 at Boiler Room Berlin! 

See full video here: 
http://boilerroom.tv/marc-houle-70-min-mix/
http://youtu.be/yTvYbhlpeAI
https://soundcloud.com/platform/br-brln-marc-houle

Track list:
01- Red Axes - Caminho de Dreyfus (Marc Houle Remix) | Correspondant Rec. (COR15) | out May 24, 2013
02- Phil Kieran & Green Velvet - Michael Jackson (Marc Houle Mix) | Phiel Kieran Recordings (PKRD009) | 2011
03- Marc Houle - Undercover | Items & Things (IT012) | 2012
04- Alexis Raphael - Brickwall (Marc Houle Remix) | Jackathon (HPJJ02) | 2012
05- Marc Houle & Miss Kittin - Where is Kittin? | Items & Things (IT022) | out end of May, 2013
06- Marc Houle - Slowpe | Items & Things (IT07) | 2011
07- Nyma - Kybernetik (Marc Houle Remix) | Items & Things (IT021) | out March 15, 2013
08- Marc Houle - Zorba | WetYourSelf! (WYS! 015) | 2012
09- Marc Houle - Break Down (unreleased)
10- Marc Houle - Time Walker (unreleased)
11- Marc Houle - Borrowed Gear | Minus (Minus23) | 2004
12- Battant - The Butcher (Marc Houle Remix) | Kill The DJ (KTDJ0016) | 2009
13- Marc Houle - Like LSD (unreleased)
14- Marc Houle - Under The Neath | Items & Things (IT012) | 2012
15- Marc Houle - Sweet | Minus (Minus98) | 2010

2013-03 Marc Houle (live) @ Boiler Room Berlin

Download LP here: www.beatport.com/release/bay-of-figs/31307

Release date: 21/09/2006

Over the course of the past two years, Marc Houle's music has quickly elevated his studio prose into desired analogsoaked treasures of the dancefloor. Developing fans from vinyl to the club, the new double pack outing titled BAY OF FIGS showcases new developments in his already minimal pop genius that have been tested on the road over the past few months. From the manic title track onward his sound continues to develop from a rich bed of electro pop and minimal techno, with gems that stay in the groove or contort themselves by design.

The arctic storm that is "Bay of Figs" sends a simple yet effective message through it's haunting and menacing drone. On the bouncing and loose "Thirds In Trees", Marc drops in live claps and bass guitar in the melodic and hooky mood reminiscent of the Kingsley classic "Popcorn". A clear fan of euro & industrial attitudes from decades past, "Black Jack 13" claps and bends with electro fever, rattling around erratic effects and synth lines all under four minutes time. One of the more intense tracks in Houle's live sets is the square-wave melody of "Edamame". But its "Items and Things" that highlights Houle's musicianship for synth pop while also revealing his obvious contribution another side project, Run Stop Restore (the trio with Magda and Troy Pierce). Houle's arrangements, melodies and choice effects create easy instrumentals that hold their own beauty without vocal attachments.

In the past year he has remixed Slam's "Kill The Pain" single (featuring Dot Allison) and "Turbo Dreams" by Ellen Allien & Apparat. Between DJs championing his work in clubs and after-parties or making it an essential addition on mix albums from producers like Slam or Loco Dice, Houle is working his way to the top. His live performances from Europe to the US have doubled the impact, on tour in the US during May for the min2MAX bus tour.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

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Marc Houle - Bay Of Figs | Minus | 2006

Download EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/techno-vocals/73547

Release date: 28/09/2007

Why are the vocals turned down so low? This is the way we make Techno!

To mark the label’s 50th release Marc Houle gets right back to basics with two raw, stripped down future classics. What’s more both vinyl cuts, “Techno Vocals” and “On It” clock in at under six minutes meaning that this compact 12inch’s sound and message is going to be coming through extra loud and clear.

On “Techno Vocals” (as with all Houle productions) each sound is perfectly realised, commanding its own space with metronomic discipline. The rigid drum patterns, analogue explosions, regimented snare rolls, laser guided effects and delayed bleeps interact with supreme efficiency, while the arrangement is mapped out with cool, calculated intent. The result is a totally robust example of A-grade techno that’s really brought to life by the self-referential, pitched down vocal hook!

It’s well documented that Marc has more than a passing interest in 80’s electro, New Wave and retro computer games and these influences are somehow more apparent on Minus 50 than on his earlier solo releases or as part of Run, Stop, Restore. “On It” in particular will turn a few heads, making, as it does, a detour into previously unexplored territory. Revolving around a heavily filtered melodic bass riff, Houle punctuates the dry, upfront groove with a choice selection of rough, old school samples before dropping into a series of moody bass variations that give the track its distinctive flavour.

To complete the release, dub and accapella versions of “Techno Vocals” are also available as digital downloads offering amongst other things the chance to reformat the vocals over the original beats.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

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Marc Houle - Techno Vocals | Minus | 2007

Download EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/techno-vocals/73547

Release date: 28/09/2007

Why are the vocals turned down so low? This is the way we make Techno!

To mark the label’s 50th release Marc Houle gets right back to basics with two raw, stripped down future classics. What’s more both vinyl cuts, “Techno Vocals” and “On It” clock in at under six minutes meaning that this compact 12inch’s sound and message is going to be coming through extra loud and clear.

On “Techno Vocals” (as with all Houle productions) each sound is perfectly realised, commanding its own space with metronomic discipline. The rigid drum patterns, analogue explosions, regimented snare rolls, laser guided effects and delayed bleeps interact with supreme efficiency, while the arrangement is mapped out with cool, calculated intent. The result is a totally robust example of A-grade techno that’s really brought to life by the self-referential, pitched down vocal hook!

It’s well documented that Marc has more than a passing interest in 80’s electro, New Wave and retro computer games and these influences are somehow more apparent on Minus 50 than on his earlier solo releases or as part of Run, Stop, Restore. “On It” in particular will turn a few heads, making, as it does, a detour into previously unexplored territory. Revolving around a heavily filtered melodic bass riff, Houle punctuates the dry, upfront groove with a choice selection of rough, old school samples before dropping into a series of moody bass variations that give the track its distinctive flavour.

To complete the release, dub and accapella versions of “Techno Vocals” are also available as digital downloads offering amongst other things the chance to reformat the vocals over the original beats.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

Connect with Marc Houle:
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www.facebook.com/marchoule.official 
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www.youtube.com/user/MarcRHoule
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www.residentadvisor.net/dj/marchoule 
www.dj.beatport.com/marchoule 
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www.discogs.com/artist/Marc+Houle 
www.itemsandthings.com

Marc Houle - On It | Minus | 2007

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.

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Marc Houle & Miss Kittin - Where is Kittin? (Original) | Items & Things | 2013

Marc Houle & Miss Kittin - Black Star (Original) | Items & Things | 2013

Download EP: http://www.beatport.com/track/caminho-de-dreyfus-marc-houle-remix/4419204

Physical: http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/caminho_de_dreyfus_ep

EP Release Date: June 17, 2013

There’s no denying that a new wave of Israeli electronics is rushing into international DJ crates, with Tel-Aviv’s RED AXES riding its cusp. Producers Dori Sadovnik and Nirv Arzi have already turned heads with their unique style, and now it’s up to CORRESPONDANT’s to host the duo’s psychedelically flavored house antics. Having performed together for over 6 years, Dori and Nirv amassed a considerable amount of experience handling distinctive sound aesthetics that range from post punk to underground electronics. After releasing a string of mutant house jams for well-established label outfits like I’m A Cliché or Clouded Vision, their latest masterpiece CAMINHO DE DREYFUS packs quite some heat, with a weatherbeaten bassline supporting a hand-picked cast of kinky cowbells, raspy guitar hooks and ABRAO’s eccentric vocals.

Pachanga Boys’ REBOLLEDO is a certified master of sweaty minimalism, preferably dressing his sand- blasted beats in tight leather pants. His athletic remix of CAMINHO DE DREYFUS is no different, capping the original’s opulent voicework and then spreading a thick layer of digital grease over the freshly shaved legs. MARC HOULE’s approach to the vocals is similarly radical, allowing them to eratically glitch through the aether. In the meantime, a deceptively simple, but alarmingly effective bleep motive sneaks up on the listener, priming the track to shift into freaky madness at any given moment. Together with SPICY STICK, another shimmering afternoon banger from the blessed hands of RED AXES, this makes for a truly exciting package ready to hot-wire your attention span.

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Red Axes feat. Abrão - Caminho De Dreyfus (Marc Houle Remix) | Correspondant Records | 2013

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Marc Houle has been wowing audiences for over a decade with a live performance that is constantly evolving night after night, in city after city, at clubs and festivals worldwide. The skill and effort that goes into creating these truly 'live' sets is the result of an entire lifetime dedicated to electronic music and a deep love of the machines that make it.
Raised adjacent to Detroit in Windsor, Ontario, in the same fertile music community that spawned Richie Hawtin, Houle’s obsession with electronic sounds goes back to the noise of ’80s video games and vintage synthesizers. And while too many electronic artists use their machines as merely tools of convenience, Houle regards his with a dedication found in few producers.
The results have been extraordinary. A decade-long career of seminal records on Hawtin’s Minus label, as well as his own Items & Things imprint, that not only helped define the beloved minimal sound of the mid-‘00s (“On It”), but had a laugh at its expense (“Techno Vocals”), before transcending the limits of the sub-genre completely by incorporating industrial, disco and new wave influences
(“Undercover”).
A committed live performer, he arrives at each gig equipped six superb albums worth of material, whilst the inception of his new project alongside Octopus Recordings founder Sian sees this number multiply extensively, as the duo weave together hypnotic, warping soundscapes as they deliver Marsian (Live), with their 2018 debut tour which began in Detroit and navigated throughout the Americas setting the tone and vision from the off.
And then there is the steady stream of new music - whether it's material on the likes of Innervisions, where Houle has contributed to the label’s renowned 'Secret Weapons' series as well as delivering his stand out 'Silver Siding' EP, or remixes of classic cuts (like those found on the 10-year anniversary remix of his Restore album by Joris Voorn, Popof, Julian Jeweil and Danny Daze), plus a string of Items & Things remix packages that have welcomed artists such as Chloe and Tobi Neumann to the imprint to date. Not strictly bound to electronic music in the traditional sense, Houle’s work has also led to explorations into film, producing a score of Kurutta Ippeiji’s 1926 original silent film 'A Page of Madness' to critical acclaim.
Add the equation a deeply rooted connection and affinity with the city of Detroit, widely regarding as the birthplace of Techno, and equally as close ties to Houle’s current adopted home of Berlin, exemplified through his creation and development of 2018’s 'Sound of Berlin' documentary soundtrack, and it’s no wonder Houle’s records have found their way into the crates of DJs far-flung from his typical list of peers.

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