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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.

Marc Houle - Undercover (Miro Pajic Remix) | Items & Things

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 
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www.discogs.com/artist/Marc+Houle 
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Marc Houle - Sweet | Minus | 2010

Marc Houle - Drift | Minus | 2010

Gaiser - Elastrik

Gaiser - Unstable Witness

The collab we did with Marcel Woods, released on "Revealed Recordings"! 
OUT NOW: Beatport: http://s.beatport.com/Obyj1Y

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Marcel Woods & W&W - Trigger [Out Now]

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

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.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 - Hearing | Items & Things | 2012

Marc Houle - Undercover | Items & Things | 2012

Marc Houle - Juno 6660 | Items & Things | 2012

Marc Houle - Very Bad | Items & Things | 2012

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

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.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 - Am Am Am | 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)

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.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 - Triple E | Items & Things | 2012

Track list: 
A1: Troy Pierce “Slap in the Space” 
A2: Troy Pierce “Next Exit Lost Lake” 
B1: Troy Pierce “I Need a Guide” 
B2: Troy Pierce “Next Exit Lost Lake” – Dead Seal Remix
Digital Only: 
Troy Pierce “Slap in the Space” – Danny Benedettini Remix 
Troy Pierce “I Need a Guide” – Les Freres Royales Remix
Troy Pierce is back as promised with an exceptional new EP on the Items & Things label he runs with Magda and Marc Houle. Voodoovoodoo is a four track EP with a remix by Dead Seal. And two more coming soon on digital only, by Les Freres Royales and Danny Benedettini, 

‘I Need a Guide’ is a tense analogue workout full of atmosphere. There are tiny little details if you listen close enough, but also bold beats and basslines which mark out hybrid house and techno rhythms. The track twists and turns in every direction, with chattery claps, skewed synths and rich bells: dark but alluring stuff. 

‘Next Exit Lost Lake’ meanwhile is a little more eerie and gaunt to start with. Raw percussive sounds are paired with moody synths initially, but then a bouncing beat asserts itself and the atmosphere grows ever more frantic and haunting. 

Continuing the highly evocative approach to sound design, ‘Slap in The Space’ is like another unhinged sci-fi disco off in the deepest darkest pockets of the cosmos. Taught bass notes, ticking, panning FX and crisp hi-hats all come together to make for a mutant funk that’s highly infectious. 

For his part, San Francisco newcomer Dead Seal makes ‘Next Exit Lost Lake’ into a sexy panty dropping remix which features all his own alluring vocals - it’s still grimy and ghoulish, but the sultry bassline really draws you in, as do the snake charmer style synths which weave about in the background. 

Coming soon on digital only - charismatic micro-detailed remix of ‘I Need A Guide’ from Les Freres Royales as well as Danny Benedettini’s stripped-down, raw-funk interpretation of ‘Slap in the Space.’ 

Voodoovoodoo EP needs to be heard: it’s a release which will confound as much as dumfound, and proves both Troy and Items & Things are heading in fresh new directions all on their very own….
File under: techno, disco-tek

B1 Troy Pierce - I Need a Guide

MAGDA 
She’s a Dancing Machine

Evolution is a fuzzy thing when it comes to electronic dance music, especially when left in the hands of certain DJ’s. From experimental to disco to pop to house and everything in between and to come, the mutation is the now and new. Known for mutations of her own, MAGDA, the Berlin resident DJ and producer, brings her influences and creations full circle in this runway soundtrack act SHE’S A DANCING MACHINE. Through over thirty tracks of classic and fresh as hell dance burners, the selection and style is reflective yet reactive to what “minimal” music and mix albums ought to create. From robotic hustles to disco house sprinkler moves and electro-tech windmills, Magda turns the years back to phuture.

Equal parts perspiration and inspiration, SHE’S A DANCING MACHINE delivers with micro-edits, custom loops and lofty effects, born out of her DJ ascension from beating the bits out of her Final Scratch in clubs. The mix has the range you’d expect with top shelf artists included such as Metro Area, Ricardo Villalobos, Marc Houle and Robert Babicz and sets up some surprises from decades past by dropping in Larry Heard and Portion Control. Amongst personal favorites from The Persuader (Svek’s Jesper Dahlbäck) she’s not afraid to loop in her own productions from Minus and her new label (along with Marc Houle and Troy Pierce), Items & Things.

SHE’S A DANCING MACHINE paints the experience and attitude from a night with Magda in control at the decks. Since the turn of the millennium she’s been building a steady fan base throughout Europe, North America and Japan with a few residencies built by demand, charming us along the way with a smile. Magda has taken the chosen not given path of a DJ with a mission- searching, finding and carving her own path from being a slave to the rhythm. 

Label: M_nus – MINUS 43 CD
Format: CD, Compilation, Mixed 
Released: 01 Sep 2006
Style: Techno, Minimal

Tracklist
1		 Track 1	4:28	
1.1	Duoteque –	 Lola		
1.2	Magda –	 Black Leather Wonder		
1.3	Ricardo Villalobos –	 Adgam		
1.4	JPLS –	 Twilite 4	
	
2		 Track 2	4:06	
2.1	Ricardo Villalobos –	 Adgam		
2.2	JPLS –	 Twilite 4		
2.3	Ivo Deutschmann –	 Spectrometer		
2.4	Vivianne Projects* –	 Strangers With Canada		
2.5	Bruno Pronsato –	 Wuorinen (Jackmate Mix)
2.6	Lordy –	 The Watchtower (Stevie Kotey Kosmik Dub)
2.7	Tractile –	 The Lost Beach
		
3		 Track 3	4:02	
3.1	Vivianne Project –	 Strangers With Canada		
3.2	Bruno Pronsato –	 Wuorinen (Jackmate Mix)
3.3	Lordy –	 The Watchtower (Stevie Kotey Kosmik Dub)
3.4	Tractile –	 The Lost Beach		
3.5	Marc Houle –	 Chuck Gaydicaca		
3.6	Louderbach –	 Grace (Anxiety)
		
4		 Track 4	5:14	
4.1	Louderbach –	 Grace (Anxiety)		
4.2	Robert Babicz –	 Battlestar		
4.3	Niederflur –	 Drehbrücke		
4.4	Matt John –	 I.O.		
4.5	Marc Houle –	 Suces Mes Graines		
4.6	Tractile –	 Time Vandal		
4.7	Metro Area –	 Honey Circuit	
	
5		 Track 5	4:51	
5.1	Marc Houle –	 Suces Mes Graines		
5.2	Troy Pierce –	 Dark Pearl		
5.3	Ryan Crosson –	 Artists Have Bad Haircuts		
5.4	Magda –	 Oblivicleas		
5.5	Persuader, The –	 Centralbron		
5.6	Marc Houle –	 Analog Road		
5.7	Run Stop Restore –	 Speeder 64		
5.8	JPLS –	 Z Program (Mark Henning Remix)

6		 Track 6	4:59	
6.1	Persuader, The –	 Centralbron		
6.2	JPLS –	 Z Program (Mark Henning Remix)
6.3	Louderbach –	 Reflected		
6.4	Marc Houle –	 Boat		
6.5	Marc Houle –	 Black Jack 13		
6.6	Konrad Black –	 Coma Couch Surfing	
	
7		 Track 7	4:51	
7.1	JPLS –	 Z Program (Mark Henning Remix)
7.2	Konrad Black –	 Coma Couch Surfing		
7.3	JPLS –	 Red 20		
7.4	Plastikman –	 Slow Poke (Twilight Zone Edit)		
7.5	Magda –	 Doctor Secret Tooth		

8		 Track 8	5:28	
8.1	JPLS –	 Red 20		
8.2	Plastikman –	 Slow Poke (Twilight Zone Edit)		
8.3	Magda –	 Doctor Secret Tooth		
8.4	Larry Heard –	 Amnesia		
8.5	Troy Pierce –	 25 Bitches (Berg Nixon's Zig Zag Mix)
8.6	Donnacha Costello –	 Rusty Sticks		
8.7	Glimpse –	 Body Slip Julia		
8.8	Marc Houle –	 Stacks And Stacks	
	
9		 Track 9	5:19	
9.1	Glimpse –	 Body Slip Julia		
9.2	Marc Houle –	 Stacks And Stacks		
9.3	Marc Houle –	 Edamame		
9.4	Slacknoise –	 Discover The Active Crash Hiss		
9.5	Niederflur –	 Kalk-Kapelle		
9.6	Marc Houle –	 Drumathon		
9.7	Tractile –	 Poisoned With Words	
	
10		 Track 10	4:34	
10.1	Slacknoise –	 Discover The Active Crash Hiss		
10.2	Marc Houle –	 Drumathon		
10.3	Pantytec –	 Maybe		
10.4	Niederflur –	 Porz-Wahn		
10.5	Bruno Pronsato –	 Open Your Eyes
		
11		 Track 11	5:03	
11.1	Bruno Pronsato –	 Open Your Eyes		
11.2	Gaiser* –	 Breathe Here		
11.3	Vivianne Project –	 Chicken Bone Charm Bracelet		
11.4	Der Dritte Raum –	 Krank		
11.5	Caro –	 My Little Pony
Remix – Bruno Pronsato

12		 Track 12	4:31	
12.1	Der Dritte Raum –	 Krank		
12.2	Caro –	 My Little Pony
Remix – Bruno Pronsato
12.3	Marc Houle –	 Thirds In Trees		
12.4	Dinky –	 Home On A Sunday		
12.5	Marc Houle –	 Raking It		
12.6	Portion Control –	 Elektrotechnik		
12.7	I. A. Bericochea –	 R2		
12.8	Ryan Crosson –	 Gotham Road	
	
13		 Track 13	5:23	
13.1	Dinky –	 Home On A Sunday		
13.2	Ryan Crosson –	 Gotham Road		
13.3	Onur Özer –	 Lotus		
13.4	From Within –	 Lost		
13.5	Phage & Daniel Dreier –	 Beeswax		
13.6	Plastikman –	 Ekko		
13.7	Concept 1 –	 19:00	
	
14		 Track 14	6:03	
14.1	From Within –	 Lost		
14.2	Phage & Daniel Dreier –	 Beeswax		
14.3	Plastikman –	 Ekko		
14.4	Concept 1 –	 19:00		
14.5	Tractile –	 Warning Light		
14.6	Tractile –	 Ardorant		
14.7	Troy Pierce –	 Louderbach		
14.8	Tractile –	 Paper Tiger		
14.9	Magda –	 Staring Contest (Unreleased Version)		
14.10	Damián Schwartz –	 RYF2	
	
15		 Track 15	5:35	
15.1	Marc Houle –	 Boat		
15.2	Damián Schwartz –	 RYF2		
15.3	Marc Houle –	 Avon		
15.4	From Within –	 Snake Charmer		
15.5	Heartthrob –	 Lunar Park		
15.6	Bruno Pronsato –	 The River		
15.7	DJ Koze –	 Dangernugget	
	
16		 Track 16	3:43	
16.1	Duoteque –	 Lola		
16.2	Bruno Pronsato –	 The River		
16.3	DJ Koze –	 Dangernugget		
16.4	Disco D –	 Beat It		


2006-09 Magda - She's A Dancing Machine (Full Mix)

Download here: http://www.beatport.com/track/all-i-can-think-about-marc-houle-remix/2003741

Release date: 23/06/11

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.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


App - All I Can Think About (Marc Houle Remix) | WetYourSelf | 2011

Download here: http://www.beatport.com/track/slowpe-original-mix/2668001

Release date: 05/09/2011

Marc Houleʼs ʻSlowpeʼ ends the EP with a slightly slower pace, but in a disconcerting way: taking it down a few notches this one that transports the listener to the strangest dimension yet. Filtered melodies start the trackʼs ascent, sounding like a trumpet thatʼs been bent out of shape and played from the void. With dark textures compactly knit into a condensed wall of sound, a low-slung bassline trades places with eerie chords and sparse percussion.

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.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 - Slowpe | Items & Things | 2011

Digital EP (13 Dec) - http://www.beatport.com/release/zorba-ep/1005295

12" Vinyl (31 Dec) - http://www.juno.co.uk/products/zorba-ep/476533-01/

Initial support from: 
Richie Hawtin,
Magda, 
Groove Armada, 
Nico Lahs, 
Jamie Jones, 
DJ T.,
Lauhaus, 
Joris Voorn, 
Simon Baker, 
Luke Solomon, 
Andrew Grant,
Matt Walsh 

WetYourSelf! Recordings parting shot for 2012 comes in the form of a four track EP from bone-fide techno innovator Marc Houle and is entitled ‘Zorba’ EP.

Having left Richie Hawtin’s M_Nus in 2011 to refocus energies on his, Magda and Troy Pierce’s Items & Things imprint, Marc Houle has continued to impress fans of forward thinking techno, most recently with his Undercover LP project. Houle’s involvement with WetYourSelf!’s weekly club night goes back years while his superb remix for APP’s ‘All I Can Think About’ on WYS! Recordings 2011 meant he was a must have for a future release.

From the plucked bass tones of opener ‘Zorba’ to the fluttering reed synths of closer ‘Oo oo’, Italo and Cosmic disco is the dominating force on this rare foray outside of the Items & Things camp, and the results are infectious.

The unstable, detuned bass of ‘I Uh You’ create a woozy, drunken funk that fans of Houle’s material will lap up while the uninitiated will no doubt be taken by it’s weirdo charm, a trope that bleeds through the entire EP but really unleashes in third track ‘Rainysnake’, a masterpiece in loose, machine music.

Overall, ‘Zorba’ is the sound of Houle playing with his influences and playing with his machines and the result is a resolutely ‘fun’, unique and sometimes bizarre EP.
Marc Houle’s ‘Zorba’ EP is released on WSY! Recordings mid-December 2012.

Tracklist:
1. Zorba
2. I Uh You
3. Rainysnake 
4. Oo oo

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.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 - Zorba | WetYourSelf | 2012

Digital EP (13 Dec) - http://www.beatport.com/release/zorba-ep/1005295

12" Vinyl (31 Dec) - http://www.juno.co.uk/products/zorba-ep/476533-01/

Initial support from: 
Richie Hawtin,
Magda, 
Groove Armada, 
Nico Lahs, 
Jamie Jones, 
DJ T.,
Lauhaus, 
Joris Voorn, 
Simon Baker, 
Luke Solomon, 
Andrew Grant,
Matt Walsh 

WetYourSelf! Recordings parting shot for 2012 comes in the form of a four track EP from bone-fide techno innovator Marc Houle and is entitled ‘Zorba’ EP.

Having left Richie Hawtin’s M_Nus in 2011 to refocus energies on his, Magda and Troy Pierce’s Items & Things imprint, Marc Houle has continued to impress fans of forward thinking techno, most recently with his Undercover LP project. Houle’s involvement with WetYourSelf!’s weekly club night goes back years while his superb remix for APP’s ‘All I Can Think About’ on WYS! Recordings 2011 meant he was a must have for a future release.

From the plucked bass tones of opener ‘Zorba’ to the fluttering reed synths of closer ‘Oo oo’, Italo and Cosmic disco is the dominating force on this rare foray outside of the Items & Things camp, and the results are infectious.

The unstable, detuned bass of ‘I Uh You’ create a woozy, drunken funk that fans of Houle’s material will lap up while the uninitiated will no doubt be taken by it’s weirdo charm, a trope that bleeds through the entire EP but really unleashes in third track ‘Rainysnake’, a masterpiece in loose, machine music.

Overall, ‘Zorba’ is the sound of Houle playing with his influences and playing with his machines and the result is a resolutely ‘fun’, unique and sometimes bizarre EP.
Marc Houle’s ‘Zorba’ EP is released on WSY! Recordings mid-December 2012.

Tracklist:
1. Zorba
2. I Uh You
3. Rainysnake 
4. Oo oo

Connect with Marc Houle:
http://www.facebook.com/marchoule.official 
http://www.mixcloud.com/marchoule
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarcRHoule
http://www.twitter.com/MarcRHoule
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/marchoule 
http://www.dj.beatport.com/marchoule 
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Marc+Houle/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marc+Houle 
http://www.itemsandthings.com

Marc Houle - I Uh You | WetYourSelf | 2012

Marc Houle - Rainysnake | WetYourSelf | 2012

Digital EP (13 Dec) - http://www.beatport.com/release/zorba-ep/1005295

12" Vinyl (31 Dec) - http://www.juno.co.uk/products/zorba-ep/476533-01/

Initial support from: 
Richie Hawtin,
Magda, 
Groove Armada, 
Nico Lahs, 
Jamie Jones, 
DJ T.,
Lauhaus, 
Joris Voorn, 
Simon Baker, 
Luke Solomon, 
Andrew Grant,
Matt Walsh 

WetYourSelf! Recordings parting shot for 2012 comes in the form of a four track EP from bone-fide techno innovator Marc Houle and is entitled ‘Zorba’ EP.

Having left Richie Hawtin’s M_Nus in 2011 to refocus energies on his, Magda and Troy Pierce’s Items & Things imprint, Marc Houle has continued to impress fans of forward thinking techno, most recently with his Undercover LP project. Houle’s involvement with WetYourSelf!’s weekly club night goes back years while his superb remix for APP’s ‘All I Can Think About’ on WYS! Recordings 2011 meant he was a must have for a future release.

From the plucked bass tones of opener ‘Zorba’ to the fluttering reed synths of closer ‘Oo oo’, Italo and Cosmic disco is the dominating force on this rare foray outside of the Items & Things camp, and the results are infectious.

The unstable, detuned bass of ‘I Uh You’ create a woozy, drunken funk that fans of Houle’s material will lap up while the uninitiated will no doubt be taken by it’s weirdo charm, a trope that bleeds through the entire EP but really unleashes in third track ‘Rainysnake’, a masterpiece in loose, machine music.

Overall, ‘Zorba’ is the sound of Houle playing with his influences and playing with his machines and the result is a resolutely ‘fun’, unique and sometimes bizarre EP.
Marc Houle’s ‘Zorba’ EP is released on WSY! Recordings mid-December 2012.

Tracklist:
1. Zorba
2. I Uh You
3. Rainysnake 
4. Oo oo

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.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 - Oo oo | WetYourSelf | 2012

Andy Martin - Mute Space Preview

Download EP: http://www.beatport.com/track/brickwall-marc-houle-remix/3971057

EP Release Date: Dec 17, 2012

Nightlife’s International treasure, Heidi is back with the second release on her label project, this time presenting ‘Jackathon Jams feat. Alexis Raphael & Marc Houle’. With bubbling UK talent, Alexis Raphael at the helm and a remix by Items and Things label boss Marc Houle, this is a nifty little collection of club weapons with that all-important Jackathon swagger.

Heidi started her Jackathon Jams imprint earlier this year, bringing Miss Kittin, Maya Jane Coles and tINI together in one tidy package and is next championing Alexis Raphael, one of London’s favourite DJ/Promoters. With a handful of sensational tracks under his belt (on Hot Creations and Lower East) and running one of London’s most popular club nights Crèche, it’s no wonder Alexis has caught the attention of Heidi.

Delivering two special productions for the imprint’s sophomore release, both tracks carry a nod to retro house with some offbeat modern flavour. A-side ‘Brickwall’ kicks off with sauntering percussion and a rubbery bassline soon to be invaded by wonky synths and FX along with a central vocal line. Second original ‘You Can Do It’ follows in a similar vein with another distinctive spoken male vocal entering the pulse of the rough-edged, jacking groove.

A superb Marc Houle remix rounds off the package as the Berlin pioneer takes ‘Brickwall’ and bestows his own stripped back and expansive approach, warping the vocal to form a barely recognisable framework then unleashing darkly seductive chimes, building the drama with big beats and abstract melodies.

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.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


Alexis Raphael - Brickwall (Marc Houle Remix) | Jackathon | 2012

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE >>> https://soundcloud.com/marchoule/chuck-gaydicaca/download

Digging through the vault earlier this year I came across this track Chuck Gaydicaca.  I had made it years ago for Run Stop Restore but it never found its way to a release although it did make an appearance on She's a Dancing Machine mixed in behind.  I decided to mix it down again this year. I really love the moody old feel it has - complete with some old video game samples and that signature RSR shuffle bassline.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Merry Christmas, ميلاد مجيد, Eguberri on, bon Nadal, joyeux Noël, fröhliche Weihnachten, Καλα Χριστούγεννα, merii kurisumasu, wesołych świąt bożego Narodzenia, buon Natale and с Рождеством Христовым!!

Connect with Marc Houle:
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www.facebook.com/marchoule.official 
www.mixcloud.com/marchoule
www.youtube.com/user/MarcRHoule
www.twitter.com/MarcRHoule
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

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

Marc Houle - Chuck Gaydicaca | Free Track Download |

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE >>> https://soundcloud.com/marchoule/placement/download

Going through my old hard drive and found this track that didn't make it on the 2010 Drift album... now for you as free download. Enjoy!

Listen to "Drift" LP here: https://soundcloud.com/marchoule/sets/drift

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.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 - Placement | Free Track Download |

A1 | Where Have You Been?

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

John O'Callaghan LIVE ASOT600 DenBosch

<p>The label bosses The Advent and Industrialyzer team up with Hugo Paixao and they are releasing an excellent EP on Codeworks. Kicking off this EP is the title track ‘Mutant’ which creates a big chunky affair full of dark beats with smooth percussion on the foreground. A very nice and intense production with smooth string getting along. ‘Twisted’ follows, featuring stabbing and rolling deep basslines mixed up with nice and melodic riffs. Can be better than that? Three excellent producers getting along and they produce two techno anthems for Codeworks. Enjoy</p>

The Advent & Industrialyzer & Hugo Paixao - Mutant (Original Mix) [CodeWorks]

The Advent & Industrialyzer & Hugo Paixao - Twisted (Original Mix) [CodeWorks]

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:
www.marchoule.net/
www.facebook.com/marchoule.official 
www.mixcloud.com/marchoule
www.youtube.com/user/MarcRHoule
www.twitter.com/MarcRHoule
www.itemsandthings.com