marc houle

Continuing Marc’s 2013 podcast series, his latest mix was released by Soundwall.it - Italy’s no. 1 website for electronic music. This energetic, dancefloor-orientated mix features lots of new unreleased music and some of Marc’s latest hits.

Full article & download link here: http://www.soundwall.it/soundwall-podcast-164-marc-houle/
On Mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/Soundwall/soundwall-podcast-164-marc-houle/

Tracklisting:
1. Marc Houle - Alpha Bit (unreleased)
2. Marc Houle - Cola Party (unreleased)
3. Marc Houle - Fusion Pop (unreleased)
4. Phil Kieran & Green Velvet - Birds and Bees (Marc Houle Remix) | free track via DJMag Weekly
5. Marc Houle & Click Box - Razzmatazz | out Sept 20 on Items & Things (IT025)
6. Alexis Raphael - Brickwall (Marc Houle Remix) | Heidi pres. Jackathon Jams, HPJJ02
7. Marc Houle & Miss Kittin - Where Is Kittin? | Items & Things, IT022
8. Marc Houle & Click Box - Cable Line | out Sept 20 on Items & Things (IT025)
9. Nyma - Kybernetik (Marc Houle Remix) | Items & Things, IT020
10. Marc Houle - Borrowed Gear | Minus023
11. Marc Houle - Suces Mes Graines | free track via Dancing Astronaut

Connect with Marc Houle:
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www.mixcloud.com/marchoule
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www.itemsandthings.com

2013-07 Marc Houle - Soundwall Podcast #164

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".

Connect with Marc Houle:
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www.itemsandthings.com

Buy on Beatport

Marc Houle - Yonkers | Minus | 2009

Marc Houle - Single Cell | Minus | 2009

Marc Houle - Salamandarin | Minus | 2009

Released on Nov 25, 2009. Buy on Beatport: 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".

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 - Blunderstorm | Minus | 2009

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

Connect with Marc Houle:
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www.itemsandthings.com

2013-11 Marc Houle - Autobrennt Podcast #081

Sebastien Triumph @ La Demence 24th Anniversary

This Thanksgiving we're thankful for Marc Houle﻿! It's our supreme pleasure to share with you this ultimate Throwback Thursday set from Marc Houle at our 1 Year Anniversary Festival. His 3 hour live techno set is still to this day one of the best sets we've ever heard in our lives. He harnessed the Desert Hearts vibe as soon as he entered the gates and then completely annihilated the dance floor like nothing we've ever seen before. This was probably the hardest we've ever danced in our lives. 

After his set when it was time to take Marc to his hotel, he thoroughly declined and said he'd rather sleep in the back of a friends car for the next two days because there was no way he was leaving Desert Hearts. Marc, you're a true Desert Hearts legend.

Happy Thanksgiving Desert Hearts!!! <3 <3 <3

Live @ Desert Hearts - Marc Houle - 016

Matador B2B Marc Houle: Enter.Week4 Sake (Space Ibiza July 23 2015)

Podcast 233: Marc Houle 
Words: Shawn Reynaldo 
Last summer, techno veteran Marc Houle—along with DJ comrades Magda and Troy Pierce—left his longtime home at Richie Hawtin's Minus label and rededicated himself to the dormant Items &amp; Things imprint. A few releases from Items &amp; Things trickled out during the latter half of 2011, but the reinvigorated label is truly beginning to bear fruit in 2012, beginning with a Undercover, the soon-to-be-released new full-length from Marc Houle himself. Undercover won't officially see the light of day until March 5, but we invited the Canadian-born artist to put together an exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series in the meantime. Drawing almost exclusively from his own productions, including several cuts from the new album, Houle has put together a mix that folds together elements of techno, house, and electro into one incredibly clean and precise package, albeit one that finds him increasingly experimenting with new and surprisingly fun sounds.

01 Marc Houle "Hearing" (Items &amp; Things) 
02 Marc Houle "Slowpe" (Items &amp; Things) 
03 Marc Houle "Wanda's Wig Wax" (Underline) 
04 Phil Kieran & Green Velvet "Michael Jackson (Marc Houle Mix)" (Phil Kieran) 
05 Marc Houle "Unsettled" (Items &amp; Things) 
06 Run Stop Restore "Speeder 64" (Minus) 
07 Marc Houle "Juno 6660" (Items &amp; Things) 
08 Marc Houle "Undercover" (Items &amp; Things) 
09 Marc Houle "Mooder" (Items &amp; Things) 
10 Marc Houle "Bink" (Items &amp; Things) 
11 Marc Houle "Am Am Am" (Items &amp; Things) 
12 Marc Houle "Under the Neath" (Items &amp; Things) 
13 Marc Houle "Sweet" (Minus)

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

Connect with Marc Houle:
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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



2012-02 Marc Houle (live) - XLR8R Podcast

1st runner-up in Carl Cox 'The Revolution Recruits' Theme Contest
Samples used: CV1 - Cristian Varela 125 BPM And The Conga By Yousef

The Revolution Recruits Theme by Fory

Marc Houle - Minus Podcast

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 EP here: www.beatport.com/release/sixty-four-week-2/129053

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

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 - Edamame  | 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

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 
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Marc Houle - Techno Vocals | Minus | 2007

Download EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/licking-skin/172946

Release date: 27/05/2009

Marc Houle’s music is always innovative, experimental and unconventional, his live sets, choice of instruments and track titles never fail to grab the attention while his natural instinct as an electronic musician is to take the listener out of his or her comfort zone, dismantling the strict set of rules that techno music adheres to in the process. These two digital only tracks build on the foundations laid by last year’s sixty-four collection and will certainly appeal to lovers of the avant garde, so if you’re looking for familiar, user friendly beats that blend seamlessly and don’t ask too many questions…don’t bother reading any further.

Apart from the clinical drum machine groove Houle employs on Dirty Dirty, there’s nothing that remotely resembles anything from your standard soundset, yet it somehow remains deliciously monotone and minimal. If techno ever found it’s way into a Tarantino flick then Dirty Dirty would be a prime candidate with its fuzzy plucked guitar surging through beaten up amps and crazy, oscillating analogue synth line that seems to rise and fall simultaneously, creating bedlam. Houle makes it all sound so ridiculously easy as he stitches his wild, staccato riffs together, applying heavy doses of sporadic reverb to the twisting time signatures. A warm bassline rounds out the groove, before a secondary guitar line leads us into the tense breakdown from which the groove quickly reforms, although the shadows have all shifted slightly.

If anything Licking Skin goes deeper into the realms of abstraction cramming a night of feverish dream sequences into seven eventful minutes. Underpinned by another nervous guitar pattern, Houle sets the scene with some instinctive keyboard stabs and scary b-movie pad fx that create an odd, hallucinatory state before a chorus of chiming clocks send the Dali-esque symbolism into overdrive. What’s more, the subsequent subliminal mantra ‘I like to take things apart and put them all back together’ perfectly sums up Houle’s grasp of the logic of the absurd. At times it sounds like an orchestra warming up before a mischievous percussion improvisation takes control, accompanied by a chorus of heavily treated vocals that recall the climax of the early 80’s new wave punk sci-fi movie Liquid Sky. It certainly wouldn’t be speaking out of turn to suggest these two tunes deserve the same cult classic status.

Press contact: press@marchoule.net

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 
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Marc Houle - Licking Skin | Minus | 2009

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:
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 - Deathray At You | Minus | 2008

Download EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/sixty-four-week-4/130500

Release date: 27/08/2008

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:
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 - Meatier Shower | Minus | 2008

This is the first out of a series of podcasts Marc Houle will release this year, each edition focussed on a different style and direction out of Marc’s large catalogue of released and unreleased material.

In this first edition for French TSUGI Magazine we can hear a dark and melancholic mix made from mainly unreleased material, and with a brief description from Marc about each track.

Being a live act, all of  the featured music was created by Marc Houle himself, showcasing his diversity and talent as producer.

Exclusive mix recorded for the TSUGI podcast series.
http://www.tsugi.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8731&Itemid=39

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Track list & descriptions from Marc:

0:00 Slownessity
This was one of a bunch of tracks i made when experimenting with slower than 120 BPM tempos.  they all had slow in the title I think but it was really fun to drop the tempo down to get different moods than I was used to getting.  It's sped up for the mix but most of the mood is still there.

3:20 Return
I made this track back in '07 when I picked up the FutureRetro Revolution. I was playing around with the remix buttons on it and recorded this track.

7:30 Dream Sequence
Part of a group of tracks I made investigating possible new sounds for what would eventually become the Drift album (2010).  It has the same guitar darkness that Drift has but not sparse and as moody.

11:15 Mals
I made Mals after hooking up my studio in Berlin for the first time. It started as a way to test some of the synths and microphones coming from North America but had a nice slack feel to it so I made it into a track. Magda used to play it all the time.

12:58 Zed 
Created after seeing a sign about when you're on fire (you should stop, drop, roll).  I wanted to make some slow acid and the words were still on my mind and were used as filler vocals. 

18:09 Veranda 
This was a throwback to the old way I used to make the Run Stop Restore bouncy basslines.  I think this is when I first bought the guitar and was seeing what weird sounds I could make with it and if it fit into dance music.

22:50 Melting (Drift LP, Minus98)
I like this track because it has a high synth melody that disappears when the big thunder sound happens as if it's scared and slowly comes back in when it's safe.

25:50 Seeing In The Dark (Drift LP, Minus98)
One night I was passing out on a friend's couch and my friend Tijana was trying to wake me up - her vocals were so cool I had to wake up and record them.  I did the reverse, add reverb and reverse again trick to make them swell.

29:20 Yummy 
This was another outtake of the Drift album. 

32:00 Blackout
Part of the experiments along with Dream Sequence. The vocals are from 2VM's Veronica Vasicka. 

36:00 Sister Of Plie
This was a funny track that I worked on with Magda. It started out as Klie, then after a bunch of changes became Brother of Klie then eventually Sister of Plie.  It's a weird broken kind of sounding track.

39:31 Bassomatic
Totally inspired by the old 70's sounds i heard on Canadian Public television usually playing behind narrations of National Parks. Television played a huge part of my childhood and TV in Canada has some great synthy sounds back then.

44:22 Slow Cooked
Another Drift outtake I think.

47:10 Demor (Restore LP, Minus23)
Run Stop Restore in feel this was from my first EP on Minus. There is a lot going on but it still manages to sound sparse and moody.

50:29 Black Star (Where Is Kittin? EP, Items & Things IT022)
The first day we made 'Where is Kittin?' and the 2nd day we returned to the studio to make something more grave, serious and dark sounding.  We were playing around with her voice through different effects and after writing the lyrics, she came in and we recorded some really great vocals. The rest of the track were some soundscape rough ideas I was working on but with the vocals it all fell into place. Lots of Eventide reverbs on this one.

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