Marc Houle - Selection 12 (Sixty Four - Week 3) Minus 2008

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EP release date: 20 August 2008
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Marc Houle follows 2007s 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 Houles 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 its 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 theres 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 thats 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 3 of the Sixty-Four series brings 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 were 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. Its an infectious dancefloor warmer complete with bouncing, elastic bassline and hypnotic hook taking control and ordering you to dance.

[@christophwegner8835]

Magda played on the Fusion Festival 2008...That was her first track and the second was jason Emsley - Parasite.
I think about this Morning öften..Great Time.

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you rock

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💋💋💋💋💋💋💋👏👌

[@ambersofia]

Amazing

[@spgbt1906]

AMAZING!

[@hardminimalgroove]

fantastic

[@tuco769ify]

tight track, awesome!!

[@parxet1]

@faddirena yesssss

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@jabbaworkz FUSION!

[@HugoStieglitz161]

@faddirena FUSIOON!!

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웁스

[@rebelconvicted1]

Fucking good track....