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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.

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