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Marc Houle Hey Kiddo EP is out now 🎛️
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New music from the minimal pioneer Marc Houle is on the way. Hey Kiddo EP drops October 9 🎛️
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HUGE effort post here, as I’ve been obsessing over that semi-forgotten period (roughly 2005-2010) when minimal techno lost its mind and warped into a chemically scrambled caricature of itself. Within a few years, the music went from the clinical monochrome of early Plastikman and Sleeparchive to stuff like John Spring’s “Lava Lava”: cartoonish, almost slapstick dance music running on rubbery basslines, absurdist hooks and over-the-top fx.

John Spring - Lava Lava (Sub Static, 2007)
@johnspringmusic 

PSA: This post + full tracks also available at kornelkovacs.substack.com

This mutation was largely driven by Italian producers pulling off a trick not unlike that of Italo disco two decades earlier: taking a sound rooted in Black US dance music, getting a lot of its “rules” gloriously wrong, and turning out a flood of records with heaps of charm and wonkiness added to the form. Massi DL’s “Minimal Mushrooms” is a prime example…

Massi DL - Minimal Mushrooms (Frankie Rec, 2007)

…and another is Lucio Aquilina’s melodic megahit “Magic M”. Like many of this scene’s most prolific producers, Naples-based buddies Massi and Lucio would go on to do great things in the rather less zany post-2010 era, re-emerging as Nu Genea, the acclaimed live dance outfit.

Lucio Aquilina - Magic M (Cocoon Recordings, 2007)
@cocoon_official 
@nu_genea

But let’s move on from the Italians for a bit. Just before Berghain techno and Panorama Bar house became the default setting for dancefloors worldwide, German producers like Gabriel Ananda were pushing club music into stranger, wilder territory. 

“Doppelwhipper” was a scene-defining anthem: a 9-minute live recording propelled by mismatched loops slipping against each other before locking into one of the great drops of the 00s.

Gabriel Ananda - Doppelwhipper (Live) (Platzhirsch Schallplatten, 2006)
@gabrielananda_ofc

Andre Crom’s slightly more obscure Ambulanz EP from 2007 kept things simpler but equally bouncy. There was no shortage of records like this at the time, but “Psychiatrie” jumped out from the record shop listening pile with its straight-to-the-point sound design, brilliantly dumb hooks and relentless groove.

Andre Crom - Psych
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Ao longo de 25 anos, o Club Vibe se consolidou como um dos principais pontos de encontro da música eletrônica em Curitiba. Mais do que um clube, o espaço se tornou parte da história da cidade, recebendo artistas de diferentes gerações e movimentos e construindo uma trajetória diretamente ligada ao desenvolvimento da cena eletrônica local.

Este carrossel reúne alguns registros de noites que ajudam a dimensionar essa história. Cada apresentação, cada pista e cada encontro representam momentos que passaram pelo clube e contribuíram para estabelecer Curitiba como uma cidade relevante no circuito da música eletrônica brasileira. São arquivos que, juntos, revelam a diversidade e a dimensão da programação construída ao longo dessas duas décadas e meia.

Celebrar os 25 anos do Club Vibe também é reconhecer a importância de um espaço que atravessou diferentes fases da cena sem deixar de ocupar um lugar central nela. Uma história construída por artistas, público, equipes e, principalmente, pelas inúmeras noites que transformaram o clube em uma referência para quem vive e acompanha a música eletrônica em Curitiba.

➥ Siga para mais: @thegoodtechno
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#minimal #vinylcollection #marchoule #minusrecordings #minimaltechno 

* Artist: Marc Houle
* Track: „Bay Of Figs“
* Release: Bay Of Figs
* Label: M_nus
* Cat. Number: MINUS42LP
* Format: 2x12” vinyl / LP
* Release year: 2006
* Position: A1
* Style: Minimal / Techno / Tech House

Tracklist

A1. Marc Houle – Bay Of Figs
A2. Marc Houle – Stacks & Stacks
B1. Marc Houle – Thirds In Trees
B2. Marc Houle – Blackjack 13
B3. Marc Houle – Fat Cat
C1. Marc Houle – Edamame
C2. Marc Houle – Items And Things
D1. Marc Houle – Lachs
D2. Marc Houle – Manager
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