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SENSU @ THE LIQUID LOUNGE
JULY 29th
PRESENTS: TROY PIRECE AND MARC HOULE LIVE.
TROY PIERCE BIO:
After being raised in the cornfields of Indiana and brought up on quality Midwest house & techno (Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills, Derrick Carter, D-Wynn) Troy became a bit jaded by ten years in New York where the struggling minimal
techno scene consisted of a handful of die-hard fanatics going against the commercial sound of a city that has seen itís day musically.After relocating to Berlin in January 04 to focus more on dj/production, things quickly began to change. Within months the first live performance as Slacknoise under Richie Hawtin’s Minus label took place at the Magnet Club in Berlin (with Dinky and Pan Tone). Other notable live performaces followed inMontreal (Mutek with Magda, Jeff Samuel, Mathew Herbert) and New York (Minimize to Maximize with Magda, Mathew Jonson and Richie Hawtin)In addtion to performing live, Troy is quickly establishing himself as a much sought after dj, often playing alongside label mates Richie Hawtin, Mathew Dear, Mathew Jonson, Magda, and others like Zip, Sammy D, and Ricardo Villalobos. Dj-ing in Detroit, New York, London (egg, the end), Zurich, Vienna, and of course Berlin.As one of the first users of Final Scratch, Troy has always looked outside of the norm to embrace and integrate technology into his sets. A project is currently
in the works with labelmate Magda to incorporate multiple laptops and other devices to achieve a set up that comes closer to a live performance than a traditional dj set
MARC HOULE BIO:
RESTORE is the solo debut from Windsor’s Marc Houle of Run Stop Restore. His new eleven track double-pack dives into a dark deep corner of melodic minimal grooved-up techno. Undoubtedly fueled by the golden age of synthesizers, Houle is captured by early 80’s synth pop and the underground-turned-anthem classics of Acid House. There’s also no doubt that the early years of minimal techno had their share of influence as well (‘Clock Width’ is a subtle tribute to Dan Bell) inspiring his own model of rhythm and resonance. Houle is the pushing force behind Run Stop Restore (now a trio) and has a ferociously
productive studio. Located in Windsor, where nightlife is still at best (well, for techno) he is working on new music nearly on a daily basis, if not for solo works, then ideas for future RSR tracks or his other project, the French-based pop band Raid Over Moscow. 2004 rekindled Run Stop Restore from its early beginning on the Detroit label Throw, by releasing the ‘Geometry EP’ in the spring on Minus and contributing to the Telegraph ‘Post Office 2’ collection. Receiving widespread appreciation with DJs from all walks, the stripped down minimal slap of RSR was back in action, now joined by Magda and Troy Pierce to make the unit a group effort.
RESTORE assembles tracks that he has been testing in clubs on both sides of the Atlantic this past summer, secretly exposed by select DJ agents traveling through Europe and the Americas. A few tracks on the record feature the vocals of New York’s Gibby Miller (Lit). Between recent rousing live sets in New York and Detroit this fall, Houle is developing and perfecting his live show (as Marc Houle) to support RESTORE in the coming months.
www.runstoprestore.com
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