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Browse by Label: ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Artist:
VA
Title:
Spaceships And Pings
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$7.00
Catalog #:
ITEM 001EP
This is the first release on Items & Things (a new subsidiary of
Richie Hawtin
's M_nus label), containing four summer hits from
Konrad Black
,
Magda
,
Marc Houle
and
Troy Pierce
(feat.
Gibby Miller
). Konrad starts things off with a spacey disco number full of dreamy melodies and a sick bassline that will keep sunny terraces screaming for more.
Magda
's track is a stuttered electro-ish number full of spooky atmosphere and an ominous acid line. "Kicker" is a steady bleeping good time in true Houle fashion, building until the bass drops and presents a crazy melody that sends the track over the edge. Finally, "The Day After Yesterday" is a trippy vocal excursion into the mind of an obsessed stalker. Hinting at old-school Chicago house but with a very new school twist.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Spies & Lies
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$8.00
Catalog #:
ITEM 002EP
Magda
,
Troy Pierce
and
Marc Houle
's occasional label Items and Things returns with four grooves from Marc Houle,
Kasper
,
Thrill Cosby
and
Alexi Delano
. "Extreme" is a classic piece of atmospheric, sci-fi techno. Relying on a bare minimum of sounds, it generates suspense from the 6/8 retro synth line at its heart, with some additional morphs and tweaks. "Oogity Boogity" is laced with ominous cello stabs, African percussion and freaky, messed up vocal overdubs. "Turn Tricks On The Side" is a more typical late night groover with
Stockhausen
-esque peripheral efx and a deep, dark pumping bassline. "Would You?" ends things with a precision groove, twisted synth lines, intense breakdown and subtle edits. A peak-time floor filler.
Artist:
CLICK BOX
Title:
Espaço e Tempo
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
ITEM 003EP
Click Box
is São Paulo DJs/producers
Marco As
and
Pedro Turra
. Coupling retrospective beats and bass lines with big hooks, hypnotic melodies and constantly modulating synths, it's the perfect blend of past, present and future. "Sugar Pain" is low-key with stripped-down beats and arrangements. "Bass Tilt" presents a super-sparse 808 groove and rich vox-like effects and chord sequences. "Fun K Mouth" has warping synth riffs and vocal chants, while "Microgram" is full of tight rhythms and moody, mysterious synth pads.
Artist:
EDGAR, JIMMY
Title:
Funktion Of Your Love EP
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$11.00
Catalog #:
ITEM 004EP
Detroit-based
Jimmy Edgar
brings his unique electronic vision to Items & Things for their fourth release. "Funktion" kicks off with sweet chord stabs and laid-back laser sweeps. A gentle background melody will draw bodies to the dancefloor like bees to honey. Dark acid tones abound on "Young Thing" with dirty vocals posturing over a sparse, razor-sharp 808 groove. The beats get nasty as
Seth Troxler
reforms "Funktion," and Edgar's own acid remix offers a more toxic take.
Artist:
MADATO
Title:
Speak Of The She Devil
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.50
Catalog #:
ITEM 005EP
Naples'
Madato
is always looking at what's beyond the waste. Inside his dream box you might find
Laura Palmer
making out with
Ian Curtis
,
Charles Bukowski
writing a fairy tale, or perhaps
John Nash
singing along to
Bauhaus
songs. File under: trippy disco-inspired dance music, not defined by a genre but more of an attitude. Post-punk undertones mixed with psychedelic sensibility.
Artist:
BENEDETTINI, DANNY
Title:
Tell Me Quietly
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.50
Catalog #:
ITEM 006EP
Marc Houle
,
Magda
and
Troy Pierce
entrust their imprint to Italian up-and-comer
Danny Benedettini
. "Tell Me Quietly" is a retro-tinged trip through modern dancefloor sounds, with slickly-executed beats and tight arrangements. "Disco Hook" takes its cues directly from its name -- a three-note bass loop pieces it all together, combining neon melodies with a house beat for an intriguing taste of deconstructed disco. "Nephastum" takes the disco influence even deeper with sultry cut-n-paste voices and floating Rhodes keys.
Artist:
MAGDA/MARC HOULE/TROY PIERCE
Title:
Down & Out Vol 1
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.50
Catalog #:
ITEM 007EP
Troy Pierce
,
Marc Houle
&
Magda
team up to present their first-ever trio release on Items & Things,
Down & Out Vol. 1
-- which takes its name from their newly-created party series -- events that are based around the dark & intimate, off-the-radar and under the ground.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Various Items
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.50
Catalog #:
ITEM 008EP
Items & Thing presents creative sounds from producers tucked in various corners of the world, with each track having as much distinct character as the producer who created it. Parisian
Clement Meyer
has crafted a sound that's bold and against the grain. On "Making Moves At Random," he showcases his deeply intense style with signature precision. Every which way the cinematic production twists and turns, it builds subtly yet intricately. Other artists include:
Tomas More
,
Andy Martin
and
Gabriel Ferreira
.
Artist:
MORE, TOMAS
Title:
The Door
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
ITEM 010EP
French producer
Tomas More
presents five tracks of twisted dance music with eerie yet rich and beautiful atmospheres. "The Big Shot" teases and taunts with handclaps and bouncy baselines playfully skipping from start to finish. "Machine's Perfume" is a passage of deep space ambience where sparse machine noises are laid bare. "Eating You Is The Only Solution" has acid twitches and a melancholic robot voice wondering where everyone has gone. "Road To Nowhere" is groovy and moody electronica with beautiful, building melodies.
Artist:
HOULE, MARC
Title:
Undercover The Single
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
ITEM 011EP
Marc Houle
explores the mysterious power of plunging basslines and moody synths. On remix duties,
Miro Pajic
sneaks in, charting a decidedly bleepier course while
Bruno Pronsato
delivers his signature romantic techno sound. Putting
Abraham Lincoln
on the cover of a minimal techno record could only be a Canadian's idea.
Artist:
HOULE, MARC
Title:
Undercover
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.50
Catalog #:
ITEM 012CD
Marc Houle
has been famous for his releases on
Richie Hawtin
's M_nus label. Now the U.S. producer unleashes his brand-new album on his own imprint Items & Things (which is co-owned by
Magda
and
Troy Pierce
).
Undercover
is a double departure. His last album,
Drift
(MINUS 098CD/LP) was on M_nus, and his label, Items & Things, was a M_nus sub-label. He's now left the label, and Items & Things stands on its own two feet. With this new-found freedom, Marc's synth-driven techno sound continues to grow, evolve and surprise. Nowhere is this growth more evident than in the tracks that make up
Undercover
. Things kick off with "Hearing," which has a bassline that drives like a vintage Mercedes shifting gears on the Autobahn as it picks up speed. The synths, with their soft melody, let you know how smooth the suspension is while a metallic voice whispers in your ear from the back seat. "Undercover" is a case study in the deep and moody side of old school Chicago house. "Juno 6660" sounds like what could have happened if early Warp artists like
LFO
and
Sweet Exorcist
had grown up on NYC freestyle rather than Detroit techno. "Very Bad" is actually very good, so Marc must be referring to something else entirely. "Bink" sounds like it's from an old music box that's been wound up just a little too far, held steady only by 4/4 beat, acid house claps and bouncy bass. On "Am Am Am," Marc takes things in a bit of an industrial direction. Not the industrial of
Nitzer Ebb
and
Einstürzende Neubauten
, but rather, a construction site buried deep inside an unsettling dream. When "Mooder" drops, you wake up slowly and find yourself back on the dancefloor. The track's driving rhythm and pitter-pat toms keep things moving underneath the track's ever-dreamy pads. The album concludes with "Under The Neath," which succeeds in taking things even deeper while at the same time unearthing Marc's roots in the sound of Detroit techno. With influence and inspiration from such diverse sources,
Undercover
carves out a distinctive flow that is all his own.
Artist:
HOULE, MARC
Title:
Undercover
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
2LP
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
ITEM 012LP
Gatefold double LP version.
Marc Houle
has been famous for his releases on
Richie Hawtin
's M_nus label. Now the U.S. producer unleashes his brand-new album on his own imprint Items & Things (which is co-owned by
Magda
and
Troy Pierce
).
Undercover
is a double departure. His last album,
Drift
(MINUS 098CD/LP) was on M_nus, and his label, Items & Things, was a M_nus sub-label. He's now left the label, and Items & Things stands on its own two feet. With this new-found freedom, Marc's synth-driven techno sound continues to grow, evolve and surprise. Nowhere is this growth more evident than in the tracks that make up
Undercover
. Things kick off with "Hearing," which has a bassline that drives like a vintage Mercedes shifting gears on the Autobahn as it picks up speed. The synths, with their soft melody, let you know how smooth the suspension is while a metallic voice whispers in your ear from the back seat. "Undercover" is a case study in the deep and moody side of old school Chicago house. "Juno 6660" sounds like what could have happened if early Warp artists like
LFO
and
Sweet Exorcist
had grown up on NYC freestyle rather than Detroit techno. "Very Bad" is actually very good, so Marc must be referring to something else entirely. "Bink" sounds like it's from an old music box that's been wound up just a little too far, held steady only by 4/4 beat, acid house claps and bouncy bass. On "Am Am Am," Marc takes things in a bit of an industrial direction. Not the industrial of
Nitzer Ebb
and
Einstürzende Neubauten
, but rather, a construction site buried deep inside an unsettling dream. When "Mooder" drops, you wake up slowly and find yourself back on the dancefloor. The track's driving rhythm and pitter-pat toms keep things moving underneath the track's ever-dreamy pads. The album concludes with "Under The Neath," which succeeds in taking things even deeper while at the same time unearthing Marc's roots in the sound of Detroit techno. With influence and inspiration from such diverse sources,
Undercover
carves out a distinctive flow that is all his own.
Artist:
DARABI/TIM PARIS
Title:
Various Items 2
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
ITEM 013EP
The second volume of the
Various Items
series features
Darabi
and
Tim Paris
. Darabi's "Player" is a modern echo of
Jamie Principle
's Chicagoan R&B. It's an animated piece led by sassy lyrics over suspenseful atmospherics. The dub version shaves off the bulk of the lyrics, leaving a subtle hint of vocals trailing behind. Paris' track unravels around the seductively-malicious vocals of
Sex Judas
. On the instrumental version, the quirky vocals are pulled out like a cloth from a dinner table.
Artist:
MADATO
Title:
Portraits
Label:
ITEMS & THINGS (GERMANY)
Format:
12"
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
ITEM 014EP
All tracks on
Madato
's
Portraits
were recorded with external sources and self-produced sounds, using Korg synths, pieces of a drum kit, a guitar and a modular rack to create an organic listening experience.
Portraits
is a literary mini-soundtrack from a producer who's played live at Watergate and debuted his first album on Items & Things.
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