By now most people will know that three of Richie Hawtin’s most prolific Minus proteges recently departed the dominant techno organisation to concentrate on their own imprint, once a sideline operation. Since then there have been a few strong releases from the label in question, and those thiat follow our Around the world in 80 labels series may remember when we caught up with 22 Digit, a Newcastle based label, just as co-owner Suade had finished contributing to one such 12″ cut.
Items & Things is, of course, the organisation in question, with Magda, Troy Pierce, and Marc Houle the names running things there. The latter face has now announced that he will be releasing a brand new album through the imprint, which will arrive on March 5th this year. Undercover is the title of the forthcoming release, and we’ve put the tracklist to the production package below. According to the artist in question this work “represents my personal sound more than anything I’ve ever done before“, though we’ll need to wait a little longer to see if that’s a good thing or not.
Marc Houle / Undercover
1. Hearing
2. Undercover
3. Juno 6660
4. Very Bad
5. Bink
6. Am Am Am
7 Mooder
8. Under the Neath