XLR8R — Former Minus mainstay and co-founder of the Items & Things label—alongisde Magda and Troy Pierce—Marc Houle (pictured above, right) has put together a new synth-pop project with the help of vocal collaborators Joaquim dos Santos (pictured above, ... more info

XLR8R — The internet was ripe with new videos and articles aimed at the production and gear connoisseur this week—from demo videos of MacBeth's new synth to synthesizer innovator Herb Deutsch walking us through the evolution of the MiniMoog, all the w... more info

XLR8R — On a day-to-day level, it's easy to overlook the impact of Magda (a.k.a. Magdalena Chojnacka). That's not a slight, as the Polish-born, Detroit-reared artist has been a major force in electronic music for more than a decade. It's just ... more info

XLR8R — Last summer, Marc Houle, Troy Pierce, and Magda left their longtime home at Minus and elected to throw their efforts into their own Items & Things imprint. Now, Items & Things has become a proper label in its own right, and to celebrate dropping 15 r... more info

XLR8R — Last summer, techno veteran Marc Houle—along with DJ comrades Magda and Troy Pierce—left his longtime home at Richie Hawtin's Minus label and rededicated himself to the dormant Items & Things imprint. A few releases from Items & Things trick... more info

XLR8R — Berlin-based producer Marc Houle has announced plans to release a new LP, his first since stepping out from under the wing of Richie Hawtin's Minus imprint late last year and launching the collaborative Items & Things label with Magda and Troy P... more info

Altsounds — *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 rada... more info

XLR8R — A few contemporary techno giants, Magda (who just last week gave us this excellent podcast, and is pictured above), Marc Houle, and Troy Pierce, have joined forces for a three-track record named after their collaborative party series, Down & Out. re... more info

XLR8R — Richie Hawtin's Minus imprint has served as a long and fruitful home for techno veterans Magda (pictured above), Troy Pierce, and Marc Houle, but now the three DJs/producers have announced they will be investing time into their own label, Items ... more info

XLR8R — The Items and Things imprint (collectively run by techno stalwarts Magda, Troy Pierce, and Marc Houle) is set to release a new EP of "disco-tech, techno, and nu-disco with an almost industrial underpinning" today from DJ/producer Danny Benedettini. ... more info