Marc Houle live
Salons Hoche in Paris, France for Cercle
Paris fashion week parties always attract a crowd that looks incredibly bored while listening to the best music of their lives. You’ve got people in £2,000 sunglasses standing perfectly still in the dark, terrified that if they actually dance, they might crease their vintage Margiela trousers. The opulent chandeliers and gilded mirrors of Salons Hoche in Paris, France for Cercle clash brilliantly with the gritty, stripped-back basslines. The Marc Houle live @ Salons Hoche in Paris, France for Cercle tracklist is a clinical display of minimal mastery.
Flatlining at a hypnotic 125.0 BPM, this Marc Houle live set is a Rominimal clinic built entirely on 12A and 6A keys. He commands a thick 55% average low-end energy, utilizing sparse percussion and weird, quirky synth blips rather than massive drops to keep the ultra-cool crowd swaying. Houle’s selection is famously weird and wonderful. Slipping in Duke Dumont's "Mumble Man" adds a cheeky, bumping groove, while the Route 94 Remix of Faithless’s "God Is A DJ" is a brilliant, bass-heavy nod to the UK underground that gets the room properly moving.
The set operates as one continuous, slinky groove. Starting off with Alex Neri's "Ruffness" as the opening track, the mood is instantly set. The quirky vocal hooks of "Michael Jackson" by Phil Kieran & Green Velvet create absolute scenes, leading into an epic 18-minute journey with the closing track, DJ Bencze's "Córónita".