Marc Houle – Techno Vocals
More info: www.m-nus.com For download: www.beatport.com MARC HOULE TECHNO VOCALS M50 12 Digitally pre-released via Beatport.com and M-nus.com on the 13.09.2007 Why are the vocals turned down so low? This is the way we make Techno! To mark the labels 50th release Marc Houle gets right back to basics with two raw, stripped down future classics. Whats more both vinyl cuts, Techno Vocals and On It clock in at under six minutes meaning that this compact 12inchs sound and message is going to be coming through extra loud and clear. On Techno Vocals (as with all Houle productions) each sound is perfectly realised, commanding its own space with metronomic discipline. The rigid drum patterns, analogue explosions, regimented snare rolls, laser guided effects and delayed bleeps interact with supreme efficiency, while the arrangement is mapped out with cool, calculated intent. The result is a totally robust example of A-grade techno thats really brought to life by the self-referential, pitched down vocal hook! Its well documented that Marc has more than a passing interest in 80s electro, New Wave and retro computer games and these influences are somehow more apparent on Minus 50 than on his earlier solo releases or as part of Run, Stop, Restore. On It in particular will turn a few heads, making, as it does, a detour into previously unexplored territory. Revolving around a heavily filtered melodic bass riff, Houle punctuates the dry, upfront groove with a choice selection of rough, old …
Learn More About Iron On T-Shirt Vinyl www.expressionsvinyl.com In this video tutorial we take a look at heat transfer T-shirt vinyl being used with the Cricut machine. T-shirt vinyl is made up of two parts just like regular vinyl, but it works a bit differently. The two parts are the vinyl and the backing. When you use this T-shirt vinyl it doesn’t require any transfer tape. The backing itself ends up working like transfer tape. The backing is actually clear and you can tell which side is the backing because it will be shiny, while the vinyl itself will have a matte appearance. So you stick the vinyl onto your cutting mat with the backing side down. Since the backing itself will end up working as the transfer tape you have to do everything backwards so when you flip it over it is all the right direction. We are using a speed of 2 and a pressure of 3 with a cut depth of two. This has worked pretty well for us. You shouldn’t ever need to change the cutting depth when working with vinyl, regular or T-shirt. If it is not quite cutting through the vinyl, you just need to increase the pressure. In this particular example with the T-shirt vinyl we are making a multi line design. Now the trick to this is that when you go to the next line you have to do a little backwards thinking and manipulate your start position to get things to line up the way you want. With the Cricut machine you have to make sure and have the “Flip” button selected and spell everything backwards. As far as …
