Richie Hawtin
Richie Hawtin (actually Richard Hawtin, born June 4, 1970 in Oxfordshire, England) is a DJ, musician and techno producer who has helped shape the genre prevail. He has published numerous pseudonyms His records, including Plastikman and FUSE As an innovator, he is also in the discipline of DJ mixings, he advanced through the use of technical aids to greater possibilities for changing the music, as it is possible at the mere interplay mixing individual plates.
Life
1981 emigrated Hawtin's parents from England to Windsor ( Ontario). His father worked in a car factory of the General Motors group. At the age of 15 years, Richie Hawtin made regularly " clubbing " - trips to nearby Detroit, at 17 he was already a disc jockey at a club called Shelter. Together with his brother Matthew Hawtin ( a visual artist ), he shared at this time in Windsor an old fire station. Richie Hawtin began studying film studies in Windsor. Through a contact with Jeff Mills Hawtin was in the late 1980s for the first time also worked as a producer. Then he had at the transmitter Detroit 96.3 FM, a radio show, which helped to further its popularity. With John Acquaviva 1990 he founded the Plus 8 label. Originally, the producers wanted to release hip-hop team and so they produced initially for Kenny Larkin. Back in 1991, first appeared Acid Techno on the label, usually played by Hawtin, Acquaviva and Speedy J. Within a short time constant sales figures were obtained from 10,000 and more. Hawtin established in 1991 nor the labels sample ( for more experimental releases ) and " Definitive " ( for House Music). At the same time he was, Acquaviva Speedy J and internationally in demand as DJs and live acts. Due to his numerous commitments Hawtin finished his studies without a degree.
As a musician and DJ Hawtin now called himself Plastikman and Fuse, with Fred Giannelli and Daniel Bell also spawn. Publications (mainly Maxi - Singles ) followed in large numbers and rapid succession. Besides their own productions Hawtin made a name for himself as a remixer. He worked for Sven Väth, The Shamen, Josh Wink, Ljubljana, Steve Hillage and Pete Namlook with.
On his album, " Sheet One" (1993 ) he wove Acid with ambient and minimal techno elements. The songs are experimental sound collages of TB -303- runs, percussion and effects. Appeared in 1995 with Hawtin's " Call it what you want" the 50th release on Plus8 Rec In 1995, with his brother Matthew Hawtin a Intellinet said sales for a total of 15 labels, but this was soon discontinued. As a result of Intellinet defeat the label sample and Definitive were hired. In 1997, after more than 70 publications and the setting of Plus8. The label was renamed in the subsequent period under the name M_nus.
Richie Hawtin live act is more than a classic DJ, he often uses additional effect devices, and often it includes also a TR - 909 drum computer. One such session was held on CD in 1999, " Decks, EFX & 909 ". Together with John Acquaviva he used as the first DJ software Final Scratch for mixing.
In 2000 he recorded with " Plus8 Classics" a retrospective on the seven -year-old label activity. With " DE9: Closer to the Edit" he put an album in 2001, which was composed of countless small sound snippets of over 100 techno productions and so half a self-production and the other half is a DJ mix. From 2002 to 2003 Hawtin lived in New York City, from 2004 in Berlin. In Germany, an intensive collaboration with Ricardo Villalobos, with which it forms a DJ team and Populists in the project began - the laptop supergroup he also collaborates. In the second half of 2005, Hawtin created together with the Milan choreographer Enzo Cosimi the title of " 9:20 " for the opening gala of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. These were, however, an extended version of the 1991 under his project name FUSE published piece " Substance Abuse ". In March 2006 in Berlin, the exhibition was min2max to see " is mystified with an aesthetic minimality of the cuboid in space" according to the press in the text. The exhibition concept gave Matthew Hawtin, Richie Hawtin had produced the minimalist soundtrack for it.
Discography (excerpt)
- F.U.S.E.: Dimension Intrusion (1993 )
- Plastikman: Sheet One (1993 )
- Plastikman music (1994 )
- Richie Hawtin: Mixmag Live Mix ( 1995)
- Richie Hawtin: Concept 1 96 VR ( 1996)
- Richie Hawtin: Concept 1 96 CD ( 1998)
- Plastikman: Consumed (1998)
- Plastikman: Artifakts (1998)
- Richie Hawtin: Decks, EFX & 909 (1999)
- Richie Hawtin: DE9 Closer To The Edit (2001)
- Richie Hawtin: DE9 Closer to (r ) edit ( 2001)
- Plastikman: Closer ( 2003)
- Richie Hawtin: DE9 Transitions (2005)
- Plastikman: Nostalgik 3 (2007)
Pseudonyms
- Chrome
- Circuit Breaker
- Concept 1
- F.U.S.E.
- Forcept 1
- Jack Master
- Plastikman
- R.H.X.
- Richard Michaels
- Robotman
- Spark
- UP!
- Xenon
- Mr. minus