This piece of music is very inspiring.

When I first heard this I didn't know anything about making electronic (techno) music or how this piece of music was made. Since 2003 I've played around with various software on my computer trying to make some kind of techno music. I'm still trying. I'm also trying to perform it live. With this experience I appreciate and enjoy this CD even more then the first time I heard it. It's very cleverly constructed. Hawtin clearly show great dedication in his work.

I bought this on the strength of reviews etc and the fact that i liked his from within series with pete namlook.I just dont get this, maybe it is because i am not a dj that i cant appreciate how difficult this was to produce but the cd never stays on for more than about 20 minutes before i give up and go for something a bit more tuneful like black dog or autechre. i may give this a go again in another six months or so and see.

One of my favorite things about dance music is the lovely bouncing feeling of moving forward, progressing, metamorphosing when a DJ (who can be trusted to do things well) is in the middle of a really really good mix. The dynamics of the different frequencies interacting -- a new kind of bass coming in, a different kind of high percussion, etc. -- is absolutely incredible when the beatmatch is good.

So (other than the excellence of the music itself) the reason why this album kicks so much ass is that it feels like that the whole way through. Something new from some new record gets introduced seemingly every two measures and it's great to hear the slightly sonic different qualities of each loop grinding on and adding to each other.

Big up to Hawtin for this one. It's something for the head and the feet ... but also just for the ears. Lovely.

There are two major reasons why I want to dislike this release. Firstly, Hawtin's DE9 mix series has been almost single-handedly responsible for bringing minimal house and techno into the public eye. Prior to this release, the scene was oozing quality rather than churning out quantity. Sadly, and rather inevitably, Hawtin's diehard followers caused the minimal explosion which has (for me) been the death of minimal music. Secondly, though it is undeniably produced with precision and skill, by cutting these tracks into parts and re-splicing them together, Hawtin has lost the depth and feeling that a lot of these tracks had. The intrical ingredients have for the most part gone. For example, the subdued 'ow-oo-ah ah ah' vocal of Lowtec's "10 Strikes To 2001" which made the track so deep, was ignored in favour of the repetitive bass-hook.

However, despite all this, I keep coming back and rediscovering why I love it with each listen. The tracks are hypnotic, sharp and still provide an audio journey worth hearing. It builds wonderfully, from the Bluetrain dubbed-out opening, through the to the massive middle section where Roman Flügel's "Tracks On Delivery" weaves in harmony with Carl Craig's "The Climax". A sheer masterpiece of an album, which for all it's flaws in planning, have produced a mix which will still command respect in many years to come.

Long live minimal techno... ....minimal techno is Dead!

Breathtaking release, and must get for any minimal fans.
Taking tracks from some of the best in the scene and completely recontextualizing them.
maybe even better than the others in the DE9 series.
Its a perfect mix all the way through, locking you into its deep hypnotic grooves.

Let this one reverberate in your ear drums for awhile. "Closer to the Edit" is so funky, bassy and chunky... I actually don't have a proper stereo to play this on, nor the proper headphones to hear the minute changes in the production. I'm a newbie to the minimal genre and was recommended to start here. Beginning at track 1, everything just meshes together. Through uses of cuts, splits, dices, meshes and deconstructions and reconstructions, a album that will be in heavy rotation was born. 9/10

This is ace - it gets itself into so many wonderful grooves as it rolls along, but you don't get left listening to any one for more than a few seconds at a time. It just evolves organically, working its way through hundreds of beats and sounds for an hour, all the time staying beautifully listenable.

time and patience is something richie has always shown to the techno world. i have had arguments with dancefloor dj's who would like to believe he's just a knob twister... over simplistic and boring... the subtlety and artistry is obviously lost on the sheep. first off: the track selection... or loop selection to be more precise, and the editing. the montage of the bits and peices is scientific, cerebral and as close to perfection as it gets. i have a bunch of the cuts in this mix, i bought them never having taken a close look at the DE9 tracklist. I get little tingles in my spine when i hear another bit or peice from a beloved record in my collection.

Big props to mr. hawtin for this offering. between this studio production and his touring with final scratch i KNOW we can expect another decade of innovation.

techno uber alles yawl.

This CD is SO good. The mixing is very tight and I can't really tell where one track begins and another one ends. It's very cleverly programmed so there are several peaks and it flows well. I love the little bit of analog noise present in most tracks...makes it warm sounding. Very chunky beats...sparse sounds and cool echoes. My best purchase of 2001.