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.

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.

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

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.