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Inspired by theories of subtraction, advancement and experimentation, Minus is home to the various projects of Richie Hawtin. Minus will explore new mediums and their relation to music and technology. Instilled within the motion of change and exploration, musical boundaries are minimizing. This subtraction of sound and communication broadens the future of creativity.
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Contact Info:
Canadian Main Office
Minus inc.
731 Walker Road
Windsor, Ontario
n8y 2n2 Canada
Phone: +1 519 258 1331
Fax: +1 519 258 6248

Berlin Office
Minus
Gaudystr. 26
10437 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 30 40504033
Fax: +49 (0) 30 405040340

E-Mail: x@m-nus.com
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Discography

Releases:
96:CD/VR Concept 1 Concept 1 - 96:CD/VR (2xCD, Comp, Lim) 2007
3069-2 Richie Hawtin DE9 | Closer To The (R)Edit (CD, Single, Dig) 2001
CONCEPT 1 Concept 1 Concept 1 - 96:CD (CD, Comp) 1998
CONCEPT 1VR Concept 1 Concept 1 - 96:VR (CD, Album) 1998
FW1/4 From Within From Within I (CD, Album) 2000
FW2/4 From Within From Within II (CD, Album) 2000
FW3/4 From Within From Within III (CD, Album) 2000
KONTAKTRTW Various 2 Kontakt RTW (File, MP3, 320) 2006
M49 Ambivalent R U OK (12") 2007
M50 Marc Houle Techno Vocals (12") 2007
m51cd JPLS Twilite (CD, Album) 2007
m52cdep Troy Pierce Gone Astray (CD, Album, Car) 2007
M55 False Fed On Youth (12") 2007
M55CD False 2007 (CD, Album, Mixed) 2007
M57 JPLS Fuckshuffle EP (12", EP) 2007
M58 USB Various Expansion | Contraction (M/Stick, Ltd, USB) 2007
M63CD Heartthrob Dear Painter, Paint Me (CD, Album) 2008
M63(CON) Heartthrob Dear Painter, Paint Me (Condensed) (CD, Promo, Mixed, Car) 2008
M63LP-D Heartthrob Dear Painter, Paint Me (2x12", Album) 2008
M67CD Gaiser* Blank Fade (CD, Album, Car) 2008
M67LP Gaiser* Blank Fade (2x12") 2008
M70 Fabrizio Maurizi Habitat (12") 2009
MINJPCD-002 Various Nothing Much - A Best Of Minus (2xCD, Comp) 2007
MINJPCD-002 Various Expansion | Contraction (CD, Album) 2007
MINUS -1 Plastikman Nostalgik.1 (12") 2004
MINUS 01 CD Plastikman Consumed (CD, Album) 1998
MINUS 01 LP Plastikman Consumed (Album) (2 versions) 1998
MINUS 02 Plastikman PK (12") 1999
MINUS -2 Plastikman Nostalgik.2 (12") 2005
MINUS -2 / MINUS 27 Plastikman / Actual Jakshun Nostalgik.2 / Sequential Circus (CDr, Promo) 2005
minus3 Plastikman Hypokondriak / Afrika (12") 1998
MINUS -3 Plastikman Nostalgik.3 (2 versions) 2007
MINUS 03 CD Plastikman Artifakts (BC) (CD, Album) 1998
minus3lp Plastikman Artifakts (BC) (2xLP, Album) 1998
MINUS4 Richie Hawtin Decks, EFX & 909 (12", Comp, Mixed) 1999
MINUS 04 CD Richie Hawtin Decks, EFX & 909 (Comp) (2 versions) 1999
MINUS5CD FUSE* vs. Plastikman Epok CD (CD, Mini, Ltd) 1999
MINUS 07 Robotman / FUSE* Hypnofreak / NT (2 versions) 2001
MINUS 08 CD Richie Hawtin DE9 | Closer To The Edit (CD) 2001
MINUS8E Richie Hawtin DE9 | Closer To The (R)Edit (10") 2002
MINUS 8LP Richie Hawtin DE9 | Closer To The Edit (Parts) (2xLP, Comp) 2001
MINUS8P Richie Hawtin DE9 | Closer To The Edit (CD, Mixed, Promo, Comp) 2001
minus9 Bug* vs. Hawtin* Low Blow (3 versions) 2002
MINUS 10 CD Theorem THX - Experiments In Synchronicity (2 versions) 2002
MINUS 11 CD Niederflur ND4 (Album) (2 versions) 2002
MINUS 13 CD Richie Hawtin & Sven Väth The Sound Of The Third Season (CD, Comp, Mixed) 2002
MINUS14 I. A. Bericochea A (2 versions) 2003
MINUS 15 CD I. A. Bericochea Rojo (CD) 2003
MINUS 15 LP I. A. Bericochea Rojo (LP) 2003
MINUS 16 Algoritmo Indus EP (EP) (2 versions) 2003
MINUS 17 Plastikman Disconnect (12") 2003
MINUS 18 Plastikman Closer (3x12", W/Lbl, Promo) 2003
MINUS 18 CD Plastikman Closer (CD, Album) 2003
MINUS19 Plastikman I Don't Know (2 versions) 2004
MINUS20 Run Stop Restore Geometry (12") 2004
MINUS21 False Sink The Ship EP (12", EP) 2004
MINUS22 DJ Minx A Walk In The Park EP (12", EP) 2004
MINUS 23 LP Marc Houle Restore (Album) (2 versions) 2004
MINUS24 Mathew Jonson Decompression EP (12", EP) 2004
MINUS 25 Various Minimize To Maximize (File, MP3) 2005
MINUS 25 CD Various Minimize To Maximize (Comp) (2 versions) 2005
MINUS25LP Various Minimize To Maximize (Comp) (2 versions) 2005
MINUS25LP/1 Various Minimize To Maximize (12", Comp, RE) 2007
MINUS25LP/2 Various Minimize To Maximize (12", Comp, RE) 2007
MINUS25LP/3 Various Minimize To Maximize (12", Comp, RE) 2007
MINUS26 DJ Minx A Walk In The Park (Remix) (2 versions) 2004
MINUS 27 Actual Jakshun Sequential Circus EP (12", EP) 2005
MINUS28 Slacknoise vs. Plexus (5) Ana Tak (2 versions) 2004
MINUS 29 Troy Pierce Run (12") 2005
MINUS 29 Troy Pierce / False Run / River Camping (CDr, Promo) 2005
MINUS 30 False River Camping (2 versions) 2005
MINUS 31 Heartthrob Time For Ensor (3 versions) 2005
MINUS 32 CD Richie Hawtin DE9 | Transitions (DVD + CD) 2005
MINUS 33 Richie Hawtin The Tunnel / Twin Cities (2 versions) 2005
MINUS 34 Test Various DE9 | Transitions Vinyl Sampler (12", TP) 2006
MINUS 35 Magda Stop (4 versions) 2005
MINUS 36 Gaiser* And Answer (2 versions) 2005
MINUS 37 Berg Nixon Box Escape (2 versions) 2006
MINUS 38 Troy Pierce 25 Bitches Vol. I (2 versions) 2006
MINUS 39 Troy Pierce 25 Bitches Vol. II (12") 2006
MINUS 40 Various min2MAX (File, MP3) 2006
MINUS40CD Various Min2MAX (Comp) (2 versions) 2006
MINUS 40 LP Various min2MAX (3x12", Ltd, Comp) 2006
MINUS 40 X Various min2MAX Extension (12") 2006
MINUS 41 Loco Dice Seeing Through Shadows (2 versions) 2006
MINUS 41 X Loco Dice Seeing Through Shadows (12", Promo, S/Sided) 2006
MINUS 41 XY Loco Dice / Wink* Seeing Through Shadows / Have To Get Back (12", Promo) 2006
MINUS 41Y Wink* Have To Get Back (Non Vox Version) (12", Promo, S/Sided) 2006
MINUS 42 LP Marc Houle Bay Of Figs (Album) (3 versions) 2006
MINUS 43 CD Magda She's A Dancing Machine (CD) 2006
MINUS44 JPLS Program (2 versions) 2006
MINUS 45 Gaiser* Neural Block (3 versions) 2006
MINUS 46 Tractile Silent Movie (2 versions) 2007
MINUS 47 Various Mvs1 (12") 2007
MINUS 48 Heartthrob Baby Kate Remixes (2 versions) 2007
MINUS 49 Ambivalent R U OK (File, MP3) 2007
MINUS 50 Marc Houle Techno Vocals / On It (4xFile, MP3, 320) 2007
MINUS 51 JPLS Twilite (File, MP3) 2007
MINUS 51 LP JPLS Twilite (2xLP) 2007
MINUS 52 Troy Pierce Gone Astray (2 versions) 2007
MINUS 52 CD Troy Pierce Gone Astray (CD, Album) 2007
MINUS 52 LP Troy Pierce Gone Astray EP (2x12") 2007
MINUS 53 CD Various Nothing Much And Something More (CD + CD) 2007
MINUS 54 Jon Gaiser Withdrawal (File, MP3) 2007
MINUS 54 Gaiser* Eye Contact (2x12") 2007
MINUS 55 False Fed On Youth (12", W/Lbl, Promo) 2007
MINUS 56 LP Ambivalent R U OK Remixes (2x12") 2007
MINUS 57 JPLS Fuckshuffle EP (File, MP3) 2007
MINUS 58 Various Expansion | Contraction (File, MP3) 2007
MINUS 58 CD Various Expansion | Contraction (CD) 2007
MINUS 58 LP Various Expansion | Contraction (2xLP, Bla) 2007
MINUS 59 Barem Never Better Than Late (3 versions) 2007
MINUS 60 Fabrizio Maurizi OK, Switch On (2 versions) 2008
MINUS 62 Heartthrob Signs (2 versions) 2008
MINUS 64A Marc Houle Sixty-Four :: Week 1 (File, MP3) 2008
MINUS 64B Marc Houle Sixty-Four :: Week 2 (File, MP3) 2008
MINUS 64C Marc Houle Sixty-Four :: Week 3 (File, MP3) 2008
MINUS 64D Marc Houle Sixty-Four :: Week 4 (File, MP3) 2008
MINUS 64 LP Marc Houle Sixty-Four (2xLP) 2008
MINUS 65 JPLS Combination EP (EP) (3 versions) 2008
MINUS 66 Gaiser* Trunkated EP (EP) (2 versions) 2008
MINUS 67 Gaiser* Blank Fade (2 versions) 2008
MINUS 68 Barem Kolimar EP (EP) (2 versions) 2008
MINUS 69 Hobo (3) From A To B (2 versions) 2008
MINUS70 Fabrizio Maurizi Habitat (File, MP3) 2009
MINUS 71 Richie Hawtin Sounds From Can Elles (File, MP3, Comp, 320) 2008
Minus 72 False Love Letters (EP) (2 versions) 2009
MINUS73 Click Box Shades (2 versions) 2009
MINUS74 JPLS + Ambivalent Creeps EP (EP) (2 versions) 2009
Minus 75 Louderbach Shine (12") 2009
MINUS75CDpr Louderbach Shine (CD, Promo) 2009
MINUS76CD Louderbach Autumn (CD, Album) 2009
MINUS76LP Louderbach Autumn (2xVinyl) 2009
MINUS77 Click Box Wake Up Call (2 versions) 2009
MINUS78 Marc Houle Licking Skin (File, MP3) 2009
MINUS 79 Ambivalent Is 5 (2 versions) 2009
MINUS 80 Click Box vs Run Stop Restore Hellen In The Keller (File, MP3) 2009
MINUS 81 Gaiser Pullpush (12", EP) 2009
MINUS87 JPLS Spook Trax Vol.II (3 versions) 2009
MINUS 401 Various min2MAX Part 1 (12", RE) 2007
MINUS 402 Various min2MAX Part 2 (12", RE) 2007
MINUS 403 Various min2MAX Part 3 (12", RE) 2007
MINUS 65.2 JPLS Spook Trax (File, MP3) 2008
MINUS 75.2 Louderbach Shine (7") 2009
MINUS:K1 Plastikman Kontakt (CD, Mini) 2002
MINUS:K2 Richie Hawtin [2]KONTAKT RTW (CD, Mixed, Comp, Promo) 2006
MINUS:K3 Various Kontakt [3] | Min2MAX 2006 North American Bus Tour (DVD-V, PAL) 2007
MINUS ND 1 Niederflur Kalk-Kapelle (12") 2001
MINUS ND 2 Niederflur Autobahn (2 versions) 2001
MINUS ND 3 Niederflur Zollstock (12") 2001
MINUS ND 5 Niederflur DIN (3 versions) 2007
MINUS:ND6 Niederflur Typo EP (EP) (2 versions) 2008
MINUS TH 1 Theorem Shift (12") 1998
MINUS TH 2 Theorem Cinder (12") 1998
MINUS TH 3 Theorem Embed (12") 1998
MINUS THX 1 Swayzak vs. Theorem Break In At Apartment 205 (12", Promo, W/Lbl) 1999
minus : thx4 Theorem vs. Stewart Walker Intervals (12") 2000
MINUS THX 5 Theorem vs. Sutekh Untitled (2 versions) 2002
MINUS Yellow Richie Hawtin Minus Yellow (2 versions) 1999
M_NUS ORANGE Richie Hawtin Minus Orange (2 versions) 1999
none Louderbach & Click Box Body Is To Acid / Dance Of The Sugar Plums Fairy (File, MP3) 2008
none Marc Houle Minus Music Podcast 01 (File, MPEG-4) 2009
none Richie Hawtin Orange (Single) (2 versions) 1999
th4 Theorem Fallout (2 versions) 1999
th5cd Theorem Ion (CD) 1999
thx1 Swayzak vs Theorem Break In At Apartment 205 (12") 1999
thx2 Theorem vs. Swayzak Day From Hell (2 versions) 2000
thx3 Theorem vs. Stewart Walker Recoil (2 versions) 2000
thx4 Theorem vs. Stewart Walker Intervals (12", Promo, W/Lbl) 2000
XECD-1046/1047 Richie Hawtin DE9 | Combined (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) 2006
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by aaron606 Feb 06, 2009
I would have to partly agree with the above review and partly disagree with it. Of course this is just my opinion. M_nus is no doubt a label that houses many talents, however, just because these guys, Richie Hawtin, in particular have done incredible things in the past, thier best days are definetly behind them. I remember seeing him DJ and play live back in the early to mid 90's and it was mind blowing. Now I wouldn't give him the time of day. His tracks are boring. The whole m_nus label has nothing on early plus 8 and Probe stuff. Those labels were when techno tracks actually stood out from one another and had an identity from one another. Now this whole minimal thing has gone a bit far, it's time to make techno again. The good shit. The stuff that uses classic gear, none of this software bullshit. M_nus is not the only label that suffers from this though, I would have to say that at least 90% of techno in the last 10 years is completly disposable....I blame it on laptops..Everyone and thier brother thinks they are techno producers now just because everyone owns a laptop! That's my 2 cents....
Review by maroko May 06, 2008
Despite the overwhelming attention and praise M_nus Records gets, what it all comes down to is that actually the whole frenzy sorrounding the label is over hyped. Simple as that. Don't take my statement for granted though, as a lot of respect must be due towards certain artists who have recorded albums under the M_nus flag. Some of their releases have had the key role in shaping, molding and pushing forward the minimal aesthetic, chopping it down to its core elements, and then rebuilding it all back up starting all the way down where the essence is. Richie Hawtin & the gang really have a persuasive way to prove how less is indeed more, spicing it up with monumental groove and a larger than life, whilst still geeky,
approach to music.

Whether it was reinterpreting, mixing, subtracting/adding or just producing, everything coming from this label was bound to ignite debates: genious work or uninspired sound manipulation? A combo of both, if you ask me. The entire history of M_nus is based on hit 'n' miss releases. Ranging from minimal bliss, highly intelligent and thorough music to enjoy listening to, all the way down to dull, pointless, random and allegedly arts tracks and albums. From hitting it on the nail with highly innovative music to hitting listeners with plastic bags filled with hot urine, these guys have done it all as far as minimal goes.

Unfortunately for, well, everyone, M_nus has had the terrible misfortune of getting tangled in their own web, and not really knowing where and how to go now. The label which pushed the envelope of minimal sound to an outer, yet unexplored galaxy of sonic wizardry, and provided a fair amount of, to this day unmatched and, far reaching musical gems, has due to an obvious lack of ideas, focus and a general sense of direction to pursue, started to rehash its own classics.

In my ears, certain more recent releases coming from these guys completely lack everything that made us love 'em in the first place. There is nothing about their newer work that even remotely hints at the great potential and capacity to churn out great music. Their whole sound evolution seemed to have stopped, and if 6-7 minute segments of repetitive drums and over used percussion effects are your thing, then M_nus might still have a trick or two up the sleeve for you.

On a whole personal level, I lost quite a lot of interest in their work. It's like I have this feeling their time has passed, the era of M_nus being the leader seems more of a great memory now than the actualy truth. Its relevance on the scene is strongle felt even now, anno 2008, but the "M_nus bar none" status is time after time broght to a test by persistant new arrivals such as Dial Records, Meerestief Records and other similar, small, but nonetheless top quality acts. While the label and its respective artists still enjoy a vast world wide fan base, and its releases are as cherished today as they ever were before, the once unquestionable reputation of this undeniably influential label is risking to get tarnished, unless they hop back on the top of their game and reinvent the entire genre. Hell, if they did it once, I have no dobut they can do it again...

A label to watch out for. Always. Checking out their releases is a must, and they should not be hard to find either, so there is NO excuse. M_nus is an integral part of the history of electronic music, and has played a key role in expanding the horizons of the techno spectrum through minimizing and reducing it to scattered microscopic particles of sound, only to reassemble them into some of the most mind bending, complex and thought provoking contemporary electronic music around. Their input on minimal orientated music is maximal, to say the least. Check!