Richie Hawtin

Richie Hawtin

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Real Name:
Richard Michael Hawtin
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Canadian (British born) producer, label manager and DJ, born June 4, 1970; brother of Matthew Hawtin.

Although mainly influenced by Detroit techno, Hawtin has developed his own style ranging from harder noisy techno to deep minimal abstract acid, particularly under his best known alias Plastikman. He was involved in the development of the Final Scratch digital DJ technology and has continued to use new technology as it becomes available.

Founded the Plus 8 Records, M_nus and Probe Records techno labels.

Before becoming a DJ worked in a video game shop & at McDonald's.
Sites:
richiehawtin.com, frommymindtoyours.com, Bandcamp, Facebook, Last.fm, linktr.ee, MySpace, songkick.com, SoundCloud, Twitter, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, YouTube
Aliases:
"Buzz" Aldrin, 80xx, Childsplay (9), Chrome (7), Circuit Breaker, Concept 1, F.U.S.E., Forcept 1, Jack Master, N. Armstrong (2), Plastikman, R.H.X., R.M.H., Richard Michaels, Robotman, Spark (6), UP!, Xenon
In Groups:
0733, Cybersonik, Final Exposure, From Within, Hard Trax, Just For Fun, Narod Niki, Robostickmen, Spawn, States Of Mind, The Hard Brothers, Two Guys In The Basement
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aw 005 From Within — Richie Hawtin Pete Namlook & Richie Hawtin Pete Namlook & Richie Hawtin - From Within (Album) Ambient World aw 005 Germany 1995 Sell This Version
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FW3/4, FW3 From Within 3 — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin, Pete Namlook Richie Hawtin, Pete Namlook - From Within 3 (Album) M_nus, M_nus FW3/4, FW3 Canada 2000 Sell This Version
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FW2/4, FW2 From Within II — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin · Pete Namlook Richie Hawtin · Pete Namlook - From Within II (Album) M_nus, M_nus FW2/4, FW2 Canada 2000 Sell This Version
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PLUS825 From My Mind To Yours — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin From My Mind To Yours (Album) Plus 8 Records PLUS825 UK, Europe & US 2015 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
PLUS8010 Vortex — Richie Hawtin Final Exposure Featuring Joey Beltram, Mundo Musique* & Richie Hawtin Final Exposure Featuring Joey Beltram, Mundo Musique* & Richie Hawtin - Vortex ‎(12") Plus 8 Records PLUS8010 Canada 1991 Sell This Version
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PLUS8050 Call It What You Want! — Richie Hawtin R.Hawtin* Call It What You Want! Plus 8 Records PLUS8050 Canada 1995 Sell This Version
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PLUS8068 005 — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin 005 Plus 8 Records, Plus 8 Records PLUS8068 Canada 1997 Sell This Version
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PLUS8069 006 — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin 006 ‎(12", W/Lbl) Plus 8 Records PLUS8069 Canada 1997 Sell This Version
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M_NUS ORANGE Minus Orange — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin Minus Orange (Single, EP) M_nus M_NUS ORANGE Canada 1999 Sell This Version
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YELLOW Minus Yellow — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin Minus Yellow M_nus YELLOW Canada 2000 Sell This Version
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musdj107-2 DE9 | Closer To The (R)Edit — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin DE9 | Closer To The (R)Edit (Comp, Single) NovaMute, M_nus musdj107-2 US 2001 Sell This Version
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minus9 Low Blow — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin + Steve Bug Richie Hawtin + Steve Bug - Low Blow M_nus minus9 Canada 2002 Sell This Version
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plus8080 Hardtrax Vol. III — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin Hardtrax Vol. III Plus 8 Records plus8080 Canada 2003 Sell This Version
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MINUS 33 The Tunnel / Twin Cities — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin The Tunnel / Twin Cities (Single) M_nus MINUS 33 Canada 2005 Sell This Version
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PLUS825 From My Mind To Yours — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin From My Mind To Yours Plus 8 Records PLUS825 US 2015 Sell This Version
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PLUS8 25/5 From My Mind To Yours — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin From My Mind To Yours Plus 8 Records PLUS8 25/5 Germany 2015 Sell This Version
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PLUS825 From My Mind To Yours — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin From My Mind To Yours Plus 8 Records PLUS825 US 2015 Sell This Version
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PLUS825 From My Mind To Yours — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin From My Mind To Yours Plus 8 Records PLUS825 US 2015 Sell This Version
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PLUS8 25/4 From My Mind To Yours — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin From My Mind To Yours Plus 8 Records PLUS8 25/4 Germany 2015 Sell This Version
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PLUS8 25/3 From My Mind To Yours — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin From My Mind To Yours Plus 8 Records PLUS8 25/3 Germany 2015 Sell This Version
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PLUS8 25/6 From My Mind To Yours — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin From My Mind To Yours Plus 8 Records PLUS8 25/6 Germany 2015 Sell This Version
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FOM1 Time Warps — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin Time Warps (EP) From Our Minds FOM1 Germany 2020 Sell This Version
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FOM6 Acid King — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin Acid King From Our Minds FOM6 Germany 2021 Sell This Version
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none Subphunk — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin Subphunk ‎(Acetate, 10", W/Lbl) Not On Label (Richie Hawtin) none US Unknown Sell This Version
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none Electrophunk — Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin Electrophunk ‎(Acetate, 10", W/Lbl) Not On Label (Richie Hawtin) none US Unknown Sell This Version

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avgerischristos75

avgerischristos75

December 26, 2019
Digitalism is not my cup of tea at all. Supposed to bring abilities and fresh new ideas, made EDM worst, tons of crap to new releases prove that. But i have to admit that this guy is a league of it's own. Hard working man, exploring at any section, a true artist. Like him or not, he is a pioneer.
MISTER_DIA-TRIBE_73

MISTER_DIA-TRIBE_73

December 10, 2016
edited over 6 years ago
Brilliant documentary on his life I did once see... I grew up in Buckinghamshire.... To be that close to Banbury,... It's a good feeling ;)
instant_enlightment

instant_enlightment

November 24, 2016
once a pioneer of real, radical minimal techno now, as stated, just another cog "in a commercial typhoon".
those 90s Plastikman works though.... a real musical revolution.
TriHard

TriHard

June 2, 2015
edited over 8 years ago
Saying he is "one of the founders of electronic music" lol... ever heard of Kraftwerk, Morton Subotnick or Stockhausen?
But yes, his contributions to the scene as Plastikman are seminal and timeless but what he plays now as Richie hawtin is utter shite!!!
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Armenfish

Armenfish

August 10, 2014
Richie Hawtin was one of the father founders of Electronic music with Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier and Sven Vath, but in the recent years, I think he has passed the line and he is in another world. I prefer to remember Plastikman on 90's and 2005 maximum. Now he is involved in a commercial typhoon.
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Veroli

Veroli

July 13, 2012
Richie Hawtin is the amBASSador of our fantasies. It is impossible to transfer what is going on in our heads to a "normal" night at the club, so due to this his releases, which seem to be all very conceptual, are brilliant. His live DJing is "only" extraordinary. To me, he is one of my leaders. Thank you Richie Hawtin for giving me so much inspiration during the last twenty years.
jezrolo

jezrolo

October 3, 2002
Richie Hawtin is definatly a VERY talanted DJ and Producer.
His mixing is so unbelievaley clean and perfect and as for his production, well,..don't get me started!! hehe

I have always enjoyed this richie and he is definatly one of the true techno pioneers to ever exist!

I heard him play and he was playing very good quality techno, but he wasn't as good as i had heard. I hope to see him come out to Aus again sometime soon for i wanna hear his talent once again.
GroovBird

GroovBird

May 15, 2002
I'll add a story to that.

In 1996 I bought my own very first CD in the fameous music store "USA Import" in Antwerp, Belgium, without really knowing what it was. Pre-listening didn't help much since every track took a while to open up. The CD was called 'Recycled Plastik' from Plastikman.

I listened to it a few times, and then gave it to my dad who didn't enjoy it much though he's fond of electronic music. After a few weeks I asked if I could have the CD back. I thought it would only be useful to sample some of the drums on it or something. My dad lost it somewhere, and he couldn't tell me why.

Four years later, my dad rang. He said he found that CD back that he lost. It turned out that it got stuck somewhere inside his player, and after opening it up for some other reason he found it between the drive mechanism and the electronics inside the case. So I got my CD back. By that time I thought the music would be completely outdated, and my taste moved from Jarre to Techno. Turned out the last track on it, Spastik, was even then spectacularly popular in clubs in Belgium and beyond. I was so proud I still had that CD, and even know when it's my turn to perform on a party I use that track when the time is right (around 4-5am).

I've been buying Plastikman tracks ever since, and I've been to a few performances of Ritchie on stage. I think that he performs better as a DJ mixing other people's music, but I can appreciate his minimalist records.

He's truly a role model and an inspiration to a lot of artists. He deserves every attention he's getting now.

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