All About Richie Hawtin
Richie Hawtin: Intricate techno tapestry
Richie Hawtin [call him Rich] is a man who refuses to rest on his laurels. When the world was doing hard trance, he decided that 3-deck techno was the way of the future. Rezo catches up with the Transitions mastermind. [more]
Richie Hawtin: Plastic fantastic
There is a certain remoteness to Richie Hawtin. He is all mythical - reserved and unassuming - and very little is known about him- his music and his achievements yes, but anything else? [more]
We're fast approaching the time of year when regular music biz writers get very itchy feet. They are all dying to tell you which, out of the massive pile of freebie product they grafted from willing record companies, were their favourite albums of the last 12 months. [more]
Techno maverick Richie Hawtin, the star of Welcome 2001, has a new 'best of' compilation exclusive to Australasia [more]
ITM Exclusive: We Love Sounds rumours underway!
ITM gets the scoop on who we might be seeing at We Love Sounds in 2008! [more]
Richie Hawtin, Thomas Schumacher & Elektrochemie in Sydney
Hardware return to Sydney in March for another massive event, featuring a lineup to get even the most jaded techno fan drooling and reaching for their wallets. [more]
The Prodigy to headline Two Tribes 2005!
The touring lineup for the 2005 Two Tribes lineup has been revealed, with The Prodigy set to headline the massive festival. Also on the bill are Armand Van Helden, Grandmaster Flash, Rank 1, MIKE, Signum, Richie Hawtin, Dave Seaman and many more. [more]
Richie Hawtin explains 'The Cube'... sort of
Electronic music blogs and internet forums across the world worked themselves into quite a lather recently, with pioneering techno titan Richie Hawtin surreptitiously taking the wraps off his latest project, mysteriously named ‘The Cube’. [more]
Dance heroes unite for Mixmag cover
To celebrate its 25-year anniversary, UK dance monthly Mixmag brought the “25 biggest names in electronic music” together for a truly iconic cover shoot. The guest-list included Daft Punk, The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Paul van Dyk and Sasha! [more]
ITM exclusive: Sven Vath reveals Cocoon Ibiza 2008 theme
With the Future Music Festival just weeks away, ITM got on the phone to Sven Vath to see what he has in store for the tour. During the chat, the DJ disclosed an exciting piece of news: the theme for Cocoon’s 2008 Ibiza residency. [more]
Techno’s finest gather for Time Warp
It must be time for a bit of Europe envy. The 14-year old Time Warp mega-rave returns to Germany in 2008, and the line-up is suitably staggering. [more]
Now in its 23rd year, the Winter Music Conference in Miami remains the leading ‘networking event’ in dance music. It’s back in 2008 from 25-29 March at Miami Beach Resort & Spa – and so is its troubled spin-off event, Ultra Music Festival. [more]
Minus boss Richie Hawtin is a self-professed “futurist”, and it seems he’s got a few things to say about where electronic music is headed. [more]
Sonar have announced some last minute additions to this year's festival lineup. The usual diverse lineup can be expected from the music confirmed for the festival's day and night-time line-ups. [more]
Miami Winter Conference takes wraps off this year’s massive Ultra Festival
by angy on February 13th, 2007
Everyone who means anything in global dance will be in Miami this March, and the lineup for the massive weekender windup party has just been announced - and inthemix will be there to capture it all. [more]
Kristan Beyer from German electronic duo Ame chatted to Skrufff this week about their already hugely successful minimal tech-house anthem Rej and revealed that he absolutely loathes most minimal music. [more]
Despite rumours suggesting that the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Movement, was experiencing troubles finding a venue, it has just been revealed that Detroit's most revered music event has not only found a home but also a scorching hot lineup as well. [more]
As punters across Europe continue to wipe their eyes and wait for the sobbing subside with the announcement that the annual mud-fest Glastonbury won't be happening again this year, Serbia's Exit Festival is riding high as they scoop up the broken hearts and generously put them back together. [more]
Olympic ceremony producers K2006 invited Richie Hawtin to collaborate with renowned Italian choreographer, Enzo Cosimi, on a key section of the XXth Olympics Winter Games Opening Ceremony taking place in Torino on February 10th. [more]
Organisers of Argentina's second annual South American Music Conference (SAMC) have confirmed that this year's 25,000 capacity rave will be limited to house, techno, trance and prog, explaining 'those are the strongest genres in Argentina'. [more]
Following on from the successful launch of the inaugural South American Music conference held in Buenos Aires last year, this years edition is set to once again take place in the dance capital of Latin America. [more]
Richie Hawtin unveiled details of his new compilation CD DE:9 Transitions this week and boasted it will 'blow the idea of the conventional DJ mix out of the water'. [more]
Although I feel it's not as "underground" as it once was, on the whole, the 14th Sonar festival was a fantastic experience, one I would recommend to anyone considering travel to Spain. [more]
The Plastik Electronic Stage at this year's Two Tribes event provided quite an assortment of international acts over a range of genres. Techno, house, progressive and breaks DJ's comprised the bill which certainly promised some serious diversity. [more]
The biggest New Years event within the dance music scene this year boasted one almighty line up of players across a number of genres; and went by a new name this year: Sun Electric. The Automatic room had a quality line up of some of the best minimal tehcno artists around. [more]
To celebrate the first day of 2006, Melbourne heavy weight production crews Hardware, Loaded and Pharmacy staged the return of their new year's day party Sunshine People. [more]
This years Belfast NYE played host to one of the early pioneers of techno, Richie Hawtin, celebrating Hardware's 15 years of providing parties to Melbourne. [more]
Isn't it all about the music? Of course it is. On that note, what you will find here is the most comprehensive review of GCSSS that you will read anywhere. [more]
Hardware 2.0 hits Gas to provide Sydney with a well measured hit of quality techno featuring a stack of local talent and internationals RItchie Hawtin and Thomas Schumacher. [more]
The fact that Sister Bliss had run overtime meant that I had missed Umek and that Sven Vath had already started by the time I had managed to make it to the main stage. After Richie Hawtin's blinder of a set the night before, Vath had some big shoes to fill. [more]
Richie Hawtin - Concept 1 96
Concept 1 was originally a series of 24 limited edition 12" singles released over a 12 month period in 1996 on Richie Hawtin’s own label Minus Records. [more]
Various Artists - Nothing Much & Something More: A Best Of Minus
'Minus' is hands down the flagship label for minimal techno, and has become rightly legendary for its literal ‘less is more’ approach. But while the inevitable ‘backlash’ looms in ‘07, this is a colection of some of the label's finest moments. [more]
It's an oft-remarked thing that the more minimal end of techno is experiencing a distinct renaissance right now, with the likes of Mathew Johnson, Andreas Trentemoller and Matthew 'Audion' Dear leading the charge as more minimal sounds have steadily infiltrated the larger rooms [more]