With Future Music Festival 2009 kicking off this weekend, we’re taking a closer look at some of the artists on this year’s bill with a special DJ mixes showcase. For more mixes from FMF artists head to inthemix’s festival page here, where you’ll find DJ sets, as well as news updates, interviews, videos, podcast and heaps more!

Artist, DJ, conceptualist and ambassador, more than anyone else in modern electronic music, Richie Hawtin has relentlessly proved himself to be a true innovator. The one-man mogul behind acclaimed Techno imprints Plus 8 and Minus sends signals out all over the world from his HQ in an old fire station in Windsor, Ontario – just across the border from Detroit Techno City. The signals are constantly evolving; his Plastikman persona gave Techno a unique face with a series of four ruthlessly minimal albums of skeletal beauty, while breathtaking festival live sets at Glastonbury and Tribal Gathering helped invent stadium Techno. His “Decks, EFX and 909” album released on novamute in 1999 expanded the concept of a DJ mix album beyond the imagination of most DJs. Now after waiting a long 4 years the people of Australia are eagerly awaiting the return of the man they call Hawtin. Always surprising, innovating and jaw dropping this techno king pushes the boundaries of modern electronic music. Techno and Minimal fans of Australia unite; Richie Hawtin is coming to town.

Future Music Festival tour dates:

Sat Feb 28 – Sydney
Sun Mar 1 – Perth
Sat Mar 7 – Brisbane
Sun Mar 8 – Melbourne
Mon Mar 9 – Adelaide