The original plastik technocrat, Richie Hawtin has walked his own path through music and done it his way. Transplanted around the world as a child, Richie eventually found himself growing up in Windsor, Ontario, and inspired by the mechanical sounds that poured out of nearby Detroit.
Hawtin has always pushed the envelope, from starting Plus 8 Records with John Acquaviva at the turn of the ’90s, and forming the M\_nus empire, to developing Final Scratch. His works under the F.U.S.E. guise, the delicious desolation of Plastikman, countless remixes and his groundbreaking works with the Concept series or the *Decks, EFX & 909* compilation are all firmly planted in techno’s history.
A fierce advocate of developing technology as long as it doesn’t detract from the physical experience of community, he’s continued to operate at the limits, whether it be via his wi-fi enabled *CONTAKT* event series or his successful Ibiza night *ENTER*.
