From his late ’90s Decks, EFX and 909 period and his Ableton fixated Closer To The Edit project, up to his current turntableless Traktor DJ set-up, Techno icon Richie Hawtin has always been as much about process as he is about music. Even dating back to his early Plus 8 career, the bespectacled...
The Packard Motor Car Company and its 5-million square foot plant became a symbol of the American Dream in the heart of the Motor City. Packard left town in 1954, but the plant still stands as a symbol of decay. The half-mile stretch of rubble and ruin tells a story of failed politics and criminal...
Pioneers of Electronic Music, Volume 1: Richie Hawtin
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The film draws from the important stages and events in Richie Hawtin’s personal and artistic life, and follows Hawtin’s transformation from introverted and transplanted computer nerd into a DJ and techno-entrepreneur. The 70 min documentary features an extensive archive of unreleased photos,...
Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva provide the mix for a journey further into virtual dimensions than techno had ever gone before -- the ever more confident animations reflecting the increasing sophistication of techno itself, reflected in some of the genre's most memorable tracks from the likes of...
