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Richie Hawtin

Background information
Birth nameRichard Hawtin
BornJune 4, 1970 (1970-06-04) (age 38)
Oxfordshire, England
OriginWindsor, Ontario
Genre(s)Minimal Techno
Label(s)Plus 8, Minus, Warp
Websiteplastikman.com

Richard (Richie) Hawtin (born June 4, 1970, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England) is a English-Canadian electronic musician and internationally-touring DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Minimal techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that is considered a minimalist sub- Genre of Techno. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Plus 8 (also spelled as Plus8, without the space is a Canadian Techno Record label, based in Windsor, Ontario and founded Since 1998 Minus has been the home base and canvas for Richie Hawtin and a small family of like-minded artists producers and DJs hailing from the Americas and Europe Warp Records is a pioneering independent English Record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989 notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Banbury is a Market town located on the River Cherwell in northern Oxfordshire, England. History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Detroit techno is an early style of electronic music beginning in 1980s Hawtin is best known for his haunting, minimal works under the alias 'Plastikman', a moniker he continued to use into the mid 2000s. A moniker (or " monicker " is a Slang expression for a Nickname, Pseudonym, or Cognomen.

Hawtin is also known for DJing intelligent, minimal techno sets making use of high-tech electronics such as drum machines and digital mixing equipment. Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a genre name invented in the early 1990s by the creators of an American online mailing list Minimal techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that is considered a minimalist sub- Genre of Techno. With fellow second-waver John Acquaviva he founded and still runs the Plus 8 record label in May 1990, and in 1998 he launched Minus, primarily for his own projects. John Acquaviva, aka "Swen Weber" is a second-wave techno artist and club DJ from London Ontario Plus 8 (also spelled as Plus8, without the space is a Canadian Techno Record label, based in Windsor, Ontario and founded In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Since 1998 Minus has been the home base and canvas for Richie Hawtin and a small family of like-minded artists producers and DJs hailing from the Americas and Europe

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Career

Hawtin has recorded music under the aliases Plastikman, F. U. S. E, Concept 1, Circuit Breaker, The Hard Brothers, Hard Trax, Jack Master, and UP!. He also recorded and performed, in combination with other artists, under group names such as 0733, Cybersonik, Final Exposure, Spawn (with Fred Giannelli and Daniel Bell), and States Of Mind. Massachusetts born Fred Giannelli began experimenting with electronics in the late 1970s as Turning Shrines Additionally, Richie and Pete Namlook collaborated to produce the From Within series of albums blending minimal techno and ambient sounds. Pete Namlook (born 1960 as Peter Kuhlmann /ˈpʰeiteər ˈkuːl He has also released an album Sounds of the Third Season with Sven Väth. Sven Väth (born 26 October 1964 near Frankfurt, Germany) is a DJ who has produced a large body of work since his career began

Although he was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire in England, Hawtin has spent most of his life in LaSalle, Ontario, a suburb of Windsor, Ontario. Banbury is a Market town located on the River Cherwell in northern Oxfordshire, England. History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario. It is located on the Detroit River, south of the City of Windsor. Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Hawtin attended Sandwich Secondary High School in LaSalle. He spent part of 2002 and 2003 living in New York City, and has since moved to Berlin, Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. He has one brother, Matthew, who is a visual artist and ambient music DJ. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Circa 1993, Hawtin was billed for DJ appearances under the name Richie Rich, a name also used by an American hip hop music DJ who was a member of 3rd Bass, and also a UK house music DJ who was actively producing remixes around the same time. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with 3rd Bass was an American Hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was notable for being one of the first successful Interracial House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Hawtin collaborated with choreographer Enzo Cosimi to create a composition called "9. Enzo Cosimi is an Italian choreographer Achievements Cosimi is most known for collaborating with DJ Richie Hawtin to create a piece 20" for the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in

In 2007, Slices DVD magazine launched a series of biographies called "Pioneers of Electronic Music", with the first issue being a roughly 60 minute documentary dedicated to the life of Richie Hawtin. A DVD magazine is a magazine that collects most of its content on DVD, or is issued in a DVD-only format The film follows his career from his early days crossing the border to Detroit to his current life in Berlin, interviewing many colleagues and family members. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.

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