He says he manages his sake brand, 'Enter Sake', like a record label. In 2016, Hawtin worked with German artist Andreas Gursky for the Not Abstract II exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in New York.Ī long-time interest in Japanese drinks saw Hawtin opening a sake bar, Sake 36, in Berlin in 2020, as a side venture. The mixer has been adopted by DJs such as Carl Cox, Jamie Jones, Loco Dice and many others. The first release was the MODEL 1 mixer, co-designed with the award-winning Andy Rigby-Jones. Hawtin's launched his own music technology company, called PLAYdifferently, in 2016. In July 2015, Hawtin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music Technology by the University of Huddersfield. In 2013, Hawtin worked with his brother Matthew on concept pieces entitled Contained at the Art Basel showcase in Miami. In 2012, Hawtin worked with Loco Dice and Ean Golden in promoting Electronic Dance Music on a tour of North American universities entitled CNTRL: Beyond EDM, which included music production seminars, lessons in the music business and live music performances. In June 2011, Hawtin worked with Anish Kapoor on an installation in the Grand Palais in Paris. Two years later, at the Time Warp festival in Mannheim in March 2010, Hawtin unveiled a new Plastikman live show, known as Plastikman 1.5, which toured internationally. In 2008, the M_nus presents Contakt tour criss-crossed the globe, presenting Hawtin, Magda, Troy Pierce and others jamming on wireless audio workstations using technology such as the Lemur Controller. Working together for the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Games delivers the creative endeavor to not only entertain a huge audience, but to also introduce them to sights and sounds that they may have never experienced before." He said, "Enzo and I are very much interested in pushing boundaries, both as artists and for our audiences. In 2006, he collaborated with choreographer Enzo Cosimi on a composition called "9.20" for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. He spent part of 20 living in New York City, before opening a label in Berlin, Germany, where he focused on his M_nus label, developing the careers of DJ-producers such as Magda, Gaiser, Hearttrob and Troy Pierce. In 2001, Hawtin performed at Life Fest in Windsor.
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In 1999, the Decks, EFX & 909 mix album, the first in a series of three, included 38 tracks molded via effects and drum machines. His M_nus label also pursued this direction. In 1996, Hawtin released a series of monthly 12-inch singles, entitled Concept 1, which, alongside the work of Robert Hood and other producers, explored so-called Minimal techno. Hawtin adopted his 'Plastikman' incarnation in 1993, releasing the single "Spastik" and parent album Sheet One, going on to release a number of albums and touring a live show for the next decade.
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He dropped out of the University of Windsor, where he was studying film, and Plus 8 went on to release material by artists such as Speedy J and Kenny Larkin. With Canadian DJ John Acquaviva he formed the label Plus 8 in 1989 to release his own tracks under the name F.U.S.E. He began to DJ in clubs in Detroit at 17, and his early style was a mix of house music and techno. Hawtin attended Sandwich Secondary High School in LaSalle. He has one brother, Matthew, who is a visual artist and ambient music DJ. His father worked as a robotics technician at General Motors and was a fan of electronic music, introducing his son to Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream at an early age. Hawtin was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, and at the age of nine moved to LaSalle, Ontario, a suburb of Windsor, Ontario. In 2016, Hawtin launched his own technology company called PLAYdifferently, and released the MODEL 1 mixer, co-designed with Andy Rigby-Jones. In summer 2012, Hawtin first presented ENTER., his experimental event at Space in Ibiza. In May 1990, Hawtin and John Acquaviva founded the Plus 8 record label, which they named after their turntable's pitch adjust function. Under the latter, he released his debut album Dimension Intrusion (1993) as part of Warp's Artificial Intelligence series. He became known for his recordings under the Plastikman and F.U.S.E. A three-time DJ Awards winner, he became involved with Detroit techno's second wave in the early 1990s, and has been a leading exponent of minimal techno since the mid-1990s. Richard "Richie" Hawtin (born June 4, 1970) is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ.