TAG: Richie Hawtin

Apr25

Electric Daisy Carnival NYC Announces Line-Up

With less than a month before it’s debut, the New York edition of Electric Daisy Carnival has announced it’s line-up, including headliners Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, Steve Angello, Richie Hawtin and Fatboy Slim. Promoters Insomniac have taken a page from their lead rival, Ultra Music Festival, in giving UK superstar Carl Cox his own stage to curate, which will feature John Digweed, Seth Troxler and an apparently not so retired Danny Tenaglia. Check the complete line-up for the event, taking place at Met Life Stadium May 18-20, after the jump. …MORE

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Mar19

Richie Hawtin Goes Hip-Hop

OK, not really. But we’re really struggling to un-see the image of our favorite minimal techno white guy Richie Hawtin’s face photoshopped onto 50 Cent’s body in this rather amusing photo gallery done up by the gang at Mixmag (presumably after a full weekend at Fabric.) Or how about Tiesto as, um, Richie Hawtin?

Click here to see what other world-gone-haywire concepts they came up with.

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Jan04

“Remiix” Richie Hawtin’s Minus Label On Your iPhone

Since his early days manipulting records on three turntables with an arsenal of foot pedals to his Decks, EFX & 909 heyday and the salient Closer to the Edit deconstruction of techno, Richie Hawtin has always been searching for a new alchemy with which to transform the traditional techno track into something more.

While the world was preparing for Christmas 2011, Hawtin’s new mobile app publisher Liine unveiled Remiix, an app for iPhone that let’s you “combine, transform and re-arrange” tracks released on his revered Minus label. Download the app for $2.99 on iTunes, and start having your way with cuts by Marc Houle, Matador and Magda (plus a few that don’t start with the letter M).

DOWNLOAD :: REMIIX (iPHONE APP) …MORE

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Oct18

Magda :: ADE Preview Interview

From her earliest years DJing around the Detroit rave scene, to a decade spent rising to the top of the international DJ circuit with Richie Hawtin’s Minus label and her new label Items & Things with long-time collaborators Marc Houle and Troy Pierce, Poland-born, Detroit-bred and Bertlin-based DJ Magdahas always had a special ear for new sounds to move the dance floor. URB caught up with Magda before her gig opening up for Hawtin’s Plastikman Live 1.5 performance at ADE. …MORE

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Sep07

Electric Zoo 2011: Hits & Misses

A quickfire retrospective of a long weekend at Randall's Island. 

Made Event’s seminal Randall’s Island event Electric Zoo 2011, sure had lofty expectations; not only did they add an extra day to their festivities, but the lineup, the stages and all things on-site were on a grander scale. Everything from stage design, booth coordination, food trucks and even security was maintained on a next-level tip. But was the lineup up to par with its surroundings for all three days? Also, how would the organizers respond to the vast dust problem of last year? Would there be surprises, duds and everything in between? Check out the hits and misses of Electric Zoo 2011 after the jump.


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