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Intro:
Richie Hawtin is a British-Canadian electronic musician, DJ, technologist and sake sommelier. Hawtin became involved in Detroit’s second wave of techno in the early 90s. Hawtin has been an exponent of minimal techno since the mid-90s, and a leading developer of digital DJing, with the creation of Final Scratch and Traktor Scratch, and co-founding Beatport. Hawtin also uses the recording aliases Plastikman and F.U.S.E. He has released music on NovaMute and Warp Records under these names. From 2012-2015, Hawtin held the ENTER. Ibiza weekly party at Space in Ibiza. In 2014, Hawtin launched his ENTER. Sake brand, launched at his ENTER. events in Ibiza, in the U.S. and Europe. Hawtin has collaborated with Anish Kapoor, Raf Simons, and Andreas Gursky. Hawtin has headlined Coachella and Glastonbury. In 2020, during Covid-19, Hawtin created a number of runway soundtracks for Prada with Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada.

Personal life:
Hawtin was born in Oxfordshire, UK but moved to Windsor, CA, where he was raised before spending time in Detroit, MI. He moved to New York for a year before moving to Europe and spending time in Berlin in the early 2000s. He currently resides in Portugal.

Minimal movement:
NOTE: “Minimal Techno” already has a page on Wikipedia which mentions Hawtin as a key proponent

Hawtin was among pioneers of the Minimal techno movement that emerged in the early 1990s, where he represented a "second wave" of American producers, such as Daniel Bell, Robert Hood, Jeff Mills, Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin, and Mike Banks, associated with Detroit techno, and went on to be a leader in the minimal movement centred on Berlin in 2003 (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/techno-encyclopedia-of-modern-music-7n9jms2mv65).

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 minimal techno. His M-nus label also pursued this direction. In 1999, the Decks, EFX & 909 mix album, the first in a series of three, included 38 tracks molded via effects and drum machines. (already in article but no references)

In 2001, Hawtin performed at Life Fest in Windsor (https://web.archive.org/web/20011121215237/http://chartattack.com/damn/2001/08/2812.cfm). (Already in article. notable?)

In 2004, Hawtin established Clonk Booking Agency, alongside Katrin Schlotfeldt, representing artists such as Tale of Us, Marco Carola, Paco Osuna and Max Cooper. The agency was closed in 2014. https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/22349

Production:
(NOTE: moved existing “Recording Career” to this section).

Hawtin has recorded music under the aliases Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Concept 1, Forcept 1, Circuit Breaker, Robotman, Chrome, Spark, Xenon, R.H.X., Jack Master, Richard Michaels and UP!.

He also recorded and performed, in combination with other artists, under group names such as The Hard Brothers, Hard Trax (with his brother Matthew Hawtin), 0733, Cybersonik (with Daniel Bell and John Acquaviva), Final Exposure (with Joey Beltram and Mundo Muzique), Just For Fun (with Holger Wick), Narod Niki (with Akufen, Cabanne, Dandy Jack, Daniel Bell, Luciano, Ricardo Villalobos, Robert Henke and Thomas Franzmann), Two Guys In The Basement (with John Acquaviva), Spawn (with Fred Giannelli and Daniel Bell) and States Of Mind (with Acquaviva). Hawtin and Pete Namlook collaborated to produce the From Within series of albums which blend minimal techno and ambient. He has also released a mix CD Sounds of the Third Season with Sven Väth. Slices magazine launched a series of biographies in 2007 called "Pioneers of Electronic Music"; their first issue was a 60-minute biographical documentary on Hawtin. The film follows his career from his early days crossing the border to Detroit to his current life in Berlin, and contains interviews with many colleagues and family members. 2011 saw the release of Arkives 1993 - 2010, a massive box set containing everything Hawtin has released under his Plastikman moniker, as well as a new mixed set and previously unreleased material. The collection includes CDs, vinyl, digital downloads and a DVD. In November 2013, Hawtin performed as Plastikman at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The recording of this show was included in EX album, which was released digitally on June 10, 2014 followed with a CD release on July 15, 2014 .[needs update] On December 11, 2015, Hawtin released a fifteen-track LP titled From My Mind To Yours to commemorate the 25 year anniversary of his record label Plus 8. The album consists of all new tracks from his various aliases such as Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Robotman, R.H.X., and Circuit Breaker. In its first week, it reached the top 20 in the UK dance album charts. Other Hawtin's collaborations include an installation performance in the Grand Palais in Paris with Anish Kapoor in 2011, Not Abstract II exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in New York with German artist Andreas Gursky, and an audiovisual installation at 180 The Strand in London under his F.U.S.E. alias alongside his brother Matthew Hawtin, among others.

Labels:
In 1990, Hawtin and John Acquaviva founded the Plus 8 record label, to release his own tracks under the name F.U.S.E.

Hawtin also founded the Probe sub-label with Acquaviva

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/richie-hawtin-mn0000353622/biography

In 1998, Hawtin launched M-nus Records in Berlin (wiki link). (https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ckiD8wmaqiYC&pg=PT221&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false)

In 2020, Hawtin launched a new Plus 8 sub-label called From Our Minds. (https://printworkslondon.co.uk/from-our-minds/#:~:text=A%20dominant%20force%20in%20the,as%20his%20legendary%20alias%20Plastikman. /

https://mixmag.asia/read/plastikman-rewind-film-international

https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/74037

https://electronicgroove.com/richie-hawtin-releases-time-warps-on-his-from-our-minds-label/

Scoring/ composing:
In 2006, Hawtin created a piece of music for the XXth Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony in Torino, Italy

https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/7501

https://ncm.newcitymovement.com/news/2006/01/canadas_richie_

In 2014, Hawtin was commissioned by French director Bertrand Bonello to re-score 1928 silent French film Brumes d’automne

https://www.factmag.com/2014/10/08/hear-plastikman-alternative-score-silent-film-brumes-dautomne/

In September 2020, Hawtin, as Plastikman composed the soundtrack for the Prada SS21 Womenswear runway show, the first collaboration between Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada.

https://www.prada.com/se/en/pradasphere/fashion-shows/2021/ss-womenswear.html (mentions Hawtin near bottom)

DJ performances [add later]:
Hawtin has performed at:


 * Amsterdam Dance Event
 * Awakenings
 * Coachella
 * Cocoon
 * Creamfields Buenos Aires
 * EDC Vegas
 * Future Music Festival
 * Glastonbury (as Plastikman)
 * O2 Academy Brixton
 * Movement Festival
 * MTV Ibiza
 * MUTEK
 * Primavera
 * Sonar
 * SXSW back-to-back (with deadmau5)
 * TimeWarp
 * Trafalgar Square on Canada Day
 * Ultra Music Festival

Art:
In June 2011, Hawtin collaborated with Anish Kapoor on an installation in the Grand Palais in Paris (https://www.thewire.co.uk/news/18785/richie-hawtin_facing-the-leviathan-of-anish-kapoor)

In 2016, Hawtin worked with German artist Andreas Gursky for the Not Abstract II exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in New York. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/nov/10/andreas-gursky-richie-hawtin-not-abstract-new-york

In 2019, Hawtin presented an audiovisual installation at 180 The Strand in London under his F.U.S.E. alias alongside his brother Matthew Hawtin.

https://www.factmag.com/2019/03/29/richie-hawtin-f-u-s-e-dimensions-exhibition-the-store-x-180-the-strand/

https://www.creativereview.co.uk/richie-hawtin-marks-25-years-of-his-f-u-s-e-alias-with-boxset/

In May 2021, Hawtin and his brother Matthew released an NFT project called F.U.S.E. on the Async Art Platform

https://electronicgroove.com/richie-matthew-hawtin-present-nft-project-f-u-s-e/

Education [add later]:
In 2002, Hawtin delivered a lecture on music and technology at the University of Michigan. In 2012 and 2015, Hawtin embarked on the CNTRL: Beyond EDM National College Educational Tour comprising music production seminars, lessons in the music business and live music performances on a tour of North American universities along with Loco Dice and Ean Golden. In 2015, Hawtin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Huddersfield. In 2015, Hawtin visited the Bridges for Music School in Capetown, South Africa to teach workshops and hold free events. In 2019, Hawtin hosted a series of Today at Apple masterclasses at their London, Berlin and Milan stores.

Fashion:
In 2013, Hawtin appeared as Plastikman to perform at the request of Raf Simons for Christian Dior’s Guggenheim International Gala. The recording of this show became the Plastikman ‘EX’ album. https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/plastik-fantastic-7160391/?sub_action=logged_in

In September 2020, Hawtin, as Plastikman composed the soundtrack for the Prada SS21 Womenswear runway show, the first collaboration between Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada.

https://www.prada.com/se/en/pradasphere/fashion-shows/2021/ss-womenswear.html (mentions Hawtin near bottom)

https://mixmag.net/read/richie-hawtin-plastikman-collaboration-prada-news

https://www.vogue.com/article/prada-spring-2021-raf-simons-miuccia-prada

https://www.sz-mag.com/news/2020/09/richie-hawtin-on-the-interdisciplinary-nature-of-creativity-and-that-prada-raf-simons-show-soundtrack/

https://www.lofficiel.co.uk/Fashion/richie-hawtin-plastikman-prada

In January 2021, Hawtin, as Plastikman, composed the soundtrack for the Prada Fall-Winter 2021-2022 Menswear runway show.

https://www.lofficiel.co.uk/Fashion/richie-hawtin-plastikman-prada

In February 2021, Hawtin, as Platikman, composed the soundtrack for the Prada Fall-Winter 2021-2022 Womens runway show.

https://www.lofficiel.co.uk/Fashion/richie-hawtin-plastikman-prada

https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/richie-hawtin-plastikman-raf-simons-prada

Sake:
In 2014, Hawtin launched ''ENTER. SAKE'', a sake brand in USA and Europe.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/d7jw97/richie-hawtin-sake-interview

https://djmag.com/content/richie-hawtins-entersake-goes-global

The same year he was awarded a title of Sake Samurai. He has also earned the Advanced Sake Professional Certification.

http://sakeinternational.org/richie-hawtin-sake-samurai/

In 2020, Hawtin co-opened Sake 36, a sake bar in Berlin.

https://mixology.eu/richie-hawtin-sake-interview-sake36-berlin/

https://www.fazemag.de/sake-36-richie-hawtin-eroeffnet-japanisches-getraenke-fachgeschaeft/ - may not be good enough to use

Hawtin wrote the foreword for Brian Ashcraft’s “The Japanese Sake Bible”, published in September 2020.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/09/12/books/japanese-sake-bible/

Technology:
(all text below already in article with refs)

Hawtin co-founded Plus 8 Equities, a music technology fund along with John Acquaviva, Rishi Patel, Ben Turner and Pete Tong, where Hawtin serves as chairman. According to Billboard, the funds main goal is to advance music technology and collaborate with the startups engaged in developing new technologies able to advance music industry". Hawtin's established his own music technology company, called PLAYdifferently, in 2016. The first release was the MODEL 1 mixer, co-designed with the award-winning Andy Rigby-Jones. The mixer has been adopted by DJs such as Carl Cox, Jamie Jones, Loco Dice and many others.

Discography [add later]:
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Awards and accolades
As a DJ

DJ Awards
DJ Awards organizes the annual electronic music DJ awards event. It is the only international ceremony for DJs and also the oldest, and is held once a year at Pacha club in Ibiza Spain. The award is one of the most important accolades an artist can win or be honoured by.

Hawtin has won the Best Techno DJ Award three times and received 17 nominations overall.




 * 1999


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best DJ Innovator


 * Nominated




 * 2001


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2002


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Won




 * 2003


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2004


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2005


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2006


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Won




 * 2008


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Won




 * 2009


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2010


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best International DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2010


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2011


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2012


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2013


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best International DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2014


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best International DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2014


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated




 * 2015


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Best Techno DJ


 * Nominated



In 2012, Hawtin was given a key to his hometown of Windsor, CA by mayor Eddie Francis, following in the footsteps of Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. In 2015, Hawtin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Huddersfield.

AIM Awards
The Association of Independent Music (AIM) UK the AIM promotes independent artists producing their own music globally.




 * 2014


 * Richie Hawtin


 * Outstanding Contribution


 * Won

As a sommelier
''Hawtin has been a sake connoisseur since he first travelled to Japan in 1994. He was awarded with the title of Sake Samurai in 2014, and has also earned the Advanced Sake Professional Certification. ''