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Richard "Richie" Hawtin (born June 4, 1970) is an English-born Canadian electronic musician and DJ and three times DJ Awards winner. He was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and has been a leading exponent of minimal techno since the mid-1990s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://djz.com/featured_djs/richie-hawtin/ )〕 He is best known for his work under the alias Plastikman and for his ENTER. events in Ibiza and around the world. Hawtin is known for DJing techno sets making use of laptop computers and digital mixing equipment. In May 1990 Hawtin and fellow second-waver John Acquaviva founded the Plus 8 record label, which they named after their turntable's pitch adjust function.〔Reynolds, Simon. "Generation Ecstasy". London: Routledge, 1999. 225-226. ISBN 0-4159-2373--5〕 In 1998, Hawtin launched M_nus Records.〔"(ten weeks of silence )". richiehawtin.com. Retrieved on March 6, 2009.〕 In summer 2012 Hawtin first presented ENTER., his experimental event at Space in Ibiza.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2013/07/enter-void-richie-hawtin-ibiza )〕 ==Biography== Hawtin was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England,〔Gregory, Andy (ed.) (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002'', Europa, ISBN 1-85743-161-8, p.224〕 but at the age of nine moved to LaSalle, Ontario, a suburb of Windsor, Ontario, across the river from Detroit, the birthplace of techno. 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. He has one brother, Matthew, who is a visual artist and ambient music DJ. Hawtin attended Sandwich Secondary High School in LaSalle. He began to DJ in clubs in Detroit at 17, and his early style was a mix of house music and techno.〔"(Richie Hawtin: Biography )". Mute records. Retrieved on April 5, 2009.〕 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.,〔 whose ''Approach and Identify'' 12" is closely associated with the origins of the IDM subgenre. 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. Hawtin adopted his (Plastikman ) incarnation in 1993 releasing the iconic percussive single "Spastik" and parent album "Sheet One", going on to release breathtaking albums and touring a live show for the next decade. In 1996 Hawtin released a series of monthly 12-inch singles, entitled Concept 1 which, alongside the work of Robert Hood, pioneered the Minimal techno style. His M_nus label also pursued this direction. In 1999 the ''Decks, EFX & 909'' mix album, the first in a series of three, set new standards for technological input, including 38 tracks molded via effects and drum machines. Hawtin spent part of 2002 and 2003 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 2006, he collaborated with choreographer Enzo Cosimi on a composition called "9.20" for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. He said, "Enzo and I are very much interested in pushing boundaries, both as artists and for our audiences. 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."〔"(Richie Hawtin creates 9:20 for the XXth Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony )". ''Resident Advisor'', January 16, 2006. Retrieved on April 5, 2009.〕 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 brand new technology such as the Lemur Controller. Two years later, at the Time Warp festival in Mannheim in March 2010 Hawtin unveiled a spectacular new Plastikman live show, known as Plastikman 1.5, which went on to tour the globe. In June 2011 Hawtin worked with Anish Kapoor on an installation in the Grand Palais in Paris. 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. Since 2012 Hawtin has presented ENTER. at Space in Ibiza during the summer season, promoted via an acclaimed marketing campaign featuring a black dot. ENTER. consists of five specially designed rooms and a wide array of electronic music. Due to Hawtin's love of sake and Japanese culture ENTER. also has a sake bar that sells its own brand of sake, produced in a collaboration with Kyoto's Sookuu Sake Company. In November 2013, Hawtin performed as Plastikman at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. This performance inspired him to finish a new Plastikman LP. "It put me back in the studio and inspired me enough to work on new material, and in five days I created a new album", he said. The album, titled EX, was released digitally on June 10, 2014 followed with a physical release on July 15, 2014 .〔"(Richie Hawtin Confirms New Plastikman Album 2014 )". ''Mixmag''. Retrieved on December 13, 2013〕 The same year he also worked with his brother Matthew on concept pieces entitled Contained at the Art Basel showcase in Miami. Hawtin's successes in music technology were affirmed in July 2015, when he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music Technology by the University of Huddersfield. The Veteran DJ, producer, label owner and tech enthusiast received an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of music technology. The Honorary Doctorate is the third major honor for Hawtin in the past year. Last September, he was feted with the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the Assn. for Independent Music’s annual awards ceremony in London, and at the Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, Japan last October he was presented with the Sake Samurai Award by the Sake Samurai Association. He was one of eight recipients of the University of Huddersfield's Honorary Doctorate for 2015. () 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richie Hawtin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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