EX (2LP)

1 EXPOSED 2 EXTEND 3 EXPAND 4 EXTRUDE 5 EXPLORE 6 EXPIRE 7 EXHALE ? First Plastikman album in 11 years. ? Since the release of ˜Closer™ in 2003 Richie Hawtin has become one of the world™s top techno DJ™s. ? Only live performance of 2014 at Sonar week of album release. ? Richie Hawtin and Plastikman have a combined Facebook and Twitter reach of 1.5 million and 630k followers respectively. Richie Hawtin is many things  an extraordinary DJ, creator of the ENTER. Experience in Ibiza, mastermind behind the Minus label, technological innovator, art aficionado, style icon. Before this, though, and perhaps most famously of all, he was and is Plastikman, an electronic music phenomenon whose followers are legion and fanatic. Between 1993 and 2003 Plastikman created an astonishing body of work, one that didn't so much define a time and place as explode them, expanding the dimensions of Detroit techno and redefining the possibilities of electronic dance music. Across six albums (˜Sheet One™, ˜Musik™, ˜Recycled Plastik™, ˜Consumed™, ˜Artifakts (B.C.)™, and ˜Closer)™ and numerous singles such as ˜Spastik™, ˜Plastique™, and ˜Sickness™, Plastikman evolved into one of contemporary electronic music™s most distinctive voices: minimalist, psychedelic, groove-laden and ever mindful of the transcendent properties of electronica. Last autumn Raf Simons, Creative Director at Dior, a man who listens što Richie Hawtin™s music like others listen to classical music›, asked him to put on a special performance at the Guggenheim, New York™s iconic art museum, the centre-piece for their annual fund-raiser. From this event there was an unexpected knock-on effect. The Guggenheim show, a major success constructed around an LED obelisk, thawed his lengthy production hiatus and has resulted in the first full Plastikman studio album in over a decade. The new release, titled ˜EX™, is from the material recorded for the Guggenheim event. It is the first part of Plastikman™s return to music production. Expect more in 2015. Plastikman is also returning to the live arena at Sonar 2014, where the new tracks will be presented, pushing the boundaries of techno, offering a synchronicity of art and sound, a place for electronica that™s both cinematic and thought-provoking. Plastikman™s career has pushed at the frontiers of dance music, rejecting first the endless drive for faster speeds and, later, the blatant pop aspirations in favour of more imagination and more musical engagement. Plastikman was never going to be a heritage dance act. It is a creative force that will not be stopped. This latest renaissance once again opens doors few never knew existed, showcasing a master at work.