Richie HawtinRichard "Richie" Hawtin (born June 4, 1970) is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ. 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. He became known for his recordings under the Plastikman and F.U.S.E. aliases. Under the latter, he released his debut album Dimension Intrusion (1993) as part of Warp's Artificial Intelligence series.Olivier GiacomottoOlivier Giacomotto (born 2 February 1976 in Bordeaux, France) is a French electronic music producer, composer, and disc jockey (DJ), also known as Superskank, Ohmme, or OG.Plus 8Plus 8 (also spelled as Plus8) is a Canadian techno record label founded by Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva in 1990 that's based in Windsor, Ontario.
Final ScratchFinal Scratch is a DJ tool created by the Dutch company N2IT with input from Richie Hawtin (Plastikman) and John Acquaviva. It allows manipulation and playback of digital audio sources using traditional vinyl and turntables (vinyl emulation). It seeks to cross the divide between the versatility of digital audio and the tactile control of vinyl turntablism. Final Scratch uses special vinyl records pressed with a digital timecode, which are played on normal turntables.
Tech houseTech house is a house music subgenre that prominently incorporates stylistic features from techno. The term tech house developed as a shorthand record store name for a category of electronic dance music that combined musical aspects of techno, such as "rugged basslines" and "steely beats", with the harmonies and grooves of progressive house. Tech house originally featured the clean and minimal production style associated with techno from Detroit and the UK.
TransmatTransmat is the record label of Detroit techno musician Derrick May, founded in 1986. Its artists included Rhythim Is Rhythim, James Pennington, Joey Beltram, and Carl Craig. Transmat included the sub-label Fragile Records. Transmat Records was located in the Eastern Market district of Detroit, in an area dubbed by May as "Techno Boulevard". The label had its own building in which May produced music. The building later became the La Ventana Cafe.
The Shelter (Detroit)The Shelter is a music venue in Detroit, Michigan. It is located below Saint Andrew's Hall at 431 E. Congress St. A venue of the same name is featured in the film 8 Mile. Many notable performers have visited and made presentations at The Shelter, like Eminem, John Mayer, and Deftones.
Blufin44°47′23.4″N10°52′44.4″E / 44.789833°N 10.879000°E / 44.789833; 10.879000Blufin S.p.A. is an Italian fashion house founded by Anna Molinari and her late husband Gianpaolo Tarabini. The core brand is Blumarine, which they started in 1977, followed by Miss Blumarine (1987, 8- to 14-year-old girls), Blugirl (1995, for teenagers) and Anna Molinari (1995), which is being repositioned as their luxury brand.Great StuffGreat Stuff is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Henry Kendall, Betty Astell and Alfred Wellesley. It was written by Michael Barringer and Brandon Fleming.
Minus (record label)Minus or M-nus is a recording label based in Berlin, Germany and Windsor, Canada. It was created in 1998 by Richie Hawtin when Plus 8, a label previously created by Hawtin, was put on hold. By 2005, M-nus was releasing two to three CDs and 12 to 14 records per year. As Hawtin said of the scaling down to a smaller label, "You learn better who you are, what you are, and how to better present that and present it creatively.BeatportBeatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that can be used for remixes. It also operates a specialized music streaming service oriented towards DJs.
LützenkirchenLützenkirchen (born 1976 or 1977, real name Tobias David Lützenkirchen) is a German DJ and producer. He is best known for having created the 2008 song "3 Tage Wach" which reached the German Top 40 Charts. Lützenkirchen began his DJ career in 2006, adopting Lützenkirchen as his professional name. By 2008 he had switched to performing pure live sets. The single "3 Tage Wach" ("awake for three days") was the 60th best-selling single of 2008 in Germany.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.