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What's your favorite Richie Hawtin album?
I've recently started listening to Richie Hawtin and was wondering which albums are considered the best by people who've been enjoying his music for longer. There's a lot of stuff to choose from, so suggestions on where a new listener should start are always welcome.
I'm in the same boat actually, so I don't have anything useful to tell you. But if you have some other artists in the same style I'd love to get some recommendations man.
A great dj I love is amon tobin if you have ever checked out his work.
Im super interested in checking out his work!
I got into the entire electronic scene with F.U.S.E. Dimension Intrusion. I was an alt rock kid browsing through Tower Records when the CD first came out and it caught my eye so I took a chance on it. It was like nothing I'd ever heard before and it opened up a whole new musical world to me. So I'm a little bit biased toward that groundbreaking release.
Side story, during my freshman year in college I hung with a guy who was going into the city (NYC) every week to dance at this place called The Limelight, which was all new to me. This was 1993. I played Dimension Intrusion for him and he seemed to be into it, but it was like he kept waiting for the beat to drop. And it never does. At least not like the house music he was into. Detroit minimalism at that time was its own special thing. There's nothing quite like it!
I have also heard that the Plastikman release Musik originally came packaged with a tab of acid in the CD insert. Probably more urban legend at this point, but who knows... its possible that back then maybe the first 100 copies were being handed out at a warehouse rave with it?