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My Take
Richie Hawtin is treated as something close to a deity in minimal techno, and I get why. British-born, Detroit-raised, he rode the second wave of Detroit techno in the early '90s and then helped define minimalism under the Plastikman and F.U.S.E. names. What sets him apart for me is the obsessive bond with his gear, technology and music fused into a single instrument. I'm no techno expert, but I'll always fall for a craftsman who carries an entire genre on his back. He keeps making the sound he believes in instead of chasing whatever's fashionable.
Overview
Richard "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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richie Hawtin
- Name (Japanese)
- リッチー・ホゥティン
- Reading
- りっちー・ほぅてぃん
- Born
- June 4, 1970 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Banbury, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- record producer / club DJ / composer / disc jockey / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.