Plastikman
Plastikman is just one of Richie Hawtin’s alter egos, and Sheet One was the first in a series of releases that started a phenomenon with seismic influence – its stark production, quite unlike anything else on the electronic scene at that time, and an instantly recognisable and somewhat controversial acid-blotter CD cover introduced the world to his unique sound. The album was the beginning of a long creative relationship between Richie Hawtin and Mute, and soon took its place as a crucial classic electronic album. The release has also been remastered for digital re-release, courtesy of Manmade Mastering from Berlin.
With Plastikman, Richie Hawtin defined a time and place, expanding the dimensions of Detroit techno and redefining the possibilities of electronic dance music, evolving over six albums into one of contemporary electronic music’s most distinctive voices: minimalist, psychedelic, groove-laden, and transcendent.
Born in Oxfordshire, Hawtin’s family moved to Canada when he was nine and, growing up he was heavily influenced by both his father's diverse record collection and his own acute curiosity for everything electronic, watching from an early age as his father dismantled various electronic devices, rebuilding and modifying them in front of his son's eyes. It was inevitable that his passions for music, technology and computers would be finally drawn together, and upon hearing the early sounds of Detroit Techno and Chicago Acid House on Jeff Mills' late 80's Detroit radio show, he found his direction. Travelling between his home town of Windsor, Ontario (Canada) and Detroit, Plastikman helmed some of the most intense, mind-bending parties underground electronic music has ever known.
30th Anniversary Edition of Plastikman’s groundbreaking debut album, Sheet One, remastered from the original, double vinyl pressed on BioVinyl, available to pre-order now ahead of release on 1 December 2003.
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