Richie Hawtin - CONCEPT 10 (SideB) (PLUS 8)
Finally I am getting back to posting brilliant works from some of my favourite artists...I give you all the CONCEPT SERIES (PLUS 8 RECORDS)..written and produced by RICHIE HAWTIN....Hawtin sat in his studio and produced possibly one of the most groundbreaking sets of vinyl that I have ever listend to and own...stripping away all of the bullshit and producing possibly some of the finest techno / minimal to date...alot of others have tried to re-create the brilliance that he laid down over this 12 month period yet never really came close...after his PLASTIKMAN project thiS would have to be some of this producers finest work to date showing his brilliance and still standing up even today with what is being made by others...stripped back to the bare minimal yet keeping the listener entertained wanting the journey never to end....respect has to go out to this wonderful producer and all the projects that he has worked on since the early '90's showing that he is one of the finest techno / minimal producers....
In April of 1995, on his way to a gig in Brooklyn, Hawtin's luck finally ran out. Border officials at the held him for questioning and eventually got him to admit that he had been illegally performing in America. He was sent back to Canada and warned never to attempt to enter the country again. "It was a very strange time. Besides my family, I didn't have that many people in my life from Windsor. Everyone I'd been doing parties with was in Detroit. My girlfriend was there. My friends were there. Everything. Access to all these different things, all my inspirations—I was cut off from it all. My world got a lot smaller that day," he told Borschke.
After rethinking his game plan and recovering from the initial shock of his visa problems, Hawtin withdrew from the performance realm almost entirely and took a new approach to his studio work. The result was a 12-record collection called Concept. Each limited record was produced and released on a monthly schedule for one year and bore a time-coded title like "96:11:22:00." Hawtin also began work on his critically acclaimed Consumed album during this period. Finally, at the end of 1996, he was readmitted to the United States after securing a work visa.