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> i just picked up my ticket for the ritchie hawtin show to be held at the
> glasshouse in pomona on thursday the 2nd of july. the flyer claims that
> ritchie will be doing a five hour d.j. set along with effects and a
> 909. plus a two hour set from john aquaviva. i am just bubbling over
> with excitement. i've slowly evolved in to quite the plastikman fan
> over the past few years, and at this time i think he's one of the most
> important people making music today. well, at least to me. to give you
> an idea of how much i'm looking forward to this show, the last time i
> went to any sort of rave/club experience was almost two years ago. it
> takes a lot to get me away from my home stereo.
>
> so here's the question. i'm very in to the concept:one cd out on
> hawtin's m-nus label. i've heard talk that it is similar in style to
> the basic channel material, none of which i have heard. if i dig on the
> minimal style of the concept:one cd, will i enjoy the basic channel
> stuff? any other minimal techno suggestions?
>
I've been listening a lot to the Maurizio CD and the Basic Channel comp
(both in metal boxes from Chain Reaction, I presume). It's similar in
the overall feel to Hawtin's "Concept" stuff, perhaps a bit less
stripped down, more suggestive of actual melodies etc. Somewhat in the
same vein (though perhaps darker) is the Elin "Stutzpunkt Wien-UFO
Beobachtungen" CD, originally on Mego but reissued through OR.
Though not really 'techno', the work of Carsten Nicolai (Noto) mixes
very well in this company. He's kind of a modern-day Conrad Schnitzler
in terms of the focus on repetition and isolation of pure electronic
sound.
--Harvey