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Richie Hawtin Will Be Plastik This Year

Monday, February 8th, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments

Initially there were some rumours, then there was a survey and now it is all confirmed. Richie Hawtin is bringing back Plastikman for a live world tour encompassing 18 years of material, advancing technology and all the lessons learnt from the audio visual Contakt. This is going to be pure unadulterated Richie Hawtin in control of all the elements.

The show will debut at this year’s Timewarp in Mannheim followed by a show this April at Coachella festival in California. I’d bet a lot on a showing at Sonar festival, and maybe even Glastonbury? I’d also imagine that all the big cities will be included from London and Berlin to Tokyo and New York.

We’ll keep you posted when the full tour is announced, but for now you can get you Timewarp tickets from TICKETWEB

UPDATE: Plastikman just got added to Bestival taking place this September on the Isle of Wight.

Tags: Bestival, Coachella, Contakt, Minus, Plastikman, Richie Hawtin, Sonar, TimeWarp

Earpipe Looks Hazily Back at the Clubs, Festivals and Parties in 2008

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 | Events, News | 1 Comment

Well that’s another year over. Where did the time go? For us it was mostly spent in darkened rooms listening to repetitive electronic music in and around London with the occasional trip to another city or abroad. It probably explains why this look back on 2008 is a hazy one at best. I believe we left most of our brain cells splattered across Fabric’s dancefloor. But we’ve managed to piece together the fractured pieces of memory to come up with this half rate look back at 2008. Enjoy )

One of the main stories of 2008 has to be the shake up of London clubs. 2008 kicked off on a sombre note with the closure of The Cross/Key/Canvas complex in Kings Cross. Apparently Kings Cross needed some regeneration to make it look good for the incoming French on the EuroStar. As a double whammy Turnmills also decided to close their doors at the end of January, due to the lease holders deciding their central London location would make much more money as flats and offices rather than from weekends of debauchery. They’re right, but even though Turnmills had pretty much run its course pushing a dying Trance night and a load of “electro house” nights with asymmetrical haircuts it was still a shock losing two stalwarts of the scene.

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Tags: Alex Smoke, Audio, BedBug, Below, Bestival, Brighton, Canvas, Coronet Theatre, Corsica Studios, Dalston, Digital, Disco Bloodbath, East Village, Fabric, Field Day, Firefly, Glastonbury, Hi Tek Soul, London, Manchester, matter, Matthew Dear, Ministry, Ministry of Sound, Minus, Mulletover, Phil Kieran, Rainbow Pub, Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Secretsundaze, Sonar, T-Bar, The Cross, The End, The Key, TimeWarp, Turnmills, Villalobos, Visions Video Bar, Warehouse Project, Wax:On, Wild in the Country