DE9: Closer to the Edit

Amazon.com's Best of 2001
Detroit's Richie Hawtin, a.k.a. Plastikman, has become the edgy king of minimalist techno. In 1999 the massively influential Decks, EFX & 909 showcased his explosive talent for improvisation and beat structure while blowing through an impressive array of tracks with his driving, impossibly effective rhythms. Hawtin's De9: Closer to the Edit is another mind-blower and a full-on test of dance music's latest thrust: the mixing of analog and digital sound. The technology at work here, known as Final Scratch, allows for a wider infusion of source material; Hawtin uses it to sample, cut, and splice together over 70 songs, with an array of effects and overdubs as the glue. Besides the studio innovation at work, Edit also features a relatively melodic approach, along with an astonishing sense of pace and patience. Hawtin throws in pieces of Theorem, Steve Bug, and Carl Craig, amid little chunks of his own material, to create a sound that's elusive, surprising, and filled with the sort of cadences that render the Sunday morning dawn utterly insignificant. Most significantly, there's a playful persona at work here, cracking through Hawtin's relentless attack and making for a record that will please longtime fans and new recruits alike. --Matthew Cooke

From URB Magazine
In a recent URB cover story, Richie Hawtin defined minimalism as "the fine balance between what is necessary and what is unnecessary." On DE9: Closer to the Edit, it sounds like the "unnecessary" pile is bigger than ever. Though hardly the ambitious John Cage moment that was the opaque (and virtually beat-free) Consumed album, DE9 is stripped to the point of true digital dub while still maintaining a dance-floor directed pulse.

Following the trail blazed by the first Decks, EFX & 909 mix, this recording is sparse, cool, linear - the usual adjectives regularly applied to Hawtin's recorded output. But the news lies in how he earned them this time around. Utilizing a new DJ technology developed with partner John Acquaviva and N2IT Development, the program Final Scratch allows the manipulation of digital files via a most analog trigger: a turntable. When those files are minute dots and loops sampled from a wide variety of already deep techno tracks, the results are the textbook definition of "something else." So instead of full-blown tracks, tiny bytes of, say, Carl Craig's "The Climax" and Hawtin's own "Spastik" (under the Plastikman moniker) float like ghosts in and out of the mesmerizing mix.

Listen closely, and one might even detect that Hawtin is loosening up a bit, occasionally exhibiting flashes of his rarely seen penchant for the groovier side of the beat. Armed with his perpetually progressive mindset, Hawtin continues to showcase why he's become one of techno's leading lights into the future.

Scott Sterling

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Average customer rating: Fresh Similar to Decks, FX, and a 909 Are You Kidding Me ??? Really cool cd Possibly one of the greatest

DE9: Closer to the Edit Richie Hawtin Manufacturer: Mute U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Minimal Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Decks, EFX & 909 DE9: Transitions Closer Sheet One Consumed ASIN: B00005NVK3 Release Date: 2001-09-18

Tracks:

1. Range/Smart Card?/10 Strikes To 2001 - Rhythm & Sound/Blue Train/Lowtec
2. Smart Card?/10 Strikes To 2001/Monostatic/Diminishing Returns (Special Edition Dub) - Blue Train/Lowtec/Crane A.K./Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa
3. Diminishing Returns (Special Edition Dub)/Concept Loop U:1/Recoil/1 - Crane A.K./Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa/Richie Hawtin/Theorem Vs. Stewart Walker/Jacek Sienkiewicz
4. Green Apple/Stereo Virus/Spastik - 2 Dollar Egg/Plastikman
5. Dada EP A2/Stereo Virus/Talk To Me - Akufen/2 Dollar Egg/Decomposed Subsonic
6. Stereo Virus/Talk To Me/Diminishing Returns (Special Edition Dub)/Green Apple/4/Contain/From... - 2 Dollar Egg/Decomposed Subsonic/Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa/Jacek Sienkiewicz/Process/M-Core
7. Orph/Diminishing Returns (Special Edition Dub) - Retrotronic/Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa
8. Silent Treatment/Diminishing Returns (Special Edition Dub)/Freek/Into The Duster - Silent Treatment/Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa/Richie Hawtin/Pantytec
9. Vacuum Cleaner/Silent Treatment/Into The Duster/Freek - Baby Ford & Zip/Silent Treatment/Pantytec/Richie Hawtin
10. Forever Love/Bredow - Soul Capsule Prod./Ricardo Villalobos
11. Forever Love/Courtesy Car/Into The Space/808 Loop - Soul Capsule Prod./Cartiridge Family/FUSE/Richie Hawtin
12. Courtesy Car/Flibka Top/Las Ramblas (Forever Love)/No Milk Today - Cartridge Family/Sergej Auto/Soul Capsule Prod./Baby Ford & Zip
13. At The Front - Baby Ford & Zip/Steve Bug
14. Untitled/Slacker Jack/Divisible/Muff Diver - Baby Ford & Zip/Steve Bug/David Wulle/Mike Shannon/Echoplex/Narcotic Syntax
15. B1/Optical Way/A1/A1 - Rino Cerrone
16. Optical Way/Panna/B1/Too Distant Images/Clinicalism - Rino Cerrone/Nick Rapaccioli/Rumenige/Stewart Walker Vs. Theorem/Stewart Walker
17. Luna (Re-edit)/Clinicalism/Panpot Spliff - Ricardo Villalobos/Stewart Walker
18. Panpot Spliff/Gelb - Ricardo Villalobos/Studio 1
19. Gelb/Tea Party/Different View/Life Force/Plasticity/Kriket/Tracks On Delivery Pt.2 (Pattern 7) - Studio 1/Baby Ford & The Ifatch Collective/Decomposed Subsonic/Paul Hester/Plastikman/Roman...
20. Tea Party/Tracks On Delivery Pt.2 (Pattern 7)/Gelb/The Climax (Original) - Baby Ford & The Ifatch Collective/Roman Flugel Presents/Studio 1/Carl Craig
21. Tracks On Delivery Pt.2 (Pattern 7)/Grown - Roman Flugel Presents/Sikora
22. Grown/Tracks On Delivery Pt.2 (Pattern 7)/Loplop B1/Distortion Men - Sikora/Roman Flugel Presents/Thomas Brinkmann/Stewart Walker
23. Loplop B1/Anyway I Know You/Edit Blue - Thomas Brinkmann/Rework/Peter F. Spiess
24. Edit Blue/Sulzgurtel/Diminishing Returns (Special Edition Dub) - Peter F. Spiess/Niederflur/Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa
25. Edit Blue/Sulzgurtel/Diminishing Returns (Special Edition Dub)/Formenverwandler - Peter F. Spiess/Niederflur/Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa/Der Zyklus
26. Formenverwandler/Friday Night With B. Reynolds/Chemistry/Octagon/A Factory Dub/Edit Blue/Concept... - Der Zyklus/MD Jr./Don Disco & Jeremiah/Basic Channel/Blue Train/Peter F. Spiess/Richie Hawtin
27. Octagon/Edit Blue/Contain/The Super/The Climax (Original)/For My Peepz - Basic Channel/Peter F. Spiess/Plastikman/Antiga Prime/Carl Craig/Paperclip People
28. Snatch/Lifeforce/LFO Drive - T.A.C./Paul Hester/Philippe Cam
29. Trinkets/Snatch/Does Ronda Know? - Sutekh/T.A.C./Pantytec
30. B1/Snatch/Discount Baby (H.A.L. 9000 Mix)/Distortion Men/Flibka Top/Kriket/Dekompression/B2 - Rino Cerrone/T.A.C./Bodo Eisel/Stewart Walker/Sergej Auto/Plastikman/M.R.I./Rino Cerrone
31. Range/Dekompression/Amenity - Rhythm & Sound/M.R.I./Link

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Detroit's Richie Hawtin, a.k.a. Plastikman, has become the edgy king of minimalist techno. In 1999 the massively influential Decks, EFX & 909 showcased his explosive talent for improvisation and beat structure while blowing through an impressive array of tracks with his driving, impossibly effective rhythms. Hawtin's De9: Closer to the Edit is another mind-blower and a full-on test of dance music's latest thrust: the mixing of analog and digital sound. The technology at work here, known as Final Scratch, allows for a wider infusion of source material; Hawtin uses it to sample, cut, and splice together over 70 songs, with an array of effects and overdubs as the glue. Besides the studio innovation at work, Edit also features a relatively melodic approach, along with an astonishing sense of pace and patience. Hawtin throws in pieces of Theorem, Steve Bug, and Carl Craig, amid little chunks of his own material, to create a sound that's elusive, surprising, and filled with the sort of cadences that render the Sunday morning dawn utterly insignificant. Most significantly, there's a playful persona at work here, cracking through Hawtin's relentless attack and making for a record that will please longtime fans and new recruits alike. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

Fresh.......2007-06-02

After I was getting bored with my entire music collection, which contains mainly various types of house and trance, I stumbled upon this gem. It was exactly what i needed. I think the only thing I have played in my car stereo as much as this was john digweed's Transitions Vol. 1 - DE9 is perfect driving music. I am now a Richie Hawtin fan because of this mix. it's incredible.

Similar to Decks, FX, and a 909.......2006-02-15

A catchy, more up-beat album, Hawtin's Closer To The Edit is more akin to his seminal Decks, FX, and a 909 album. Cutting up pieces of his favorite tracks into minimal chunks, the album keeps a constant, smooth beat.

Are You Kidding Me ???.......2005-12-19

For the life of me I do not understand the fawning praises given to "artists" such as Hawtin. Admittedly, I`m not a techno/trance fan at all.The (sometime) updated disco beats always seem to be the opening bars of a song , yet , that`s all that happens. Listening to this garbage , I truly believe that anyone who owns a synth could "write" 100 or so of these "songs" a day. Really people , stretch yourselves and find something worthwhile to listen to.

Really cool cd.......2005-05-03

This album is subdued. It has a dance chill factor that is hard to describe. It is constant and does not let down. It is impossible to get board because of the changes involved. It doesn't exactly portray anything magically descriptive as with the darkness associated with the works of Dada Pogrom but what it does do is make you want to dance. It is perfect for the mix too. Richie Hawtin is in the groove and so shall you. It only makes sense if you like techno.

Possibly one of the greatest.......2005-02-28

Hawtin demonstrated with Decks EFX & 909 that he has a supernatural control of rhythm and timber. DE9 takes it to the next level. This may be called minimal tech, but it's minimal in name only, but not at all by nature. He layers patterns on top of patterns with such amazing speed and dexterity that I had to rewind it dozens and dozens of times just to see if my ears decieved me... they did not.

Subtlety is one of the strongest points of this CD. Unlike almost every other mix CD, it's almost impossible to tell when he starts mixing from one track into the next. He rarely ever lets the music go for over 30 seconds without tweaking the beats here, adding a kick drum there. The beats ebb and flow with a syncopated, organic brilliance. The music takes on a life of it's own.

For the full effect, listen to the CD on high-quality headphones, this way you will be able to hear every quite little nuance.

Richie Hawtin is a genius, and this is one of his many masterpieces. It does NOT get any better than this.

Average customer rating:

De9: Closer to the Edit Richie Hawtin Manufacturer: Novamute/Mute ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005NVT9 Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

1. Range/Smart Card?/10 Strikes To 2001
2. Monostatic/Diminishing Returns
3. Concept Loop u:1/Recoil
4. Green Apple/Stereo Virus/Spastik
5. Talk To Me
6. Contain/From Pioneer To Poet (Softcore Edit)
7. Orph
8. Silent Treatment/Freak/Into The Duster
9. Vacuum Cleaner
10. Las Ramblas (Forever Love)/Bredow
11. Courtesy Car/Into The Space/808 Loop
12. Flibka Top/No Milk Today
13. At The Front
14. Untitled/Slacker Jack/Divisible/Muff Diver
15. B1/Optical Way/A1
16. Panna/Too Distant Images/Clinicalism
17. Luna (Re-edit)/Panpot Spliff
18. Gelb
19. Tea Party/Life Force/Plasticity/Kriket/Tracks On Delivery Pt. 2 (Pattern 7)
20. Tea Party/The Climax (Original)
21. Grown
22. Loplop B1/Distortion Men
23. Anyway I Know You/Edit Blue
24. Sulzgurtel
25. Formenverwandler
26. Friday Night With B. Reynolds/Chemistry/Octagon/A Factory Dub/Concept Loop u:2/Concept Loop u:3
27. Contain/The Super/For My Peepz
28. Snatch/LFO Drive
29. Trinkets/Snatch/Does Ronda Know?
30. B1/Discount Baby (H.A.L. 9000 Mix)/Dekompression/B2
31. Amenity

Album Details

To Follow Up 1999's Groundbreaking and Highly Acclaimed 'decks, Efx and 909", this Album Sees Hawtin, Yet Again, Take the Concept of the DJ Mix Album to a Different Level.

Average customer rating:

DE9: Closer to the Edit Richie Hawtin Manufacturer: Novamute/Mute ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Minimal Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005Y0QL Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Range/Smart Card?/10 Strikes to 2001 - Blue Train, Lowtec, Rhythm & Sound
2. Smart Card?/10 Strikes to 2001/Monostatic/Diminishing Returns (Special - Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa, Crane A.K., Lowtec
3. Monostatic/Dimishing Returns /Concept Loop U:1 [Special Edition Dub] - Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa, Crane A.K., Richie Hawtin, Jacek Sienkiewicz,
4. Green Apple/Stereo Virus/Spastik - 2 Dollar Egg, Plastikman
5. Dada EP A2/Stereo Virus/Talk to Me - 2 Dollar Egg, Akufen, Decomposed Subsonic
6. Stereo Virus/Talk to Me/Dimishing Returns [Special Edition ...] - 2 Dollar Egg, Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa, Decomposed Subsonic, M-Core, Process, Jacek Sienkiewicz
7. Orph/Diminishing Returns [Special Edition Dub] - Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa, Retrotronic
8. Silent Treatment/Diminishing Returns [Special Edition ...] - Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa, Richie Hawtin, Pantytec, Silent Treatment
9. Vacuum Cleaner/Silent Treatment/Into the Duster/Freek - Baby Ford, Richie Hawtin, Pantytec, Silent Treatment, Zip
10. Forever Love/Bredow - Soul Capsule Prod., Ricardo Villalobos
11. Forever Love/Courtesy Car/Into the Space/808 Loop - Cartridge Family, Fuse One, Richie Hawtin, Soul Capsule Prod.
12. Courtesy Car/Flibkop/Las Rambias (Forever Love) /No Milk Today - Sergej Auto, Baby Ford, Cartridge Family, Soul Capsule Prod., Zip
13. At the Front - Baby Ford, Steve Bug, Zip
14. B1/Optical Way/A1 - Rino Cerrone
15. Optical Way/Panna/B1/Too Distant Images/Clinicalism - Rino Cerrone, Nick Rapaccioli, Rumenige,
16. Luna /Clinicalism/Panpot Spliff [Re-Edit] - Ricardo Villalobos, Stewart Walker
17. Panpot Spliff - Studio 1, Ricardo Villalobos
18. Gelb/Tea Party/Different View/Life Force/Plasticity/Krikot/Tracks ... - Baby Ford, Decomposed Subsonic, , Paul Hester, Ifach Collective, Plastikman, Studio 1
19. Tea Party/Tracks on Delivery, Pt. 2 (Pattern 7) /Gelb/The Climax [Origi - Baby Ford, Carl Craig, , Ifach Collective, Studio 1
20. Tracks on Delivery, Pt. 2 (Pattern 7) /Grown - Sikora
21. Grown/Tracks on Delivery, Pt. 2 (Pattern 7) /Loplop B1/Distortion Man - Thomas Brinkmann, , Sikora, Stewart Walker
22. Loplop B1/Anyway I Know You/Edit Blue - Thomas Brinkmann, ReWork, Peter F. Spiess
23. Edit Blue/Stel/Diminishing Returns [Special Edition Dub] - Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa, Niederflur, Peter F. Spiess
24. Edit Blue/Stel/Diminishing Returns ... [Special Edition Dub] - Blue Train Vs. Dean De Costa, Der Zyklus, Niederflur, Peter F. Spiess
25. Formenverwandler/Friday Night With B. Reynolds/Chemistry/Octagon/A ... - Basic Channel, Blue Train, Der Zyklus, Don Disco & Jeremiah, Richie Hawtin, MD Jr., Peter F. Spiess
26. Octagon/Edit Blue/Contain/The Super/The Climax /For My ... [Original V - Antiga Prime, Basic Channel, Carl Craig, Paperclip People, Plastikman, Peter F. Spiess
27. Snatch/Lifeforce/Lfo Drive - Philippe Cam, Paul Hester, T.A.C.
28. Trinkets/Snatch/Does Ronda Know? - Pantytec, Sutekh, T.A.C.
29. B1/Snatch/Discount Baby /Distortion Men/Flibkop [H.A.L. 9000 Mix] - Sergej Auto, Rino Cerrone, Bodo Elsel, MRI, Plastikman, T.A.C., Stewart Walker
30. Range/Dekommpression/Amenity - Link, MRI, Rhythm & Sound

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