English-Canadian electronic musician and record producer
Richie Hawtin
Get to know the artist
Richie Hawtin is a British-born, Canadian-raised electronic artist with roots in Detroit techno. His work as Plastikman explores sparse rhythms and electronic atmosphere, while his DJ and live projects experiment with how music, equipment and visual design interact.
- Explore the catalogue
Try Plastikman’s Spastik and Sheet One for his early stripped-back techno, then Consumed for a more atmospheric direction. These recordings offer different sides of his work, rather than a forecast of a DJ set.
- Labels and performance
His label projects include Plus 8 with John Acquaviva, MINUS and From Our Minds. CLOSE and DEX EFX X0X are among his performance projects; he also co-designed the PLAYdifferently MODEL 1 mixer.
- Born in
- Banbury
- Country
- Canada
- Active since
- 1987
- First RA show
- 1999 · Haoman 17, Tel Aviv
- On RA
- 1,725 shows in 65 countries
- Released on
- Mute Records, M-nus, novamute, Plus 8 Records Ltd, Fax +49-69/450464, Eonian Autumn
- RA followers
- 48,192
Their labels
M_nus
Founder · Founded 1998 · Source: MusicBrainz · Logo: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Plus 8 Records Ltd.
Founder · Founded 1990 · Source: MusicBrainz
Definitive Recordings
Founder · Founded 1992 · Source: MusicBrainz
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Hear a full mix
- RA.100 Richie Hawtin ↗
Resident Advisor podcast · Apr 2008
In our cities
- 75 shows · last Mar 2026 at Lofi
- 58 shows · last May 2026 at Tresor / Globus
- 58 shows · last Jul 2026 at Serpentine Galleries
- 42 shows · last Feb 2026 at Knockdown Center
- 23 shows · last Apr 2026 at WOMB
- 11 shows · last Oct 2026 at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
- 11 shows · last Oct 2026 at Cockatoo Island
- 4 shows · last Jan 2020 at Marquee Singapore
Upcoming across cities
No upcoming sets listed.
Often on the same bill as
- Sama' Abdulhadi
18 shared bills · last Sep 2026
- Nina Kraviz
13 shared bills · last Aug 2026
- Lindsey Herbert
13 shared bills · last May 2026
- Adiel
12 shared bills · last Sep 2026
- Decoder
11 shared bills · last May 2026
- Héctor Oaks
11 shared bills · last Jan 2026
From Resident Advisor's listings. Since Oct 2021, leaving out bills of more than 12 acts.
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