Richie Hawtin for Dedicate Magazine

Stay Human: Few artists embody a dialogue between music, technology and style so fully.

06 Jan 2026

Interview: Thomas Mondémé / Photography: Yann Morrison

Few artists embody this dialogue between music, technology and style so fully.

Also known to clubbers as Plastikman, Richie Hawtin has shaped the DNA of electronic music since the 1990s, making techno both a sound and a philosophy.

A tireless innovator, he has built a career on the constant tension between precision and emotion, restraint and release.

Dedicate Magazine meet him here to talk about technology, fashion, nostalgia, minimalism and maximalism, wellbeing and Japan.

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