WWD: Richie Hawtin on Techno’s Recent Vibrancy and the Return of Plastikman

Austere electronic beats remain the British Canadian musician's passion.

28 May 2024

“I think the image of techno has always been very stripped down, minimalistic and devoid of logos and more about silhouette,” he muses. “And I think that silhouette harks back to the shadows of the dark clubs, strobe lights and smoke machines.”

Richie Hawtin at Pradasphere II in Shanghai. JOHANNES KRÄMER

Austere electronic beats remain Hawtin’s passion, which has attracted fashion fans headlined by designer Raf Simons, who conscripted Hawtin to soundtrack his COVID-19 era collection films when he became co-creative director of Prada, and the recent Pradasphere II exhibition in Shanghai.

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