Let The Ripping Commence..

[module]

http://www.contakt-events.com/

this could be Thread Of The Year..

WHERE DEM HAWTIN HATERS LOLOLOL

[koma]

website is great!

ps. screw them haters LOL

[Sunil]

Best Minus related thing ever!

[rhythmtech]

i'll rip him for his hair and current tastes in music but you have to hand it to the guy, he does whatever he does with pure class everytime!

[MARK ANXIOUS]

i actually love it. really clever marketing, richie knows his shit. :yup:

[teknorich]

I dunno Mark, even on mnml.nl, where Richie is normally worshipped, he is taking a lot of flak for this; with people saying it is money grabbing, embarrassing or even just that it looks stupid and childish... I am a big Hawtin fan, but I have to admit I was a bit red faced when I saw it. It really does look pretty stupid...

[Numeric]

i've got nothing against Hawtin but this is too much

his music doesn't really do anything for me these days, although the last DE9 CD was dope

[holotropik]

Thats awesome! top work I say :)

[TechMouse]

Pretentious ****er.

You have to admire it though.

[Jay Pace]

Why not?

Silly, but I doubt it was done in a spirit of seriousness or uber pretention.

From the team that brought you:


http://sufmart.com/imagenes/cocoon2006a.jpg

[mattboyslim]

so sick of minimal being a scene rather than a sound. what happened to the music doing the talking?

[terence]

meh, richie is a ledge, you cant deny it. if sunil can argue not for ripping on sven im pretty sure there room for richie's defence. Fair enough, its a bit too this-is-so-deep-that-being-part-of-it-allows-you-tobe-part-of-something-special-that-we-are-also-part-of, but jeff mills does it do, arguablty much better though. much better. but its a gimmick and no doubt those parties will be a good bit of craic. the picture where they are all around the cube like power rangers is funny but onec again its a gimmick, its marketing. he's in business. i don't like him as a dj and am not into the minus thing but as a member of the techno scene he's done more decent parties than anyone on here probably ever will.
so get over yourselves and do something to change the scene if you feel strongly about "what nu-minimal has done to techno"


shite thread.

[BDC]

can't hate the player...


at least he is trying to be creative with how to market himself and Minus...



What I find interesting is that whatever Sven does style wise....i.e beard....Ritchie has to also follow suit.


Atleast he's wearing black again...:)

[eppertheleper]

I just saw that earlier today and chuckled. I think it's a bit "Epcot Center", but I also think it's cool that he's expanding the experience.

I haven't really enjoyed any Richie stuff since Orange, but he does a good job of marketing. Electronic music as a whole is highly steeped in sci-fi lore, and this "cube" thing is just another example of that. He just takes it to a higher level than most. Instead of just doing a single track or even a concept album, he's basing an entire tour around a science fiction plot. It's kind of cool. It seems like a glorified raffle to me from reading it, but maybe there's more to the "cube" in the show. If I were in Detroit, I'd get the card, go to the show, and do whatever it is that you're supposed to do with it.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

http://sufmart.com/imagenes/cocoon2006a.jpg

i really did NOT like that though AT ALL :lol:

[Louis Theroux]

"what is apparent is the cube is a highly advanced communication device"

someone got paid $$ for thinking this stuff up

[Stella Boy]

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/5147/contaktbucketbs3.jpg

[SlavikSvensk]

:lol: @ lolrus

[BDC]

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/5147/contaktbucketbs3.jpg

That's more like it.... :)

[eyeswithoutaface]

to be honest, i cant actually work out what this Cube thing does, someone please enlighten me.

Not sure what this whole promotion is about though really, and i dont particulary want to know. I love certain aspects of what Hawtin does, and some aspects i couldnt care for at all. Just the same that alot of people feel about a whole range of artists, remember, not everyones perfect. Although i seriously am very, very close.

couldnt give a hoot about this personally because like i say i dont understand what it even is, but i do sigh a little when people slag off a guy they dont actually personally know (who infact is a genuinely nice guy in my experience) whilst simultaneously forgetting that when u think back, he has played one of the biggest hands in getting people into techno over many, many years.

Anyone here not lost it completely to Decks and Efx then?

[RDR]

You fool, can you not see magda is touching it..

therefore it must be a kettle.

"Magda, make the tea."

[maily]

to be honest, i cant actually work out what this Cube thing does, someone please enlighten me.

i discern that it is what is known as a "wank marketing concept"

[module]

aww ppl lol


mr hawtin is indeed a total leg end in techno.. this is cool/arse at the same time.. i can see both sides & at least hes trying summat knew..

see theres RFID on the card ? meaning you can be tracke d by a multitude of electronic devices.. interesting..

[Sunil]

I'm burning all of my Richie Hawtin records, this is the end as far as I'm concerned. How dare he embarass us all like this!!!

Anyway, no-one else think Richie and the gang are having a bit of a laugh here? I'm surprised at anyone that thinks they are being totally serious with this.

[man_d]

The Minus logo looks like it says Menus.

[module]

i dont think its tongue in cheek.. but if i was wrong, i reckon i could get over it :P

[DannyBlack]

hmmm... my gaydar is going mental! so this Contakt, it opening in gaychester?

[Jay Pace]

Anyway, no-one else think Richie and the gang are having a bit of a laugh here? I'm surprised at anyone that thinks they are being totally serious with this.

+1

Its just a another global minus tour, but with a different spin on it.

Fair play, why not?

[rhythmtech]

+1

Its just a another global minus tour, but with a different spin on it.

Fair play, why not?

exactly. wouldnt be my cuppa tea but it adds an extra element to their gigs.. just like day-glo backdrops etc..

a form of mind decoration if you will.

[tocsin]

Who Is Gabbo?

[davethedrummer]

it's beards now is it?

my god they think of everything these guys don't they?

[DannyBlack]

Not everything, I see no white patent knee high boots on him.

[terence]

I'm burning all of my Richie Hawtin records, this is the end as far as I'm concerned. How dare he embarass us all like this!!!

Anyway, no-one else think Richie and the gang are having a bit of a laugh here? I'm surprised at anyone that thinks they are being totally serious with this.

you own richie hawtin records? ewwww.

[clubsynthetic]

expensive laugh likes

[teknorich]

you own richie hawtin records? ewwww.


Minus Orange?

Spastik?!

...

[tocsin]

Everyone is saying, "Gabbo" this, and "Gabbo" that. But no one is saying "Worship" this, and "Jericho" that.

[terence]

Spastik?!

...

no need for name calling

[The Overfiend]

Pseudo Rubik Cube Envy.

[tocsin]

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4483/9f19gabbo13pd.jpg

[audioinjection]

Why not?

Silly, but I doubt it was done in a spirit of seriousness or uber pretention.

From the team that brought you:


http://sufmart.com/imagenes/cocoon2006a.jpg

holy crap i forgot about this one lol

[crime]

he got you all talking about it...... think about that...