Richie Hawtin News

Tipped by Mixmag, DJ Mag, Beatportal, i-D, and more, SeeMeNot brings both purpose and protest back to house music, exploring race and gender politics through the prism of a Black female artist.  

Decibel Open Air reveals the full line-up for the 2021 edition, taking place on the 11th and 12th September in Cascine Park in Florence, Italy. 

Canadian producer DLMT cooks up a brilliant stew of house stylings on his Dim Mak debut EP, Restart. Highlighted by singles “Love The Way You Move (feat. Sara Diamond),” “Elevate” and “Freak” alongside LöKii, DLMT taps into both melody and bass-heavy sonics on one of his most daring bodies of work to date.

Continuing to cement its status as Dubai's premiere dance music venue, Soho Garden Dubai has confirmed some of the world's most revered DJs to perform across March, including Dixon, Sven Vath and Charlotte De Witte.  

After a completely sold-out series of 25th Anniversary events around North and South America in 2019, Germany's iconic Time Warp festival returns to its spiritual home, Mannheim for its 26th year, with 19 hours of music spread across seven floors kicking off on 4th April and featuring both red hot young talents and returning icons such as Ricardo Villalobos, Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin, Dixon, Solomun, Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex, Adam Beyer, Amelie Lens, Dax J, Charlotte de Witte, Chris Liebing, DJ Koze, The Black Madonna, Sven Väth, Kobosil, KiNK LIVE, Luigi Madonna, Marco Carola, Nina Kraviz, Pan-Pot, Paula Temple and dozens more. 

Dixon, FISHER, Amelie Lens, Charlotte de Witte, Richie Hawtin, Seth Troxler, Patrick Topping, Maceo Plex, Sven Väth and many, many more will all head to sunkissed Croatian shores next summer for the eighth edition of Sonus Festival.

The game changing Scottish dance event Terminal V has announced plans for its biggest ever event on Saturday April 11th 2020 in Edinburgh. Under the title of Terminal V: New Horizon, headlining across five spectacular stages will be Bonobo, Nina Kraviz, Charlotte De Witte, Richie Hawtin, Green Velvet, Floorplan, Eats Everything, I Hate Models, KiNK (LIVE), Ben UFO, Helena Hauff, Honey Dijon, Avalon Emerson, Rebuke, Octo Octa - Live, Moxie, Shanti Celeste and Lena Willikens amongst many more.

Richie Hawtin announces the next evolution of his award-winning 'CLOSE live' show – the audiovisual mix album CLOSE COMBINED (GLASGOW, LONDON, TOKYO - LIVE) available today (September 20). The release is an experiment designed to bring greater transparency to the underlying art of DJing in the “press-play” era and intertwines three 'CLOSE live' performances from 2018 in Glasgow, Tokyo and London together with crowd-sourced footage into a seamless audiovisual experience.

On Saturday 21st September Connect returns to Düsseldorf for a second year. A partnership between Awakenings and Time Warp - two of the most influential electronic music festivals in the scene, both known for stellar productions and impressive lineups.

Better Lost Than Stupid aka BLTS is an electronic music supergroup comprised of three of the world's finest producers and DJs – Martin Buttrich, Davide Squillace, and Matthias Tanzmann. Today they release their eagerly awaited longplayer debut Wild Slide via Skint/BMG, along with the much-hyped new single 'Right Now.' 

Iconic electronic music artist and technology visionary RICHIE HAWTIN today (September 11) announces he will return to America at the end of 2019 for the last show this year of CLOSE - his award-winning audio-visual show which takes you closer to his unique way of performing. The British / Canadian artist will play an extended show Saturday, November 23 at the famed Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles with special guest Joseph Capriati plus support from LA-native ONYVAA (Live) and local underground cornerstones Corey Sizemore b2b Richie Panic of Lights Down Low.  Presented by Factory 93, tickets go on sale this Friday, September 13 at noon pt at www.thefactory93.com.  

Today Damian Lazarus has announced a new chapter in the saga of his globally renowned events portfolio as he reveals the 'Force Field' showcase concept and its debut at the reincarnated Doctor Music Festival in just a 30 minute drive from Barcelona in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on July 11-14. Force Field aims to create a traveling vortex into the transformative curational pull that Damian has fostered through his ceremonious marathon parties Day Zero and Get Lost.

RESISTANCE Ibiza is ready to storm the White Isle for its 2019 season. After only recently wrapping up the debut of RESISTANCE Island at the 21st edition of Ultra Music Festival in Miami, the DJ Awards' winner for Ibiza Night 2018 has unveiled the season calendar for its third summer on the island. The loaded nine-week residency will launch with its Opening Party on 23 Jul and take place every Tuesday at Privilege Ibiza until its colossal Closing Party on 17 Sep. 

From August  7th to 10th, Neopop Festival returns to Viana do Castelo to host some of the most exciting names in electronic music for an eclectic programme spanning two stages and four nights.

The globally renowned HYTE returns to the Netherlands for We Are Electric Weekender, which sees 30,000 partygoers descend on Netherlands' Velder Woods, Liempde throughout the weekend of 5-7 July. The HYTE x We Are Electric Weekender stage takeover takes on place Saturday 6 July, boasting the same guarantee to high-quality techno lineups and first-class production that has established the events series as a rock-solid crowdpleaser in the world over; from Miami to Amsterdam, from Berlin to Ibiza.   

RESISTANCE Ibiza has had quite the busy off season thus far. Hot off the heels of announcing its three takeovers for the summer, the DJ Awards' winner for Ibiza Night 2018 has dropped its impressive group of headliners for the upcoming season.

Following the recent announcement of Swedish House Mafia's long-awaited debut at ULTRA Europe this summer, the star-studded second phase line up for the 7th edition of Europe's leading destination festival has now been revealed. 

Movement Music Festival is pleased to announce the 2019 curated stages, showcases and a special 6-hour Circle Of Live performance taking placeMemorial Day Weekend, May 25-27 inside Hart Plaza, Detroit's legendary riverfront park.

Championing underground dancefloors, The BPM Festival: Portugal has announced the dates for its highly-anticipated third edition taking place this September 12-15, 2019 in the stunning coastal town of Portimão. This year's edition will feature a new format for the festival – with parties taking place on the beach each day and night. All parties will be brought closer together throughout Portimão's main promenade, all within walking distance with new venues and extended beachfront venue hours.

Hailed a 'local firebrand' by the LA WEEKLY, Los Angeles-based producer and DJ LUPE FUENTES returns today (March 6) with a new collaboration alongside house music pioneer DJ Sneak. 'Aguaardiente' is a tech-house treasure with a Latin twist. The track fuses the two unique production styles of both Lupe and DJ Sneak into one. 'Aguaardiente' also appears onLupe's tastemaker house music label, IN THE LOOP.