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Laux de par
I'm looking for any minimal house or techno artists similar to Hawtin's style on "DE9: Closer to the Edit."

A friend of mine, who was a fan of Richie Hawtin, made me a mixtape and included a song that was so minimal yet the most funky I've ever heard... Then, he moved to NY. I'm on the quest to the find the name of that song and in turn find some similiar music along the way. It was a housy song that had alot of clicks, beeps and a very unique structure. The beginning was so unstructured and then formed a structured from towards the end that sounds very similar to the ending of #2 of DE9.

Anyways, I know it will be virtually impossible to ID the tune. Most importantly, I LOVED the style. Give me any albums or Dj's you recommend. Thanks.
Sand Leaper
Some artists to check out:

MIA
Falko Brocksieper
Minimal Man
Alex Smoke
Robag Wruhme
Marc Houle
Misc
most of the stuff on Kompakt
Matthew Dear
Rechenzentrum
PhilBaXteR
Also check out some sets and tunes by:

Dominik Eulberg
Mathew Johnson
Marco Carola
Stewart Walker
chesco
sleeprchive
einmusik
guido schneider
steve bug
Alex under
swayzak
frank matiniq
metope
michael mayer
metope
sten

There is a new various artists album out on richie hawtins label called minimize to maximize. That should give you a few tunes.

As pointed out kompakt records is probably the most consitently good label for releases.

Other quality labels are, trapez (especially there ltd series), traum, areal, sender, it is what it is, sub static and poker flat.

Matthew jonson is my favourite at the moment, his style is very distinctive.

Imo minimal music is definately where all the quality music is at, hence the reason a lot of dj's are boarding that band wagon.

Happy hunting anyway.
Laux de par
Thank you all so much ! I'll definately keep peering at this thread to check out all names you've all given me. I'll start with the Kompakt label + "minimize to maximize." I'm excited ! Do any of you recommend Vladislav Delay ?
Sand Leaper
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Originally posted by Laux de par
Thank you all so much ! I'll definately keep peering at this thread to check out all names you've all given me. I'll start with the Kompakt label + "minimize to maximize." I'm excited ! Do any of you recommend Vladislav Delay ?


Vladislav has made some great stuff, but he is usually way more experimental and abstract than the artists mentioned here. His album "Anima" is very good, and try some of his stuff as Luomo for more danceable material.
Sykonee
Another vote for Swayzak. Check out their two-disc mix album Groovetechnology V1.3
AlphaStarred
Rafael Gomez
D. Diggler
Marcel Janovsky
Richard Bartz
Maetrik
Andrew Richley & Ryan Rivera
Pascal FEOS
Toni Rios
Rene Breitbarth
Jackmate
Jeff Bennett
WJ Henze
Hisashi Ito
Process (Steve Barnes)
Alexander Kowalski
Ricardo Villalobos
Steve Bug
Basic Implant
Green Velvet
Concept 1
Blue Balls
swayzak
Sand Leaper
quote:
Originally posted by AlphaStarred
Richard Bartz
Pascal FEOS
Toni Rios
WJ Henze
Alexander Kowalski
Green Velvet


None of these fit the description he's after I'm afraid. Green Velvet is certainly not minimal, he's all over the place with his distinct vocals being the only common trait. WJ Henze makes straight up techno, so does Toni Riost, whereas Alexander Kowalski is more of an atmospheric techno producer a la Funk D' Void and Technasia.

AlphaStarred
quote:
Originally posted by Sand Leaper
None of these fit the description he's after I'm afraid. Green Velvet is certainly not minimal, he's all over the place with his distinct vocals being the only common trait. WJ Henze makes straight up techno, so does Toni Riost, whereas Alexander Kowalski is more of an atmospheric techno producer a la Funk D' Void and Technasia.


you're probly right about Green Velvet, but since he mentioned housey stuff, Green Velvet would likewise fit the requirements methinks. Apparently you've not heard much from W.J. Henze and Toni Rios as the latter's compilation, "Tune In," is all about minimal tech - at least the first CD is. WJ Henze makes straight up techno nowadays, but before he used to make some hard minimal tech, not to mention his amazing Time Splitter EP with Toni Rios, which is anything but straight-up tech.. ;)

As for Alexander Kowalski he's much more tech-house...so perhaps he doesn't fit very well...but then again, the person who created the thread may take a liking to that style as well, so who knows...

Also, Pascal's sets, at least some of his older ones, have a lot of minimal techno and tech-house incorporated in his sets...you really ought to hear them as well, wicked stuff...
Astronaut
try these:
Luciano
Monolake
Murcof
Unai
Anders Ilar

Minimal roxxx!
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