Richie Hawtin/Plastikman Interview

[second line]

easy all,

This is an interview I did with plastikman recently. I know it's not really house by an stretch, but Mr. Hawtin has some interesting things to say on the future of vinyl culture as he sees it, among other things. Certainly an opinionated guy...

check it:

http://thequietus.com/articles/05444-pl ... -interview

Angus//Second Line

[dj_donga]

thanks. i'll read this.got his plastikman slinky / monkee 12" recently. great shuffle / triplet tracks

[pikeymobile]

But music defines us. When you meet someone, whether you want to admit it or not, you take in visual stimuli - their jacket, their shoes, their pants, their makeup, their hair - before you get to speak to them. That's part of what gives you a clue that maybe you want to know this person. Another clue is maybe going to their house later and seeing what albums or books they have on their shelves. Sometimes it's kind of hard to peer into someone's iPod and see what's in there! [laughs] So I do feel that people will need - for quite a long time, because we're humans - physical objects. We'll need physical objects that represent music that we love, you know. But perhaps that will be an object that's connected to a release.

This is one of the more intelligent things I've heard in the vinyl vs digital debate. Interesting read.

[groucho_marxx]

Big interview

[finkthast]

yep....that recent twelve is well good.

also real nice to see some press featuring the words from the horses mouth, and in reasonable depth. So much press featuring him is either just hyperboil/other writers opinions or well polished self promotion.

[second line]

Thanks guys!

I picked up that new 12" too, too lowly a journo to get a freebie tho