(PAXAHAU) -- The launch of this new DVD special series, Slices - Pioneers of Electronic
Music celebrates in detail the life and work of prominent artists or “pioneers” in the global electronic music scene.
The first edition is a documentary film based on electronic producer, performer and industry icon, Richie Hawtin. The film draws from the important stages and events in Richie Hawtin's personal and artistic life, revealing the journey of an introverted and transplanted computer-minded teen that develops by way of Detroit's radio and records fueled by pure driven passion into a successful techno-entrepreneur and global DJ entertainer.
Slices examines a career that has now spanned almost twenty years, exploring his role in the Detroit techno scene, co-founding and establishing the legendary Plus 8 label with John Acquaviva and the international cult that sprang up around his distinct alter ego, Plastikman. Friends, family, colleagues and Richie Hawtin himself tell their stories relating early DJ experiences, his first encounters with role models like Derrick May and Jeff Mills, his move to New York City and then later to Berlin, and much more.
Assembling an extensive archive of both new and unreleased photos, video and exclusive interviews, the film provides an extraordinary insight into the life and career of one of the most successful activists in techno history: Richie Hawtin.
With Statements from: Richie Hawtin, Mr. and Mrs. Hawtin, Matthew Hawtin, John Acquaviva, Karl Kowalski, Derrick May, Sven Väth, Jason Huvaere, Mad Mike Banks, Clark Warner, Amir Daiza, Daniel Miller, Scott Gordon, Mike Himes, Magda.
Slices Special "Pioneers of Electronic Music" Vol. 1
A Film by Maren Sextro & Holger Wick.
FORMAT: DVD
DISTRIBUTION: Intergroove (Europe), Forced Exposure (USA), Cisco (Japan)
Release Date UK: 29.01.2007
Release Date USA: 21.11.2006
Release Date rest of the world: 27.10.2006
www.eb-slices.net
DETROIT PREMIERE
Wednesday, 22nd of November - THANKSGIVING EVE
PAXAHAU presents:
A MOVIE PREMIERE AND A PARTY OF EPIC PROPORTIONS
8-10 pm: in the iLounge - Detroit Premiere of the Slices Documentary Film:
"Pioneers of Electronic Music" Vol.1 featuring RICHIE HAWTIN
$50 - LIMITED OPEN BAR WITH STOLI AND MARTELL DRINKS
$25 - INCLUDES ADMISSION TO THE ENTIRE EVENING
DJ LINE UP:
RICHIE HAWTIN
LOCO DICE
JOHN TEJADA live + dj
GAISER live
CLARK WARNER
VENUE: Clutch Cargo's, 65 East Huron / Pointiac, MI 48342
AGES: 18 and up
HOURS: 10pm - 4am
INFO LINE: [311]PAXAHAU
www.paxahau.com
