On the evening of November 6^th, 2013, at the invitation of Raf Simons of Dior, a special Plastikman live show composed of entirely new material took place at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The album, EX, was released in June, and then days after its release, a second performance took place at the renowned Sónar Festival in Barcelona.

Plastikman has now unveiled a live recording of EXhale from the performance last month – the Sónar Live Mix – available as a free MP3 / AIFF – http://bit.ly/1ywSYD6

Richie Hawtin is many things – an extraordinary DJ, creator of the ENTER. experience, mastermind behind the M_NUS label, technological innovator, art aficionado – in 2011 he collaborated with British sculptor Anish Kapoor for an installation in Paris – and style icon. Before this, though, and perhaps most famously of all, he was and is Plastikman, an electronic music phenomenon whose followers are legion and fanatic.

Between 1993 and 2003, Plastikman created an astonishing body of work, one that didn’t so much define a time and place as explode them, expanding the dimensions of Detroit techno and redefining the possibilities of electronic dance music. Across six albums (‘Sheet One’, ‘Musik’, ‘Recycled Plastik’, ‘Consumed’, ‘Artifakts (B.C.)’, and ‘Closer)’ and numerous singles such as ‘Spastik’, ‘Plastique’, and ‘Sickness’, Plastikman evolved into one of contemporary electronic music’s most distinctive voices: minimalist, psychedelic, seriously groove-laden, and ever mindful of the transcendent properties of electronica.

EX is out now on vinyl, CD, digital and limited edition SubPac bundle. You can also listen to the album below.

EX TRACKLISTING:
EXposed

EXtend

EXpand

EXtrude

EXplore

EXpire

EXhale

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