14 Jun
Freddi C once again tackles Spain's ultimate musical throwdown

I’m so ready for this! All of our friends here in Barcelona are begging for the weather to be great over this week and into the upcoming Sonar weekend. Why, you ask? Well it’s been unusually wet and cold here in BCN for this time of year — putting a bit of a damper on […]


7 Sep
Resident Advisor travels to Germany for latest documentary

Last month Resident Advisor took its Real Scenes series to Detroit, to the birthplace of techno. And while the Motor City is certainly the loins from which techno first sprung, there is no city on earth more relevant to techno presently than Berlin. So logically Resident Advisor (and series sponsor Bench) have now traveled to […]


3 Dec
11 CDs, 6 vinyl albums, 1 DVD, 1 book and 1 poster on the complete works of Ritchie Hawtin's most famous alias

One day there will be a Hall Of Fame for techno, and Richie Hawtin will surely be a first ballot entry. One of the most important purveyors of the minimal school, Hawtin was among the second wave of techno artists birthing from Detroit (he was actually from Windsor across the border) in the early 90s […]


2 Nov
Creative minds exploring common grounds

This isn’t the newest of news, but it’s new to me so I thought I’d share. DJ Richie Hawtin is getting into the fashion game (well, kinda…it’s a tee shirt line). Earlier this year Richie teamed up fashion designer Isolde Richly to produce a line of t-shirts under the Richly Hawtin moniker. Like Richie’s music, […]