Richie Hawtin drops surprise LP

Richie Hawtin’s new album From Our Minds To Yours comes shortly after he took ownership of an anonymous Plus 8 12-inch

In October this year an anonymous record attributed to John Acquaviva and Richie Hawtin’s Plus 8 label appeared on the shelves at Hard Wax. While listeners noted that the tracks bore similarities to Hawtin’s work as Plastikman it wasn’t entirely clear who had produced the record and Plus 8’s representative’s denied ownership at the time. Just two days ago Hawtin took ownership of the record in an interview with Electronic Beats and also said that there would be a new release on Friday.

Well, today is Friday and lo-and-behold he’s only gone and dropped a whole album that includes tracks under several of Hawtin’s aliases including F.U.S.E, 80xx and Circuit Breaker.

“This year is the 25th anniversary of Plus 8 Records, the label that John Acquaviva and I started at the beginning of our technology-fuelled journey into music.” Hawtin explained in a statement, “We thought of celebrating in many ways — an anniversary world tour or releasing a best-of compilation. However, in keeping with the original vision of Plus 8, we decided to celebrate the occasion by revisiting the very reason we started the label in the first place: releasing new forward-thinking music.”

He went on to say that, “For me personally the anniversary was an inspiring moment to get back into the studio with similar intentions as in those early days. I was very happy to be back where it all started. Equipped with updates of my original studio ‘friends’ and combined with the latest recording technologies, I then stripped the setup down to its basic components and found freedom within those limitations. No real plans, just the everyday process of getting up, turning on the gear and pressing record. In that environment I had the opportunity to revisit the personalities that I had explored earlier in my career, re-defining my own interpretation of techno. From My Mind To Yours.”

You can check out clips from the album over at Boomkat and take a look at the tracklist and album artwork below.

Tracklist:

01. Richie Hawtin – No Way Back
02. Childsplay – Stretching
03. Robotman – Simple Simon
04. F.U.S.E. – Them
05. F.U.S.E. – Close
06. Plastikman – Purrkusiv
07. Plastikman – Gymnastiks
08. Circuit Breaker – Systematic
09. 80xx – Creepr
10. Plastikman – Akrobatix
11. Plastikman – Cirkus
12. 80xx – Creatur
13. 80xx – Grindr
14. Plastikman vs. F.U.S.E. – EXpanded
15. R.H.X. – Xtension