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Plus 8 (also spelled as Plus8) is a Canadian techno record label founded by Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva in 1990 that's based in Windsor, Ontario. [1] [2] Along with Underground Resistance and Planet E, Plus 8 was one of the early producers of Detroit techno's 'Second Wave' music at the start of the 1990s.
In 1989, Acquaviva and Hawtin founded what would become one of the world's best known and influential techno labels, [1] Plus 8 Records. The founding of Plus 8 Records put John Acquaviva and Richie Hawtin at the vanguard of the emerging international electronic music movement and DJ culture. In May 1990, they released the new label's first ...
The album was released via a joint deal between Plus 8 Records and Warp Records; [6] Plus 8 founder Richie Hawtin shared a kinship with Paap as both were intrigued in "finding a way to push techno via the album format," and both Ginger and Hawtin's album Dimension Intrusion (released as FUSE) were initially issued via Plus 8 and then licensed ...
Released on 20 September 2019 on his Plus 8 records imprint, it consists of 16 heavily remixed tracks from three live performances during his 2019 CLOSE live tour. The set list includes tracks by Charlotte de Witte , Mental Resonance, Ricardo Garduno, Edit Select and Kaiserdisco.
From My Mind to Yours is a 2015 studio album by Richie Hawtin.It was released through Plus 8 on 11 December 2015 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the record label. [4] It features productions under Hawtin's own name and his aliases Plastikman, Robotman, Childsplay, F.U.S.E., 80xx, Circuit Breaker, and R.H.X. [5] It peaked at number 20 on the UK Dance Albums Chart.
In May 1990, Hawtin and John Acquaviva founded the Plus 8 record label, [3] which they named after their turntable's pitch adjust function. [4] In 1998, Hawtin launched M-nus Records. [5] From 2012-2015, Hawtin held the ENTER. Ibiza weekly party at Space in Ibiza.
His early single releases, "We Shall Overcome" and "Integration", were issued on Plus 8, a label overseen by Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva; [4] later releases appeared on Buzz and Warp as well as other labels. His records have seen more success in continental Europe than in the U.S.
His debut album Ginger (1993) was released on Richie Hawtin's Plus 8 record label in Canada, while in the UK it was part of Warp Records' Artificial Intelligence series of electronic listening music. [1] G-Spot, also on Warp, followed in 1995. He then released a live album, !ive, on his own Beam Me Up! label. [1]