Plastikman Live (World Tour)

Nov 2009 – April 2011 | Project Lead & Tour Manager

As Project Lead and Tour Manager of the ground-breaking Plastikman Live Tour I looked after a crew of 10 to 15 persons with a 70 min. performance at large-scale events all over the world.

Together with the artist’s booking agency and the local promoters, I planned and organized the Plastikman shows including setup and sound check, looked after equipment logistics, arranged necessary paperwork (visas, Carnet ATA, customs papers) and made sure everyone is at the right place at the right time.

As Project Manager I was also in charge to arrange technical meetings, order equipment, kept a cost overview, updated the website, and worked closely with all departments so that the project flowed as smooth as possible.

2010
27 Mar Time Warp Mannheim (DE)
18 Apr Coachella Palm Springs, CA (US)
08 May We Love Art Paris (FR)
21 May Dissonanze Festival Rome (IT)
29 May Movement Detroit, MI (US)
18 Jun Sonar by Night Barcelona (ES)
11 Jul T in the Park Glasgow (UK)
06 Aug Sonne, Mond, Sterne Saalburg (DE)
07 Aug Audioriver Plock (PL)
20 Aug Pukkelpop Hasselt (BE)
21 Aug Lowlands Amsterdam (NL)
28 Aug Creamfields Halton, Cheshire (UK)
10 Sep Bestival Isle of Wight (UK)
13 Nov Creamfields Buenos Aires (ARG)
04 Dec Womb Adventure Tokyo (JP)
2011
05 Mar Future Music Festival Brisbane, NSW (QLD)
06 Mar Future Music Festival Perth, WA (AU)
12 Mar Future Music Festival Sydney, NSW (AU)
13 Mar Future Music Festival Melbourne, VIC (AU)
14 Mar Future Music Festival Adelaide, SA (AU)

Richie Hawtin returns with one of the most referenced electronic music monikers in dance music… PLASTIKMAN.

Hawtin will unleash a live electronic performance that takes his mastery of technology to the next level, incorporating state of the art visual architecture, interactive technology, and more to be revealed in this return of one of the founders of modern electronic music. Plastikman Live will be debuted at this year’s Timewarp festival on March 27th, 2010 – the first in a series of hand-picked dates that will form the first ever Plastikman Live world tour.

The new show evolves from the previous Plastikman live performance at Canada’s Mutek festival in 2004, by continuing to explore the connection between visual, audio and interactivity, and once again partnering visual architects Derivative alongside visual designer Ali Demirel. Building upon everything learned from the Hawtin/Demirel Timewarp shows of 2005-2007 and 2008’s Contakt multimedia events, Plastikman Live condenses all of these elements into a new highly concentrated one-hour experience.

Reinterpreting the 18 year history of Hawtin’s Plastikman material, Plastikman Live moves from the acidic atmospheres of ‘Sheet One’ to the disorienting funk of ‘Musik’, to the nostalgic moments of ‘Artifakts’, through the depths of ‘Consumed’ and into the darkness of ‘Closer’; everything re-imagined through the capabilities of modern technology.

Recapturing the spirit of the early Plastikman albums and parties in Detroit, Plastikman Live is a fusion of the past and future, the visual and audible, between performer and audience, of expectations and anticipation; creating the ultimate Plastikman experience.

“It has always fascinated me how sound, lighting, visuals and human interactivity define and deepen a concert experience By focusing on my own unique Plastikman sound I hope to find new freedom and explore the extremes of where these elements converge, challenging our senses, stimulating our memories, and creating an experience of physical and mental intensity that can be only Plastikman.” – Richie Hawtin, January 2010

Produced in collaboration with Minus & Derivative
With support from Clonk & Cosmopop

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