so many things)

it's nice and relaxing on those laurels

Rago. Bet this shit is pricey.

Will still buy it though because I'm a right cunt

fuck this

yawn

A plastikman DVD based on his 2010 tour would be fun.

sell sell sell buy buy buy...... GO AWAY

Twatend

unless there's a new album hidden somewhere amongst all of this, i think we can put the issue to rest. given how he has released two retrospective-based projects this year, i think it's okay to finally say that richie will NOT be making another full-length plastikman album.

crazy - at DEMF this year I saw him in the hotel looking at a bunch of marketing and such - looked like a box set of some sort - packaging or somehting. looked amazing. looked perferated paper too (old school)

I will buy this

He just wants more MONEY !

+1.

I've heard that pre-orders will get a signed Christmas card from Hawtin. Nothing says Merry Christmas like a card from one of the scariest alter-egos in techno

i'm sure this thing will cost about 400$, but i might actually buy the thing regardless...

not even on vinyl...
pla$tikman of sXXI

'Arkives Analog, meanwhile, will be composed six pieces of vinyl that collect 'exclusive tracks and a limited edition poster, presented in a deluxe custom box.'

this new album ?

Djeez Richie, looks more like Cashing Man ... most fans already have the stuff and some is already remasterd too.

I luv the Plastikman output, but some new material would be nice.
Also love to see this one www.amazon.co.uk/Choice-Limited-Mixed-Richie-Hawtin/dp/B0010DJ1G0 but that might never see a release ...

Considering I've only got a smattering of his releases over the years, this looks like it'll be a good buy for someone who wants all the albums and doesn't have any.

Really, it's not that big of a deal to bust out a "greatest hits" of sorts...except its not a greatest hits, it's a total re-release of everything plus some. Dunno why people are so butthurt over it. I wouldn't be surprised if a new album hits in 2011 after this.

Hawtin, despite a few missteps like the clothing line and the cube, seems far more genuine and humble when I've read his interviews and met him, than say, a certain mousehead or frenchman props to that

Hopefully it's not too expensive! I would like to purchase so I can complete my Plastikman collection.

Problem? So do most people.

The Plastikman - Arkives judging on the quality of Richie's work would be the ultimate collectible for an enthusiast. A retrospective view that one can appreciate in full. If you want quality you would need to pay for quality and that is how the world works. To get out, you need to put in and I think Richie deserves the royalty. I am looking forward to previewing the finished material and wish only the best for it.

Something completely different than Kompilation and definitely much more interesting especially regarding unreleased material, remixes collection and the videos. I'd probably buy selected MP3s/WAVs/AVIs though rather than the full package.. CD is such a waste of space for a digital format.

"Arkives Analog, meanwhile, will be composed six pieces of vinyl"......

Well done Pecheur, what an insightful and well rounded comment, you are definitely right....

Maybe he's releasing all his old Plastikman tunes to prepare us for new ones?

i want this and fuck off about earn money...everybody need that

i just think it's a bit disappointing how this is turning out... i mean, i bet a LOT of younger people got their first taste of 'the plastikman experience' during this worldwide tour... and i'm sure some of them liked it a lot. i can see how richie would want to celebrate the project but retrospective compilations, in my opinion, do not make the artists involved appear 'fresh' to younger audiences; if anything, it makes the entire project look like a nostalgia act. i bet a new album (excluding discussion, however valid, of how 'difficult' it would be for richie to get back into that mindset) would have helped retain a bunch of casual fans whose attention was grabbed by a rather cutting-edge live show. oh well... i'll look forward to new albums by magda and marc houle instead.

Anyway. Six previous albums? Sheet One, Musik, Consumed and Closer make four. The other two? Artifakts - all B-sides and rarities but not a cohesive piece. Cast-offs basically. And... Kompilation? Richie's Golden Greats? Wtf?

I really cannot see the artistic worth as counter-balancing the capitalism, even for the chance to own the Do Da Doo remix which I can't seem to dig up anywhere else. It's the sort of plush regurgitation you'll eventually get from Norah Jones or Oasis - the retrospective that shruggingly suggests all creative energies are spent, time to close the lid on the coffin, put the money under the door and goodnight etc etc blah blah blah...

is mr. hawtin owner of beatport and give labes a 60 to 40 deal and at the end it is only 50% the label gets?

i know it's technically a 'compilation', but it was the first plastikman full-length i ever listened to and it's still my favorite (so maybe i'm biased)..... i've always thought it an excellent, coherent 'album' with a great sense of flow across all the tracks.

but i agree with the rest of your point, unfortunately.

Anyone having trouble with the confirmation e-mail?

sounds interesting, yet why would you really want it remastered when the whole point of it was the abnormalities which added and coloured the sound. The only real difference is everything being exported in 24 bit (which is irrelevant if its then on a CD; bar the use of dither of course).. maybe we will have a video of a whisk working on its own instead of a rolling pin moving in a sketchy manner across a while table like that found in his previous DVD?

That said, I have mine on pre-order and am readily awaiting the receipt of my embossed Christmas card

How much it costs? Anyone?

god, no. I was at that glastonbury show in '95. The spaceships really landed that afternoon, one of the best shows i've ever ever seen. But i don't want it on DVD

I would buy this as a tribute to a Master who deserves recognition for his work- as well as it's value as vinyl art. But I believe Richie's move to Berlin represented a massive shift in his work, placing business opportunities and leverage over the market as a priority rather than exploring creative possibilities in new works under his own name or Plastikman.

I would certainly never put a penny into his Cirque Du Soleil version of Plastikman. That sound is reserved for something other than trying to 'grab' a piece if the mainstream.

Naturally I'm curious about the unreleased stuff and remixes, but I was really thinking we'd get a new album. I know Closer wasn't everyone's favorite, but I thought it was great and was looking forward to hear what he'd do with the sound from there.

I have every album on vinyl, so it's hard for me to think of rebuying them, even if they're remastered ... just too broke these days. It's a great item for those who don't though, but I'll be curious to hear the prices. I just hope this revenue results in a vinyl pressing of JPLS "The Depths", because it's criminal it's not on wax already.

i think it's another marketing act really i mean yes, Richi is hip and things like that, but everyone wants to eat good food. hope those unreleased eary extra exclusive tracks will really rock!

Textbook move for an artist/group who've run out of ideas/inspiration...

I agree with ROTE. I'd purchase it for the same reason. 'As a tribute to a Master who deserves recognition for his work - as well as it's value as vinyl art:. And Prun, talk when your in a position as he is.

Interesting packages he's put together - a bit like the thinking behind high-end 'superfan' packages that Trent Reznor put out of NIN's work. The $300 Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition of Ghosts I-IV immediately sold out its run of 2500. (Kerching!) Proof that physical products will still sell when you add value and price them well

Why should he? If Hawtin sees fit to release a bunch of previously - and widely - available recordings in some sort of a fancily trussed up presentation package complete with calf-skin record bag and mink-gland cologne that's Hawtin's business. Do you really think though that because he is in some nominal 'position' of 'mastery' to lord it over his underlings, it makes him impervious to criticism? Would you like to see this criticism bumped to a treasonable offence? Same old bollix argument trolleyed out to defend a man well past his creative summer by those with too much money and too little sense.

And anyway, 'Prun' could in fact be Ralf Hutter's nom-de-plume for all you know. He likes the west of Ireland y'know.

Don't get me wrong. He's a genius. I've been a fan for a long time. I have lots of his stuff on vinyl from a long time back. I still listen to his albums and mixes all the time. Its great for people who don't have his older stuff and want to pick it up.
Be nice if it was a new album though. When 'best of' and anthology releases come out I can't help feeling like its the end of an era and sometimes the prelude to a wind down. Hopefully not.

I'm thinking of better things to spend my money on...

No orders until the 10th, so whoever is talking about an e-mail list and a pre-order is full of shit. As for the person who said that a retrospective detracts from new listeners' interest by making it sound old, do you realize how dumb you sound? Plastikman is undoubtedly timeless and only a rookie or a poser would think of it in those terms.

I for one am looking forward to having a compilation of his greatest on a high quality pressing. I just hope that we share the same definition of his "greatest". I also hope we share a common concept of reasonable value, as if this is even close to the cost of the Warp20 compilation ($150 retail for 5 vinyls, 5 CDs, a lengthy book, and high quality packaging) it's overpriced.

wow great stuff!

does anybody know when the kick off for the pre-orders finaly will be?

10th of october is already gone...but ok...typical for m_nus to postpone such days isn´t it ;-)

by the way...rydimryder, I fully agree with your thougts...totally my opinion!

How about a new album? its been a long time since Plastikman last album 'Closer' was released is there any new upcoming plastikman album on sight?

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seems that ordering process is still not possible yet....

I´m tired of compilations, i want a new album, i want new musics, so does anyone knows if there will be an upcoming album by Plastikman?