Richie Hawtin CLOSE: How I PLAY

“I’ve always been very interested in how far you can push DJing, and my new show CLOSE is an audio-visual experience that allows me to experiment much more than my regular DJ shows and hopefully by the-set up and the visuals, it actually allows you to get closer to what is actually happening…” – Richie Hawtin The show, CLOSE – SPONTANEITY AND SYHNCHRONICITY, explores the relationship between human creativity and the innovative technologies that enable an artist to express themselves. In its first year, the show was voted Best Live Performance 2017 at the DJ Awards. Having debuted the concept at Coachella followed by shows at Primavera Sound, ADE and Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House, CLOSE opens up the DJ booth for a transparent masterclass in Spontaneity & Synchronicity. It represents how far the art of DJing can be pushed today, thanks to a completely improvised performance which means no two shows are the same. RICHIE HAWTIN CLOSE will take place at the following events in 2018: All Points East, London, UK / Friday May 25
Forbidden Fruit Festival, Dublin, Ireland / Saturday June 02
Northside Festival, Aarhus, Denmark / Friday June 07 Castello Scaligero, Villafranca, Verona, Italy / Saturday June 09
Sònar 2018, Barcelona, Spain / Saturday June 16
Awakenings, Halfweg, Netherlands / Sunday July 01
Les Eurockéennes de Belfort, Sermamagny, France / Friday July 06 Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, Spain / Saturday July 14
Audioriver, Plock, Poland / Friday July 27
Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands / Saturday August 18
L'Olympia, Paris, France / Wednesday October 10
O2 Academy, Glasgow, UK / Thursday October 11
Roundhouse, London, UK / Friday October 12 Video by Bratvolk Studio
Filmed and Edited by Joan Martorell
Visual artist Itaru Yasuda
Visual creative director Ali M. Demirel Music by Richie Hawtin CONNECT Web: http://close.richiehawtin.com
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