Musik (30th Anniversary Edition)

Electronic Club Music

35,00 €

In stock

Label

Novamute

Release date

December 6, 2024

Pressing

Original

Conditions

New

Vinyl

BioVinyl

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Plastikman, aka Richie Hawtin, has remastered his groundbreaking second album,
Musik, from the original tapes for a new limited bio-vinyl edition.
The record was first released in November 1994 through NovaMute and Plus 8, following the debut Plastikman album, Sheet
One (1993). A masterclass in minimal techno, Musik quickly propelled Hawtin to new levels of success. The release followed
Plastikman’s first-ever live performance in a black vinyl-encased room at a semi-derelict Packard Plant in Detroit, where
Hawtin was central to the burgeoning underground scene.
Before the full album hit the shelves, the track ‘Plastique' (which was later described by Q as “...the flipside to Hawtin’s early
singles, all ticking percussion, feline acid tweaks, and cushioned sub-bass”) set the stage for a more dance floor-friendly
album, albeit one with an unsettling and sinister side.
The album, described by The Guardian as “music as you've never heard it before” and by The Wire, who made it one of their
Albums of the Year, as “... a masterpiece”, defined a moment in techno that still echoes today.

Now, 30 years later, the album has been remastered from the original tapes, reminding us why Plastikman is a name that still
resonates and that the album’s intensity – on and off the dance floor – has lost none of its potency in the intervening years.
Available on limited edition double bio-vinyl from Mute and NovaMute.