Decks, EFX & 909 (1999)

About this title: Decks, EFX & 909 is the next step for Richie Hawtin after his Mixmag live album from 1995 and the increasing minimalism of his subsequent Plastikman material (the Consumed LP). Hawtin displays not only his talents as a mixer but also as a producer, using turntables, an effects processor, and a Roland pedal, plus a TR-909 drum machine for added beats. An extension of his live sets (though not entirely recorded live), the album employs a degree of improvisation rarely heard on mix albums. Cycling through 38 tracks in just over an hour, Hawtin ranges through driving, minimalist techno with ... read more

Tracks:

1. Early Blow [Hi-Lo]
2. Dumped [Flame/Mr. G]
3. User (02) - B2 [Harvey]
4. User (04) - A2 [Harvey]
5. User (01) - A2 [Harvey]
6. User (01) - B2 [Harvey]
7. 001a - A2 [Harvey]
8. B2 [Smith/Grain]
9. Road to Rio EP - B2 [Rodriguez]
10. B1 [Smith/Grain 2]
11. Road to Rio EP - A2 [Rodriguez]
12. A1 [Smith/Grain]
13. 002A B1 [Harvey]
14. Call of the Wild [Mills]
15. L8 [Mills]
16. Scout [Mills]
17. L8 [Mills]
18. Orange/Minus 1 [Blank/Meier/Hawtin]
19. Orange/Minus 2 [Hawtin/Blank/Meier]
20. Minus/Orange 2 [Blank/Meier/Hawtin]
21. Let Your Body Learn [McCarthy/Harris/Gra]
22. Minus/Orange 1 [Blank/Meier/Hawtin]
23. What the Hell Was That? [Intermission]
24. Killabite (002) - A1 [Killabite]
25. The Loops - A1 [Sims]
26. Alarms [Mills]
27. Force & Form [Surgeon Remake 2] [Childs]
28. Zen [Hawtin]
29. Five [Laux]
30. Dead Eye [Baby Ford & Eon/Eon]
31. Club Soda [Ysatis]
32. It's Process Not Substance [Walker]
33. 5
34. Neo [Delay]
35. Aliens Don't Boogie [Skulason]
36. Question (003) - B2 [Carola]
37. Kykeon [Zawideh]
38. Never Tell You [Rhythm and Sound]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.