Richie Hawtin, TM404

Richie Hawtin, the iconic electronic music artist and technology visionary, today announces two stand-alone UK shows of Close - his award-winning audio-visual show which takes you closer to his unique way of performing. The British / Canadian artist will play at Glasgow’s O2 Academy on 11th October and TheRoundhouse in London on Friday 12th October.

The show, Close – Spontaneity And Synchronicity, 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.

In recent years, Hawtin’s pioneering work has crossed over into artistic and cultural fields, collaborating with Anish Kapoor - one of the most influential sculptors working today - at the Grand Palais in Paris; performing live as Plastikman at the Guggenheim in New York for fashion designer Raf Simons; and creating soundscapes to the photographic work of Andreas Gursky at the Gagosian in New York and K20 in Dusseldorf. Hawtin’s electronic productions and DJ sets make him one of the most respected artists to emerge from the early 1990s techno scene.