F.U.S.E., aka Richie Hawtin, released back in 1993 and still sounding fresh. The album ‘Dimension Intrusion’ from whence this has been plucked, was one of the cornerstones of Warp’s ‘Artificial Intelligence’ series of albums, along with Autechre, B12 The Black Dog, Speedy J and Polygon Window. All of those records have stood the test of time, and have only increased in value. It might be difficult for some people to square the present day image of Richie Hawtin with the much younger version who produced this track, and it’s impossible to say if he is still capable of such innovation. That’s if there’s any more room to innovate. Throughout the nineties though, really up to the first five or six years of the noughties, RH was at the forefront of most that was vital regarding electronic dance music, then the hair got asymmetrical and Ibiza took over. I guess he figured that he’d already done everything he needed to, and he’s probably not wrong.
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