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Genre: Electronica
Release Date: 11/02/1999
Run Time: 58:19

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 inclusions from Richard Harvey, Jeff Mills, Surgeon, Pacou, Heiko Laux, Vladislav Delay, Maurizio, Rhythm & Sound, Marco Carola, and a few of his own tracks. The result of Hawtin's obvious labor of love is a mix album that manages to be simultaneously intense and moody, pummeling yet restrained. The beats are clipped and precise, rarely deviating from a 120 BPM pace. Though fans might resent the fact that it wasn't recorded live, Decks, EFX & 909 simply couldn't have been done well in a live setting -- at times, Hawtin has four records spinning at once, and the layers of sound he adds to the show make this album a highly effective techno statement. Another devastating release from North America's most effective dancefloor experimentalist.

~John Bush, All Music Guide

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Baby Ford - Producer
Nitzer Ebb - Performer
Eon - Producer
Jeff Mills - Producer
Boris Blank - Producer
Phil Harding - Producer
Daniel Miller - Remixing
Richie Hawtin - Producer
Richie Hawtin - Main Performer
Richie Hawtin - Mixing
Joseph Cultice - Photography
Surgeon - Producer
Marco Carola - Producer
Savvas Ysatis - Producer
Heiko Laux - Producer
Pacou - Producer
Grain - Producer
Rhythm & Sound - Performer
Stewart Walker - Producer
Ben Sims - Producer
A. Smith - Producer
Killabite - Performer
Vladislav Delay - Producer
Hi-Lo - Producer
Ratio - Performer
Hilo - Producer
Giulio Andreini - Photography
G. Flame - Producer
D. Meier - Producer
Mr. G - Producer
Santos Rodriguez - Producer
Anthony Childs - Producer
Kilabite - Producer
Thorhaller Skulason - Producer
Sharil Zawideh - Producer
Slim Smith - Layout Design
Slim Smith - Layout Coordinator
User - Producer
Richard Harvey - Producer

Musik
    Plastikman / CD / 1994
DJ-Kicks
    Claude Young / CD / 1996
Progress
    DJ T-1000 / CD / 1999

Release Date: 11/02/1999
Genre: elec
Run Time: 58:19