Guardian Music — A new platform will allow wannabe stars access to expensive software to create and share musicA new online virtual "studio" that will allow DJs and producers to access expensive software and make music for free is set to revolutionise how tunes are p... more info

XLR8R — The guy next to you at the cafe messing around on his iPad? Douchey. Richie Hawtin using a privately developed app to perform with the iPad on his Plastikman tour? Kinda cool. read more more info

Guardian Music — Dance music summit in Ibiza hears how DJs such as David Guetta are breaking the mould of US pop, collaborating with the likes of Will.i.am, Kelly Rowland and Britney SpearsAt the legendary Pacha nightclub in Ibiza, a group of four girls stalk past se... more info

Detroit Free Press — Richie Hawtin had promised great things, and he delivered on Movement's opening night, closing day one with a stellar hour-long set as he pulled an ecstatic Hart Plaza crowd deep into his Plastikman world. more info

Detroit Free Press — There's some good and bad news for electronic music lovers as producers behind the 10th anniversary of Movement finalize preparations before its three-day Hart Plaza party kicks off Saturday. more info

Detroit Free Press — It's probably safe to say that for most techno fans, Richie Hawtin needs no introduction. In a musical career that stretches two decades, the 39-year-old Hawtin -- who grew up in Windsor -- has strived to push the boundaries of technologically i... more info

XLR8R — For 10 years, Detroit, the birthplace and home of countless amounts of electronic music, has hosted an annual festival every Memorial Day weekend, which has showcased some of the best in the all-encompassing genre's wide array of producers and D... more info

The Culture Of Me — The 2010 Movement Festival aka DEMF is finally coming this Memorial Day weekend, taking over Hart Plaza in Detroit and featuring some of the heaviest hitters in the electronic music game, headlined by Richie Hawtin aka Plastikman aka Concept 1... more info

XLR8R — The LA-based NextAid nonprofit will auction off a gear package used by Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin on World AIDS Orphans Day on May 7. read more more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Who: Plastikman From: Windsor, Canada Reason to care: Plastikman is one Richie Hawtin, who hard-core Coachella fans will know performed at the first Coachella in 1999. Back then, Hawtin was offering a version of techno that stripped away much of... more info