F.U.S.E.
Growing up in Windsor, Ontario, Richie Hawtin aka F.U.S.E. would make frequent excursions across the border to Detroit in search of record shops and new clubbing experiences. Soon he would take up a residency at the small subversive club The Shelter and develop his skills as a DJ. Together with his close friend John Acquaviva they launched Plus 8 Records in 1990 to release their own creations and to support other up-and-coming, like-minded techno producers who were in search of a musical home. Richie started recording under the cryptic alias F.U.S.E.- abbreviation for ‘Futuristic Underground Subsonic Experiments’ - and released seminal tracks like ‘F.U.’ and ‘Substance Abuse’ (1991). The From Our Minds To Yours compilations released on Plus 8 would make a mark on the developing techno scene in Detroit and beyond. At age 22 Hawtin released his first full-length studio album under his F.U.S.E. pseudonym. Dimension Intrusion was largely inspired by science fiction films and a collection of available vintage synthesizers and drum machines. Playing with their electronic yet warm sound effects, the young producer in turn discovered some of his favourite instruments. His heady manipulations of the Roland TB-303 acid sound helped develop an influential style that would have a lasting impact on electronic music. The tracks on Dimension Intrusion range from club focused techno to soundtrack ambience and can be seen retrospectively as experiments leading to what would soon become Hawtin’s trademark acid-laced Plastikman sound.
Discography
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- Artist
- F.U.S.E.
- ReleaseProduct
- Dimension Intrusion
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARPLP12R
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
- LP
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- Artist
- F.U.S.E.
- ReleaseProduct
- NT
- Label
- Plus 8 Records
- Catalogue Number
- PLUS8076
- Release Date
- March 10, 2000
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- Artist
- F.U.S.E.
- ReleaseProduct
- Dimension Intrusion
- Label
- Plus 8 Records
- Catalogue Number
- PLUS8024CD
- Release Date
- July 1, 1993
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- Artist
- F.U.S.E.
- ReleaseProduct
- Dimensions
- Label
- Plus 8 Records
- Catalogue Number
- PLUS8021
- Release Date
- April 30, 1992
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- Artist
- F.U.S.E.
- ReleaseProduct
- Substance Abuse
- Label
- Plus 8 Records
- Catalogue Number
- PLUS8013
- Release Date
- September 1, 1991
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Appears On
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Global Communication - Back In The Box
- Label
- NRK
- Catalogue Number
- BITBCD05D
- Release Date
- June 6, 2011
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