Interview with Richie Hawtin

Here is the piece I did for The Japan Times on the future of dance music. Hawtin was an interesting guy to talk to, and the comments he made in the interview completely threw the story. At the start, I was aiming to write something about how digital technology was ruining the dance music scene, but the finished article is about the ways programs such as Traktor and Ableton have allowed DJs to completely change the way they play, and the impact that is going to have on popular music.