Richie Hawtin and PLAYdifferently Announce PROTOTYPES TOUR to Launch New Mixer

A group of world-leading artists and DJs have confirmed to be a part of the first international tour for PLAYdifferently - a series of events to showcase the final prototypes of the brand's new mixer.

Over the past two years, Richie Hawtin and British product-developer Andy Rigby-Jones, in partnership with Allen & Heath and the Audiotonix, have been developing and testing their first prototype of the mixer that they feel is missing from the professional DJ market. Assessed at various leading worldwide events including ENTER.Ibiza, Glastonbury Festival and the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, the first prototype has already seen a number of iterations and is nearing completion.

The PROTOYPES TOUR will start in Los Angeles at Sound on Monday, March 14 and go on to visit iconic club venues around the world including Fabric (London), Robert Johnson (Frankfurt), Watergate (Berlin), Tenax (Florence) and the Panther Room at Output (New York). The tour will stop at leading music conventions includingMusikmesse (Germany), SXSW and Miami Music Week/Ultra Music Week in North America. In-store performance are also on the schedule at the Walrus record store/cafe in central Paris, plus a special talk at SXSW with Resident Advisor where Hawtin will reveal more about the new mixer in public. The tour will also host stages at two global festivals: Movement in Detroit and Awakenings in Amsterdam.

Full line-ups are as follows: 

Richie Hawtin
Ean Golden
Sat Mar 14 - Sound, Los Angeles 

Richie Hawtin
Matrixxman
Tue Mar 15 - Resident Advisor at Kingdom, SXSW, AustinPlus Resident Advisor talk: Technology - Past, Present & Future 

Richie Hawtin
Francois K
Mike Servito
Wed Mar 16 - Panther Room @ Output, New York 

Richie Hawtin
Very Special Guests
Thu Mar 17 - Basement, Edition, Miami 

Richie Hawtin
DJ Tennis
Fri Mar 18 - Spybar, Chicago 

Richie Hawtin - in-store performance
Wed Mar 23 - Walrus, Paris 

Richie Hawtin
Chris Liebing
Fabio Florido
Carlo Ruetz
Thu Mar 24 - Labyrinth, Hasselt 

Richie Hawtin
DJ Tennis
Fabio Florido
Fri Mar 25 - Tenax, Florence 

Richie Hawtin
Nastia
Hito
Roi Perez
Sat Mar 26 - Fabric, London 

Richie Hawtin
Paco Osuna
Diego Krause b2b Cinthie
Fabio Florido
Hito
Whyt Noyz
Carlo Ruetz
Matt Karmil
Sun Mar 27 - Watergate, Berlin 

Richie Hawtin
Dubfire
Joseph Capriati
Hito
Thu 07 April - Robert Johnson, Frankfurt 

Richie Hawtin
Joseph Capriati
tINI
Hito
Sat-Mon 28-30 May - Movement, Detroit 

Richie Hawtin
Maceo Plex
The Martinez Brothers
Chris Liebing
Fabio Florido
Hito
Tue 26 June - Awakenings, Amsterdam