A Dutch designer has recreated Richie Hawtin’s landmark DE9: Closer to the Edit as a playable web instrument, restoring the original project’s spirit of open-ended remixing. The original DE9 was assembled by slicing records into hundreds of short loops and reassembling them into a continuous mix, and Hawtin released a companion vinyl, DE9: Closer to the Edit Parts, containing the raw loops so listeners could experiment at home. The new online version exposes all 120 original loops for free, letting users play, chain, rearrange, run material through effects, and trigger sounds via MIDI hardware. It’s presented as a non-commercial, anniversary labor of love that effectively converts a static tracklist into a functioning instrument anyone can use in a browser.
The site’s visual design mirrors Hawtin’s Minus label aesthetic: minimalist, monochrome layouts, hairline type, thin white grids, dial-style controls and understated 3D renders of the CD case and sleeve so the interface stays unobtrusive while facilitating exploration. The project is rooted in personal fandom - Closer to the Edit was the first techno record the designer bought at 14 - and aims to rekindle listener-driven deconstruction and new creative iterations of the source material.
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