Add me to the list of Hawtin converts. I understand the experimentation and mellowing with age, but I will always be partial to mid-late 90s Richie. I saw him and Aquaviva on back-to-back Plus 8 nights in Ontario in 1997. Between that, Muzik, and that Plus 8 mix, Richie makes up a good portion of my early techno history, as well.

I keep hoping he'll drift back to the hard stuff like he did with Orange, but so far no such luck.