Hawtin Laptop Goes Down --- No back up?

[Conall]

For someone as high profile as him the discussion shouldn't even be about him using someone else's gear though, he has a whole crew of people working for him. I'm sure his budget can stretch to more than just a couple of backups (hey maybe he'll do that from now on!).

From what I read he just has one spare HDD which to be honest I don't think is acceptable, I have mates that DJ as a hobby which are more prepared for gigs than that.

Like I said in my previous post, If you play in such a way that you can't just use the gear that's there then it's your responsibility to make sure your prepared for things fucking up. Fair enough though this is a freak occurrence and it's unlikely that this is likely to happen again anytime soon.

[b1sh0p]

In light of this thread, I'm gonna listen to a Richie Hawtin vinyl set from 98 on my ride into work.

[MYE]

Richie and most big guys need carrying a backup laptop instead of backup drives. A MacBookAir full spec would be enough for his 4 deck techno set with traktor routed through ableton for his effects (Lexicon psp42 delay and many others) and maschine.

[KS2]

To me, this comes off as if youve never seen Richie Hawtin.

Not notice the difference? If you cant tell FOUR minimal techno tracks are being layered with maschine to make a different groove and song (so I disagree hes not making music on the fly) vs TWO techno tracks simply being mixed one from the other.. then, you. would be at the wrong show anyways.

I agree with the Kazoo sentiment. It would be the same for me, if my laptop died, Id be done. My style isnt traditional, and many wouldnt even call it DJing (more live performance I guess) but yeah... shrug...

Maybe its a bit more than people understand because all they use is CDs? I dont know. This seems pretty straight forward. Richie Hawtin and Carl Cox are theo nly people who can get me into Tech House, Minimal .. because how they layer it with 3 to 4 decks.. its no longer boring as snot.

I said most people. I've seen Hawtin before. Him and Carl Cox are hardly the be all and end all of techno though.
I'd prefer to see something different from him than the usual, personally. If he came out and played on vinyl or even just cdjs it'd be pretty special. Like when I saw Cox performing a house set at DC10. Something different = more interesting, better vibe. So what if it wasn't up to his usual standard? He's a DJ, not an architect. A decent crowd would/should understand.
The fact and the way he actually asked others to give up time from their slots seemed on the arrogant side as well. But then he's known for that.

[031999]

He should have used his beloved traktor dj ipad ........oooooohhhh burn Ritchie

On a side note if he would have got up and played a straight up top 40 set on cdjs.....instant legend!!!

[DarioJ]

He should have used his beloved traktor dj ipad ........oooooohhhh burn Ritchie

On a side note if he would have got up and played a straight up top 40 set on cdjs.....instant legend!!!

LOL... I would have to agree with that.

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

Umm anyone seen James Zaibela on cdjs... Sorry dont say you can't do shit on cdjs that you can on traktor.... That's an excuse I don't really care personally shit happens. This is one thing that kind of bugs me about laptop djing. The excuse that if something out of comfort Zone fails its en of the world. The usuain bolt analogy is ridiculous. A competition is different then a performance. Break an ankle you loose....



Further more does it really matter he played a set eventually. However I wonder why he wouldn't of done some sort of routine on his iPad..... But hey to do that kind of performance may require some pretty intense planning... Also to te guy that said wouldt expect tiestonto use laptop. If he had to likely would easily kill it. As with most djs of that age since they can use pretty much any medium.

[JDFS]

You're missing the point, IMO. He had the opportunity to turn it into a positive. Ultimately, the crowd doesn't really care about the medium. They're there for the music. The show must go on and you're paid to perform.

I'm not missing the point. He had backup, and even his backup fails so what then? Like all the previous statements made in this thread, you can't just play from something you never play from. The crowd doesn't care about the medium, but the artist most certainly does. He wants to give a show depending on his capabilities to manipulate music. If that isn't possible, it is his good right to not play and postpone it.

And it's the same thing because people ASSUME CDJ's are the standard, but for me the and propably many more the laptop is standard, so if that fails, you must play on something which isn't standard for you. Tiësto plays off of CDJ's and by your definition, CDJ's are standard. So if CDJ's fail on him, you just simply tell him to use another medium (I used a laptop for example).? No, because he isn't prepared to do so, just like Hawtin...

[JDFS]

The usuain bolt analogy is ridiculous. A competition is different then a performance. Break an ankle you loose....

What's so different about it? It's work after all, for DJ'ing you'll get paid, for running your longues out of your body you'll get paid. DJ'ing is competition too.

[johney]

i'd like to see you run with a broken ankle.