Dutch designer made DE9: Closer to the Edit into a playable web-based instrument
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- The author's youth was shaped by the house, acid house, and techno scenes of the late 1980s and 1990s.
- Richie Hawtin's DE9: Closer to the Edit was a landmark album made from hundreds of short loops reassembled into a continuous mix.
- The album was accompanied by DE9: Closer to the Edit Parts, a vinyl release containing individual loops for listeners to experiment with.
- DE9 Parts is a new anniversary project by Dutch designer Merijn Straathof, rebuilding the concept as an free interactive website with all 120 original loops.
- The website design evokes the minimalism of Hawtin's Minus label, with black background, thin white grids, and 3D renders of the CD case and vinyl sleeve.
- Merijn Straathof was inspired by his teenage purchase of Closer to the Edit as his first techno record, making this a personal labor of love.