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'''Plus 8''' (also spelled as '''Plus8''', without the space) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[techno]] [[record label]], based in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Ontario]] and founded in [[1990 in music|1990]] by [[disc jockey|DJs]] [[Richie Hawtin]] and [[John Acquaviva]]. Initial releases were by the pair themselves and their friends using aliases such as '''States of Mind''' and '''Cybersonik''', along with other [[Detroit]]-based musicians such as [[Kenny Larkin]]. Plus 8 was, along with [[Underground Resistance]] and [[Planet E]], one of the vanguards of [[Detroit Techno]]'s 'Second Wave', capitalising on the vacuum left by labels such as [[KMS (record label)|KMS]], [[Metroplex (record label)|Metroplex]] and [[Transmat]] at the start of the 1990s.
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'''Plus 8''' (also spelled as '''Plus8''') is a Canadian [[techno]] [[record label]] founded by Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva in [[1990 in music|1990]] that's based in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Ontario]].<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=261}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forcedexposure.com/Labels/PLUS.8.CLASSICS.CANADA.html|title=PLUS 8 CLASSICS - Forced Exposure|website=www.forcedexposure.com|accessdate=Aug 27, 2024}}</ref> Along with [[Underground Resistance (band)|Underground Resistance]] and Planet E, Plus 8 was one of the early producers of [[Detroit techno]]'s 'Second Wave' music at the start of the 1990s.
Important releases include early [[12 inch single]]s from [[Speedy J]], and [[Richie Hawtin]]'s many [[pseudonym]]s including [[F.U.S.E.]] and [[Plastikman]]. The label was put into suspended animation in [[1997]] as Acquaviva concentrated on DJing and Hawtin on his new label, [[M_nus]], but releases (and re-releases of early material often licensed to other labels) have appeared from time to time, notably [[2000]]'s ''Plus 8 Classics'' triple 12 inch vinyl and CD retrospective.

==History==
The label's name referred to the fact that on most turntables, +8% is the maximum amount by which one can increase the speed of playback.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> Initial releases were a series of increasingly faster [[industrial hardcore]] recordings by the pair themselves and their friends, using aliases such as '''States of Mind''' and '''Cybersonik''', along with other [[Detroit]]-based musicians such as [[Kenny Larkin]].<ref name="LarkinDM"/>

The label began to retreat from hard and fast tempo after the release of Circuit Breaker's "Overkill/Frenz-E" and Cybersonik's "Thrash" in 1992. Hawtin and Aquaviva lost interest in the drug-fueled dynamic and rave culture that was driving hardcore techno. In 1992, after observing a crowd in a [[Rotterdam]] club shouting an [[anti-semitic]] [[football chant]] over Plus 8's song, Cybersonik's "Thrash", Hawtin and Aquaviva decided to change musical direction by slowing down the tempo and bringing funk and soul back into their music.<ref>
{{cite book
|author=Reynolds, Simon
|title=Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture
|url=https://archive.org/details/generationecstas00reyn
|url-access=registration
|publisher=Little, Brown and Company
|year=1998
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/generationecstas00reyn/page/225 225–230]
}}
</ref>

Plus 8 releases include early [[12-inch single]]s from [[Speedy J]], and from Richie Hawtin's many [[pseudonym]]s including [[F.U.S.E.]] and [[Plastikman]]. By 1996 Plus 8 had also released a number of dance compilation albums.<ref name="Inc.1996">{{cite journal|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Dance Compilations Moving in Canada|journal=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68|date=25 May 1996|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=68–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> The label was suspended in 1997, as Acquaviva concentrated on DJing and Hawtin on his new label, [[M nus]], but releases (and re-releases of early material often licensed to other labels) have appeared from time to time, notably 2000's ''Plus 8 Classics'' triple &nbsp;12-inch vinyl and CD retrospective. In 2015, Richie Hawtin released ''From My Mind to Yours''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0RnEsdZfkPAgAwUGGF0RD7|title=From My Mind To Yours|date=December 11, 2015|via=open.spotify.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frommymindtoyours.com/|title=Richie Hawtin - From My Mind to Yours|website=www.frommymindtoyours.com}}</ref>


==See also==
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==External link==
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==External links==
* [http://www.plus8.com/ Official site]
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* {{Discogs label|label=Plus 8 Records Ltd.}}

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Latest revision as of 20:27, 16 December 2024

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Plus 8 (also spelled as Plus8) is a Canadian techno record label founded by Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva in 1990 that's based in Windsor, Ontario.[1][2] Along with Underground Resistance and Planet E, Plus 8 was one of the early producers of Detroit techno's 'Second Wave' music at the start of the 1990s.

History

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The label's name referred to the fact that on most turntables, +8% is the maximum amount by which one can increase the speed of playback.[1] Initial releases were a series of increasingly faster industrial hardcore recordings by the pair themselves and their friends, using aliases such as States of Mind and Cybersonik, along with other Detroit-based musicians such as Kenny Larkin.[1]

The label began to retreat from hard and fast tempo after the release of Circuit Breaker's "Overkill/Frenz-E" and Cybersonik's "Thrash" in 1992. Hawtin and Aquaviva lost interest in the drug-fueled dynamic and rave culture that was driving hardcore techno. In 1992, after observing a crowd in a Rotterdam club shouting an anti-semitic football chant over Plus 8's song, Cybersonik's "Thrash", Hawtin and Aquaviva decided to change musical direction by slowing down the tempo and bringing funk and soul back into their music.[3]

Plus 8 releases include early 12-inch singles from Speedy J, and from Richie Hawtin's many pseudonyms including F.U.S.E. and Plastikman. By 1996 Plus 8 had also released a number of dance compilation albums.[4] The label was suspended in 1997, as Acquaviva concentrated on DJing and Hawtin on his new label, M nus, but releases (and re-releases of early material often licensed to other labels) have appeared from time to time, notably 2000's Plus 8 Classics triple  12-inch vinyl and CD retrospective. In 2015, Richie Hawtin released From My Mind to Yours.[5][6]

See also

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References

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Citations
  1. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 261. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
  2. ^ "PLUS 8 CLASSICS - Forced Exposure". www.forcedexposure.com. Retrieved Aug 27, 2024.
  3. ^ Reynolds, Simon (1998). Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture. Little, Brown and Company. pp. 225–230.
  4. ^ Larry LeBlanc (25 May 1996). "Dance Compilations Moving in Canada". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 68–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ "From My Mind To Yours". December 11, 2015 – via open.spotify.com.
  6. ^ "Richie Hawtin - From My Mind to Yours". www.frommymindtoyours.com.
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