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Inside Green Logistics Co., Kotka, Finland. The image shows goods loaded on pallets to the left of the aisle, and stacked pallets with no loads to the right of the aisle.

A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns and villages. They usually have loading docks to load and unload goods from trucks. Sometimes warehouses are designed for the loading and unloading of goods directly from railways, airports, or seaports. They often have cranes and forklifts for moving goods, which are usually placed on ISO standard pallets loaded into pallet racks. Stored goods can include any raw materials, packing materials, spare parts, components, or finished goods associated with agriculture, manufacturing, or commerce.

Storage and shipping systems[link]

19th century warehouses in Gloucester docks in the United Kingdom, originally used to store imported corn

So-called Sust, a Middle Ages type of warehouse, in Horgen, Switzerland

Some of the most common warehouse storage systems are:

• Pallet racking including selective, drive-in, drive-thru, double-deep, pushback, and gravity flow
• Mezzanine including structural, roll formed, racks
• Vertical Lift Modules
• Horizontal Carousels
• Vertical Carousels

A piece pick, also known as broken case pick, split-case pick, each pick, over-pack or pick/pack, is a type of order selection process where product is picked and handled in individual units and placed in an outer carton, tote or other container before shipping. Catalog companies and internet retailers are examples of predominantly piece-pick operations. Their customers rarely order in pallet or case quantities; instead, they typically order just one or two pieces of one or two items.

Material direction and tracking in a warehouse can be coordinated by a Warehouse Management System (WMS), a database driven computer program. Logistics personnel use the WMS to improve warehouse efficiency by directing pathways and to maintain accurate inventory by recording warehouse transactions.

Automation and optimization[link]

Automatic storage warehouse for small parts

Some warehouses are completely automated, and require only operators to work and handle all the task. Pallets and product move on a system of automated conveyors, cranes and automated storage and retrieval systems coordinated by programmable logic controllers and computers running logistics automation software. These systems are often installed in refrigerated warehouses where temperatures are kept very cold to keep product from spoiling, especially in electronics warehouse where they require specific temperature to avoid damaging the parts, and also where land is expensive, as automated storage systems can use vertical space efficiently. These high-bay storage areas are often more than 10 meters (33 feet) high, with some over 20 meters (65 feet) high. Automated storage systems can be built up to 40m high.

For a warehouse to function efficiently, the facility must be properly slotted. Slotting addresses which storage medium a product is picked from (pallet rack or carton flow), and how they are picked (pick-to-light, pick-to-voice, or pick-to-paper). With a proper slotting plan, a warehouse can improve its inventory rotation requirements—such as first in, first out (FIFO) and last in, first out (LIFO)—control labor costs and increase productivity.^[1]

Modern trends[link]

Aisle with pallets on storage racks

Traditional warehousing has declined since the last decades of the 20th century, with the gradual introduction of Just In Time (JIT) techniques. The JIT system promotes product delivery directly from suppliers to consumer without the use of warehouses. However, with the gradual implementation of offshore outsourcing and offshoring in about the same time period, the distance between the manufacturer and the retailer (or the parts manufacturer and the industrial plant) grew considerably in many domains, necessitating at least one warehouse per country or per region in any typical supply chain for a given range of products.

Recent retailing trends have led to the development of warehouse-style retail stores. These high-ceiling buildings display retail goods on tall, heavy duty industrial racks rather than conventional retail shelving. Typically, items ready for sale are on the bottom of the racks, and crated or palletized inventory is in the upper rack. Essentially, the same building serves as both warehouse and retail store.

Another trend relates to Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI). This gives the vendor the control to maintain the level of stock in the store. This method has its own issue that the vendor gains access to the warehouse.

Large exporters/manufacturers use warehouses as distribution points for developing retail outlets in a particular region or country. This concept reduces end cost to the consumer and enhances the production sale ratio.

Cool warehouses and cold storage[link]

Cold storages preserve agricultural products at low temperature. Refrigerated storage helps in eliminating sprouting, rottage and tuber moth damage and in reducing weight loss of the agricultural produce. The edible products are generally not stored for more than one year. Several cold storage store perishable products which require the storage temperature as low as -25°C.

Cold storage helps stabilize market prices and evenly distribute goods both on demand basis and time basis. The farmers get opportunity of producing cash crops to get remunerative prices. The consumers get the supply of perishable commodities with lower fluctuation of prices.

Ammonia and Freon compressors are commonly used in cold storage warehouses to maintain the temperature. Ammonia refrigerant is cheaper, easily available and has a high latent heat of evaporation but it is also highly toxic and can form an explosive mixture when mixed with oil containing high percentage of carbon. Insulation is also important, to reduce loss of cold and to keep different sections of the warehouse at different temperatures.

There are two main types of refrigeration system used in cold storage warehouses, a Vapour absorption system (VAS) and Vapour compression system (VCS). VAS, although comparatively costlier, is quite economical in operation and adequately compensates the higher initial investment.

The temperature necessary for preservation depends on the storage time required and the type of product. In general, there are three groups of products, foods that are alive (e.g. fruits and vegetables), foods that are no longer alive and have been processed in some form (e.g. meat and fish products), and commodities that benefit from storage at controlled temperature (e.g. beer, tobacco).

Location is a very critical aspect for the success of cold storage. It should be in close proximity of growing area as well as market, be easily accessible for heavy vehicles, and have uninterrupted power supply.

Cold storage and the law[link]

There are state and local laws which regulate the cold store industry, requiring safe working conditions for employees, and operational procedures must be in accordance with these laws. Those companies which do their homework and prepare in advance for inspections and other routine enforcement protocols will be able to continue operating at full capacity, ensuring greater customer service and more product flow seven days a week.

Internet impact[link]

Internet-based stores do not require physical retail space, but still require warehouses to store goods. This kind of warehouse fills many small orders directly from end customers rather than fewer orders of many items from stores.

Having a large and complex supply chain containing many warehouse can be costly. It may be beneficial for a company to have one large warehouse per continent, typically located centrally to transportation. At these continental hubs, goods may be customized for different countries. For example, goods get a price ticket in the language of the destination country. Small, in-warehouse adjustments to goods are called value added services.

See also[link]

• Automated storage and retrieval system
• Document automation in supply chain management & logistics
• Data warehouse
• Inventory
• Inventory management software
• Kiva Systems—a manufacturer of robots for warehouse automation
• Pick and pack
• RFID
• Shipping list
• Shipwire—pioneer in outsourced warehousing and order fulfillment
• Voice Directed Warehousing
• Warehouse management system
• WERC, Warehousing Education and Research Council

References[link]

1. ^ Effectively Slotting a Warehouse or Distribution Center by By Paul Hansen and Kelvin Gibson. Cygnus Supply and Demand Chain Executive. Accessed 2010-08-06.

Further reading[link]

• The Story of the Bale. Manchester: Lloyd's Packing Warehouses Ltd, Princess Street, 1926

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Gareth Emery
Background information
Birth name	Gareth Thomas Rhys Emery
Also known as	GTR, Rue De Gar, Runaway
Born	(1980-07-18) 18 July 1980 (age 31) United Kingdom
Genres	Electronic dance music
Occupations	Disc jockey Record producer
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Five AM (2003–2008) Garuda (2009–present)
Website	www.garethemery.com

Gareth Emery (born 18 July 1980 in Southampton, England) is an English/Welsh Trance producer and DJ. Since 2009 he has been the highest ranked British DJ in DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 poll, peaking at #7 in 2010.^[1][2]

Background[link]

Gareth Emery was born in Southampton, England although he also has Welsh heritage.^[3] He lived in Southampton until the age of 26^[4] before relocating to Manchester, England where he has a studio and runs a club night and record label, both called Garuda.^[5] He has a degree in Politics from University of Warwick,^[6] supports Southampton Football Club,^[7] and is trained in classical piano.^[8] Prior to becoming involved in electronic music he played guitar in a punk band in the mid-nineties.^[9]

Style[link]

Emery has a distinctive and unique production style that has been described as a fusion of trance, house and progressive,^[10] and is described by Emery himself as ‘simple but effective’.^[11] Although usually categorised as a trance DJ, he has often dismissed this label simply stating that he plays good records regardless of genre.^[12]

Breakthrough[link]

Emery’s debut vinyl release was a white label remix of The Shrink's classic 'Nervous Breakdown' which was released in early 2002.^[13] In February 2002 Judge Jules broadcast the track live on BBC Radio 1 from the Mardi Gras festival, which brought Emery to the attention of the electronic music community.^[14] However, the track that launched his career is generally considered to be his third release: GTR – 'Mistral'.^[15] It was created entirely on a laptop computer over the course of a two week holiday in Provence.^[16] Paul van Dyk debuted the track live on the radio during the Nature One Festival in 2002 and it subsequently received support from some of the world's leading DJs, including Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten,^[17] and received highly positive reviews in Mixmag, Muzik, and DJ Magazine.^[18] Emery was ranked at #34 in DJ Mag’s Top 100 poll in 2006,^[19] #31 in in 2007, #23 in 2008, #9 in 2009^[20] and #7 in 2010.^[21]

Albums and Remixes[link]

Emery has released four mix CDs during his career: The Five AM Sessions (2005), The Podcast Annual (2007), The Sound Of Garuda (2009) and The Sound Of Garuda: Chapter 2 (2011).^[22] His debut artist album Northern Lights was released in 2010, and achieved considerable success, climbing to no.1 in the US iTunes dance chart.^[23] The album also contained one of his most successful tracks ‘Sanctuary’, which was voted the 2nd biggest track of 2010 by listeners of Armin van Buuren's A State Of Trance radio show,^[24] and then became the most played record of 2011 on US Sirius XM Radio dance station BPM.^[25] In 2011, a remixed edition of the album was released entitled Northern Lights Re-Lit with remixes by acts including Hardwell, Arty, Giuseppe Ottaviani, John O’Callaghan, Lange and Ashley Wallbridge.^[26] Since 2002, he has produced, remixed, or collaborated on around 90 tracks, with notable remixes for Britney Spears, Armin van Buuren, and Above & Beyond.^[27]

Labels[link]

From 2003 to 2008, Gareth co-owned now defunct label Five AM under which some of his biggest hits from the time were released (Mistral / This Is That / More Than Anything).^[28] In late 2008 he announced he would no longer be involved at Five AM, instead starting a new label 100% owned by him called Garuda.^[29] The first Garuda release was his own record 'Exposure / Metropolis' released in May 2009.^[30]

Since then all Emery's records have been released through Garuda. It is named after the bird-like creature from Hindu and Buddhist mythology, which Emery became aware of whilst touring Indonesia.^[31] The label has released records by artists including Ben Gold, Tritonal, M.I.K.E. and Blake Jarrell.^[32] The label also runs occasional club nights at Manchester superclub Sankeys, which was voted DJ Mag’s no.1 club in the world in 2010.^[33] Guests have included Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz, Above & Beyond and Sander Van Doorn.^[34]

Podcast[link]

Since March 2006, Emery has produced the 'Gareth Emery Podcast'.^[35] Originally fortnightly but now weekly, the podcast is generally 60 minutes in length and features 15 or so tracks in a radio show style format, covering a wide range of dance music genres.^[36] It is considered one of the first dance music podcasts, and has been nominated for “Best Podcast” at the Miami Winter Music Conference’s International Dance Music Awards three times.^[37] A feature called ‘Podcast Player’ involves DJs leaving an answerphone message and playing one of their favourite tracks of the time.^[38] .^[39]

Selected Discography[link]

Gareth Emery's production aliases include GTR, Cupa, Digital Blues and a house project under the meme Runaway.^[40]

His production history includes collaborations with artists like Lange, Solid Globe, Jon O’Bir and CERN with releases on a multitude of labels including A State of Trance, Lost Language, Multiply Records, Bonzai Records, and his native Five AM label.^[41]

2002[link]

• GTR – Mistral [Five AM]
• GTR – Flood Control [Influential]
• GTR – Psiclone [Influential]
• GTR vs The Shrink – Nervous Breakdown (Trance mix) [Nutrition]
• GTR vs The Shrink – Nervous Breakdown (Bootleg mix) [Nutrition]

2003[link]

• CERN – The Message (additional production) [Five AM / ASOT]
• Cupa – Blaze [Five AM]
• Cupa – Foundation [Five AM]
• Nova – All This Love (GTR mix) [Multiply]
• CERN – Baileys (GTR dub) [Five AM]
• Quadraphonic – I Can Feel Your Love (Gareth Emery's GTR mix) [Lost Language]

2004[link]

• Wirefly – The Verdict (Gareth Emery & Mark Dedross mix) [Motion]
• Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir – Escapade [Five AM]
• GTR – Reason To Believe (Original Mix) [Five AM]
• GTR – Reason To Believe (Gareth Emery Remix) [Five AM]
• Echano – Nothing To Live For (Gareth Emery Remix) [Motion]
• Will Holland – Magicka (Gareth Emery Remix) [Forty Five]
• Digital Delinquents – Forever (Gareth Emery Vocal / Dub mixes) [Equilibrium]

2005[link]

• Zodiak – Provincial Disco (Gareth Emery Remix) [MICREC]
• DJ Sammy – L'bby Haba (Gareth Emery Remix) [Super M]
• Gareth Emery – Between Dreams [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery – Backlash [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery – Tribalism [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery – History Of A Day [Five AM]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – This Is New York [Lange Recordings]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – X Equals 69 [Lange Recordings]
• Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir – Bouncebackability [Five AM]
• Emery & Kirsch – Lose Yourself [Enhanced]
• Cupa – Mass Panic (Gareth Emery Remix) [Five AM]
• Cupa – Mass Panic (Concept mix) [Five AM]
• Digital Blues – Digital Blues [Lange Recordings]
• Digital Blues – Definition [Lange Recordings]
• Nu-NRG – Dreamland (Gareth Emery vs. Brisky Remix) [Monster]

2006[link]

• DT8 Project – Tomorrow Never Comes (Gareth Emery Remix) [Mondo]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – Another You, Another Me [Vandit]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – Back On Track (Gareth Emery Back On Breaks remix) [Lange]
• Mike Foyle – Shipwrecked (Gareth Emery remix) [Armind]
• Vinny Troia feat. Jaidene Veda – Flow (Gareth Emery Remix / Dub mix) [Curvve]
• Gareth Emery & Nicholas Bennison – Interlok [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery & Nicholas Bennison – Interlok (Gaz's Dubbed Out mix) [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir – No Way Back [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir – Integrate [Five AM]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – On Track [Lange]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – Three [Lange]
• George Acosta feat. Truth – Mellodrama (Gareth Emery Remix) [Five AM]

2007[link]

• Gareth Emery – More Than Anything [Five AM]
• Albert Vorne – Formentera What? (Gareth Emery Remix) [Club Elite]
• Gareth Emery pres. Runway – Outrageous [Baroque]
• Gareth Emery And Rue De Gar – Soul Symbol [Curvve Recordings]

2008[link]

• DJ Orkidea – Metaverse (Gareth Emery Remix)[AVA Recordings]
• Myon And Shane 54 feat. Carrie Skipper – Vampire (Gareth Emery's Garuda Remix)[Armind]
• Gareth Emery – This Is That [Five AM Records]
• Martin Roth – Off the World (Gareth Emery Remix)[Vandit]
• Darude Ft Blake Lewis – I Ran (So Far Away) (Gareth Emery Remix)[HMC/DRD Music Finland]
• Andrew Bennett Vs Tatana Feat. Tiff Lacey – Closer (Than A Heartbeat) (Gareth Emery Remix) [S2 Records]
• Bartlett Bros feat. Marcia Juell – Let it Flow (Gareth Emery Remix)[Lunatique]
• Stowers & Young – The Second Coming (Gareth Emery Remix) [Insight Recordings]
• Menno De Jong feat. Re:Locate – Solid State (Gareth Emery Remix) [Intuition Recordings]

2009[link]

• Gareth Emery – Exposure/Metropolis [Garuda]
• Bobina – Time & Tide (Gareth Emery Remix) [World Club Music]
• Above & Beyond pres. Oceanlab – Lonely Girl (Gareth Emery Remix) [Anjunabeats]
• Ronski Speed feat. Ana – The Deep Divine (Gareth Emery Remix)[euphonic]
• M.I.K.E. – Sunrise At Palamos 2009 (Gareth Emery Remix) [Garuda]
• Fabio XB & Micky VI – Make This Your Day (Gareth Emery Remix) [S107 Recordings]
• Fabio XB & Andrea Mazza – Light To Lies (Gareth Emery Remix) [S107 Recordings]
• Gaia – Tuvan (Gareth Emery Remix) [Armind]
• Gareth Emery With Emma Hewitt – I Will Be the Same [Garuda]
• Terry Ferminal & Jonas Stenberg – A Thousand Miles, Memories (Gareth Emery Edit) [High Contrast Recordings]
• Gareth Emery – The Sound Of Garuda [Garuda]
• Rosie and The Goldbug – Heartbreak (Gareth Emery Remix)
• Delerium Vs Gareth Emery – In This Silence (Black Army Mashup)

2010[link]

• Gareth Emery Feat Lucy Saunders – Sanctuary [Garuda]
• Gareth Emery – Northern Lights (Studio Album) [Garuda]
• Gareth Emery – Citadel [Garuda]
• Above & Beyond & Gareth Emery pres. OceanLab – On a Good Day (Metropolis) [Anjunabeats]
• Nadia Ali – Rapture (Gareth Emery Remix)

2011[link]

• Gareth Emery – Northern Lights Re-Lit (Studio Album) [Garuda]
• John O'Callaghan – Save This Moment (Gareth Emery Remix) [Captivating Sounds – Armada]
• Britney Spears – I Wanna Go (Gareth Emery Remix)
• Gareth Emery & Ben Gold – Flash
• Super8 & Tab – Perfect Day feat. Alyna (Gareth Emery Remix) [Anjunabeats]
• Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge – Mansion
• Gareth Emery feat. Mark Frisch – Into The Light
• Gareth Emery – Tokyo

2012[link]

• Gareth Emery feat. Christina Novelli – Concrete Angel [Garuda]
• Labrinth – Last Time (Gareth Emery Remix)
• Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge – D.U.I. (TBA)
• Gareth Emery - The Saga (TBA)
• Gareth Emery – 2012 Album (TBA)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• The Gareth Emery Podcast website
• Gareth Emery on Facebook
• Gareth Emery on Twitter
• Biography – Resident Advisor
• Biography – i:Vibes
• TranceSound interview, September 2010

Richie Hawtin
Background information
Birth name	Richard Hawtin
Born	(1970-06-04) June 4, 1970 (age 42) Oxfordshire, England
Origin	Windsor, Ontario
Genres	Techno, minimal techno, Detroit techno, ambient
Labels	Plus 8, M-nus, NovaMute
Website	richiehawtin.com

Richard (Richie) Hawtin (born June 4, 1970, Banbury, Oxfordshire) is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s. He is best known for his abstract, minimal works under the alias Plastikman, a pseudonym he still uses today.

Hawtin is known for DJing minimal techno sets making use of laptop computers and digital mixing equipment. In May 1990, Hawtin and fellow second-waver John Acquaviva founded the Plus 8 record label, which they named after their turntable's pitch adjust function.^[1] In 1998, Hawtin launched Minus records.^[2]

Biography[link]

Hawtin was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England,^[3] but moved when he was aged nine to LaSalle, Ontario, a suburb of Windsor, Ontario, and just across the river from Detroit, the birthplace of techno. His father worked as a robotics technician at General Motors, and was a fan of electronic music, introducing his son to Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream at an early age. He has one brother, Matthew, who is a visual artist and ambient music DJ. Hawtin attended Sandwich Secondary High School in LaSalle. He began to DJ in clubs in Detroit at 17, and his early style was a mix of house music and techno.^[4]

With Canadian DJ John Acquaviva he formed the label Plus 8 in 1990 to release his own tracks under the name F.U.S.E.^[4] He spent part of 2002 and 2003 living in New York City, and has since moved to Berlin, Germany. He said, "I’d always wanted to move to Europe. I needed somewhere that was inspiring and where there were like-minded musicians and artists, somewhere you could still experiment with music and with life. Berlin is so liberal in so many different ways; there’s an amazing club scene, there’s a great development software tech scene, there are so many resources here."^[4]

Career[link]

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Hawtin has recorded music under the aliases Plastikman, F.U.S.E., Concept 1, Forcept 1, Circuit Breaker, Robotman, Chrome, Spark, Xenon, R.H.X., Jack Master, Richard Michaels and UP!. He also recorded and performed, in combination with other artists, under group names such as The Hard Brothers, Hard Trax (with his brother Matthew Hawtin), 0733, Cybersonik (with Daniel Bell and John Acquaviva), Final Exposure (with Joey Beltram and Mundo Muzique), Just For Fun (with Holger Wick), Narod Niki (with Akufen, Cabanne, Dandy Jack, Daniel Bell, Luciano, Ricardo Villalobos, Robert Henke and Thomas Franzmann), Two Guys In The Basement (with John Acquaviva), Spawn (with Fred Giannelli and Daniel Bell) and States Of Mind (with Acquaviva).

He was the mastermind of huge raves in the Detroit area, he ran several club nights, a yearly party at City Club and a crazy one at The Necto (nightclub) Additionally, Hawtin and Pete Namlook collaborated to produce the From Within series of albums which blend minimal techno and ambient. He has also released an album Sounds of the Third Season with Sven Väth.^[5]

In 2006, Hawtin collaborated with choreographer Enzo Cosimi on a composition called "9.20" for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. He said, "Enzo and I are very much interested in pushing boundaries, both as artists and for our audiences. Working together for the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Games delivers the creative endeavor to not only entertain a huge audience, but to also introduce them to sights and sounds that they may have never experienced before."^[6]

Slices magazine launched a series of biographies in 2007 called "Pioneers of Electronic Music"; their first issue was a 60 minute biographical documentary on Hawtin. The film follows his career from his early days crossing the border to Detroit to his current life in Berlin, and contains interviews with many colleagues and family members.

2011 saw the release of Arkives 1993 - 2010, a massive box set containing everything Hawtin has released under his Plastikman moniker, as well as a new mixed set and previously unreleased material. The collection includes CDs, vinyl, digital downloads and a DVD.

Hawtin dismisses speculation as to the demise of dance music. In an interview he said, "In the last few years, the interest in electronic music has gone back up, the quality of the music has gone back up, there’s a buzz which reminds you of the early days,” he insists. “From where I’m sitting right now, dance music is more vibrant than ever. In some countries you’ll always have the press saying it’s going down and writing it off, but somewhere else the interest level is soaring and people are discovering this music for the first time, like in South America, where it’s completely kicking off – it’s unbelievable down there. There are some great festivals and parties in Europe, and over the last five years I’ve seen Ibiza go from complete cheesy shite music to the resurgence of a number of different types of progressive electronic music."^[4]

Selected discography[link]

Albums[link]

• F.U.S.E.: Dimension Intrusion, 1993
• Plastikman: Sheet One, 1993
• Plastikman: Musik, 1994
• Plastikman: Recycled Plastik, 1994
• Plastikman: Sickness (EP), 1997
• Concept 1: 96:CD, 1998
• Concept 1: 96:VR, 1998 (remixed by Thomas Brinkmann)
• Plastikman: Consumed, 1998
• Plastikman: Artifakts [bc], 1998
• Plastikman: Closer, 2003
• Plastikman: Kompilation, 2010
• Plastikman: Arkives, 2011

DJ mix compilations[link]

• Richie Hawtin: Mixmag Live!, 1995 (Live DJ mix album)
• Richie Hawtin: Decks, EFX & 909, 1999 (DJ mix album)
• Richie Hawtin: DE9: Closer to the Edit, 2001 (DJ mix album)
• Richie Hawtin and Sven Väth: Sound of the Third Season, 2002 (DJ mix album)
• Richie Hawtin and Ricardo Villalobos Live at the Robert Johnson, Offenbach, Germany, 2004 (11 hour DJ set)
• Richie Hawtin: DE9 | Transitions, 2005 (DJ mix album)
• Richie Hawtin: DE9 lite: Electronic Adventures, 2006 (DJ mix album, produced with MixMag)
• Richie Hawtin: Sounds from Can Elles, 2008 (unmixed various artist compilation, free with DJ Magazine issue 467)
• Richie Hawtin: Mixmag presents: Richie Hawtin - New Horizons, 2012 (DJ mix album)

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Richie Hawtin

• Richie Hawtin's official site
• Plastikman's official site
• Richie Hawtin's Minus record label site
• Richie Hawtin's discography at Discogs

Fred Hammond (born December 29, 1961]].^[2] in Detroit, Michigan)^[3] is a gospel singer, bass guitar player, and record producer.

Musical career[link]

Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist (currently for Verity Records). He is a multiple Grammy-, Dove-, Stellar- award winner and nominee as a performer, producer and writer.

Hammond first gained recognition while playing bass guitar for the gospel group The Winans.^[2] By 1985 he was one of the six original members of the group Commissioned, participating in 10 of the group's 12 albums.

After his stint with Commissioned ended, he regained fame in the gospel community after selling millions of albums with his musical group Radical For Christ.

In 2002 Hammond returned to the group Commissioned (now with members Keith Staten, Marvin Sapp, Mitchell Jones, Karl Reid, Michael Williams, and Marcus Cole) to produce the Commissioned Reunion Live album.

Hammond produced Make Me Like The Moon, a stirring gospel ballad co-written by Chante Moore and Kenny Lattimore for their 2006 double-CD of gospel and R&B love songs entitled Uncovered/Covered (released October 10, 2006 by LaFace/Verity/Zomba Music Group). He also performs with Sean Combs on the album Thank You.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Notable singles[link]

Billboard chart history[link]

Albums[link]

Awards[link]

Award wins[link]

Award nominations[link]

Personal life[link]

Fred Hammond has two children that have appeared on his 2009 album, Love Unstoppable. Hammond was divorced from his wife of 17 years in 2004, and he currently resides in Cedar Hill, Texas.

Hammond revealed on the Donnie McClurkin Show that his mother confessed to him three months before she died that she had attempted to have him aborted. The procedure--done in 1961 before abortions were legal-- failed. Hammond's mother returned for a second attempt but decided against the procedure ; Hammond was later born in December 1961^[5].

References[link]

External links[link]

• www.fhammondfamilyent.com - The Official Fred Hammond Website
• Fred Hammond at Allmusic