Richie Hawtin/ Justin Cudmore/ Nicolas Matar on The Roof

Nicolas Matar

If it takes fifteen years to make an overnight hit, thenNicolas Matar has truly come of age. The story of house music has run from theNew York underground via Ibiza to London and back around again many times overthe past fifteen years – and as the chapters have unfolded, our man has beenthere to turn the page. Nicolas has been DJing since the tender age of 15. He got an early head-start from hisfather, an original member of Studio 54 and a denizen of the 70′s New York clubscene. “Dad was a hobbyist DJ... View More

Richie Hawtin

Richie Hawtin lives an enviably stylish existence in an unlikely and unexpected place. His refurbished home sits across from a throbbing factory in a spare, industrial zone of Windsor, Ontario. The 97-year-old building was once a firehouse in the days when its firewagons were drawn by horses. But in the 21st century, what used to be a hayloft has been transformed into Hawtin's striking, uncluttered, red-and-black apartment; the horses lived directly below in what's now his state-of-the-art recording... View More