Included are remastered versions of all six previously released Plastikman albums and a trove of rarities, unreleased sessions and new material such as classic and hard-to-find remixes for other artists, including La Funk Mob, System 7, New Order, Depeche Mode, Hardfloor, and even an unreleased remix of his own Robotman project. Next to this you may also expect all-new remixes specially commissioned for the project, in which Hawtin’s influences and heroes rework Plastikman’s back catalog. Reaching far beyond the world of techno, the disc features luminaries such as Vince Clarke, Cliff Martinez, François Kevorkian, Moby, Chris & Cosey, Severed Heads, Flood, and Mute’s Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones.

Two CDs will contain previously unreleased material. One features the never-before heard, complete recording session from which “Spastik” emerged, along with an unreleased John Peel in-studio live session from 1994.

The DVD “Optik” is a DVD of classic and rare Plastikman videos plus previously unreleased footage of Plastikman live at Glastonbury, 1995 and Plastikman live at Mutek, Montreal, 2003.

And the cherry on the cake is a digital download code redeemable at plastikman.com, which will unlock additional material not included on the CDs (or other Arkives editions), insuring that each collector receives the most complete Plastikman Arkives to date. Ain’t that sweet?

It will be released in 4 different formats:

• Reference (11-disc CD/DVD/book edition)
• Analog (6 records on 180-gram vinyl in a deluxe box, with poster)
• Digital (digital download version)
• Komplete (including all CDs, vinyl, book, DVD, and bonus digital downloads)

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