Play Differently is a new concept by Richie Hawtin & Allen & Heath
Play Differently looks like it will be a DJ Mixer by Richie Hawtin and Allen & Heath. At an exclusive NAMM 2016, Richie Hawtin announced that he had partnered up with Allen & Heath on a top secret project.
This secret project, now known as Play Differently was hinted at being debuted in the near future. Richie Hawtin has been a loyal user of the Allen & Heath Xone:92 DJ mixer. Therefore the news of their collaboration is not too shocking and pretty much expected.
Richie Hawtin has been collaborating with the brains behind A&H’s Xone mixer series, Andy Rigby-Jones. Andy has been the design manager and creator of the Xone line over the previous two years.
Hawtin made an official announcement of the reality of the Play Differently project. There is a website for the project with little other information on what it all actually entails.
Richie Hawtin tweeted:
“Excited that the new TECHNOLOGY project that Andy Rigby-Jones & I have been working on for over 2 years will soon be released to the world!”
According to the website…
“The ethos of Play Differently is to create products that will magnify the individuality and expand the creativity of today’s generation of electronic music artists, producers and DJs . We hope to encourage and inspire creatives to PLAY Differently.”
Other than this quote and an image of a glossy controller or mixer, little else can be derived from the website. Hawtin’s work with Andy at Allen & Heath is getting everyone pretty worked up and excited as to what will come to fruition. They are certainly making the most of the anticipation build up. Odds are quite good that there will be some ‘Xone mixer magic’ as a part of the Play Differently project.
On Hipasonic’s forums people have been speculating that the project will include a Richie & Allen & Heath new mixer which has apparently been seen in a few photos from clubs and his own Instagram and they’re calling it the Xone:93C. This is not a one hundred percent fact but we will keep you updated.
Play Differently with Richie Hawtin