Robert Hood – Internal Empire LP (30 Years Anniversary Edition) [TRESOR027LPX]

February 8, 2025February 5, 2025 hipodromedetroit, detroit techno, minimal techno, re-release, reissue, robert hood, tresor recordsLeave a comment

This album holds an undeniable significance, serving as a cornerstone of both techno and Tresor’s legacy. Its story is deeply entwined with that of the label, following Robert Hood’s Waveform Transmission 2 under his The Vision moniker, released just one year earlier and reissued on Tresor in 2023. On Internal Empire Robert Hood perfected his signature sound already present on Waveform Transmission 2, marking a pivotal moment in techno’s history. It elevates its maker as master, sharing an irrefutable singular magic, sounding as present and indispensable as when first created. To understand this work fully is to stand back and celebrate its impact. Originally released in 1994, the album marks a point of transition for Robert Hood moving on from his previous collaborations within Underground Resistance. Robert Hood advanced, uncovering the power of true minimalism. Deep soul through a simplicity that showed how much could be done with so little. The devastating rhythms of this album forge the unmatched spirit of this sound, influencing generations to come.

The Vision – Spectral Nomad [M025R]

July 20, 2024July 18, 2024 hipodromedetroit, detroit techno, metroplex, minimal techno, re-release, reissue, robert hood, the visionLeave a comment

As The Vision, Robert Hood provided Detroit techno a pinnacle of the artform. It may be justifiably best known for the lip-bitingly strong minimalist transport of Detroit: One Circle with its sparing central refrain “Detroit” and spine-playing riffage, or for the killer Explain The Style variant, but for us the EP’s shortest and freakiest number Modern And Ancient is also one of its strongest, a mad, half-stepping slice of Afro-futurist electro encryption that still blows our mind today.

Robert Hood & Femi Kuti – Variations LP [MPM045]

December 16, 2023December 13, 2023 hipodromealbum, detroit, femi kuti, jazz, m plant, robert hoodLeave a comment

Robert Hood’s techno and Femi Kuti’s Afrobeat intertwine in a new form where jazz-grooves reign supreme. For the fourth season of La Compagnie des Indes & Sourdoreille ”Variations” live series of creations for France TV, they unite around James Brown, performing a tribute to the legendary Godfather of Soul. This album is the live recording of this unique collaboration and performance, capturing a very special moment in time.

Robert Hood – Master Builder [TRESOR032]

September 30, 2023September 28, 2023 hipodromedetroit techno, minimal techno, re-release, reissue, robert hood, techno, tresor recordsLeave a comment

Twenty five years after its initial release, and accompanying the re-release of ‘Internal Empire’ Tresor Records present a new cut and pressing (180gm) of Robert Hood’s essential ‘Master Builder’. The ongoing importance of this single and its adjacent album is indisputable, essential both to techno and to Tresor. It is a history intertwined. This work elevates its maker as master, and remains a cherished moment in the Tresor story, sharing an irrefutable singular magic, sounding as present and indispensable as when first created. To understand this work fully is to stand back and celebrate its impact.

Robert Hood – Technatural EP [MPM043]

August 24, 2022August 23, 2022 hipodromedetroit techno, m plant, minimal techno, re-release, reissue, robert hoodLeave a comment

Originally released in 2000 this ep showcases the unique sound that is synonymous with Hood: simple but effective minimalism for the dance floor. This 4 tracker is essential for anyone considering themselves a Techno fan.

Floorplan – Shop / Learn [MPM42]

August 20, 2022August 23, 2022 hipodromedetroit techno, duet, floorplan, m plant, minimal techno, re-release, reissue, robert hoodLeave a comment

Originally released on M-Plant subsidiary label, Duet in 2002. The record gets its hypnotic grooves remastered by Thomas Heckman for its 20th year anniversary,.

Monobox – Regenerate [MPM040]

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 hipodromealbum, detroit techno, m plant, minimal techno, monobox, robert hoodLeave a comment

MONOBOX - Regenerate

Robert Hood presents the return of his Monobox alias with an album featuring seven tracks. For the return of Monobox, Hood has envisaged that the vessel has been lying dormant for 40 or 50 years and is now beginning to rise up again, or regenerate. The new Monobox album, ‘Regenerate’ creates an all-enveloping story from its opening chapter and the atmospheric ‘Rise’. Stripped-back tribalism ensues with ‘Blackwater Canal’ before the ominous ‘Wargames’, while ‘Angel City’ brings a lighter, sparkling touch. Disc two delivers the gritty ‘Exoplanet’ running at over nine minutes as it gradually draws you in, then flip over for the sweeping grooves of ‘Drydock’. The album closes on the album’s title track where vintage melodies sit alongside techno futurism.

Monobox – Forwardbase Kodai EP [MPM039]

November 4, 2021November 3, 2021 hipodromedetroit techno, m plant, minimal techno, monobox, phase, robert hoodLeave a comment

MONOBOX - Forwardbase Kodai EP

Robert Hood is set to regenerate his much-loved Monobox alias with a new EP followed by an artist album. The ‘Forwardbase Kodai EP’ features 2 exclusive originals that will not appear on the forthcoming album, alongside a remix by Ø [Phase] and a blistering Robert Hood Re-Plant edit.

VA – Tresor 30 (30th Anniversary Edition) [TRESOR330]

September 29, 2021October 1, 2021 hipodromeafrodeutsche, anthony shake shakir, basic channel, blake baxter, claude young, compilation, d strange, daniel bell, detroit techno, dj minx, dj stingray 313, donato dozzy, drexciya, ectomorph, fjaak, function, helena hauff, huey mnemonic, james ruskin, jeff mills, jensen interceptor, joey beltram, juan atkins, k-hand, kmru, moritz von oswald, paris the black fu, porter ricks, regis, robert hood, russell e.l. butler, similant, surgeon, techno, terrence dixon, tresor records, underground resistance1 Comment

VARIOUS - TRESOR 30 (30th Anniversary Edition)

Since 1991, Tresor has provided a home for artists to germinate their ideas for advanced new sounds and broadcast them to the world. The pioneers that first traversed the Detroit-Berlin connection and were at the forefront of a new cultural movement gave to Tresor its original and continuing mission: community, resistance and reshaping the world to come. The Tresor 30 compilation represents a major land- mark in this continuing history of electronic music. This unique collection of music profiles some of the artists that gave the previous three decades of Tresor its sound and foundation, but it also casts its gaze forward. Writing new postcards from the future, this collection brings new artists who main- tain a connection to that original mission to the fore, charting ways in which this ethos can contin- ue to build bridges and break walls in the next 30 years. Bringing together 52 essential tracks – both clas- sics and exclusive commissions – each of the 12 records in this box-set charts a unique line of flight from those artists that helped define the shape of this new music to those who continue to pattern its landscape further.

Robert Hood – The Blueprint EP [REKIDS184]

August 9, 2021August 6, 2021 hipodromedetroit techno, minimal techno, rekids, robert hood, technoLeave a comment

HOOD, Robert - The Blueprint EP

Detroit pioneer Robert Hood returns to Rekids with a four-track EP of his trailblazing minimal techno.

Robert Hood – Minimal Nation [MPM1LPRE]

June 25, 2021June 24, 2021 hipodromealbum, detroit techno, m plant, minimal techno, re-release, reissue, robert hoodLeave a comment

HOOD, Robert - Minimal Nation (repress)

Triple pack repress of one of the most important and defining techno records ever made.

VA – EPM20 EP1 [EPM21V]

May 28, 2021May 26, 2021 hipodromeben sims, epm music, james ruskin, mark broom, robert hood, technoLeave a comment

HOOD, Robert/MARK BROOM/JAMES RUSKIN/BEN SIMS - EPM 20 EP1

2021 sees EPM hit a new milestone as the digital distribution, rights management, PR company and record label celebrates 20 years of electronic music. The first part of the EPM20 celebrations sees a series of three multi-artist EPs released across the summer, each focusing on a different genre – techno, electro and house – the three main pillars of EPM’s musical heritage. EP1 focuses on techno and presents new tracks from four of the world’s leading techno artists, Robert Hood, Ben Sims, James Ruskin and Mark Broom.

Robert Hood – Underestimated EP [MPM36]

March 11, 2021March 10, 2021 hipodromedetroit techno, m plant, minimal techno, re-release, reissue, robert hood1 Comment

HOOD, Robert - Underestimated EP (reissue)

To open M-Plant’s 2021 schedule, Robert Hood announces the return of the Perpetual Masters series. The ‘Underestimated EP’ still sounds as fierce as it did when it was originally released in 1998, delivering Hood’s personal style of minimal, stripped back Techno with crisp beats, powerful build-ups and flawless grooves; nothing is superfluous.

Robert Hood – Mirror Man [REKIDS168]

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 hipodromealbum, detroit techno, minimal techno, rekids, robert hoodLeave a comment

HOOD, Robert - Mirror Man

Detroit pioneer Robert Hood joins Rekids label with a new album entitled ‘Mirror Man’, showcasing his innate knack for crafting paired back but intricate rhythms that deliver punch and soul. Opening with the cinematic ‘Through A Looking Glass Darkly’, the album quickly flows into precise, powerful four four. There’s mesmerising cuts such as ‘Fear Not’ with its throbbing bass and spectral vocals, the twisted and off-key ‘Run Bobby, Run’, not to mention muscular tracks designed to light up dancefloors like the machine driven ‘A System of Mirrors’ or the mesmerising ‘Face In The Water’. Hood also breaks things up with downtempo and mind-bending interludes, including the tranquil yet spooky ‘Black Mirror’ and the beatless and murky ‘Freeze’. Each of these are aural feasts that demonstrate his vast musical pallet. From start to finish ‘Mirror Man’ is an education in finesse from one of techno’s most heroic artists, landing on one of electronic music’s most important labels.

Robert Hood – Master Builder [TRESOR32]

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 hipodromedetroit techno, minimal techno, re-release, reissue, robert hood, tresor recordsLeave a comment

Twenty five years after its initial release, and accompanying the re-release of ‘Internal Empire’ Tresor Records is proud to present a new cut and pressing (180gm) of Robert Hood’s essential ‘Master Builder’. This work elevates its maker as master, and remain a cherished moment in the Tresor story, sharing an irrefutable singular magic, sounding as present and indispensable as when first created. To understand this work fully is to stand back and celebrate its impact.

Robert Hood – Internal Empire [TRESOR27LP]

February 9, 2019February 8, 2019 hipodromealbum, detroit techno, minimal techno, re-release, reissue, robert hood, tresor recordsLeave a comment

Originally released in 1994, Tresor Records is proud to announce the reissue of Robert Hood’s ”Internal Empire”. A masterwork, then and now. ”Internal Empire” marks a point of transition for Robert Hood moving on from his previous collaborations within Underground Resistance. Robert Hood advanced uncovering the power of true minimalism. Deep soul through a simplicity that showed how much could be done with so little. The devastating rhythms of this album forge the unmatched spirit of this sound, influencing generations to come.

VA – Tribology Sampler 2 [MACHINESAMPLER002]

December 8, 2018October 20, 2022 hipodromeben sims, jeroen search, machine, minimal techno, robert hood, rod, steffi, technoLeave a comment

Ben Sims delivers Sampler 2, another four incredibly artists taken from his Tribology compilation. From the 808 driven hypnotics of Berghain’s Steffi through to ROD’s strident ‘Embase’ via Jeroen Search’s masterful, bleeping ‘Ostinato Pattern’ and Sims’ own punchy edit of unreleased Robert Hood cut ‘Gun Talk’ this is an unmissable 12″. A total of 5 samplers will drop as part of the Ben Sims pres Tribology mix compilation project.

Robert Hood – Clocks / Low Life / Go [MPM30]

May 3, 2018May 2, 2018 hipodromedetroit techno, m plant, minimal techno, robert hoodLeave a comment

The original minimal techno master wastes no time with ‘Clocks’. There’s a sense of urgency as the track builds, looping into its crescendo with waves of staccato hi-hats. Tick tock, tick tock. Over on the flip side there’s a familiarity in the opening chords of ‘Low Life’ that will resonate with fans of Hood’s work. Instantly recognisable, it’s stamped with his ability to bring funk and groove to the colder stomp of techno. Final opus, ‘Go’ brings a spiralling samba tempo to the dancefloor. The punchy drumbeat is interwoven with sweeping cymbals for a highly effective infectiousness, like a call to arms, or better still, the Brazilian call to carnival.

Robert Hood – Paradygm Shift. Vol 3 [DKMNTL055]

February 9, 2018February 7, 2018 hipodromedekmantel records, detroit techno, robert hoodLeave a comment

Following on from the 2017 LP Paradygm Shift by Robert Hood released on Dekmantel Records, the Detroit legend returns to the imprint to deliver the final installment in a trilogy of EP releases that initially began back in February 2016. Now based in Alabama, the Detroit-techno producer is returning to his roots. Embracing the trademark, minimal, funk techno sounds that defined his earlier career, Paradygm Shift Vol. 3 is classic Hood, operating in new, and uncharted ways.

VA – Soma500 Slam Remixes [SOMA500]

August 31, 2017September 28, 2023 hipodromecarl craig, delia gonzalez, detroit techno, gavilan rayna russom, minimal techno, robert hood, slam, soma recordsLeave a comment

Soma500 is a very special release that sees label heads Slam visit two memorable tracks for them over this past anniversary year. The duo of Stuart McMillan & Orde Meikle rework Robert Hoods, The Bond We Formed – taken exclusively from the Soma25 compilation and a track that has featured highly in countless sets, a unique Slam rework of Carl Craig’s interpretation of Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom’s Relevee.