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Can anyone tell me anything about Robert Hood ? I caught his set in the Tribal Temple at Otmoor on saturday and it was excellent. Just the sort of thing I really enjoy. Does he do his own stuff ? Please excuse my ignorance, but I hadn't heard of him before. Cheers Andrew Thompson Queen Elizabeth House University of Oxford http://sable.ox.ac.uk/~acnt

On Tue, 9 May 1995, Andrew Thompson wrote:

quoted 12 lines Can anyone tell me anything about Robert Hood ? I caught his set in the

> Can anyone tell me anything about Robert Hood ? I caught his set in the > Tribal Temple at Otmoor on saturday and it was excellent. Just the sort > of thing I really enjoy. Does he do his own stuff ? Please excuse my > ignorance, but I hadn't heard of him before. > Cheers > > Andrew Thompson > Queen Elizabeth House > University of Oxford > http://sable.ox.ac.uk/~acnt > >

Robert Hood does release his own material on his M-Plant label in Detroit/Chicago(??) as well as Tresor Records in Berlin. His full-length debut LP Internal Empire is on Tresor. He also has various 12'' on M-Plant as well as some collaboration work with Jeff Mills as H+M on Jeff's Axis Records label. My favorite is the Minimal Nation 2x12'' and a couple tracks as H+M. Derek Jordan

quoted 6 lines On Tue, 9 May 1995, Andrew Thompson wrote:

>On Tue, 9 May 1995, Andrew Thompson wrote: > >> Can anyone tell me anything about Robert Hood ? I caught his set in the >> Tribal Temple at Otmoor on saturday and it was excellent. Just the sort >> of thing I really enjoy. Does he do his own stuff ? Please excuse my >> ignorance, but I hadn't heard of him before.

EMANATE <djordan@LnxLand1.denver.colorado.EDU> said:

quoted 8 lines Robert Hood does release his own material on his M-Plant label in

>Robert Hood does release his own material on his M-Plant label in >Detroit/Chicago(??) as well as Tresor Records in Berlin. His full-length >debut LP Internal Empire is on Tresor. He also has various 12'' on >M-Plant as well as some collaboration work with Jeff Mills as H+M on >Jeff's Axis Records label. My favorite is the Minimal Nation 2x12'' and >a couple tracks as H+M. > >Derek Jordan

Don't forget the new M-plant303, "the memory foundation," more housier than THE PROTEIN VALVE, MINIMAL NATION, or INTERNAL EMPIRE, but still excellent. Smoother, yet still driving, I guess. Lower BPM's though. There is an M-plant 304 but from what I understand (at this point) there were only like 80 white labels of this, that even made it to the United States shores, and I wasn't cool enough to get one. ;) ;) He also has two tracks on the new Tresor 3 compilation CD, but they were already released: "The Rhythm of Vision" (was on the MINIMAL NATION 2x12", but the mix on the CD is worth having)... and "The Protector" by THE VISION, (from Waveform Transmissions vol.2). The whole Tresor3 CD is a must for you folks that like this kind of techno, but haven't bought the vinyl releases. Tresor is based out of Berlin, and I believe M-plant and AXIS is based in Detroit, though basically all the stuff by Mills and Hood comes out both places on both labels, usually, somehow, sooner or later. Duh, erm, can you tell I like Hood? :) _________________________________________________________________________ Matt MacQueen -- multimedia production -- human interface, CD-ROM, Web <macqueen@student.msu.edu> -- aural nukes in the mix _________________________________________________________________________

hmmm... I have Internal Empire and my impression of Robert Hood is put a rock in a tin can and shake it, for variation put the rock in a clothes dryer. I listened to Internal Empire about 6 times attempting to force myself to like it but I guess it just isn't my cup of tea.

I have his "Minimal Nation" EP. I flipped through Internal Empire and it didn't sound even remotely as good. About the first half of Minimal Nation is by my standards mildly wigged Detroit kinda stuff, but the second 12" gets out there in a minimal way not far removed from Jeff Mills or the Vision. Didn't floor me, but it's solid stuff. He's worked with Mills as H+M with at least 2 EPs on Axis. On Wed, 24 May 1995, greg strockbine wrote:

quoted 7 lines hmmm... I have Internal Empire and my impression of Robert Hood is put

> hmmm... I have Internal Empire and my impression of Robert Hood is put > a rock in a tin can and shake it, for variation put the rock in a > clothes dryer. > > I listened to Internal Empire about 6 times attempting to force myself > to like it but I guess it just isn't my cup of tea. >

On Wed, 24 May 1995, Mark Kolmar wrote: I am almost positive Robert Hood and Robert "the vision" Noise are the same fellow. I remember reading this in a Jeff Mills interview, but maybe not? Can anyone confirm this identity crisis? Derek

quoted 17 lines I have his "Minimal Nation" EP. I flipped through Internal Empire and it

> I have his "Minimal Nation" EP. I flipped through Internal Empire and it > didn't sound even remotely as good. About the first half of Minimal > Nation is by my standards mildly wigged Detroit kinda stuff, but the > second 12" gets out there in a minimal way not far removed from Jeff Mills > or the Vision. Didn't floor me, but it's solid stuff. He's worked with > Mills as H+M with at least 2 EPs on Axis. > > On Wed, 24 May 1995, greg strockbine wrote: > > > hmmm... I have Internal Empire and my impression of Robert Hood is put > > a rock in a tin can and shake it, for variation put the rock in a > > clothes dryer. > > > > I listened to Internal Empire about 6 times attempting to force myself > > to like it but I guess it just isn't my cup of tea. > > >

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Derek Oliver wrote on Thu, 25 May 95 10:58:14 BST :

quoted 8 lines On Wed, 24 May 1995, Mark Kolmar wrote:

> On Wed, 24 May 1995, Mark Kolmar wrote: > > I am almost positive Robert Hood and Robert "the vision" Noise are the > same fellow. I remember reading this in a Jeff Mills interview, but > maybe not? Can anyone confirm this identity crisis? > > Derek >

Well seeing as "Waveform transmission 2" is credited to both "Rob Hood" and "The Vision" depending whether you look at the spine, labels or whatever, I think your suspicions are confirmed! J ^

On Thu, 25 May 1995, Derek Oliver wrote:

quoted 8 lines On Wed, 24 May 1995, Mark Kolmar wrote:

> On Wed, 24 May 1995, Mark Kolmar wrote: > > I am almost positive Robert Hood and Robert "the vision" Noise are the > same fellow. I remember reading this in a Jeff Mills interview, but > maybe not? Can anyone confirm this identity crisis? > > Derek >

*** YES!!! he is one and the same person.i've been tracking his stuff since he worked with UR.not to mention i met him and remarked on some of the sounds on the gyroscopic ep.he's your guy.

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*** peace. tony

quoted 28 lines I have his "Minimal Nation" EP. I flipped through Internal Empire and it

> > > > I have his "Minimal Nation" EP. I flipped through Internal Empire and it > > didn't sound even remotely as good. About the first half of Minimal > > Nation is by my standards mildly wigged Detroit kinda stuff, but the > > second 12" gets out there in a minimal way not far removed from Jeff Mills > > or the Vision. Didn't floor me, but it's solid stuff. He's worked with > > Mills as H+M with at least 2 EPs on Axis. > > > > On Wed, 24 May 1995, greg strockbine wrote: > > > > > hmmm... I have Internal Empire and my impression of Robert Hood is put > > > a rock in a tin can and shake it, for variation put the rock in a > > > clothes dryer. > > > > > > I listened to Internal Empire about 6 times attempting to force myself > > > to like it but I guess it just isn't my cup of tea. > > > > > > > > moses@teleport.com Inportland Techno Acid Ambient Mail Order > DJ Rumpleforeskin Import Domestic Records-C.D.'s > 0--\___/--\___/---0 phone/fax 503-620-3340 > SUBMERGE TO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS IN ORDER THAT THE HIGHEST BE ELEVATED TO LIGHT > *Alfred Rosenberg > >

If this turns out to be true -- and frankly I could see where that might be the case -- I should give Internal Empire a better shot...it took a few listens to really get into Waveform Transmission Volume 2. At any rate, The Vision, Robert Hood and Jeff Mills have very similar aesthetics from the material I've heard (which is most of it). It wouldn't surprise me if The Vision were Robert Hood or Jeff Mills or both, actually. On Thu, 25 May 1995, Derek Oliver wrote:

quoted 3 lines I am almost positive Robert Hood and Robert "the vision" Noise are the

> I am almost positive Robert Hood and Robert "the vision" Noise are the > same fellow. I remember reading this in a Jeff Mills interview, but > maybe not? Can anyone confirm this identity crisis?

this is Robert Hood month over here at the Kurt house. First thing that made me sit up and take notice was the "Red Passion 3" 12" which has a couple of tracks which seem to rely heavily (and effectively) on very early Phillip Glass samples (electric organ/soprano saxes). Has a stark, disruptive funkiness, as well as a scary hypnotic vibe...I don't know, it really startled and impressed me. Was further impressed by most of Nighttime World Pt 2. while i gotta admit a couple of the reverb-soaked ambient numbers on that album kinda bug me, it's, you know, a concept album. it hangs together in a pretty interesting way, veering from house-funk tropes to stridently minimal techno. lots of unexpected touches, like the loud machine noise (a manual typewriter?) hitting way behind the beat on track 3. strong, clean, soulful, weird. anyway, i'm sure he's old news to many of you, but, you know how it is when you catch on to these things...if anyone has any Robert Hood recommendations, resources or news, i'd be grateful to receive them. kurt --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

dunno, I don't think The Vision - Waveform Transmissions 2 is really that good at all. In fact I think it kinda sucks - just lame 909 thumps and uninteresting short sequences along with standard filtering etc... very generic. Not to mention that it's produced poorly... but the robert hood lp on tresor ('infernal empire' i think) is quite excellent... Not as generic as WT2, in fact not generic at all really. Pretty mean, but still strange. ===== the humble abbott arthur purvis set his hand hereto __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Amazon.com has RA snippets of both Waveform Transmissions Vol. 2 and Internal Empire. I do agree that WT2 is not as sophisticated or as well produced as IE, but I think it still has a place. I don't know that I would describe it as lame or generic, but I would agree it is pretty repetitive and Jeff Mills derivitive... but there're a lot worse it could be. If you didn't buy things because they were Mills-derived there are back catalogs of entire record labels you would never own. Neither of Jeff Mills Waveform Transmissions records are as sophisticated or well produced as the PurposeMaker comp., but they still have a place in my collection too. And the same could be said for the UR 'Revolution for Change' CD, because it isn't as sophisticated or 'current' as the UR and Red Planet stuff since, but it's still an interesting record in a historical sense and there are some solid tracks on it. I feel the same way about WT2. Josh -----Original Message----- From: Arthur Blaikie Purvis [mailto:mingux@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:58 PM To: idm@hyperreal.org Subject: [idm] Re: robert hood dunno, I don't think The Vision - Waveform Transmissions 2 is really that good at all. In fact I think it kinda sucks - just lame 909 thumps and uninteresting short sequences along with standard filtering etc... very generic. Not to mention that it's produced poorly... but the robert hood lp on tresor ('infernal empire' i think) is quite excellent... Not as generic as WT2, in fact not generic at all really. Pretty mean, but still strange. ===== the humble abbott arthur purvis set his hand hereto __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

blasphemer, cast the heretic out... waveform 2 is a great piece of techno. i think it still holds up, it's fun to play, and actually really complex if you're mixing it. like duh, of course it's 808's and 303's, its detroit acid tracks, not idm pop songs. but listen to 'liquification' or 'chrome', not the standard acid track at all. internal empire is the best imho, though I keep reading good things about nighttime world v.2, but can't find a copy anywhere. some of his mplant releases are great, but for me it's dodgy. --------------------------------------------- Transmissions 2 is really that good at all. In fact I think it kinda sucks - just lame 909 thumps and uninteresting short sequences along with standard filtering etc... very generic. Not to mention that it's produced poorly... but the robert hood lp on tresor ('infernal empire' i think) is quite excellent... Not as generic as WT2, in fact not generic at all really. Pretty mean, but still strange. ===== the humble abbott arthur purvis set his hand hereto ===== Peter Lasell - CTRL Design www.abattoir.com/~flint/ san francisco | brooklyn __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 7 lines I do agree that WT2 is not as sophisticated or as

>I do agree that WT2 is not as sophisticated or as >well produced as IE, but I think it still has a >place. I don't know that I would describe it as >lame or generic, but I would agree it is pretty >repetitive and Jeff Mills derivitive... but there're >a lot worse it could be. If you didn't buy >things because they were Mills-derived there are back

quoted 4 lines catalogs of entire record labels you would never

>catalogs of entire record labels you would never >own. Neither of Jeff Mills Waveform Transmissions >records are as sophisticated or well produced as the >PurposeMaker comp., but they still have a place in my

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>collection too.

Well, I don't really agree... WT1 is one of my favorite records (only heard 3 in the store, thought it was alright but not as good as WT1) and the reason I bought vol. 2. WT1 is excellently produced I think - it sounds fucking rugged as hell (like it's supposed to), with big kicks and bigger basslines and lots of synthesized mayhem. WT2 is thin and uninteresting. Maybe that's because I have WT1 on LP and WT2 on CD, but it seems a little too extreme a difference for that to be the whole reason... What are the PurposeMaker records like? Are they "soulful"? (I hate "soulful" Mills records). ===== the humble abbott arthur purvis set his hand hereto __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org