Robert Hood on Underground Resistance, Minimal Nation, and Hi-Hats | Red Bull Music Academy
"Detroit techno legend Robert Hood passionately discussed his work with Underground Resistance, his Floorplan alias, the importance of hi-hats, and much more in his RBMA Tokyo 2014 Lecture." Red Bull Music Academy 2014
Topics And Tracklist:
TOPICS:
08:47 - Hip Hop
15:22 - Underground Resistance
27:40 - Minimal Nation
33:32 - Floorplan
1:19:16 - Yamaha
1:22:18 - Joe Lewis
MUSIC:
3:09 – Rob Noise - Sins Against The Race12:31 – Gang Starr – Mass Appeal
27:41 – Robert Hood – One Touch
39:39 – Floorplan – Never Grow Old
51:43 – Monobox – Realm 02
1:27:29 – The Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone
As one of the founding members of the legendary Detroit techno crew Underground Resistance – alongside Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills – Robert Hood’s legacy in the electronic music world is almost peerless. As well as pioneering the minimal techno sound with his 1994 LP Minimal Nation, he’s released on techno mainstays such as Metroplex and Jeff Mills’ Axis label, set up the Hardwax label and operates seminal techno label M-Plant – through which he’s released dozens of his own records, under his own name and as Floorplan. 2013’s Paradise LP as Floorplan was a volt-face in Hood’s musical story; the soulfulness of his minimal sound given new, hot-blooded life. It's this new life that keeps him a key figure in techno today.
