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Robert Hood Unix ORIGINAL MIX TECNO

Robert Hood - Minimal Nation

Label:
Catalog#:
M.PM1LP, M.PM1
Format:
3 x Vinyl, 12", Reissue, Remastered, White
CD, Cardsleeve
Country:
US
Released:
Jun 2009
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Techno, Minimal

Tracklist

A1   One Touch
A2   Museum
B1   SH.101
B2   Rhythm Of Vision
C1   Unix
C2   Ride
D1   Station Rider E
D2   Self Powered
E   Sleep Cycle
F   Rhythm Of Vision (Original)
CD01   One Touch
CD02   Museum
CD03   SH.101
CD04   Rhythm Of Vision
CD05   Unix
CD06   Ride
CD07   Station Rider E
CD08   Self Powered
CD09   Sleep Cycle
CD10   Rhythm Of Vision (Original)

Credits

Artwork By [Design] - Patrick Vogt
Mastered By - TPH*
Producer, Mixed By, Other [Minimized By] - Robert Hood

Notes

Mastered at Schnittstelle.
P&C M-Plant Music 2009
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Reviews & Discussion

Rated 5/5
Review by ultrasound Jul 18, 2009
The year was 1994. Something was mutating in the music from the Bladerunner-esque city at the top of the Mid-West: the hitherto string-laden albeit abstracted futurism of techno was corroding down to something which was closer to the frame of its chassis. It was this LP - and it became a marker of a turning point in techno music at least. In the context of a new millennium some newish things become apparent: 1. Some of it is not very 'minimal'. ['Internal Empire' is actually a lot starker and sinister than this LP, not to decry 'Minimal Nation' for *not* having those qualities to any great extent.] Also, don't be surprised by the odd lush pad sequence to well up over the trackiness. 2. It's _extremely_ funky. If you know the theory of 'on-the-one', Test it here. This is black future Funk with a capital 'F'. 3. Even though it doesn't really sound dated in 2009 - it's very evidently from a different era: the analogue atmosphere is very palpable. You can almost smell it. [You can certainly hear the hum of the cheapo recorder this was finished on]. And there's circumstantial evidence everywhere of the VCOs and diodes used to make this LP - one track is titled 'SH101'. In my view, this remains a milestone - don't miss it [again].