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Review: Never let it be said that Robert Hood is letting his listeners languish in a sonic comfort zone. The veteran producer's latest EP under his own name starts with a jolt, as the title track deploys pounding, industrial drums and a chain metal rhythm. "Pathetic" is just as intense. Based on a relentless groove, it sees Hood deploy a spiralling chord sequence that filters its way to a spine-tingling finale. "Outsider" is based on a similar premise, but this time hollowed out drums support a niggling build. This release effortlessly shatters the assumption that Hood would continue to focus on the less abrasive, house-influenced Floorplan project.
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MPM 46
12 Apr 24
Techno
12 Apr 24
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk
Review: Sometimes two heads really are better than one! Not so long ago, a French TV show invited Detroit house and techno don Robert Hood and Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti to perform a live tribute to James Brown. The results are captured here in album form, and it's a meeting of musical minds you won't want to miss, because while it wouldn't be quite true to say "you've never heard anything like this before" (not in a universe where 'The Man With The Red Face' exists) you likely won't come across a better example of the special magic that happens when electronics and live instruments collide, when jazz meets techno, for the rest of this decade, possibly longer! A sheer delight from start to finish.
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MPM 45D
08 Dec 23
Funk
08 Dec 23
Funk
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MPMD 2302
20 Oct 23
Techno
20 Oct 23
Techno
Review: Maintaining a fine family tradition, Lyric Hood delivers a blistering EP on her father's label. Sonically speaking, "Soul on Fire" is in the Floorplan tradition, with a wiry bass and tight percussive claps providing the backdrop for a repetitive vocal sample. On "11.44 (PM version)", Lyric follows a similar direction. It's all about the driving rhythm and incessant hi-hats, with these elements creating a platform for Lyric to lay down looped vocals and a brooding synth line. "Gotta Good Thing" is also inspired by the Hood family's love of house, as celebratory, soulful vocals are merged with a relentless, jacking groove. Of all the tracks on this release, "Woman" is the moodiest, with Lyric dropping insistent stabs over an insistent, percussive rhythm.
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MPMD 2301
09 Jun 23
Techno
09 Jun 23
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: Robert Hood's last release was his 2021 album under the Monobox alias, and Hectic sees him pivot back towards a more abrasive approach. It's audible on the hard-hitting title track, where the M Plant boss drops pummelling drums and firing percussion as a backdrop for wave upon wave of noisy sirens and stabs. Building and building until these elements reach an intense peak, "Hectic" marks an appropriately named return to Hood's more visceral sound. "Amazon Dust" meanwhile is marginally more reserved; resounding to tough drums and nickel-plated hi hats, it's powered by an insistent groove and a barrage of snare rolls.
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MPM 44
23 Sep 22
Techno
23 Sep 22
Techno
Review: Next up on M-Plant's 'Perpetual Masters' series of remastered classics from the labels vaults, is the 2000 'Technatural EP' by Detroit DJ, producer and Underground Resistance co-founder Robert Hood. A classic piece of minimal techno, a genre which he arguably invented, 'Technatural' certainly has the signature 'unnatural' sounds that Hood found solace in. We've all heard the stories from his perplexing live sets during his earliest days in the scene, and how counter-culture it was back then, but nobody at that party in '95 would have known how influential his sounds would be, carving out new realms in techno. From the haunting melodies of 'Outlast', or hypnotic sounds of 'Pattern St' to the pace and energy of 'Teflon', a piece of art that probably sounds like an out of tune organ to the untrained ear.
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MPM 43
22 Jul 22
Techno
22 Jul 22
Techno
Review: Originally released twenty years ago, this EP shows that when it comes to crafty house and techno, few acts do it like Floorplan. "Shop", with its wiry groove and insistent percussion, is more in keeping with the minimal techno that Robert Hood was best known for but with a twist, as he deploys a chugging groove to support these electronic leanings. In a similar fashion, "Learn" also sees the Detroit producer draw on his techno sound and apply it in a house-focused setting. The kicks have a dubbed out feeling and Hood layers insistent percussion and warbling tones over these elements to create a hybrid that countless producers would strive to emulate.
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MPM 42
24 Jun 22
Techno
24 Jun 22
Techno
Review: On her latest M-Plant foray, Lyric Hood continues to uphold the family tradition of making killer house and techno. On the dub version of "Let Me..", she splices up the vocal sample, letting it unfold over dense kicks and bursts of metallic percussion. Kayrem has been drafted in to rework the track, which originally featured on Lyric's Woman Hood Chapter 1, and this alternate version focuses on a deeper, break beat led groove. However, Lyric is quick to steer the release back towards peak-time territory, and the driving rhythm, doubled up claps and sassy vocals of "It Takes A fool" is sure to appeal to fans of Floorplan.
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MPMD 2202
29 Apr 22
Techno
29 Apr 22
Techno
