Fabric.39
Fabric
TECHNO
In an era where credit is rarely given when due, a lot of today’s so-called “minimal” enthusiasts may not actually be familiar with its creator: it’s near impossible to find anyone who can rival the magnificence and innovation of ROBERT HOOD.
Raised primarily on MOTOWN in Detroit, Robert Hood’s family was enveloped in music: his mother recorded a 45” locally, his uncle managed jazz and R&B bands, his grandmother’s first cousin was BERRY GORDY, his father was a jazz musician (piano, drums, and trumpet). Robert followed his father’s footsteps at a young age, picking up trumpet in the school band. But, distracted by youth, it wasn’t long before he swapped the trumpet for vinyl, obsessively focussing on the arrangements, musicality and instrumentation of the records he cherished.
His zealous interest in production guided him to a pawn shop and some basic equipment to begin recording demos. Eventually he hooked up with a key player in underground Detroit, MIKE BANKS. Instantly enamoured, Mike Banks and JEFF MILLS took Robert on board as an MC for 2 tracks. As Robert’s productions grew stronger, the incomparable UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE crew formed, putting political outrage to an experimental beat, and Robert found his place as a seminal member.
ôÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Robert’s own ground-shattering ‘Minimal Nation’ LP (on AXIS) hit the electronic music world with unprecedented explosion – it is credited today as a turning point for techno. He then moved on to create M-PLANT in 1994 – a label that explored ’minimal’ as an ethos. “The M-Plant, in minimalism, kind of reflected that. I remember thinking of Detroit like a museum. You know, like a work of art tanding still, suspended in time.”
On ’Fabric.39’, he wondrously illustrates emotive, scenic and rippling pictures through layered, hypnotic techno blends. The no-nonsense, trend- defying mix doesn’t timidly tiptoe around the obvious; it boldly stomps right through the unfamiliar and unforeseen. It is simplified, intelligent music that moves and challenges at a fast, unrelenting pace, imaginatively mimicking the feeling of Detroit itself in all its industrial glory. Robert Hood takes stripped-back minimalism and sets beauty to a beat, pours emotions through hi-hats, sings with undulating rhythms and gives machines a tangible feeling of humanity.
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