When Planet E had a release party in Detroit (at some venue down around Chene Park...there were large, Viking-looking torches on the wall) for "Psyche - Elements 1989-1990" Robert Hood played a live PA with a TR-909, SH-101, and a little Boss (I think) sampler. I was standing near his set up listening to Claude Young DJ and Robert walked over to the bar to talk to some friends. This kid, who'd obviously had a bit too much to drink, came dancing and stamping around the table and stepped on one of the 1/4 inch audio cords plugged into the back of the 909. He did it with such velocity the 909 flipped up into the air and spun around for what seemed to be an eternity before crashing violently to the ground. I was mortified! The guy stumbled off and I picked up the 909 like it was the holy grail or something (I'd never seen one in real life at that point) and set it back up on the table. When Robert came back, I let him know what had just happened. He plugged in his headphones, twiddled a few knobs and pressed a few buttons, and told me everything was just fine. He even smiled. I was really amazed by his laid back actions...if it'd been my gear I would've been freaking out. Anyway, when it came time for his set, it was hard and bangin'. He did a lot of the classic tweaking of the 909 bass drum to build excitement. In between songs, he used the sampler to play down tempo jazz loops while he set up for the next song. It was a great, danceable set that everyone really seemed to appreciate. I remember Claude Young beaming from ear to ear and bobbing his head in appreciation.
After Robert's PA, I believe Carl Craig DJ-ed for a bit while Dan Bell set up to do a live PA. Dan was really struggling with something in his setup...a technical detail of some sort seemed to be really annoying him. The sound guy came and looked at it and Dan scowled at it. Eventually, they seemed to work something out and he began his set. Right into "Losing Control" where he worked his Korg MS-20 filters on the vocal line. It sounded great to me but he still looked really pissed off. He only played for about 15 minutes and eventually threw his headphones down in disgust and the PA was over. Oh well, at least the 15 minutes were good to me! What a night...Carl Craig, Claude Young, Robert Hood, and Dan Bell. Lineups like that don't come around too often. Leslie Rollins -----Original Message----- From: henrique casanova [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 10:41 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Hood, Metro Area, & Heard - Chicago wow metro area and mr hood!! it would be amazing to have this kind of oportunity.. the mesage says rob hood will make a live pa too. i never heard about it. but i can imagine all those early days m plant tracks making the greatest minimal techno set ever! anyone saw this before? henrique ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sokolowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:27 PM Subject: (313) Hood, Metro Area, & Heard - Chicago > First time I had to pick myself off the floor to copy and paste a post... > > > > On Friday Nov 15th 2002 > > We are proud to present > ADDICTIVE > celebrating the 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of > SENSE PRODUCTIONS > and the launch of WAXADDICT.COM > Chicago's online record store and cyberlounge > > featuring world class sets by: > > ROBERT HOOD (M-plant records)Detroit > *3 hour DJ set and LIVE PA!* > METRO AREA *LIVE*(Environ Rec)NY > featuring Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani > HARRY THE BASTARD (Statra/Watts)NY > PETER HELLER (Junior Boys Own)UK > LARRY HEARD & BERNARD BADIE > extended tag team set! > > along with Gabe Real(Motorlounge)Detroit > and your host Loki (Sense Prod.)Chicago > > and special guest TBA > > tickets go on sale through ticketmaster starting Friday. This is the only > way to ensure admission as ticket's at the door will be on a first come > first serve basis. This a 21+ event. Doors open at 9pm and show runs till > 4am. The event will take place at the Metro/Smart Bar. > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Internet access plans that fit your lifestyle -- join MSN. > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp > >
