What a pleasure it is to read a thread like this when you know you're going to be hearing the DJ in question in 12 days time!
And what's more he's one of 8 guests in a line up each and every one of whom I'm looking forward to seeing. http://www.computercontrolled.co.uk/ I've posted about this before so I'll content myself with repeating that this looks like the best techno line up in Manchester I can remember and for anyone heading this way to give me a shout. > From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 February 2008 14:59 > > Sometimes we don't say things on this list because they're self > evident, but let me say it: Rob Hood is one of the most consistently > brilliant producers in Detroit Techno, and one of its most distinctive > DJs. Rob was the headliner for Iowa's largest (and for the > promoters, most financially disastrous) rave, where from all reports > he burned the place down. At the time his mom was living here, (in > Des Moines, I think), which may have been one of the reasons my > friends were able to book him -- free ticket to see Moms! > > He made some of the seminal records in the minimal style, like > "Minimal Nation," and though his former partner Jeff Mills is much > more famous, it's not because Mills is better; they're as different > musically as is possible in a genre like hard techno. Mills has also > put more work into marketing and image. I'm not saying this to > criticize Mills, just that they have followed different paths. > > A few years ago I was visiting Nick Wilson in London and he played me > a Rob Hood mix (no idea which one) that was jaw-droppingly fierce -- > super fast, dark, and minimal, but exciting. Unlike a lot of DJs I've > heard who are into minimal techno, Rob's sets are not monochromatic -- > they're dynamic, mercurial, and savage. Dynamics, Texture, and Groove > are what makes minimal techno come alive -- something that is lacking > from the work of the more high profile haircut DJ stars of the genre.
