FACT mix 274 is an intense footwork session by someone who has been instrumental in popularising the form outside of its native Chicago: Mike Paradinas.
Like Amsterdam’s canals and the city of Belfast, the FACT Mix series has just turned 400 – and we thought we’d better wheel out something special for the occasion.
Robert Hood is one of the most important names in Detroit’s second wave – a crucial cog in the Underground Resistance machine, and, like Messrs Mills and Banks, bona fide techno royalty. On his most feted records, notably 1994′s Minimal Nation, Hood perfected a brand of pared down Techno without an ounce of fat or a hint of waffle – sinewy, skeletal 4×4, almost ascetic in its sense of drive and purpose. Over his career, he’s leapfrogged from classic imprint to classic imprint (Tresor, Metroplex, Axis, Peacefrog). It’s a remarkable catalogue: greenhorns are advised to cast their eyes towards our The Essential…Robert Hood rundown from a few years back....
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