Minimal Nation

Minimal Nation strips Detroit techno to its skeleton and somehow makes the remaining bones hit harder. Robert Hood gives repetition, silence and a few sharply chosen elements almost all the work. The pressure comes from what he refuses to add. Reduction is the whole argument, and no record here argues it better.

One idea per track, followed until it gives something up. Hood removed the drama from techno and discovered the drama was never in the drama. Still the hardest thing in the genre to imitate, because there is nothing to hide behind.

One idea per track, followed until it gives something up. Hood left Underground Resistance's noise behind and discovered that a kick, a bassline and one moving part could carry an hour.