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Robert Hood's installment of the long-running DJ-Kicks series offers no unexpected detours or twists -- it's simply 72 minutes of steady, alert techno chugging along like a freight train. Hood lets each track play for about three minutes before smoothly blending it into the next one, and there are no jarring transitions or overdriven effects, just plenty of precise EQ'ing and sweeps. That said, it's still a solid, highly enjoyable mix. Hood's mixing skills are flawless, and there's enough of a balance between more functional passages, where the beats just bang along with a minimal note sequence on top, and moments where the drama is elevated a bit via vocal samples or bigger melodies, such as the neon synth sequence that pops up halfway through Hood's own "Hall of Mirrors." One thing to note is that this a Robert Hood mix and not a Floorplan mix. There are no overt references to Hood's devout Christian faith here, and barely anything resembling gospel, soul, or disco, apart from the looped vocal samples on Adrian Hour's "Make You Feel Good." While Hood is responsible for roughly a third of the tracks, most of the rest are by European producers, including Berghain favorites such as Truncate and Marcel Fengler, in addition to U.K. techno mainstays like Slam and Mark Broom. Still, it's true to Hood's pioneering vision of minimal techno, which focuses on stripped-down, funky machine rhythms, with the overriding goal being to make the crowd move. Hood's DJ-Kicks isn't quite as wild or personality-driven as his Fabric 39 mix from a decade earlier, but it's undeniably focused, and it clearly reaches its intended goal.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
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Unknown, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2018 Copyright Control
Robert Hood, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - M-Plant Music / EPM Music, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2018 !K7 Music
Truncate, MainArtist - David Flores, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Blueprint Publishing, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2017 Blueprint
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Slam, MainArtist - Stuart McMillan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Orde Meikle, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 !K7 Music 2014 Soma Recordings
Robert Hood, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - M-Plant Music / EPM Music, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2018 M-Plant
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Marcel Fengler, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music Mote-Evolver 2010
Gary Beck, Remixer - Mark Broom, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - EPM Music, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2018 EPM Music
Robert Hood, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - M-Plant Music / EPM Music, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2018 M-Plant
Robert Hood, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - M-Plant Music / EPM Music, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2018 M-Plant
Bryan Zentz, Composer, Lyricist - EPM Music, MusicPublisher - Stare 5, Producer, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2018 EPM Music
Gary Beck, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - BEK Audio, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2013 BEK Audio
Mark Reeve, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - SPG Publishing UK Ltd, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2012 Soma Recordings
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Robert Hood, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2017 Dekmantel
Robert Hood, Remixer - Brynjar Bjarnfoss, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Emmanuele Nicosia, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Landside, MainArtist - Tank Of Music, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2017 Just This
William Holland, Composer, Lyricist - Adrian Hour, Producer, MainArtist - Miguel Adrian Aguero, Composer, Lyricist - Toolroom Publishing/Full Thought Publishing, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2014 Toolroom Productions
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Tom Hades, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - Ben Long, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2016 Driving Forces
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Clouds, MainArtist - Liam Robertson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Calum MacLeod, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 !K7 Music 2013 Overlee Assembly
Hans Bouffmyhre, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - Kyle Geiger, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - BEK Audio, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2015 BEK Audio
Robert Hood, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - M-Plant Music / EPM Music, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2018 Dekmantel
Robert Hood, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist - M-Plant Music / EPM Music, MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2018 M-Plant
SPG Publishing UK Ltd, MusicPublisher - Oliver Deutschmann, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist
2018 !K7 Music 2013 Soma Recordings
Matrixxman, MainArtist - Charles Du, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Lord Virtual Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2018 !K7 Music 2013 Fifth Wall Records LLC
Album review
Robert Hood's installment of the long-running DJ-Kicks series offers no unexpected detours or twists -- it's simply 72 minutes of steady, alert techno chugging along like a freight train. Hood lets each track play for about three minutes before smoothly blending it into the next one, and there are no jarring transitions or overdriven effects, just plenty of precise EQ'ing and sweeps. That said, it's still a solid, highly enjoyable mix. Hood's mixing skills are flawless, and there's enough of a balance between more functional passages, where the beats just bang along with a minimal note sequence on top, and moments where the drama is elevated a bit via vocal samples or bigger melodies, such as the neon synth sequence that pops up halfway through Hood's own "Hall of Mirrors." One thing to note is that this a Robert Hood mix and not a Floorplan mix. There are no overt references to Hood's devout Christian faith here, and barely anything resembling gospel, soul, or disco, apart from the looped vocal samples on Adrian Hour's "Make You Feel Good." While Hood is responsible for roughly a third of the tracks, most of the rest are by European producers, including Berghain favorites such as Truncate and Marcel Fengler, in addition to U.K. techno mainstays like Slam and Mark Broom. Still, it's true to Hood's pioneering vision of minimal techno, which focuses on stripped-down, funky machine rhythms, with the overriding goal being to make the crowd move. Hood's DJ-Kicks isn't quite as wild or personality-driven as his Fabric 39 mix from a decade earlier, but it's undeniably focused, and it clearly reaches its intended goal.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:48
- Main artists: Robert Hood
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: !K7 Records
- Genre: Electronic Techno
2018 !K7 Music 2018 !K7 Music
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