This Friday, Bleep are throwing a party in London’s Cable club to launch the re-release of Robert Hood’s seminal Minimal Nation record .

With Robert Hood, Nathan Fake, Jackson and his Computer Band, Appleblim, Peverelist, Floating Points, Bullion all present, this is going to be one hell of a party! Tickets are available to buy HERE.

To find out more about Robert Hood on Bleep, including his Top 5 favourite records, click HERE.

We also have an exclusive Robert Hood mix recorded Live at FUSE. DOWNLOAD HERE

We decided to speak to the man to get a better idea of what helped create his sound that ended up influencing so many… you might be a little surprised at the results.

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BLEEP: To what extent did growing up in Detroit influence your music?
RH: I’m a product of the civil rights movement, so I grew up on the politically charged sounds of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Motown sound. Certain DJ’s like The Electrifying Mojo, Martha Jean “The Queen” & the Big Soul Rocker (Claude Young’s father) shape my musical perception.

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BLEEP: How did you become, alongside Mike Banks and Jeff Mills, part of Underground Resistance?
RH: I met Mike Banks through Mike ‘Agent X’ Clark. I played him a demo and he liked the drum programming particularly. Soon after I met Jeff Mills. I became part of UR as ‘The Vision’ in the form of MC / Artist.

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BLEEP: After listening to ‘Nighttime World Vol. 1′ and ‘All Day Long’, one can here a ‘jazz’ element to these records. What kind of music influences the Robert Hood sound?
RH: Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Jean Luc-Ponty, Hiroshima, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, Human League, Chic, Fishbone, Heaven 17, to name a few.

BLEEP: As a pioneer of ‘minimal’ techno, was your sound born from limited studio equipment or a reaction to the sound of the time?
RH: I never felt it was necessary to have a lot of equipment. I’ve always believed it’s not what you have but how you use it.

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BLEEP: Which other producers, past and present, do you have admiration for?
RH: J-Dilla (Rest In Peace)

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BLEEP: How do you feel about the genre of ‘minimal’ techno as it is now?
RH: A lot of so called minimalist artists are jumping on the minimal bandwagon for the sake of being minimal. What’s lacking a lot of the time is the feeling, or the emotion.We hear a lot of slick production but not a lot of passion.

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Tags: Minimal Nation, Robert Hood

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