Robert Hood - Living Legends
Our second installment of the Living Legends series by highlighting music by the one and only Robert Hood! Here are 7 tracks selected by Outputmessage.
“Often regarded as the creator of minimal techno, Detroit native Robert Hood makes stripped-down tracks with an emphasis on soul and experimentation rather than flash and popularity. He has recorded for Juan Atkins' Metroplex and Jeff Mills' Axis, as well as the revered Tresor and Peacefrog, among others. Hood also owns and operates the M-Plant imprint, through which he has released a fair portion of his voluminous output. The producer was an early member, along with Mills and Mike Banks, of the Underground Resistance label.” - Sean Cooper/AllMusic
“This is a Black invention. It’s innovation. The same way hip hop came out of the Bronx is the same way techno came out of Detroit, and the same way that house music came out of Chicago. We cannot ever, ever forget that,” Robert says. He stresses the importance of people needing to educate themselves on the origins of the music they consume — not doing so can only cause its legacy harm. Robert mostly blames the industry for the whitewashing in dance music and says that it’s no different from what they do with Black artists at award ceremonies like the Grammy’s. “What is award-winning, and what’s worthy of winning a Grammy? They don’t get to decide that, we do,” Robert says. "Black artists must speak boldly and let the world know that we’re here and this is what we created.” - @ash_lauryn_ / Beatportal
Check out the full interview of Robert Hood by Ash Lauryn.