Robert Hood Essentials

One of the key figures in the second wave of Detroit techno, producer Robert Hood began banging out brutalist techno anthems in the early '90s as a co-founder of Underground Resistance. As a solo artist, Hood reduced techno to a clean-lined grid of throbbing rhythms on epochal releases like 1994's Minimal Nation. His radically stark approach to groove had a massive impact on the development of minimal techno, but Hood has expanded on his stripped-down template over the years, weaving melody and atmosphere into the mix without sacrificing his trademark dance floor drive.