I have to support those that support Rob. I think he is one of the best
DJs out of Detroit, always playing things LIVE, spontaneous, and just
plain however he wants. I don't think I've seen him out of form. This is
a DJ that doesn't hesitate to go from hard techno to deep house to old
acid to Classic Detroit Trax, and back and forth. I LOVE hearing him mix
records...
Dennis
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Tristan Watkins wrote:
I'm with Ian. Hadn't seen him until a couple of years ago but each of the 3 or
4 times since then have been wicked. KJ, your descriptions of his Dutch sets
have always really baffled me! Only one of those sets felt unfunky to me, but
in that case the brutality made up for it. Generally I find he plays some
pretty deep stuff (if at 140-150 bpm) and generally a fair amount of his own
stuff. And he's been one of the tightest mixers I've seen on each occasion.
Sometimes it even seems like he mixes minimal techno like a deep house DJ, with
really long blends, etc. Sounds weird but seems that way to me.
Oh, and he sh*ts on the rest of the world from a great height when it comes to
the 909. *Really* looking forward to he and Passarani at Fabric next Saturday
(and Akufen and Crackhaus who I probably won't see because I'll be watching the
other two all night, err at least a good chunk of it following some time at
Flushpoint).
Tristan
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Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: (313) Rob Hood - Sleepcycles
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Date: 16th March 2005 4:55:1
what? I can't believe that....he played at Split party in London and
people were ravinf about him being on form..I saw him at the Custard
Factory in Birmmingham a year or so ago and he was unreal! I have never
heard him train wreck, honest.
On Mar 16, 2005, at 3:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I remember when I was a mere cheeky young scamp, and one day Rob Hood
played at Swankys Soap in Manchester.
He played a nice sounding record.
I wandered up to the box. Kinda knew him to talk to at the time
"Hi Rob" I said, in a polite voice.
"What's this record please?"
So you actually heard him play a good set recently? I heard him last
saturday after 3 years avoiding him because of other horrible sets from
the man. I have to say that he couldn't get a straight mix (and i am
talking serious train-wrecks here) in the first 45 minutes. Once again
his whole set was filled with nothing more then non-inspirational,
non-funky music. We have chords and scales for a reason, they make
music sound good, please use them.
After Rob Hood however came James Ruskin and he was quite good to be
honest. He dropped some more funkier stuff and even some Blaze, Blake
Baxter and Electroids...
I am so disappointed in Rob Hood the last couple of years, what
happened to the Minimal Nation? Did the US listed it as a country that
supported terrorism or what?
KJ
