Robert Hood – Minimal Nation
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Axis – AX-007 |
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US |
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Electronic |
Style: |
Minimal Techno |
Tracklist
| A1 | One Touch | 3:58 | |
| A2 | Museum | 5:12 | |
| B1 | Ride | 4:16 | |
| B2 | Acrylic | 3:54 | |
| C1 | Unix | 3:14 | |
| C2 | Rhythm | 5:04 | |
| D1 | Station Rider E | 4:36 | |
| D2 | The Pace | 5:40 |
Companies, etc.
- Mixed At – M-Plant Studio
- Produced At – M-Plant Studio
- Produced For – Axis Records (10)
- Published By – Millsart
- Published By – BMG Ariola
- Mastered At – National Sound Corporation
Credits
- Producer, Mixed By, Written-By [Minimalized By] – Robert Hood
Notes
All tracks mixed, produced and minimalized at M-Plant Studio - Detroit for Axis Records.
US pub. Millsart/BMG-Ariola.
"Rhythm" samples a vocodered voice snippet from a Yellow Magic Orchestra track, "Technopolis".
Copies with inconsistencies in labels exist. One of which both discs have labels of EP2 and another which has labels on wrong sides of EP1.
A mispress with 4 tracks by 'Jeff Mills' on 'EP1' instead of the 4 tracks by 'Robert Hood' exits.
Artist and title are presented as "Robert Hood's Minimal Nation" on labels.
NSC in runouts is circled.
US pub. Millsart/BMG-Ariola.
"Rhythm" samples a vocodered voice snippet from a Yellow Magic Orchestra track, "Technopolis".
Copies with inconsistencies in labels exist. One of which both discs have labels of EP2 and another which has labels on wrong sides of EP1.
A mispress with 4 tracks by 'Jeff Mills' on 'EP1' instead of the 4 tracks by 'Robert Hood' exits.
Artist and title are presented as "Robert Hood's Minimal Nation" on labels.
NSC in runouts is circled.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A Side): AX 007-A MUSIC FOR THE PROGRESSIVE
- Matrix / Runout (B Side): AX 007-B NSC
- Matrix / Runout (C Side): AX 007-C NSC
- Matrix / Runout (D Side): AX 007-D NSC
Other Versions (5 of 13)
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Minimal Nation (2×12", Mispress, 45 RPM, 33 ⅓ RPM) | Axis | AX-007 | US | 1994 | ||
| Minimal Nation (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, White Label) | Axis | AX-X | US | 1994 | |||
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Minimal Nation (2×12", White Label, 33 ⅓ RPM) | Axis | AX-007 | US | 1994 | ||
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New Submission
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Minimal Nation (2×12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Small Inner Pressing Ring) | Axis | AX-007 | US | 1994 | ||
| Minimal Nation (2×12", 33 ⅓ RPM) | M-Plant | M•P315 | US | 1999 |
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Reviews
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Robert Hood – Minimal Nation | A 1994 triumph in Techno, by none other than the Black Godfather of US Techno, Hood, Robert.
The most amazing thing about Minimal Nation is that Hood begins to find his signature style and sound throughout Minimal Nation, in my opinion. This fundamental grasp of knowledge, mindset and way with sound has ultimately paved the way for the Robert Hood we all know and love today.
Stay fighting the good fight!
Let's keep the kids off the drug-heavy streets. Let's Save The Children! 🖤 -
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Edited 8 years agoacrylic... thats the best tune on it and it was left out of the repress, dunno why....
although you can't see by Unix ! -
Edited 8 years agoInteresting to note, is the 2009 remaster takes away from all the beautiful transients and peaks of the original release. Hear it for yourself. The original has these nice subtle sculpted dynamic peaks that are sooo awesome, especially being a minimal techno record, while the remaster removes them and squashes them.
No doubt, the bigger sound picture is still there in the remaster, and the overall feeling of the tracks is still present, but the microcosmic beauty, and the majestic presence has been dissolved to make room for loudness and more impact; which might have been done on purpose. Who knows? -
Back in the nineties this was way ahead of its time. One of the most influential albums of Techno. -
Alongside Dan Bell no one else honed the efficient, minimal vibe so effectively. But listen closely and you can hear all the influences in there. Some of the songs sound like proper funk, just minimalized...
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Edited 20 years agoAbsolutely right, this album is one of the fixpoints in techno history. Museum with its Hood typicaly strings is so deep, never heard again. Ride and Station Rider E are two tracks of the same topic, like one is the remix of the other. So he putted them on separate records to mix them together. Try it, you can create a mindblowing ride into eternity - everytime different. -
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