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[The_Laughing_Man]

Never dug Hood at all.
He never semed to understand minimalism.
He just used less sounds, rather than following the ethic of minmalism.
There was no texture to the sounds, just raw 909`s and raw synths.
These days it sounds very cheap and childishly simple to me.
It hasn`t dated well.

[DarkYoung]

listened to it, by this reckoning i reckon my pounding grooves tunes could be classed as minimal.

[The_Laughing_Man]

listened to it, by this reckoning i reckon my pounding grooves tunes could be classed as minimal.

Well the early stuff was, by Hoods understanding of minimal, so your right, pounding grooves is minimal in that it had few elements. There is much more use of texture in PG early stuff too, so it actually follows the script of minimalism more closely than hood, probably not intentionally though. Ask Henry, PG was a lot to do with him as well as Lawrie.

[DarkYoung]

Well the early stuff was, by Hoods understanding of minimal, so your right, pounding grooves is minimal in that it had few elements. There is much more use of texture in PG early stuff too, so it actually follows the script of minimalism more closely than hood, probably not intentionally though. Ask Henry, PG was a lot to do with him as well as Lawrie.

cool, i find this very interesting.
i have a few acid tunes that really could be minimal perhaps too, or industrial, just montonous even maybe **** knows

[The Overfiend]

Never dug Hood at all.
He never semed to understand minimalism.
He just used less sounds, rather than following the ethic of minmalism.
There was no texture to the sounds, just raw 909`s and raw synths.
These days it sounds very cheap and childishly simple to me.
It hasn`t dated well.

Rob Hood doesn't understand Minimal?
Seriously Steve...

[The_Laughing_Man]

Rob Hood doesn't understand Minimal?
Seriously Steve...

Minimal-ISM

The movement that minimal came from.
And no, Hood didn`t understand it,. He made music with minimal elements, but didn`t seem to understand minimalism.
In my opinion that is. Never bought a hood record, find him totally overrated, more for the fact he was there in the early days than for his skill.

[SlavikSvensk]

Rob Hood doesn't understand Minimal?
Seriously Steve...

i also heard that juan atkins never understood techno.

[The_Laughing_Man]

i also heard that juan atkins never understood techno.

must try harder. D Minus.

[Si the Sigh]

must try harder. D Minus.

I think you ment M_nus

[aNaLpLeAsEr]

i also heard that juan atkins never understood techno.

I don't think I understand it either. I am sure I could if i really wanted to but when ever I have analyzed another genre with the intention to write a track I end up getting bored of that genre. Maybe it is the element of mystery that holds my interest as a listener.