Robert Hood’s RBMA Tokyo Lecture

Tune into the techno legend’s talk… 

Detroit techno veteran Robert Hood – whose ‘M-Print: 20 Years Of M-Plant Music’ compilation is out on December 8th – recently attended the Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo to give a lecture. Well, it’s more like a Q&A session. But it’s certainly enlightening, as Hood discusses his early foundations, his practice and how he continues to draw inspiration from on high. This talk was held on November 8 as part of RBMA Tokyo 2014.

This is a Floorplan podcast, not a Robert Hood podcast.

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Angelo Cruzman The Lonely Soda Mixes

An immersive collection of non-dancefloor eclectica for the ultimate listening experience.

Australian Angus Gruzman will handle the new Montreal label’s first full-length, In Dreems, next January.

Angus Gruzman is a veteran of Sydney’s dance music scene, known as part of the Bang Gang DJs as well as a multitude of aliases including Gus Da Hoodrat and Angelo Cruzman (and then there’s also his collaborative project for Turbo, The Finger Prince). Last year Gruzman decamped to Montreal to help Thomas Von Party start the new Multi Culti label, which has so far released three of Gruzman’s singles as Dreems. Now they’re preparing in Dreems, a full-length they describe as “more of an ambient voyage than a collection of dance tracks.”

December not only gives you Christmas, it also delivers you the Dreems album launch and listening party. We will be serving snacks and “refreshments” for you brain, body and soul to help ease you into an evening of light and dance from 10pm. Dreems Album Launch

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Token takes Aphelion on the road

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A selection of Token artists will embark on a tour in support of the label’s new compilation, Aphelion.

Eleven label nights have been planned for various European locations including Brussels, Rome, Austria, Barcelona, Porto and Berlin. For more dates across Europe: Resident Advisor (more to be confirmed)

Aphelion was released earlier this week, and features previously unreleased cuts from core artists like Ø [Phase]Inigo Kennedy and Ctrls, along with contributions from newer associates like Surgeon, Rødhåd and James Ruskin. You can stream Aphelion in full below.

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Robert Hood Live

Video of part of the DJ set at La Bacchanale, Montreal, Canada 2014-09-27

Robert Hood needs little introduction. Founding member of the legendary group Underground Resistance as a ‘Minister Of Information’ with ‘Mad’ Mike Banks & Jeff Mills, his seminal works on Jeff Mill’s Axis and his very own M-Plant imprint paved the way for a wave of stripped-down dancefloor minimalism that directed much of techno’s path throughout the late Nineties. Robert Hood makes minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation over flash and popularity.

This year has seen Hood release a series of anniversary re-edits and remixes, though M-Print: 20 Years Of M-Plant is the most comprehensive offering to date. The 33-track M-Print compilation will be released to the stores in December.

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Tiga ‘Bugatti’ Video Premiere

Watch the exclusive video premiere for the Montreal kingpin’s dancefloor sensation.

Music videos in 2014 are where mystery and coolness go to die, so we are overjoyed with the amazingly watchable, entertaining, and stylish result that director Helmi (of Division Paris, who brought you the incredible Gesaffelstein video) has achieved.

An exclusive vinyl-only remix package will be released to the stores in December featuring low-slung acid house courtesy of Cliff Lothar, loopy-Mexican-madness from Rebolledo, and Scottish hooligan techno from Clouds protégés Perth Drug Legend.

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Mid Oriental Mixtape from De Los Miedos

De Los Miedos, AKA Lisbon-based DJ Sebastião Delerue from the self-styled “obscure label” Östa Discos, with a mixtape of his influential records from his vinyl collection. This all vinyl mix include tracks from Erkin Koray, Baris Manco, Sharam Shabpareh, Mazhar Ve Fuat & many more.

De Los Miedos ‘Edits Vol. 1 (Yali Yali / Ergi Ergi)’ will be released to the stores in November. A very handy pair of off-the-wall choices to sweeten your mix.

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