PARADISE

TRACKLISTING

1 . Floorplan aka Robert Hood - Let's Ride
2 . Floorplan aka Robert Hood - Baby, Baby
3 . Floorplan aka Ro bert Hood - Change
4 . Floorplan aka Robert Hood - Altered Ego
5 . F loorplan aka Robert Hood - Never Grow Old
6 . Floorplan aka Robert Hood - Eclipse
7 . Floorplan aka Robert Hood - Higher!
8 . Floorplan aka Ro bert Hood - Confess
9 . Floorplan aka Robert Hood - Chord Principle
10 . Floorplan aka Robert Hood - Above The Clouds



INFO
'Paradise' is Robert Hood's debut album release as Floorplan, a danceflo or alias he has used since he announced his Drama imprint with the highly sought after 'Funky Souls' EP in 1996. Taking Hood's minimal techno approach and embel lishing it with elements of house, disco, funk and gospel Floorplan now realizes its full-length potential some 17 years since its inception. Good things, indee d, come to those who wait.

The last five years have seen Robert Hood in astonishingly prolific form with an album release every year since the 2009 r e-issue of the genre defining 'Minimal Nation'. This was swiftly followed a year later by new artist album 'Omega', then Robert's first live album 'Omega:Alive' in 2011 and last year's highly lauded 'Nighttime World 3' which graced end of y ear charts across the world.

Now Robert Hood focuses his attention fi rmly on the dancefloor. Since the 2010 'Funky Souls' re-press on Rush Hour re-in troduced the hibernating project, Hood has since released three Floorplan EPs in cluding 'Living it Up', the 'Sanctified EP' and last year's 'Altered Ego' EP. Th e three EPs subsequently spawned the massive club hits 'Baby Baby', 'We Magnify His Name', 'Altered Ego' and 'Living it Up', taking Robert Hood's name across th e techno/house divide. You could even say that Robert Hood could be a victim of his own success: Floorplan, which started off as a side-project, is starting to sound as vital as the searing minimal techno he releases under his own name.

New album 'Paradise' takes us through a heavenly mixture of house, soul, funk and gospel – all underpinned by Hood's trademark driving minimal tec hno approach. 'Altered Ego' is a perfect example of Hood's tough view of house m usic; over an insistent groove a building chord sweeps in, taking with it a repe titive vocal sample. But it's the nagging, relentless filtering of these element s, coupled with the deep resonance of the backing rhythm that make 'Ego' so memo rable.

Tracks like the opening 'Let's Ride' take a handful of element s such as a skittering drum pattern, vocal snippet and again that driving and re lentless groove that drags you by the throat to the dancefloor. There is no brea k, there is no respite – make no mistake, Floorplan is here to make you da nce. 'Never Grow Old' is pure and simply glorious Gospel from the deep south, a hair raising vocal hook baptised at the altar of minimalism. Then there is 'Conf ess' which is an entirely different proposition; the groove chugs along and the percussion is dry and steely but the keys are positively uplifting and wide-eyed , like they were borrowed from a long-lost rave track and reapplied to Hood's fu nctional take on house.

There are nods to Hood's minimal techno roots with 'Change' and 'Chord Principle' sounding like they could have been lifted f rom the Minimal Nation cutting room whilst 'Higher' and 'Above The Clouds' appea r to be pointing to something new, as if Hood's take on house is as unique and e ssential as the techno sound he has pioneered for over 20 years.

Floo rplan, could well be seen as Hood's blueprint set to house. As he himself confes sed to Andrew Weatherall several years ago in .cent magazine. "When you put the needle down on a James Brown record you immediately know it's James Brown. It's the same with Prince. But I ain't Prince...I'm Robert Hood."

In a wor ld full of generic dancefloor music, Floorplan could well be seen as Robert Hood 's vision as seen through a house music prism. But there is never any doubt as t o the music's creator.

Tracklist:
01 Let's Ride
02 Baby Bab y
03 Change
04 Altered Ego
05 Never Grow Old
06 Eclipse
07 Higher
08 Confess
09 Chord Principle
10 Above The Clouds

Tour Dates:
May
17: District 4 (Tresor night), Zurich, Switzerl and
18 & 19: Weather festival, Paris Live set & Floorplan DJ set
24: Dude club, Milan, Italy
25: Petrol, Antwerp, Belgium
31: MUTEK, Montre al, Canada

June
07: Austria (Live set)
09: Amsterdam Air fe stival (Live set)
28: Dance City, Italy (Live set)
29: Berghain, Berli n (Live set)

July
05: Astropolis, Brest, France
06: Have A Nice Day festival and after party, Holland (Live & DJ after party)
27: Myst eryLand Festival, Amsterdam (Live set) first gig (daytime)
London (DJ set) 2nd gig (night)

August
24: Dekmantel Festival, Amsterdam ( Floorplan LIVE)

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