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The duo’s debut on the label, Robert Hood’s welcome return
inc. new single ‘You’re A Shining Star’ out 16th October
Motor city royalty Floorplan, aka Detroit techno pioneer and creator of minimal techno Robert Hood and his DJ/producer daughter Lyric Hood, announce their forthcoming inclusion in the deeply respected ‘fabric presents’ mix series with the release of their new single ‘You’re A Shining Star’ on 16th October. ‘fabric presents drops on digital/vinyl/CD via fabric records on 28th November.
Robert has been a long-standing fabric favourite since the institution’s earliest years, clocking up over 20 sets in Room 2, including a live session on New Year’s Eve, 2012. In 2008, he’d turn in ‘fabric presents Robert Hood #39’ which is among the most revered contributions to the fabric mix canon. Now, with the forthcoming ‘fabric presents Floorplan’ mix, the story comes full circle – marking both the duo’s debut on the iconic mix series and a monumental moment for the family project.
About Floorplan: Emerging from a musically rich Detroit upbringing steeped in Motown and vinyl culture, Robert Hood became an early member of the seminal ’90s collective Underground Resistance, helping to spearhead the rise of techno. Going solo, Hood created minimal techno with his Minimal Nation LP. Groundbreaking productions, acclaimed performances, and his own M-plant label followed, until in ’96 he formed Floorplan – an alter ego to expand beyond minimal techno into gospel, soul and house-infused techno. Immersed in music from an early age, Lyric eventually caught the same electronic spark that’s driven her father for decades. In 2014, after the release of Hood’s debut Floorplan album Paradise, the project evolved as the then-16-year-old Lyric joined him to perform as Floorplan, including a supreme closing set at Dekmantel’s Boiler Room stage. Two years later, Lyric officially became a full member of Floorplan, cementing their father–daughter collaboration, and they’d release their co-produced album Victorious on M-Plant that same year.
New single ‘You’re A Shining Star’: a steady, rousing beat, layers of sparky percussion spiced with synth riffs, until the funky, gospel-flavoured, mixed choir vocal assertively kicks in, heard thrillingly alone in the breakdowns – ‘you’re a shining star, no matter who you are’ – while a synth organ riff keeps up the pace. A powerfully-built wall of uplifting dance-fuel.
Full tracklist of Floorplan’s ‘fabric presents’ mix TBA.
