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01. ROBERT HOOD - Bells At Dusk
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02. ROBERT HOOD - Run
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03. ROBERT HOOD - Alpha: Alive
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04. ROBERT HOOD - Omega: Alive
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05. ROBERT HOOD - Minimal, Minimal
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06. ROBERT HOOD - Who Taught You Math?: Alive
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07. ROBERT HOOD - Unix: Alive
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08. ROBERT HOOD - Side Effect: Alive
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09. ROBERT HOOD - Minus: Alive
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10. ROBERT HOOD - Alpha (James Ruskin Remix)
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11. ROBERT HOOD - The Family
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12. ROBERT HOOD - Atomic (unreleased)
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ARTIST
HOOD, ROBERT
TITLE
Omega: Alive
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
M-PLANT
CATALOG #
MPM 012CD
MPM 012CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
7/5/2011
Following 2010's triumphant
Omega
(MPM 008CD/LP) album that saw Detroit techno legend
Robert Hood
envisage the 1971 film
The Omega Man
as a techno science fiction opus, he now translates the suspense and tension of
Charlton Heston
's last man on earth battle for survival into the frenetic energy of his own new live show. In 2011,
Omega
comes
Alive
. "When I began to put together ideas for The
Omega
live show, I wanted to bring together elements that would of course, reflect the movie
Omega Man
. I thought why not include a few past recordings, such as 'Unix,' 'Side Effect,' and 'Minus' but with a post-apocalyptic sound. The idea was to simply stay true to my roots and to represent the sci-fi essence of the movie's theme. I added some unfamiliar elements such as 'Bells At Dusk' and 'Minimal Minimal,' as well as
James Ruskin
's re-interpretation of 'Alpha.'" On
Omega: Alive
, Hood takes the raw elements of the originals and builds them into a tense and pulsating live show that propels
Omega
into a new light. Opening with new track "Bells At Dusk," Hood builds over a sparse drum pattern before a scattershot piano riff announces the unmistakable kick sound of the minimal master. "Run" keeps up with soft pads and then Hood drops one of the album's key tracks with the staccato-strobe flash of "Alpha" as he works the original into a mesmerizing and melodic, string-inflected monster. Then we have new track "Minimal, Minimal," whose hypnotic refrain could well be a call to arms across the world's dancefloors this summer while Hood also re-works classics like "Who Taught You Math?," "Unix," "Minus" and "Side Effect" into his unique rhythm of vision. Finally Hood wraps the
Omega
story up with three bonus tracks including brand-new track "Atomic." This is
Omega: Alive
. The saga continues.
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