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| 4.0 excellent | commonist | October 22nd 18 |
81/100. Minimal Nation is a testament to the mantra "less is better"--- indeed, Hood uses an incredibly restrained toolbox on this LP, using the bare minimum (hence the name) to create compelling techno. The results are impressive; each track has great structure and progression, keeping things interesting somehow despite the limited number of tricks Hood pulls out.
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| 3.0 good | Bedex | May 7th 20 |
Techno is based on a strong, prominent, regular beat. A good kick, good snares, good hi-hats are essential. And this record does this very well. The kicks are tasty, the hats are crispy, and the foundation of the music is quite solid. The issue is that techno cannot just be a strong beat. And the leads here always feel lackluster, bleep bloopey and uninteresting, only catching my attention a couple times. They are generally neither dark, nor ambient, nor ravey, nor dancy. They're just bloops - 3 being a prime example. Now this is from 94 so there is a bit of room for forgiveness, and tracks like 4 (or its near exact copy 10) or 7 do have kind of a nice groove to them, while 9 is nice and perhaps the strongest track here with more pads and just a thicker sound in general. But overall I still found this only mildly fun really. 2.75
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| 3.5 great | Hawks | February 29th 24 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | March 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ben STAFF | March 6th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | KuyJuk | March 4th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | phylyps | December 14th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Runeii | August 12th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | December 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | November 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Treeman | April 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | October 19th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Topaz | July 1st 13 |
| 2.5 average | Yotimi | June 21st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Gapwick | February 18th 12 |
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