Robert Hood, Kontrol v Jackhammer, Studio 24, Edinburgh, 4 Apr

Edinburgh's Kontrol and Jackhammer join forces to welcome Detroit techno lynchpin Robert Hood this month. Coining the 'minimalist' phrase to describe his output long before today's so-called 'minimal' sound was born, Hood was responsible for the ground-breaking Minimal Nation EP that set out a new, stripped-back template for techno. A founding member of Detroit's Underground Resistance collective of producers, artists and DJs, he later broke away to work on his first solo productions; Vision EP, The Riot EP, and under the X-101 pseudonym. In the mid-nineties, Hood founded his own M-Plant imprint, continuing his less-is-more approach on singles such as Internal Empire and Moveable Parts. More recently he's had productions on Tresor, Peacefrog and Music Man, and recently contributed the 39th outing in the Fabric mix series. [Colin Chapman]