Robert Hood, Levon Vincent & DJ Jus-Ed @ Numbers vs. Monox, 4 Jun

Monox and Numbers join forces this month to bring a heavyweight trio of underground talent to the Sub.

Detroit legend Robert Hood was a founding member of the legendary Underground Resistance collective. Initially a ‘Minister of Information’, then working on tracks alongside ‘Mad’ Mike Banks and Jeff Mills, he later produced solo work for UR, Mills’ Axis label, eventually breaking away to form his own M-Plant imprint.

M-Plant proved to be the major stepping stone in establishing Hood’s own brand of stripped-down dancefloor minimalism which went on to direct the path of much of techno during the late nineties. Describing his music as having a ‘grey area’ sound, Hood said he was influenced by Detroit’s grey, hazy skyline which he depicted in the chord sound of a Roland Juno.

Recordings since then have come on Patrick Pulinger’s Cheap label, Peacefrog and Music Man. He’s released two ‘official’ CD mixes, his most recent for the Fabric series, while his seventh album, Omega is out this month.

New York’s Levon Vincent has become hot property in the last year thanks to a series of unassuming 12"s which have brought a darker, grittier edge back into house music. Starting out as a DJ in the nineties he moved into production in 2002, currently runs two imprints (Novel and Deconstruct) and is a close associate of the night’s third guest, DJ Jus-Ed.

A DJ for twenty years, Jus-Ed came out of brief retirement in 2001 and since then has established the Underground Quality label and its family of artists; Anton Zap, DJ Qu and Levon himself amongst others. With its distinctive, rough-hewn deep house sound, Underground Quality has quickly become a ‘buy on sight’ label and thanks to it, Jus-Ed’s popular internet radio show, not to mention his own raw take on the deeper side of house, he’s earned DJ gigs worldwide