Hood shows his melodic side
Jay M | Dublin, Ireland | 01/18/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Easily the best release on the Peacefrog label in 2003, and for longer in my view. This Robert Hood album is nothing like his material on his other Peacefrog album 'Point Blank', or most of his stuff.Hood is best known for his tough, rigid techno style, but 'Wire to Wire' is totally different.It is beautiful, melodic, listening techno with wonderful synth melodies on most tracks. This album is clearly a vehicle for Hood to express his more gentle side of techno.It most reminded me of John Beltran's 'Ten Days of Blue' and Beltran's 'Indio' project. But this surpasses them in my view, and that's a tough thing to do. I haven't heard a Peacefrog album this exceptional since Detroit Escalator Company's 'Excerpts'. But most releases on Peacefrog are very good, so that will tell you how superb this is.Anyone into ambient, electronica, techno, and electro should get this album."