I'm a DJ.. Sounds of falling of night and naive hope.

music guy / meanwhile, lagom, scuff (parties) / elastique audio (soundsystem) / slight (band)

Host of Anglerfish on http://n10.as + Enough Is More Than A Feast on http://ckut.ca. Drones sometimes as @apicturesquevenustransit, keys in @slightsound.

MightyKat was born with a sixth sense for rhythm. Counting her main influences as jazz, disco and soul, her unique sound bridges eclectic house and the funkier side of techno. MightyKat's sophisticated style and refined track selection define her signature sound, while her love of the dance floor inspires her to take the crowd on a unique journey every time she hits the decks.

Playing for over 25 years, MK is a veteran of the Montreal electronic music scene who’s talent got her established on the international scene, picked up by the American-based Listed Agency.

In between her travels, she continues to organize and promote local events like the popular party, "Purr Club Social" into different venues in Montréal.   She’s has also been the Musical Director for seven editions of Quebec’s prestigious comedy awards, the “Gala Des Oliviers”, between 2005 and 2019.

Both at home and abroad, she has left her indelible mark on prestigious clubs and festivals

Internationally, she’s graced the decks at prestigious clubs like Hedeigluhen (Berlin), KaterBlau (Berlin), Club der Visionaere (Berlin), Output/Panther Room (Brooklyn), The Brooklyn Mirage (Brooklyn), Members Only (Brooklyn), Flash (Washington, DC), La Santanera (Playa del Carmen, Mexico), Batofar (Paris). She has left her indelible mark on the BPM Festival, famed Burning Man camps Mayan Warrior, Music Savages, Panda Lounge, the widely known Burning Man party "Tutu Tuesday" with Atish, WMC's infamous Ship of Fools/Listed parties (Miami), and two editions of the SXM Festival in Saint Martin.
Her true passion for music continues to propel her towards exciting new projects.

FLOORPAN "THE MASTER'S PLAN" (CLASSIC MUSIC):
https://cmc.lnk.to/cmcd141d

Before I got into this music I wanted to be an originator ; I wanted to be original".
Founding member of the legendary group Underground Resistance as a 'Minister Of Information' with ‘Mad’ Mike Banks & Jeff Mills, his seminal works on Jeff Mill's Axis and his very own M-Plant imprint paved the way for a wave of stripped-down dancefloor minimalism that directed much of techno's path throughout the late Nineties.
Robert Hood makes minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation over flash and popularity. 

"Growing up in Detroit, I grew up with Motown in the house - a lot of Motown and Philadelphia soul, artists like Marvin Gaye of course and Curtis Mayfield. I remember Isaac Hayes, the soundtrack from ‘Shaft’ had come out. My father was a jazz musician; he played piano, trumpet and drums. My mother was in an R’n’B group.
We listened to a lot of Motown - in fact, my grandfather’s first cousin is Berry Gordy.
"I was influenced by my father - I wanted to play trumpet like he did."
Robert's father tragically died when he was just 6. The photo of Robert siting down holding a trumpet is his fathers.
"I had to beg my grandmother to let me borrow the trumpet to take a picture with it"

In the early 90's he began to concentrate on his own production 'Vision EP', the 'Riot EP' and X-102 were big stepping-stones for him as they were the first releases he worked 100% on his own. The X-101 to X-102, were Waveform Transmission projects with Mills for Tresor. He slowly progressed to work more and more on his own, but collaberated on some of the first Axis releases with label owner Jeff Mills as H&M (Hood & Mills) with ‘Tranquilizer EP’ and ‘Drama’.

He soon decided it was time for him to start his own label to focus on what was in his soul musically. M-Plant started in ’94. I had developed this “grey area” sound - what I mean by that is that in Detroit, even when the sun is out, there’s something in the atmosphere. I don’t know if its pollution or whatever, but the sky has that grey haze over it. It’s got to be something from the industrial factories there. I’d never really heard a sound like that before and it came from a Roland Juno - it was a chord sound that really went along with my depiction of what Detroit was at that time. A lot of buildings were abandoned and there was a lot of lifelessness in the city, especially downtown. The M-Plant, in minimalism, kind of reflected that. I remember thinking of Detroit like a museum. You know, like a work of art standing still, suspended in time. There wasn’t a whole lot of activity going on.

Releasing singles such as "Internal Empire,", “The Protein Valve” "Music Data," and "Moveable Parts", "The Pace", more recently "Range", "Alpha" and that isn't even touching his other monikers Floorplan, Monobox, The Vision, etc.
"M-Plant is what I've always wanted to hear: the basic stripped down, raw sound. Just drums, basslines and funky grooves and only what's essential. Only what is essential to make people move. I started to look at it as a science, the art of making people move their butts, speaking to their heart, mind and soul. “It's a heart-felt rhythmic techno sound. M-Plant is just M. minimal. “

Although his desire to remain underground has been replaced by an urge to reach a wider audience, mainly via his housier, disco, gospel moniker Floorplan with his daughter Lyric Hood,   Hood remains fiercely critical of artistic and economic movements destructive to inner-city communities and has combined his musical enterprises with outreach and social activist ends.

Parallel Minds // Discwoman // Rinse FM
Send demos: cindy@ciel.club
Worldwide: sam@klsbookings.com
Americas: frankie@discwoman.com
Mgmt: maarten@vowta.com

Producer / Mixer / Musician
I would love to help with your music.
email: ryanphayden@me.com
https://linktr.ee/ryanhaydenmusic

W or CW = Written or Co-Wrote
P = Produced
E = Engineered
M = Mixed

Contact & Booking: cosmictonesmtl@gmail.com
Distribution: www.dnp-music.com

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