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http://news.beatport.com/blog/2013/01/07/minimal-techno-pioneer-robert-hood-comes-full-circle-and-discusses-man-machines-and-god/

for us TO acknowledge the power of god is the real tragedy

I sense a shit storm coming. Blame it on God.

Whether you think the tragedy is to or not to acknowledge the power of God depends on whether you do or don't acknowledge the power of God

You can always hate an artist but love his work. My respect for Hood just went down a bit. God is in the machines, not in the sky. Bring it on

so do dubstep producers receive their creative impetus from god too? god, what have you done.

who gives a holy shit, as long as he keeps pumping out techno im stoked

I believe in Robert Hood more that God.

At least there is more evidence of his existence.

Part of me wishes that artists should not bring religion into the discussion of music, but on the flipside, it annoys me how people feel the need to bash on their beliefs. You got your beliefs, he's got his, let's leave it at that, shall we?

If people bring religion into play, then it is wholly acceptable to face criticism.

Especially when he criticizes others for their lack of 'belief'

Just because he may share a different opinion doesn't mean you still can't appreciate his tunes.

stupid atheists. how can you acknowledge something as abstract as feeling and dancing to music but shame a producer for feeling spiritually in other areas of life? get off the internet and take a closer, more open look at the world instead of hanging out in richard dawkins youtube comment sections. thanks.

Yeah, No-one's disputing his techno awesomness -

I just respect him less as a person all. It's fine for him to have a belief in something that requires no evidence. Just don't tell me it's a tragedy that I don't believe the same.

I think this is a 'fair and balanced' comment if ever there was one

And God said "Be", this is sound, this is where it started, its a story, its all relative and subjective, find your sound, where you started, as Hood has stated and carry on. May God be pleased with Mr. Hood and his family. Great article in my opinion.

you believe that invisible sound waves can make you feel and transform your life, right? don't you revere shed's kick drums?

I'm not getting trolled into an argument about believing in something without evidence.

And yes - mostly I've been fucked up at parties like 99.9% of people at a disco.

If i've been laid at the end of the night - even better.

right, nobody is trolling you. i'm not trying to convince you of god. i don't care about religion in that way. it's just a stupid trend to shit on anyone who mentions god on the internet. rob hood is a very creative individual, he certainly has his own abstract idea of god. everyone has faith, and there's no real difference when you get down to the bone of it.

Now, I can agree with that completely. We have common ground.

I wasn't shitting on him cos he mentioned god, just shitting on him because he said it was a tragedy that I didn't believe. (paraphrasing)

i guess when people try to add their religions into their music (with the exception of george harrison or john coltrane) that i start to not give a shit. the reason why is personal, but i view this type of dogma as blurring into fascist ideological territory and i'd rather stay away from that type of brainwashing. i'm not saying hood is fascist, but when people try to "witness the Lord" to me, i consider them fascists at least for that moment.

If god knew what Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard, Larry Levan etc etc etc were doing behind closed doors he would not be impressed. Richie Hawtin kissed Sven Vath on the mouth. God hates them too.

God does not equal spirituality.
God is hatred and judgement of people.

Didn't Robert Hood play Berghain recently?

If there ever was a sodom/gomorrah that surely must be it. (unless my experiences there were completely atypical)

lol my point's been proven.

Richie Hawtin always looked gay with that haircut so no surprise there

I'm not a religious person, and frankly have a bit of disdain for the majority of religious types, but I know several Christians in the techno world and they couldn't be better people frankly. They are far more accepting and less judgmental than most of the atheists I know, and I'd consider them true Christians simply for the fact that they can walk into a place like Berghain, which celebrates much of what you'd expect them to judge, and yet they don't give a fuck. They do not cast stones, because they know that they are "sinners" and imperfect themselves, and being only men, do not have the right to cast judgment upon others.

These men are truly godly and what I'd consider true Christians. Drugs and indiscriminate sex may not be for them, but they aren't judging others for partaking either. To top it off, these guys are far more honest and fair than most involved in the music industry. I'll take working with them over 90% of you cunts.

It's not hypocrisy on their part to play at places like Berghain, if they're not being hypocrites in their words and actions. They simply live and let live, something most Christians, nay, most PEOPLE need to learn.

i agree man, but "live and let live" means that i expect you to not attempt to convert me to your religion. trying to witness the lord, by quoting bible scripture, or by valuating others based on your religious viewpoint, is arrogant. is robert hood an arrogant person, i don't know i've never met him, but i can say that he is arrogant on one subject at least: religion.

i didn't say my atheism was superior to his, just that i don't give two shits about robert hoods religion.

It's interesting how the word "god" always seems to trigger the anti-spirituality meter with some people.

You act like Hood just declared homosexuality an abomination and revealed himself to be some type of Christian fundamentalist. Simply because he brought up the word "god" and his involvement in the church?

C'mon people... he did not even, in the slightest, explain what his concept of religion/spirituality is exactly.

By the way, it told him on NYE that he is the "funky god of techno music" (kinda corny, in retrospect) and he really appreciated the love. According to some of the comments on here, he should have slapped me up for being blasphemous.

Come down, boys!

Why is it that God has become the dirtiest word for an artist to say? I Respect Hood a great deal for coming out and discussing one of his main sources of inspiration. I mean does anyone give Jeff mills shit for his fascination with UFOs and alien entities? But the second the idea of anything even remotely related to a traditional religious framework comes out of someone's mouth people start flipping out and saying LEAVE IT OUT OF THE MUSIC MAN. Nonsense.

It actually reads quite well. He does not seem to be bible bashing or pushing a religious ideology. Instead it appears he is referring to matters spiritual.

if you're not interested in him, then why did you read the interview? that is the place for artists to talk about their sources of inspiration

agree 100%.

This is really all that needs to be said.

Would god get into Berghain?

It's funny how most atheists automatically assume that all Christians share the viewpoints and worship in the manner of the Westboro Baptist Church. The level of contempt & ignorance displayed by aggressive atheist groups is astonishing at times. Personally I don't believe in god, but I understand the concept of faith and why people need spirituality in their lives. I have to ask when is the last time you saw an atheist group spend their own money to go dig wells for struggling villages in Mexico? The crusades are over btw in case people forgot.

Rob Hood is the Tim Tebow of Techno!

Damn guys, "God" or let me interchange it with "spirituality" does exist in electronic music. You just have to find it. Dub Techno is a prime example. I think any music that is inspired by the beauty around us has some level of "Godliness" attached to it (depending on how strongly the feelings about our surroundings in terms of it's appreciation is mirrored in the music). It's just a way of looking at things. Anyway, everyone should have a freedom to believe in whatever they want to. At the end of the day, we got to be true to ourselves.

I think there is difference between a "God" and being "spiritual". They are not the same thing.

I am spiritual...that vibe you get from nature, and the universe. I think Einstein put it best: "If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."

God is a different thing. God is a concept of a supernatural being made in the image of man with mankind being the master species. I can't say I subscribe to this theory

I wasn't shitting on him cos he mentioned god, just shitting on him because he said it was a tragedy that I didn't believe. (paraphrasing)

We can all have different beliefs, but when someone says that 'it's a tragedy that i don't acknowledge the power of god', then that strays into the realm of judgement and conversion for me, which I don't like.

I am not pushing any Dawkins agenda. Just simply responding to the words he said. Like I said, I respect him less now.

Believer or non believer.

This beats the countless boring typecast q&a interviews, with I'm playing fabric room 2 this weekend, then touring south america next month, I have a new album coming out and I'm going to be playing the new hot creations track...

Boring fanboy drivel. Regurgitated over and over again

I dont know much but I do know that religion sucks my balls. Hard. That said, each to there own.

W O R D.

this thread is amazing

I suppose we now know why Hood & Mills stopped working together many years ago. One believes in aliens and the other in the God almighty. A bit of a conflict in interest there.

Religion vs atheism - 2013's answer to vinyl vs mp3s...

Can I just add that I'm also quite spiritual?