08: BEN KLOCK
‘GOODLY SIN’ (ROBERT HOOD MIX)
(OSTGUT-TON, 2009)
A fair few remixes have borne Hood’s name – some classics, like his reworkings of DBX and Steve Bicknell, others highly forgettable (better to steer clear of the explosion-in-a-keyboard-preset-factory of his Oliver Ho mix). To pick one best is easy though. The debt owed to Hood by the Berghain new school of steely sleek minimalism was always clear, and direct tribute was paid by Klock in his requisitioning of Hood to remix this track from his One album. The vocals, always fairly sparse breathy textures, are reduced to punchy gasps and stabs, recalling the Ealing techno of Max Duley which itself took a lead from Hood, while huge rolling drums circle around relentlessly and sinetones rise and fall. There’s a weightless swing to this mix which means it doesn’t sound out of place dropped, out of context, alongside dubstep or Funky, and is devastating wherever it’s heard.
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