Robert Hood & Miss Parker presented by PW & DOMAIN

Friday, August 22nd, 9:30pm - 3am

Main Room / 21+ / Limited Capacity

In addition to online presales, tickets will also be available at the door night of.

For this special edition of DOMAIN, we join Public Works in presenting a rare San Francisco appearance by one of techno’s most foundational voices. Bringing our signature atmosphere to the main room: dense fog, low light, no distractions. Dig deep. Let the system speak.

Robert Hood—One of the architects of modern techno, creator of the minimal techno blueprint, and relentless innovator—joins us in the Public Works main room. Hood’s raw, spiritual approach to techno has reverberated far beyond Detroit, shaping the genre for over three decades. In 1994, he launched M-Plant, a label that would become ground zero for minimal techno’s evolution. With seminal releases like Minimal Nation, Internal Empire, and Protein Valve, Hood stripped techno down to its core. No excess, no excuses, just grooves, repetition, and soul. His catalog reads like a syllabus: raw drum machines, pulsing basslines, and hypnotic loops that still sound futuristic today. Whether through his solo productions, or his gospel-infused Floorplan alias, Hood continues to define and defy the limits of machine funk.

Joining him is DJ Miss Parker, the NYC-based selector known for their bold, body-moving blends of techno, breaks, and electro. Miss Parker has carved out a singular voice across clubs like Basement, Nowadays, and Bossa Nova Civic Club. This voice shines through the recent release of their album Programmed Technologies, a collection of intoxicating, dance floor-ready tracks. Their DOMAIN debut follows a string of standout appearances on both coasts, with a style that pairs razor-sharp precision with a sense of play and provocation.

Opening duties will be held down by local up-and-comer Server, whose thoughtful mixing and deep crates have made him a staple in the Bay Area’s burgeoning underground scene. He has landed himself once again on our roster and having hosted his own techno focused parties such as Caixa de Groove, is no stranger to setting the pace for a historic night.

ROBERT HOOD BIO:

Robert Hood needs little introduction. 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.

Having recorded for Metroplex, Jeff Mills’ Axis label, as well as Patrick Pulsingers ‘Cheap’ label, Peacefrog, and more recently Music Man, Hood also owns and operates the M-Plant imprint, through which he’s released the bulk of his solo material.

He has only released 2 ever CD mixes one for French label Logistic, and a mix for the club ‘Fabric’ mix series. ”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 sitting 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.”

MISS PARKER BIO:

DJ Miss Parker is a queer non-binary DJ, producer, community organizer, and promoter based in Brooklyn, NY. who navigates through eclectic styles of dance music like Trance, Techno, Acid, and Hardstyle, and an array of research based dance music.

DJ Miss Parker is a Brooklyn-based sonic architect whose encyclopedic knowledge of dance music has made them a true educator for scores of Brooklyn’s bleary-eyed dancers. A true DJ’s DJ, DJ Miss Parker can be seen most weekends spinning throughout the city’s hot spots with a crate of vinyl and with one ear pointed towards today and another towards the legends of the past. DJ Miss Parker is quick to reference a bevy of sounds, styles and clubs from NYC’s many eras throughout their sets. They are known for creating rave ready and thought provoking mixes that without a doubt will leave you sweating.

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