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Internal Empire

by Robert Hood

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Vinyl Tracklist:
    A1. Internal Empire
    A2. Minus
    B1. Within
    B2. Home
    C. Rek
    D1. Chase
    D2. Spirit Levels

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  • - limited edition
    - heavy white cotton 203g/m² t-shirt
    - black and red screen-print on front
    - double layered screen-print on back
    - fits true to size

    Includes unlimited streaming of Internal Empire via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • - 2 x 180g heavy weight vinyl
    - full printed sleeve
    - DL card included
    +
    - 1x 180g heavy weight vinyl
    - DL card included
    +
    - limited edition T-shirt
    - heavy white cotton 203g/m² T-shirt
    - black and red screen-print on front/back
    - fits true to size

    Includes unlimited streaming of Internal Empire via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Intro 01:28
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2.
Master Builder 03:31
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3.
Parade 05:06
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4.
Within 03:09
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5.
Minus 05:22
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6.
Internal Empire 03:22
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7.
Home 07:31
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8.
Multiple Silence 04:35
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9.
Spirit Levels 05:04
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10.
The Core 03:54
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11.
Chase 05:56
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about

The reissue of Robert Hood’s ’Internal Empire’ album, a master work, then and now.

The ongoing importance of this album is indisputable, essential both to techno and to Tresor. It is a history intertwined. This work elevates its maker as master, and remain a cherished moment in the Tresor story, sharing an irrefutable singular magic, sounding as present and indispensable as when first created. To understand this
work fully is to stand back and celebrate its impact.

Originally released in 1994, ‘Internal Empire’ marks a point of transition for Robert Hood moving on from his previous collaborations within Underground Resistance. Robert Hood advanced uncovering the power of true minimalism. Deep soul through a simplicity that showed how much could be done with so little. The devastating rhythms of this album forge the unmatched spirit of this sound, influencing generations to come.

"25 years ago, I was faced with the challenge of following up on 'Minimal Nation’. I cancelled all my tour dates for that summer, setup my studio in the living room and began to work on 'Internal Empire'. My intention was to create something distinctively dierent. Looking out my living room window in Detroit watching people go by gave me a new perspective. It made me look at the world within myself. 25 years later I am still discovering.” – Robert Hood, 2019

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released March 10, 2023

Written and produced by Robert Hood

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Tresor Records Berlin, Germany

When Tresor opened on March 13th 1991 in a shack on Potsdamer Platz, beneath which the vault of the Wertheim department store lay, no one would have thought that from there would arise an institution that one day would celebrate 33 years of existence.

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