Artist profile
Robert Hood is a Detroit-based techno artist known for deep, hypnotic productions rooted in the city's underground sound. His work emphasizes stripped-down rhythmic elements and textural minimalism within the techno idiom.
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Robert Hood is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Techno (Peak Time / Driving) pocket.
Across 73 analysed tracks, Robert Hood averages 48% energy — gentler than 85% of individual Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tracks — and 79% groove, groovier than 65%.
Measured against 25,003 Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 66–161 BPM with a median of 131 · predominantly minor keys (70% minor) · most common key: 8A (A Minor) with 7 tracks.
How Robert Hood’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tempo.
Across Robert Hood's catalog, warmth has receded; energy has lifted; groove has thinned.
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We scored every transition between Robert Hood’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,236 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
99 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 27 different Robert Hood tracks.
Drive (The Age Of Automation) → Anatidae · 9A → 9A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
90 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 23 different Robert Hood tracks.
90 of the 1,240 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.1. They come from 25 different Robert Hood tracks.
Low Life → Still Lively - Extended Mix · 11A → 10A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
110 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 25 different Robert Hood tracks.
Shadows → Staring Into The Abyss · 7A → 6A · +4 BPM · 88 chemistry
110 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 19 different Robert Hood tracks.
99 of the 1,520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.7. They come from 23 different Robert Hood tracks.
86 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 18 different Robert Hood tracks.
Untitled 1 (Taken from Moveable Parts Chapter 1) - Mark Broom Edit → Ahora · 8B → 8A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
88 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 19 different Robert Hood tracks.
Ignite A War → Resist · 8A → 8A · −2 BPM · 92 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Robert Hood by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Robert Hood, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Robert Hood's tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 161 BPM, with a median of 131 BPM. Across 73 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Robert Hood's tracks are mostly in minor keys (70% minor across 73 tracks). The most common single key is 8A (A Minor) with 7 tracks.
We scored every transition between Robert Hood's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,236 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Cari Lekebusch, Daniel Sbert, Heiko Laux are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Drive (The Age Of Automation) into Anatidae, 9A to 9A, 89 chemistry.
Robert Hood sits closest to Floorplan, Jeff Mills, Surgeon in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Robert Hood releases spanning 1992 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
