Floorplan Debut New fabric Records Mix After 20 Years

Floorplan Return to fabric After Two Decades

Twenty years separate Robert Hood's fabric 39 and his return to the club's mix series—this time as Floorplan, the father-daughter duo with Lyric Hood. Where the 2008 edition showcased Hood's minimal techno austerity, fabric presents Floorplan pivots toward gospel-inflected house and disco energy, closing a circle that began with his Underground Resistance foundations and more than 20 sets in fabric's Room 2.

The 60-minute compilation spans 17 tracks, opening with CASSIMM & Mahaliah Fontaine's "Say Yeah" and building through Floorplan remixes—Schiela's "In The Morning" and Will Clarke & House Gospel Choir's "Weekend Love"—before peaking with Mathias Kaden's "Piano Bomb!" Two originals anchor the release: "You're A Shining Star" and "Only God," both issued via fabric Records. Drawing material from Toolroom, Classic Music Company, and boutique imprints, the sequence merges Detroit minimalism with the spiritual urgency Hood has long championed, sustaining Floorplan's vitality across digital, CD, and vinyl formats.

Tracklist Bridges Minimal Techno and Gospel House

The seventeen-track sequence opens with CASSIMM & Mahaliah Fontaine's "Say Yeah" and progresses through a deliberate arc that layers Hood's minimal-techno scaffolding beneath gospel-inflected vocals and soulful house propulsion. Two new originals anchor the mix: "You're A Shining Star" and "Only God," both released on fabric Records in 2025, frame the duo's spiritual awakening alongside recent Floorplan catalogue entries "The Plan" (Classic Music Company, 2024) and "We Give Thee Honor" (Classic Music Company, 2023). Artists including Groove Armada (Mark Knight Remix), Dario Nunez & Nolek, Daniel Dash, and Cristoph populate the tracklist, drawing from labels such as Wh0 Plays, HouseU, Sweat It Out, and Molto Recordings. The curation balances underground pedigree—Hood's M-Plant imprint pioneered minimal techno with 1994's Minimal Nation—against peak-time house from Armada Music and multi-Toolroom inclusions, reflecting Lyric Hood's input since the duo's 2016 Victorious LP formalized the intergenerational partnership.

Father-Daughter Duo Redefines Detroit Techno Legacy

The project's intergenerational architecture operates where Underground Resistance rigor meets contemporary club pragmatism. Robert Hood's 1988 apprenticeship at Detroit's Music Institute and his founding role in Underground Resistance with Jeff Mills and Mad Mike Banks established minimal techno's aesthetic grammar—his work influenced by early hip-house collisions and Detroit's post-industrial landscape. Lyric Hood's integration shifted Floorplan from Robert's 1996 solo 12-inch toward a shared vision balancing spiritual conviction with dancefloor utility.