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Detroit minimal techno pioneer Robert Hood returns here with snippets from his latest album, the concept LP 'Omega'.

Released on Hood's renowned and recently reformed M-Plant imprint, both tracks here were written and produced as a response to a film which the young Hood garnered much inspiration from - 1971 sci-fi flick The Omega Man, featuring the now deceased Oscar winner and gun-toting Charlton Heston as the Colonel Robert Neville, a survivor of a biological war between China and the Soviets who believes he is the only human left on earth...

Ever the innovator, Hood's concept was to recreate the films score to play out seamlessly alongside the flicks pivotal moments. While a viewing of the film would doubtlessly enhance our perception of what exactly Hood is attempting with this project, he has managed to craft two finely futuristic slices of broody techno here. Which we imagine, was precisely his intention.

Opening track 'Alpha' starts as the EP means to go on. This is heavy techno akin to Hood's seminal 'Minimal Nation'.

Laced in attitude and bounded together by ferocious drum samples and a typically Detroit-esque baseline, 'Alpha' is a rolling, loop driven track with an opening which echoes Plastikman's now ubiquitous 'Spastik'.

The second and concluding effort 'Omega (End Times)' is an almost ten minute track which continues the eerie techno theme, with freaky, suitably sci-fi like synths predictably sitting alongside 909 samples, claps and swathes of base.

While it's probably not what Charlton Heston would be inclined to have listened to, both tracks will go down a treat on a heaving, sweaty dance floor.

Artist: Robert Hood Title: Alpha/Omega Label: M-Plant    Traclkist Alpha Omega (End Times)       www.mplantmusic.com www.myspace.com/hoodrob Our Rating: 7,5/10