Internal Empire

On the album's recording, Hood stated that he was faced with the challenge of producing a follow-up to Minimal Nation; he subsequently cancelled his tour dates and recorded Internal Empire on his living studio. On the sound, he has stated:

{{blockquote|My intention was to create something distinctively different. 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. And 25 years later I am still discovering.}}

Previously, Hood also reported that he had embraced the minimal sound evidenced on the record and its companions innately, further adding that the "chordy, organistic, really stripped down minimal sound" was "natural for me [him]."

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AllMusic's John Bush stated that the record "defines his [Hood's] minimalist manifesto, with a conventional four-four beat underpinning series of skeletal machine effects." Jake Cole of Spectrum Culture labeled the album as "perhaps the definitive moment of his [Hood's] career" and "watershed establishment of an electronic music so bare that it has ironically left enough space to explore, making it a still relevant subgenre." Cole also noted that "the sharper sonic clarity [of the record] only deepens one’s appreciation for the subtle density of Hood’s minimal sound." Resident Advisor's Lee Smith described Internal Empire as "truly the first techno record that deserved to be called 'minimal'."

;1994 CD version

1. "Intro" — 1:30
2. "Master Builder" — 3:32
3. "Parade" — 5:09
4. "Within" — 3:11
5. "Minus" — 5:24
6. "Internal Empire" — 3:25
7. "Home" — 7:32
8. "Multiple Silence" — 4:36
9. "Spirit Levels" — 5:06
10. "The Core" — 3:56
11. "Chase" — 5:59

;1994 vinyl version

1. "Internal Empire"
2. "Minus"
3. "Within"
4. "Home"
5. "Rek"
6. "Chase"
7. "Spirit Levels"

Album credits as adapted from 1994 CD liner notes:

• Robert Hood — music
• Constructure — design

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{{Cite AV media notes |title=Internal Empire |others=Robert Hood |year=1994 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Tresor |location=Offenbach am Main, Germany}}

{{Cite AV media notes |title=Internal Empire 25th anniversary |others=Robert Hood |year=2019 |type=press release |publisher=Tresor |url=https://shop.tresorberlin.com/index.php/tresor27.html}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/internal-empire-mw0000257896 |title= Robert Hood - Internal Empire |last=Bush |first=John |date= |website=allmusic.com |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=February 12, 2020 |quote=}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.factmag.com/2019/01/21/robert-hood-internal-empire-reissue/ |title= Robert Hood's Internal Empire to be reissued on Tresor |last=Bruce-Jones |first=Henry |date=October 21, 2019 |website=factmag.com |publisher=Fact |access-date=February 12, 2020 |quote=}}

{{cite web |url=https://spectrumculture.com/2019/03/31/robert-hood-internal-empire-review/ |title=Robert Hood: Internal Empire |last=Cole |first=Jake |date=March 31, 2019 |website=spectrumculture.com |publisher=Spectrum Culture |access-date= February 12, 2020 |quote=}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/901 |title= Robert Hood: Out of the loop |last=Smith |first=Lee |date= April 11, 2008 |website= residentadvisor.net |publisher=Resident Advisor |access-date= February 12, 2020 |quote=}}

{{cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/16846-robert-hood-interview-discography |title= Fountain of Living Water: The Strange World of Robert Hood |last= Shallcross |first=Mike |date= December 4, 2014 |website= thequietus.com |publisher=The Quietus |access-date= February 12, 2020 |quote=}}

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