Nighttime World Volume 1 is an album by American electronic musician Robert Hood, released in 1995 on Cheap Records.

Compared to his previous minimal techno work, the record features influences and elements from jazz, soul and downtempo.

That was my idea a night drive along the Detroit River when it’s just you and your thoughts.Hood has cited jazz artists Joe Sample, The Crusaders, Jean-Luc Ponty and Donald Byrd as influences for mixing different sounds.

The album opener "Behind This Door" features a string section,[5] while the track "The Colour of Skin" is led by a piano vamp and hip hop tempo.

[4] AllMusic critic John Bush labeled the record as "more than just a collection of great tracks" unlike Internal Empire, noting the soul influence and "Hood's growth as a producer not posing a threat to his sound".