Description:	CDr on Minimal Resource Manipulation
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Electronica / IDM
	Label:	Minimal Resource Manipulation
	Price:	£7.19
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...according to our Ant on 29 October 2008.

A great start to the working day to get an album on Minimal Resource Manipulation from Seven Hour Germ which is Matt Atkins AKA Platform. As soon as I hit play 'ECE Tape 1' is a wicked assault on the senses with a gloriously squelchy synth oscillations filling the room. 'Tone Crunch' is a powerful percussive piece with low bottom end and ear piercing top end. This is a lot harsher than the stuff we're used to from Platform, crossing into power electronics territory giving Whitehouse and Merzbow a run for their money. Fear not though as it's not entirely a brutal brain pummeling experience. There are some nice micro sound experiments on here and some top crunchy, abrasive post industrial machine sounds on 'Bludgeon'. The album ends nicely with some ace field recordings/ samples static sounds and drones. A thoroughly engaging listen from beginning to end. Some of the tunes on 'Document 2' were only previously available on cassette.

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What their label says...

The second release from Seven Hour Germ collects together various pieces of experimental noise recorded by Matt Atkins over the past 10 years. Ranging from churning looped guitar FX to full on, gritty rhythmic overload much of the music here was recorded on a 4 track tape recorder in various living rooms around London. With a really organic feel, the final track is the closest thing to a ‘live’ recording that exists in the MRM canon. A couple of pieces from this album were released as a C-30 cassette on the US Epicene label last year.