Platform - Four Elements

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4...according to our Brett on Fri 26 Mar, 2010.

A touch of complex ambient electronica now with this CD EP from Minimal Resource Manipulation head honcho Matt Atkins. As Platform he works repetitive, sometimes bizarre-sounding synth melodies (giving the impression of forgetful machines stuck in infinite loops), abstract, glitchy percussion that inevitably brings the likes of Autechre to mind as well as subtly industrial hisses and clanks and the occasional booming bass throb, both of which have me thinking of Pan Sonic. Generally though, this is a more immediately palatable listening experience than either of those two vague (and possibly slightly misleading) touchstones.. Uneasy, highly atmospheric listening and definitely very compulsive.

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MRM are pleased to announce the release of two new EPs this month.

Label owner Matt Atkins provides us with four tracks of experimental electronic soundscaping on ‘Four Elements’, a deep and darkly beautiful collection comprising of two short and two longer form pieces that are as hypnotic and unsettling as anything else in the Platform back catalogue.

Next we have a new collaborative EP that is the second release from Matt Atkins (AKA Platform) and avant free improv drummer Paul May. This is the follow up to last year’s acclaimed ‘Broken Hulk Display’ and sees more of May’s impressive and incomparable percussive work treated and twisted into new shapes and soundscapes by Atkins. The duo have performed live recently and are hoping to follow up with the release of this EP with more dates around the capital.

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