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Platform

About Me

Platform is about lo-fi computer based sound manipulation and rhythm, twisting and deconstructing found sounds and unlocking the patterns within. Under various other guises, Matt's muisc has been released on Suburbs of Hell, Sprawl, Cryoworks netlabel and Epicene cassette label.Platform's music is currently released through his own Minimal Resource Manipulation CD-R label. These releases are available online exclusively from www.smallfish.co.uk and www.normanrecords.com--------------------------------------- ----------- Matt is also a regular contributor to deadfoxfanzine.comI edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)Send me your track

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Music:

Member Since: 13/05/2006
Band Website: www.minimalresourcemanipulation.co.uk
Band Members: Matthew Atkins
Influences: Can, Autechre, Faust, Alva Noto, Frank Bretschneider, Boards of Canada, A.R.Kane, Sonic Youth, Throbbing Gristle, King Tubby, Black Dice, Pan Sonic, Cluster, Erik Satie, Thomas Brinkmann, The Fall, Public Enemy, Aphex Twin, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, Taylor Deupree, Neu!, Bernard Parmagiani, Merzbow, Arvo Part, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Stanley Kubrick, Wire, Joy Division, Labradford, Godspeed You Black Emporer, Cabaret Voltaire, Suicide, Mouse On Mars, Scott Walker, Kim Cascone, Ryoji ikeda, Sunn O))), Conrad Schnitzler, Dubstep, Richard Chartier, Luigi Nono, Morton Feldman
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Record Label: Minimal Resource Manipulation
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Recommended listening April

1.Alva Noto - "For 2" (Line)2.Richard Chartier - "A Field For Mixing" (Room40)3.The Fall - "Slates" (Sanctuary)4.Steve Peters - "Filtered Light" (Dragon's Eye)5.Moebius & Plank - "Rastakrautpasta" (Wa...
Posted by on Sun, 16 May 2010 09:36:00 GMT

Recommended listening March

1.Cluster - "Sowiesoso" (Sky)2.Cluster - "Curiosum" (Sky)3.Cluster - "Grosses Wasser" (Sky)4.Joanna Newsom - "Have One On Me" (Drag City)5.Various - "An Anthology of Experimental Chinese Music" (Sub R...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:37:00 GMT

Vital Weekly review of Flock Of Scissors

.................... With free improv drummer Paul May he has released before 'Broken Hulk Display' (see Vital Weekly 661). Again its the case of May delivering recordings of his drumming to ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:52:00 GMT

Vital weekly review of Four Elements

.................... Matt Atkins, also known as Platform, continues with his CDR releases, as always around twenty minutes of music. The 'Four Elements' are not earth, water, fire and air, bu...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:51:00 GMT

Norman Records review of 'Four Elements'

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 (gi...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:07:00 GMT

Smallfish review of 'Flock Of Scissors'

For this second collaborative work from Paul May and Matt Atkins, they once again split the duties into drums and percussion from Paul and processing / programming from Matt. The first release from th...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:31:00 GMT

Smallfish review of 'Four Elements'

After a small hiatus the Minimal Resource Manipulation imprint is back with a vengeance. Kicking off 2010 with two releases, this first EP from label boss Matt Atkins is yet another very fine example ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:29:00 GMT

Two new EPs on MRM this month

.................... Minimal Resource Manipulation are excited to announce two new releases this month, both available in CD-R format online at Smallfish records and Norman records.Platform  Four...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:26:00 GMT

MRM recommends (February)

1.Autechre - "Oversteps" (Warp)2.Chihei Hatakeyama - "A Long Journey" (Home Normal)3.Leyland Kirby - "Sadly The Future Is No Longer What It Was" 4.Various - "Lowercase Sound 2002" (Bremsstrahlung)5.Of...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:17:00 GMT

Vital Weekly reviews 'Pseudochromis' EP

So far releases by Matt Atkins Platform project has been on his own Minimal Resource Manipulation label, but this one is by Smallfish Records, who also released Celer, Ryonkt, The Green Kingdom etc)...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:11:00 GMT