Document 1, by Seven Hour Germ

Document 1

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1.	Timbral Dissection Pt.1 09:04	buy track
2.	Structural Damage 03:58	buy track
3.	After the Storm 06:24	buy track
4.	Wild Life Howl 03:05	buy track
5.	From Feldman 04:55	buy track
6.	Deep Metal Hole 04:06	buy track
7.	Timbral Dissection Pt.2 02:42	buy track

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This offering goes for the more academic approach of some improvised sound experiments of electronica that favours the 'musique concrete' approach-sampling and distorting real (life) sounds- rather than factory preset sounds. On deeper listening a cursory glance towards the outer edges of technoid beats and fx is evident on some outros.
Norman Records

7HG (or Seven Hour Germ) forms an interesting counterpoint to the more melodic works of Platform on MRM. Taking a more musique concrete approach it's a deconstructivist way of looking at sound that has elements in common with Pan Sonic, certainly, and to a lesser extent Merzbow etc. For me the power lies in the dense, hypnotic quality of the sound processing and tweaking. The sounds are changed to well beyond their orignal feel and then turned into challenging soundscapes of texture. At times it's a brutal style but very satisfying at the same time. For those who like a tad more challenge to their electronic music, this is well worth checking out. Excellent debut.
Smallfish Records

The second release on Minimal Resource Manipulation (MRM) is an in all aspects experimental affair, seeing MRM deviating from the path of the beat onto something altogether different (in all fairness it is not so much as a deviation as it is expanding the horizon given that this is the second release in this young label’s history). Document1 starts off with a collection of incredibly high frequency fragments of sound, displaying the sonic signature of an imaginary ant-farm if magnified into our sonic scale. It’s an abusive, noisy and industrial sound and it’s quite frightening. As the seven-track mini-album progresses the high frequency assault continues with more or less the same intensity. With short stops for the listener to catch the breath and/or mental composure only to come back with even more intensity like the unbearable fourth track Wild Life Howl. However there are moments of suggested rhythmic structure as well. The convincing sixth track Deep Metal Hole still set in UHFD (ultra high frequency domain) is an example. To continue the analogy of the ant-farm the closing track Timbral Dissection would be the working ant’s dream or possibly nightmare if ever recorded. By all means investigate this release made by Seven Hour Germ (7HG) and released on Minimal Resource Manipulation just make sure to check your audio perimeter and maybe more important your treble dials, knobs and volume readings/settings!
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released September 6, 2016

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MRM is a DIY label for experimental music curated by Matt Atkins, a London based sound and visual artist whose principle interests are reductionism, chance, repetition and texture. He uses objects, percussion instruments, occasionally a laptop and cassette recorders to create sound collages in both the recorded medium and live. ... more

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