Hiatus, by Matthew Atkins

Hiatus

by Matthew Atkins

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There is also a CD by Atkins' nome de plume 'Platform out this week on his very own Minimal Resource Manipulation label that is really worth checking but due to time constraints I've opted to just review this one which is a side to his productions that we've really not heard yet. I am writing these words from home at 12:36 at night and am on a one way ticket to snoozeville and this is making me want to reach for my pillow as it is lush ambient/drone gear with gorgeous ebbs and flows. The gentle and emotive tones are very therapeutic and certainly the press release comparisons to William Basinski and Celer are really spot on. I'm floating away to this one with its ultra mellow tones. There are lots of little subtle layers to focus in and out too and as I do it things just get deeper and deeper. Really nice to hear Matthew doing this style and I reckon he can give even the best a good run for their money. If you are into David Tagg's recent Pentacost CD on Install then check this beauty out. Hand packaged limited edition.

(Norman Records)

Matthew Atkins is the man behind Minimal Resource Manipulation and also the man behind the one main act of the label, Platform. Sometimes he plays with other people. Here he moves into something different, a work under his own name, thus setting it apart from his work as Platform. The first difference is that the four pieces on this release are quite long, between eight and thirteen minutes, making this effectively a full length album, other the EPs released as Platform. The music is drone based, highly layered and absent of any rhythm. I suspect this uses a whole bunch digital synthesizers and digital sound effects, with reverb on 'end', but these lengthy sustaining pieces are nice ambient pieces. As such nothing new, but Atkins knows how to play them effectively.

(Vital Weekly)

I reckon people looking into the minimalist / ambient scene tend to observe it with a little bit if distain, an easy way to make music or if you're lacking a bit in talent and given that a lot of the stuff that I come across falls into that category, Matt Atkins is head and shoulders above the rest with his label and well constructed tracks.

Devoid of any constant rhythm these four tracks provide a haunting, uneasy yet interesting listening. Their ghostly sombreness would make a fine addition to a dark Ellis / Cave movie soundtrack. With most tracks coming in over 10min they are given ample opportunity to rise, fall and drift through with layered synth sound panning in an out creating an eerie and dark inner soundscape. Although minimalist in its approach there’s a lot hidden away in the back ground to keep you interested.

Coming soon to a cinema near you.

(Collective zine)

As Platform, he has released a series of concentrated dub techno pieces, rich in rhythmic nuance and atmosphere. Here Matthew Atkins dispenses with the pseudonym and the rhythm and experiments with atmosphere alone.
This is bleak territory, each of the four, ten-minute melodies wafting over bare, windswept landscapes. It's a kind of limbo, a not entirely pleasant place to be, but tantalizing to hear from the safe confines of home.
Titled to indicate a break from routine, it remains to be seen if this mode of expression will be a temporary way station for Atkins or an extended sojourn. Hoping for the latter.

(Sonomu net)

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released June 1, 2010

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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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