Labels: Minimal Resource Manipulation
Review by: Andy Malcolm
This is some strange electronic peculiarity here, something that we were sent ages ago but I could never find anyone to review it so I thought I’d take it upon myself. The label it is out on is called Minimal Resource Manipulation, and that is about right. This is some very un-settling stuff, strange noises and instrumentation pops and whizzes into earshot over the top of ambient sound. Paul May does some free jazz drumming, or hits random parts of a drum kit at least. Mr. May provided this percussion to Platform who then made noises over it. The second track introduces some warm and gentle droning to spice things up, this goes really well with the fizzing and the abstract drumming. I am pretty sure this kind of thing has a fairly limited audience, so I appreciate that the label sent a copy to us of all places for review. I think if you enjoy improvisation, oddball percussion and curious electronica, then you should investigate this CD as there is likely to be something here for you, even if it is only 20 minutes long.