Artist : Platform
Title : Categories Of Dust
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2009
Date : 03/07/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 01
Label : Minimal Resource Manipulation
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 21:59 min
Size : 31,9 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Categories Of Dust 21:59
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21:59 min
With a catalogue of substance already behind him Matt Atkins, aka Platform, now delivers an absolutely
stunning new 20 minute work. Categories of Dust is, simply, an incredibly detailed and atmospheric drone /
soundscape work that for me is up there with the very finest releases in the genre. The balance between
the chords that drift into the mix along with the crispy, static-laced noises is tense, fraught with drama and,
ultimately, incredibly well put together as well as having a delightful subtlety. The flow is clever and almost
makes you believe the piece is ebbing away halfway through, but instead it slowly fades back in after what
can only be called a natural intermission. Listening to this on headphones is a real feast for the ears - the
noisier tones form a wonderful counterpoint to those resonant textures and the whole thing plays out with
the perfect arrangement. This is the highest of quality releases and if you're a fan of the micro-sound work
of the likes of Richard Chartier or Fourm this is absolutely a must-listen. Limited edition, as always and one
of the best releases of the year so far for me. Awesome.
(SmallFish)
We've had a few CDs in by Platform over the last year or two. And here's a brand new one called
Categories Of Dust. These are normally pretty limited to 50 ish copies so they don't usually hang around
for too long. It's predominantly sound art I guess. This is one 21 minute long track constructed of samples
recorded from around his house using a a well sensitive node microphone. You lost yet? These were then
processed into the resulting 21 minute long track which I'm listening to at the mo. I'm pretty sure that's a
kettle I can hear. I right fancy a brew. Fans of Machinefabriek will lap this up I think. It's a headphone listen
for sure with crackles, static and fizzes popping up filling your ears with the kind of awkward sensory
delights usually reserved for 8 o' clock (table for two please). There's some nice ambient moments in here
and if you like long pieces of music with not much fluctuation in tone or melody then this is for you!!
(Norman's)
PlatformÆs Matt Atkins further reduces his sound in this latest release, Categories of Dust. Intrinsically a
field recording, this piece takes sounds recorded with an ultra sensitive studio microphone, sourced from
within and around the artistÆs home. Atkins homes in on sonic particulates, visceral clicks and
reverberations, disembodied spectral voices and luminous sine waves, engendering an active fabric that is
at once hallucinatory and transcendent. Clocking in at some 21 minutes, the piece shifts parameters,
undulating between the intense and the expansive, echoing some of the sentiments of BachelardÆs ôThe
Poetics of Spaceö, and utilising that most personal and private of spaces..the home.. as both instrument
and studio. At times there is a generous use of reverb that acts to smear the sounds, creating washy
swirls of activity, approaching near-ambience, only to be brought back into sharp focus once again by the
slow introduction of domesticity. A worthy recording for a burgeoning new artist whose work is getting
stronger with every release. Recommended. BGN.
(White_Line)
Matt Atkins' Platform project turns out to be a busy bee, with a number of releases in a relatively short time
span. Not everything was great, but his 'Categories Of Dust' belongs certainly to his more interesting
works. One piece, twenty-one minutes, of recordings made around the house with a very sensitive
microphone, which were then 'processed, re-processed and layered'. Platform enters here the world of
microsound and does that with some style. Crackles, deep drone basis and hiss work fine in this piece,
which may have a bit too much reverb here and there, but throughout this piece works along the lines of all
the other micro-nists, such as Roel Meelkop and Marc Behrens. Not yet entirely their class, but this is his
best effort so far. Sounds flow into eachother and have, certainly towards the end, a nice ambient texture
to it. Let's hope this new road will be his main one for the future and that he expands further on it. (FdW)
(Vital Weekly)
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