Movement MCS Percussion Computer Mk. II

The '''Movement MCS Drum Computer Mk. II''' (a.k.a. Movement MCS-2) was the second drum machine released by Movement Computer Systems, in early 1983. It succeeded the Movement Mk. I.

Phil Collins owned an orange MCS-2, which he upgraded to from the Movement Mk. I when it came out. He installed chips containing samples of his own drum sounds into this machine.

For the recording of Genesis (the 1983 self-titled album), Collins used the Movement Mk. II to program guide rhythm tracks for the band to jam and write to, with the intention of replacing the parts later which meant hardly any of the drum machine parts made the final mix. Except that a few of the Movement's percussion sounds can be heard on "Illegal Alien". And the snare sound in "Just A Job To Do" was one of Phil's drum samples installed into the Movement - studio tech Geoff Callingham was filmed manually "playing" the sound while recording.