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album on warp records, out a couple of months ago, just got it.
sounds like boards of canada + squarepusher + aphex twin but feels way better than anything any of those kids have done in years.
funky as hell in bits, too.
anyone else heard this?
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awesome. awesome to the max.
those interested should also check out the free downloads. these include a broadcast "reinterpretation" of 'herr barr'. both versions are excellent.
just got them yesterday... what else has he done that i should get? is 'throttle clark' good (is it digital download only?)
i still love this album x 1000
the ted ep is great, too
Yep those downloads are great, as is Ted EP! Album is one of the best Warp releases in recent times (along with Bttls of course).
i can't find any of his other stuff around, though. and i'm scared of warpmart. bad things happen to me on there.
i agree, body riddle is super. his first album is incredible, i got it when it came out and everyone assumed he was just an alias for one of the autechre boys or something. called 'clarence park', killer. 'ceramics is the bomb', the second album, isn't as good as 1 or 3
Check JB bargain bins . . . when Creative lost Warp to Inertia, they got rid of all their excess stock to JBs, and I picked up both previous Chris Clark albums for hella cheap!!
the new shit is AMAZING, listen to the sampler
like kid606 mixed with aphex twin, except much much better
Anyone heard 'Truncation Horn' of the new album? What IS that guitar sample towards the beginning?? It sounds like INXS or something of that era.
refuses to listen to leaks
ten days to go...
'turning dragon' is still great. took a while to get into it though, you don't get ''bassdrum is the hook'' all that often. holds up months later though.
actually, every single damn thing he's put out is super. i ended up getting all the old releases off bleep.com.
and! also! the pivot remix he did! omg!
oooooo... new stuff.
Clark has raised the bar and delivered us some of his biggest club tracks to date in the form of a new EP due March 23rd entitled 'Growl's Garden'!
Expect a killer mix of styles between Body Riddle's rich depth and some more slamming tracks a la Turning Dragon. It also sees Clark integrating the use of an otherwordly vocal line in the title track for the first time!
''Clark has forged his best record EVER... This is the sound of Clark having fun. And it's the best dance music we’ve heard in 2009. Simple.'' Clash Magazine
Better than Turning Dragon? Can't wait!!!
body riddle is better than turning dragon (even though that's still awesome)
and yeah, very very very excited. usually he puts out an ep only a little while before an album.
i went on a bleepmart spree yesterday and picked up the new EP (and 'empty the bones of you' as well). new one is good but might take a few listens. 'empty the bones of you' is great though.
the breakdown halfway through the first song on 'empty the bones of you' is pretty classic.
yep. though i seem to not make it beyond the first half much....
the second half is where it all happens!
i don't feel stupid posting here over and over again
'the magnet mine': bangin'
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supposed to be on sale this week but i still don't see the link. bah, has anyone got tix to the new guernica show yet? WANT.
got my ticket
sydney: this week
http://www.qjump.com.au/event/4773/Index-feat-Clark-Live-Warp-Records-UK
That was amaaazing
Seems to be touring. Melbourne show at Revolt on Tues 24 Apr, other shows in other cities. Saw a contemporary dance piece with his music in it recently, which piques my interest in this tour.
woo!
Awesome
Sydney show - April 28 @ Civic Underground
there's a cute 30 minute mix of his on here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dmdc9
but hurry up - it expires end of day.
gets going half way thru programme btw...you'll figure it out.
Any of you kids know set times for next Saturday? I'm hoping it's not a really late one...
from memory, last sydney one (at the same venue?) was crazy late
The Melbourne one is pretty early because it's at Revolt, starts at six and is probably done by eleven or twelve. Pretty excited after listening to the amazing keyboard manipulation of 'Herr Bar' again.
Listening to a bunch of his tunes on YouTube at work. The drum programming is so mega. It's going to be a really great gig!
So Clark will obviously be on about 10 or 11 then u/a?
I guess so. Do the promoters post here? I can't remember. When I went to see Onra it was about that time though.
Dunno if it was same venue. But it was lots of DJs and shit. This time it's advertised as support from Bon Chat Bon Rat, so I'm thinking maybe it's more like a band gig than a late-night DJ club night...
Well, it was pretty bad.
Do tell. I was thinking of going.
Event blurb:
The sound lacked any of the subtlety of his records, but retained the tendency to devolve every song into digitally clipped mush. Sounded very testosterone-driven and unmelodic most of the time. I really wanted to like what I was hearing, but most of the time it was kind of generic and boring. I guess I just shouldn't really expect to hear anything nuanced in a club setting.
To be fair, he appeared to be having some pretty annoying and persistent trouble with his modular synth, which he apparently blew up fifteen minutes into the set. He spent a lot of time unplugging things and getting someone to come and look at it. Unfortunately, when he took a break from appearing to control things to attend to these issues, nothing much changed about the music. It ruined the sense that we were really watching anything live happen.
Maybe all the magic was meant to happen with the modular, but honestly I can't see where there was even space in the mix for it. It would have been a case of plopping ''modular synth sounds'' over whatever was already kind of boring me. Maybe it would have been amazing? Also, the ''extraordinary visuals'' were extraordinarily underwhelming. Even the supports' visuals, some of which were woeful, were overall probably better.
All that said, you should probably still go. It's not really fair of me to judge this guy based on what he would probably say was a pretty terrible show himself. Just hope he got his modular synth fixed, and don't be afraid to shut your eyes.
JPS were excellent as support. Really wanted to catch Sarah Phelan's set but it was too early and migraine takes precedence.