Chris Clark
Electronica / IDM
It all started when I was about 14 with my mates in Shrewland peaking in the woods with Heliosphan as comedown consolidation. Then I started nabbing my sister's Warp-when-they-were-in-Sheffield tapes which she never listened to. Then I got quite into her rare groove stuff like turn out the lights by Larry Youngs fuel. Also Hip Hop Matt has a part to play with his crunchy Rawkus delights. As well as Pip and Ians compilation tapes and Simons LFO record. The 3 things that really coined it for me though, were Theme from Earnest Borginine by Squarepusher walking to college in the winter with my headphones on really really loud and the air all fresh and frosty. Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted as well and Vletrmx (Check spelling) by Autechre which I reckon should become the eighth wonder of the world..............................................
Cut to 17-18 Local industry types trying to jedi-mind trick me. Me loving the fact that I was doing excactly what they told me not to do.
I made some stuff. Basic stuff. I got more things (Home-built stylus made out of a hook and some masking tape. Marbles spokes and squarewaves). I learnt abit. Not enough but more then enough. I put things through things. I recorded these things and put them through other things which then became completely different things. The result was alot of evil white noise and some naff twee wank. The best stuff was thrashy, sombre, silly, shit and exciting. The bad stuff was just bollocks.
Cut to 21 in Bristol. Having a wicked laugh. Pissed of with student shit but fuck it I'll finish soon. Run out of money.Tracks now are...still punking away and stuff is going well. Re-organised stuff. Challenging myself more. Paying more attention to my computer and less attention to my personal hygiene. Not sleeping "properly". Nailing sounds with abit more accuracy then I was about 5 weeks ago. Trying to do the best that i can possibly do coz otherwise
Chris Clark released his debut album Clarence Park back in 2001, which went on to become one of the highlights of the year. The schizoid contrast of roughed-up beats and big strident melodies found favour amongst Warp fans everywhere on both sides of the atlantic.
Since then the two sides to Chris's music making character have duelled it out over a couple of years, while his name has spread amongst music afficionados to create a devoted worldwide audience. Throughout finishing his degree in Bristol, moving to Brighton and now settling in Birmingham, Chris has been endlessly honing and perfecting tracks, not to mention playing live on a regular basis - traversing Europe and the US on the Warp Magic Bus tours in 2002, hitting the US again in early 2003, Triptych in Scotland and launching the new Logarhythm UK live collective in May with a two week tour of the UK with Mira Calix.
The next new output from Chris Clark arrived in May in the shape of the ‘Ceramics is the Bomb’ EP in May 2003. A 6 track blitz that received bounteous praise, and support from the increasing number of converted DJs and radio shows. And Clark's latest release is amazing new full length, entiled "Empty the Bones of You."
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