Chris Clark is an artist who has been releasing music for over 10 years and has collaborated with YAMB favourites Nathan Fake, Luke Abbott and most notably Broadcast. His last release, 2012’s ‘Iradelphic,’ was something which was labelled as a drastic shift in musical style, full of heartfelt vocals and live instrumentation. True to his shapeshifting musical form this latest EP takes another swerve. It is a refined recreation of his past releases, aimed firmly at dark basement dance-floors.
‘Superscope’ is a haunting industrial acid track which grinds away like an angular saw on the brain. Clark reportedly spent 3 days working on the tracks hi-hats showing a real devotion to creating a perfect build up. The track crescendos with a slab of granular noise, which makes for some heavy duty listening.
Though ‘Riff Through the Fog’ is the b-side, in my opinion this is the stand out track. The textured noise at the start builds atmosphere, similar to Burial’s productions. The steel drum harmonics and two step rhythm are reminiscent of Jamie XX’s ‘Far Nearer’ creating a catchy, melodic harmony. This builds up to a hands in the air breakdown which is sure to please any crowd.
The video for ‘Riff Through the Fog’ was premiered towards the end of last month and can be viewed above. It features visuals from an Oscilloscope found by Clark and Producer Vincent Oliver in a skip. Clark uses this for the visual element of his Phosphor live shows, the first of which took place last December at Bloc, London. Clark states it gives a “Live analogue geometric output which fits his music like a glove.” The Phosphor show will also be performed at Moogfest 2014, in North Carolina, as part of the Warp Records showcase.
With a number of performances in Europe, Mexico, Canada and the US over the next few months its a busy start to the year for Clark.
Buy Superscope from Juno:
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/clark-superscope/522618-01/
Head over to the Warp Records site for more info on Clark and his upcoming shows:
