SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
Signal, Civil Society & New Guernica help to celebrate 20 years of the legendary Warp Records by presenting Chris Clark for his very first and exclusive Melbourne appearance. Clark burst on to the electronic music scene with his acclaimed 2001 Warp album “Clarence Park” , and now eight years and four albums later, his dazzling 2009 release “Totem's Flare” is another triumphant mesh of breakneck dance music, simmering melodies and virtuosic sound design.
Clark [Warp, Planet Mu]
As a teenager nabbing his sister's 'Warp-when-they-were-in-Sheffield' tapes, soaking up rare groove and hip-hop, Clark's musical epiphanies were found walking to college in the winter with his headphones on really loud and the air all fresh and frosty. The three pieces that changed his life forever? Pavement's 'Slanted & Enchanted', and fittingly, Squarepusher's 'Theme From Ernest Borgnine' and Autechre's 'Vletrmx21'.
At 20 year old, he signed with Warp Records while still studying at Bristol University. Clark is content to distance himself from the oft-maligned term 'intelligent dance music' or 'IDM', a term most associated with his label-mates Aphex Twin, Squarepusher or Autechre. “I was writing music before that term really existed I suppose, but when I first started writing electronic music I just thought of it as techno. Even the sort of ambient stuff, using violin samples and strings with no beats, I still thought of it as techno. Most of my friends are kind of real musicians, and we do collaborate on things like that.” And there is plenty of that musicianship at work in Clark's output – he uses guitar, drums and piano, albeit unrecognisable and heavily processed, and his programming is ambitious and completely unique. Again, not content with 'clever' music only for the cognoscenti, he readily admits “the ridiculous brute force of modern pop engineering is definitely not something I've ever shied away from.”
Clark plays 100% Live at New Guernica on Thursday 3rd December, with local support provided by Qua, Ai Yamamoto, Cloud Speaker, Xian, Dave Pham, Matt tudor, JPS, Nam & Jinga. Tickets available through Moshtix, http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=31816.
New Guernica, 2/322 Little Collins St, Melbourne.
http://www.newguernica.com.au
Clark [Warp, Planet Mu]
As a teenager nabbing his sister's 'Warp-when-they-were-in-Sheffield' tapes, soaking up rare groove and hip-hop, Clark's musical epiphanies were found walking to college in the winter with his headphones on really loud and the air all fresh and frosty. The three pieces that changed his life forever? Pavement's 'Slanted & Enchanted', and fittingly, Squarepusher's 'Theme From Ernest Borgnine' and Autechre's 'Vletrmx21'.
At 20 year old, he signed with Warp Records while still studying at Bristol University. Clark is content to distance himself from the oft-maligned term 'intelligent dance music' or 'IDM', a term most associated with his label-mates Aphex Twin, Squarepusher or Autechre. “I was writing music before that term really existed I suppose, but when I first started writing electronic music I just thought of it as techno. Even the sort of ambient stuff, using violin samples and strings with no beats, I still thought of it as techno. Most of my friends are kind of real musicians, and we do collaborate on things like that.” And there is plenty of that musicianship at work in Clark's output – he uses guitar, drums and piano, albeit unrecognisable and heavily processed, and his programming is ambitious and completely unique. Again, not content with 'clever' music only for the cognoscenti, he readily admits “the ridiculous brute force of modern pop engineering is definitely not something I've ever shied away from.”
Clark plays 100% Live at New Guernica on Thursday 3rd December, with local support provided by Qua, Ai Yamamoto, Cloud Speaker, Xian, Dave Pham, Matt tudor, JPS, Nam & Jinga. Tickets available through Moshtix, http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=31816.
New Guernica, 2/322 Little Collins St, Melbourne.
http://www.newguernica.com.au
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OHHHHH YEAH !!!!Lephrenic wrote:Oh hell yeah.
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
He apparently kicked the shit in perth, though for some reason there is a 1 month gap between that gig and this one, he must be doing a bit of site seeing.
Well excited.
Well excited.
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cannot wait, awesome work stable....
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pretty interesting line up..
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I got a hand-full of $15 tickets if anyone wants to meet me this week.
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i have the inside tip that this is a gig not to miss!
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Looking fwd to this!!!
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Yeh this gig is going to be amazing.
Very much looking forward to a night of quality, interesting music.
Very much looking forward to a night of quality, interesting music.
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
thinking about coming down, or should i save for friday....
hmm
hmm
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
Tonight tonight. gonna be a well awesome night.
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go down for me brersame o wrote:thinking about coming down, or should i save for friday....
hmm
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geh shoulda checked the forum better. tell me how it was pete.
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Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
it was probably good.
i didn't go
i didn't go
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
maybe georgia can enlighten us?
i didn't go either
i didn't go either
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
Brilliant. Inspiring. Packed.
Im tired.
Im tired.
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
ass wish i had gone.
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
Clark played alot more slamming than i really anticipated.
Actually surprised he played what I'd almost consider a party set, albeit one comprised mostly of fukdupp idm, electronix, jungle, techno and glitchy midtempo winners.
Fucking solid.
Place was packed too. Good thurs nite party action.
Actually surprised he played what I'd almost consider a party set, albeit one comprised mostly of fukdupp idm, electronix, jungle, techno and glitchy midtempo winners.
Fucking solid.
Place was packed too. Good thurs nite party action.
No synthesizer too arpeggiated, no disco too italo.
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Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
Didnt see this either.
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damn i wish i went now....
FOMO bad over here.....
bigups kev and stable!
FOMO bad over here.....
bigups kev and stable!
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
looked the goods
bugger.
bugger.
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
was sick + working + packing, fail fail fail. wish i was there. oh well.
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He played a track which sounded alot like a zomby tune, wonder if hes been picked up by warp now?
Awesome set.
Awesome set.
Re: SIGNAL celebrates 20 years of Warp Records with Clark [UK]
More of this please.