After the massive Mount Kimbie party {move} and life is noise team up again to welcome back to Perth, UK producer CLARK, for one mind melting night of bass-laden technology, Easter Thursday April 21 at The Bakery.
In the great tradition of the UK’s long standing and legendary underground electronic music label WARP Records (Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Squarepusher, Battles…), CLARK stretches boundaries, breaks rules and pushes what is conventional to and over the precipice. His live shows are no exception to this, with an MPC DJ set that is rhythmically enticing, cerebrally challenging and aurally confounding.
CLARK has released five long players and a score of EPs on WARP and has been dubbed the next Aphex Twin. But the man has crafted his own niche, sound and worldwide following. Now it may be said that CLARK carries the torch for the WARP sound with his precise production and ample live skills.
Earlier this year CLARK released a mix on WARP which fused his own work with the likes of Actress, Surgeon, Dorian Concept and even Waxmaster Maurice. He said of the mix…
“So I thought I was just innocently putting some of my favourite dancefloor material together for DJ sets, then found out via dirty wildfire rumors in Berlin, that all of a sudden I had a “secret side project going on”, I was collaborating with Chicago Jack-House legends such as Waxmaster Maurice and DJ Hyperactive. Haha. “That could be ace” thought I. So without a few artists consent I decided to collaborate. Collaborations are always best when you sneak in from the side and shadow-box peoples tracks so they end up having a signature of your own. A lot of that material is so deliciously stripped that it proved ripe to be embellished with the analogue machine-funk I was riffing out in the studio at the time. There we go. Boom. Hope you enjoy it.”
In recent times CLARK has gone mad on the remix tip, working with the likes of Massive Attack, Friendly Fires, DM Stith and many more. On top of this he has worked on a sound installation for a dance piece entitled ‘Tilted Fawn’ in Berlin with renowned contemporary dancer Melanie Lane and choreographer Morgan Belenguer.
Don’t miss CLARK on Easter Thursday April 21 at The Bakery with solid support from Zeke (Paperchain), Viv G (Concreto), Declan (Full Frequency/Trainwreck – RTRFM) and the Underground Sound Solution System ({move} – RTRFM)
