Clark
Chris Clark is the quintessential Warp Records artist; his electronic palette wanders between melodious piano loops and abrasive synth squelches, pummeling techno and eerie ambience. His eponymous seventh album may be his most virtuosic work yet. The caustic throb of \"Unfurla\" gives way to the metallic ambience of \"Strength Through Fragility.\" \"Snowbird\" is an arrhythmic collage of chirps and chimes, while \"Beacon\" is one long, raging arpeggio, a live wire showering sparks. For a record this peripatetic, it\'s surprisingly cohesive, conjuring visions of a sci-fi future full of machines on the fritz and sunsets tinged with industrial smog.
At this point, Clark has been translating his wracked emotions via machines—samplers, software, synths—for about half his life. Clark finds the Warp artist merging techno, electro, noise, classical, ambient, and post-rock with the skill of a virtuoso.
As signaled by the March 2014 non-album single "Superscope," Chris Clark opted to turn sharply away from the oft-idyllic, sometimes pastoral sound of his 2012 album Iradelphic and its accompanying Fantasm Planes EP.
. While the two aforementioned records might draw more press, it's Clark who scales the podium with his eponymous release.