Clark (Chris Clark)
Totem's Flare

A Norman Records recommendation (10th July 2009)

This record left our Brian feeling happy.

I've got Warp's prodigious wunderkid Clark's new album now, i'm sure I landed his last long playing thingy 'Turning Dragon' ya know. 'Totem's Flare' carries on from the largely excellent 'Growl's Garden' EP with some super heavyweight futuristic wonky techno shapes & grinding, disorientating electroid chuntering. I've always maintained a healthy distrust for people this talented, they are like that hyper intelligent kid at school who always slayed all the others at everything and outsmarted the teachers suggested Ant a while back. I think he's an alien. I can now happily admit his individual signature sound is beginning to come into its own, certain key production hallmarks becoming more apparent. It's a formidable sound he's got too, industrially fuzzy, elastic basslines suddenly kicking you in the face, blurred electro keys causing your neurons to fizz and some fantastic dirty drum rhythms and cheeky, cyber-synths to keep you lurching around like a crazed mutant raver. The occasional vocals on this album are quite amusing in a slightly quasi-gothic disembodied fashion and he still occasionally falls into Aphex pastiche territory but who can blame him if he feels the need to doff his cap to such a beloved peer? So Mr. C. Clark is steadily shaping up to be part of the modern electronic elite as predicted years back and this is the most satisfyingly coherent long player for my ears as yet. Now i'll go back to 'Turning Dragon' and try spot what I was missing as Brett thinks i'm some kinda wack eared fool for dissing it.....CD/2xLP on Wuuuuuurp.

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Sound clips for Totem's Flare

Outside Plume Play

Growls Garden Play

Rainbow Voodoo Play

Look Into The Heart Now Play

Luxman Furs Play

Totem Crackerjack Play

Future Daniel Play

Primary Balloon Landing Play

Talis Play

Suns of Temper Play

Absence Play

What their label says...

Tracklisting:

01 - Outside Plume (04.21)
02 - Growls Garden (04.59)
03 - Rainbow Voodoo (04.36)
04 - Look Into The Heart Now (04.02)
05 - Luxman Furs (04.08)
06 - Totem Crackerjack (05.21)
07 - Future Daniel (04.09)
08 - Primary Balloon Landing (01.17)
09 - Talis (03.07)
10 - Suns Of Temper (05.40)
11 - Absence (03.10)

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