Clark

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*Clark is a producer. A prolific producer and composer who sidesteps easy classification, Clark's moody body of work teeters between exuberance and foreboding undercurrents. His juxtapositions of gritty synths, breakbeats, noise, and nods to house and techno took on many forms over the course of his career. On 2001's Clarence Park, he imbued them with frosty nostalgia; on 2006's Body Riddle, he fortified them with orchestral and jazz flourishes. As the years passed, Clark found wide-ranging ways to express the abrasive and reflective sides of his music, whether he alternated between them, as on 2008's hard-hitting Turning Dragon and 2012's pastoral Iradelphic, or combined them unpredictably, as on 2017's Death Peak. Clark's knack at expressing complex emotions within his music made him a natural fit for soundtrack work, and his music for the television series The Last Panthers and Kiri (which he later expanded into 2019's Kiri Variations) earned as much acclaim as his own albums. Born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, Christopher Stephen Clark began making music in his teens and also experimented with constructing his own musical equipment. After studying at St. Albans School, he went to Bristol University; while still a student, he caught the attention of Warp Records by performing at a label party in December 2000 as Chris from St. Albans. The following April, he made his debut on the label as Chris Clark with Clarence Park, an album whose cold, terse synths and big b...