Clark - Totems Flare

Eight years, five albums, untold EP tracks and stints living in Brighton, Birmingham and Berlin later, Chris's sense that he is where he wants to be hasn't changed; indeed, his work rate and exploration of his own sound has made him feel even more sure of his position. "I don't ever want to sound arrogant," he says, "because I know there are thousands of musicians who would like to be where I am, and in a sense I know I am very lucky - but at the same time there is a feeling of confidence that I have been doing the right things. I've put the work in, I've done so much travelling and so many gigs, and it's paying off now."

Clark is seen by many as the most "WARP-ish" of the current generation of WARP artists, and certainly when his career was launched with Clarence Park, his sound fitted neatly into the melodic, intricate sound that the label has cultivated since the Artificial Intelligence albums of the early 1990s. But the fierce work ethic that Chris describes, and his refusal to sit still meant his sound moved on in leaps and bounds - 2006's Body Riddle in particular marking such a quantum leap. Without losing touch with his roots in British electronic music, Body Riddle was the realisation of Clark's identity as an artist and the consolidation of his next level production skills; this was impossible to ignore, and global sales reflected its artistic success, particularly in Japan, where Chris is something of a star.
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