Clark - Totems Flare

And so all of Chris's qualities have come to play on Totems Flare: that youthful cockiness that he took in hand and wilfully transformed into a mature confidence that shows in his music ever more with each release; the refusal to partition music by subculture or allegiance; and more than anything, the straightforwardness, the natural desire to communicate directly without any wilful obscurantism. This is music that pushes technological limits, but never at the expense of reaching out directly to the listener, regardless of whether they are a "head" or not. Though it is hard, intense and rooted in the rave, Totems Flare with its instantly-memorable riffs and hooklines and immediately thrilling dynamics could very easily have a shocking degree of mass appeal: it is huge, moving music suited to the open skies and giant laser shows of festivals just as much as to dark clubs or insular headphone voyaging - and this could very easily be the album that brings festival-sized crowds his way. Chris Clark doesn't mess about, and neither does his music.page << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>