Clark - Clarence Park (2001) [Japanese Edition 2012]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 484 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 178 MB | Covers - 157 MB
Genre: IDM, Experimental, Ambient | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Beat Records (BRC-332)
Winter in July can be a strange combination. Released in May of 2001, but seeing hype and sales in June and July, Chris Clark's Clarence Park is a frostingly cold glimpse at what winter feels like – even if one listens to it during the dog days of relentless sun. Big reverberated beats transform into a crisp sound experiment, synth washes cut and skate alongside and in between breakbeat scientology, and sound sculpture paints imagery of glacier-like masses floating along in the sea minding their own business. Albeit not sounding especially original, and having an immense amount of pressure to do so, Clark turns in a fine debut of sensitive and cerebrally brash material that sits comfortably alongside some of the better records of 2001.