Clark - Totems Flare

i agree with everything in the above post. i don't "love" totems flare" yet but i can see that it's probably a ways ahead of my listening capabilities

"volcan veins" is one of the greatest 4 minutes of music since "ted" or "drukqs" or something

in this genre

shit gets me hyped beyond belief. song is like being drunk as fuck, on ecstacy and driving around in a car through new york city during a huge psychedlic party lightshow with people in the streets dancing and giant projections on the wall. and all through this you're seeing double and all these bitches are coming at your from different directions and you're talking really loud because you're trashed.

turning dragon is great, don't know why it gets so much hate

  On 8/26/2009 at 2:55 PM, tokn said:

By the way, if someone could tell me where to find the bonus tracks of the two albums, I'd be very grateful.

how many chris clark japtracks are there in total? are they good? i have none.

I don't think japtracks is the preferred nomenclature.

  On 8/26/2009 at 9:59 PM, vamos scorcho said:

"volcan veins" is one of the greatest 4 minutes of music since "drukqs" or something

  On 8/27/2009 at 4:53 AM, nene multiple assgasms said:

I don't think japtracks is the preferred nomenclature.

  On 8/27/2009 at 4:53 AM, nene multiple assgasms said:

I don't think japtracks is the preferred nomenclature.

AsianAmericanTracks, please!

  On 8/27/2009 at 4:53 AM, nene multiple assgasms said:

I don't think japtracks is the preferred nomenclature.

well played.

i will forever use the term japtracks, and nurture this new creation of mine as if it was my child / an exceptionally cute kitten

  On 8/27/2009 at 4:44 AM, ezkerraldean said:

  On 8/26/2009 at 2:55 PM, tokn said:

By the way, if someone could tell me where to find the bonus tracks of the two albums, I'd be very grateful.

 

 

how many chris clark japtracks are there in total? are they good? i have none.

Clarence Park:

Guitar Solo (not really a bonus track though, but you could download it from the Clarence Park microsite)

ETBOY:

Alaska (1998 Tiny Person)

Body Riddle:

Observe Harvest

Turning Dragon:

Beige Afterthought

Pending Dusk Wrench

Growls Garden:

Bread Session 5

Penultimate Persian (Penultimate Mix)

Totems Flare:

Steepgrass Five

yes they are pretty good

  On 8/28/2009 at 6:33 PM, beariksson said:

  On 8/27/2009 at 4:44 AM, ezkerraldean said:

  On 8/26/2009 at 2:55 PM, tokn said:

By the way, if someone could tell me where to find the bonus tracks of the two albums, I'd be very grateful.

 

 

how many chris clark japtracks are there in total? are they good? i have none.

 

Clarence Park:

Guitar Solo (not really a bonus track though, but you could download it from the Clarence Park microsite)

 

ETBOY:

Alaska (1998 Tiny Person)

 

Body Riddle:

Observe Harvest

 

Turning Dragon:

Beige Afterthought

Pending Dusk Wrench

 

Growls Garden:

Bread Session 5

Penultimate Persian (Penultimate Mix)

 

Totems Flare:

Steepgrass Five

 

yes they are pretty good

There's also an iTunes bonus track on Totems Flare (Chill Out DJ). It's a bit crap. May be jazz, but I can't be arsed to backtrack past this page.

  On 8/28/2009 at 9:20 PM, Caretstik said:

There's also an iTunes bonus track on Totems Flare (Chill Out DJ). It's a bit crap. May be jazz, but I can't be arsed to backtrack past this page.

Apparently theres a digital booklet with the iTunes release aswell. Do you have it? :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

  On 8/28/2009 at 9:47 PM, beariksson said:

  On 8/28/2009 at 9:20 PM, Caretstik said:

There's also an iTunes bonus track on Totems Flare (Chill Out DJ). It's a bit crap. May be jazz, but I can't be arsed to backtrack past this page.

 

Apparently theres a digital booklet with the iTunes release aswell. Do you have it? :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

I do. It's so unexceptional I forgot I had it and had to check.

Not trying to come across as a dick, by the way. I've really liked Clark's stuff since Clarence Park and I love Totems Flare. I quite like Steepgrass Five too.

i like the album but it seems to have little replay value. i'll prob bust it out a few times a year. not dissin it though.

ETBOY:

Alaska (1998 Tiny Person)

???

what is this? any good?

I still don't get how he does that trick in Absence, where everything gets louder all of a sudden and the stereo stuff changes

  On 8/29/2009 at 6:27 AM, jules said:

ETBOY:

Alaska (1998 Tiny Person)

 

???

 

 

what is this? any good?

It's my favourite out of all of the Japanese bonus tracks. Rather majestic pads throughout (If think that's what you'd call them if it's not too poncey), otherwise fairly sparse apart from the beats. Personally I prefer it to quite a few tracks from the rest of the album.

is it on youtube or anything? I don't know why I haven't heard it.

I know I'm late on joining the party, but it is really rare that I actually check shit out so I hadn't heard this album until this weekend. Am I the only one who gets a bit frustrated at how quickly the album moves? I feel like there are so many lush melodies and epic sounds packed too tightly together. Songs like Totem Crackerjack, Look Into The Heart Now, and Future Daniel have certain parts that I want to just keep thrasing on for minutes, but they always seem like they're cut too short.

I think that's beauty of it. It's a slap to the face, and you want to get hit over and over again.

  On 9/8/2009 at 6:06 PM, Glass Plate said:

I think that's beauty of it. It's a slap to the face, and you want to get hit over and over again.

I can understand that, that is the exact kind of thing I love about something like (most of) Rushup Edge.

  On 8/28/2009 at 6:33 PM, beariksson said:

Clarence Park:

Guitar Solo (not really a bonus track though, but you could download it from the Clarence Park microsite)

 

ETBOY:

Alaska (1998 Tiny Person)

 

Body Riddle:

Observe Harvest

 

Turning Dragon:

Beige Afterthought

Pending Dusk Wrench

 

Growls Garden:

Bread Session 5

Penultimate Persian (Penultimate Mix)

 

Totems Flare:

Steepgrass Five

 

yes they are pretty good

I need to hunt these down, thanks. I never knew they existed.

hmm so far this is still probably my favorite album of the year no doubt, but I've been listening to it way more than most other albums so I guess I'm not giving a lot of albums a fair chance, but I can't get enough of this.

Like the moment were it cuts out and the drums come in on Totem Crackjack, jizzim every time.

I just wish that some of the less interesting tracks that are almost intermissions were replaced with tracks from Turning Dragon like Violenl etc. Maybe that'd be too much in your face constantly, but it would be a pretty damn'd impressive album. The slow tracks are still pretty good and I guess needed refrains from the ass kicking.

Has any one talked about what the vocoder lyrics in the beginning of Future Daniel are supposed to be? Because I used to listen to so much boc I always think I can hear a "1969" in there.