Clark - "Iradelphic"

  On 3/11/2012 at 2:02 PM, o00o said:

just finished my first complete listen. Its really good can't wait for the obligatory EP release

i have this funny feeling that he'll release this electronic / folk opus that he spent 3 years slaving over to mixed reviews.

and then as an afterthought he'll do an EP just for the sake of getting rid of a couple of techno and hip hop ideas he had wasting space on his hard drive and watmm will jizz hard.

My favs (straight to my mp3 player):

Henderson Touch

Tooth Moves

The Pining 1, 2, 3

Broken Kite Footage

Runnerups (maybe):

Skyward Bruise Decent

Ghosted

  On 3/11/2012 at 2:52 PM, Backson said:

i have this funny feeling that he'll release this electronic / folk opus that he spent 3 years slaving over to mixed reviews.

 

and then as an afterthought he'll do an EP just for the sake of getting rid of a couple of techno and hip hop ideas he had wasting space on his hard drive and watmm will jizz hard.

Interesting. Why do you think / know, he has been sitting on these tracks for a long while?

And yeah - after his post on facebook "lots of new new and old new stuff" I'm pretty optimistic there will be an EP with banging stuff.

Well... I wanted to take some time before replying to soon. Listened to the LP several times now. Here it comes.

Of course I'm disappointed like a lot of you guys. For me Clark's strength is as someone already said his harsh, industrial, banging idm tunes - what doesn't mean he should repeat himself (though I would love some Turning Dragon B-Tracks way more than three LPs with this indie stuff). But on the other hand Clark was always interested in trying out new things - after he shown us that he can rock the dirtiest, roughest atmospheres, maybe he wanted to create something completley different. And this LP is very emotional und moving, in Clark's own terms. I'm also sure it will work much better in the summer. It reminds me a lot of Pink Floyd and the times almost 10 years ago, when I started listenting to the first good or psychedelic music like Pink Floyd. Though even Pink Floyd are doing more crazy stuff than Clark is doing on that one. I frankly don't understand why every track must be so accesible. There is not one experimental track - and as someone already pointed out, mixing guitar with electronic music can be done in a lot of ways. Why did Clark did the same thing over and over?

But one thing, which makes me really angry: The way Warp advertisted this LP. "After three years (...) his masterpiece" Blalabla... you know, if Warp has told us, what this album will be like, it would be much less a shock. But after a promo-text that sounds like Clark really reinvented the whole game and has the dirtiest stuff he as made yet - no suprise we all feel a bit fucked.

Sonically, it's a masterpiece. Other than that, yeah, a bit dissapointing.

  On 3/12/2012 at 3:03 PM, Adam Beker said:

Sonically, it's a masterpiece. Other than that, yeah, a bit dissapointing.

Clark has always had some of the best sounding albums imo

is it shorter than 40 minutes?

  On 3/12/2012 at 6:54 PM, jules said:

is it shorter than 40 minutes?

If it isnt, it sure does feels like it.

  On 3/11/2012 at 11:12 AM, gmanyo said:

I had assumed it was this.

 

http://youtu.be/epI6D8NG4VE

Yes

  On 3/12/2012 at 6:54 PM, jules said:

is it shorter than 40 minutes?

It's 43, give or take one, with at least 5 and as many as 15 minutes of what can be only considered filler.

Monged-raver-bothering classic from waaay back:

This version's better though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7mWZPxCo-Q

As for the new Clark, I'm going one way then the other at the moment - enjoyed walking round in the sunshine with it yesterday, but I do miss some of the rough edges of his other stuff, and there doesn't seem to be nearly as much to get your teeth in to.

This new clark album has some really nice tracks.. but what was he thinking with Ghosted? Its literally one of the worst tracks I've ever heard.. near unlistenable

I like Clark because all of his albums sound different. I like Tooth Moves.

Of course, I still don't think that any of this tops Body Riddle. Then again, what does?

i can only imagine how saddening it must be for clark(artists) to suffer people pissing and moaning online about their album when they didn't pay for it... cos it saddens me a fair bit to witness it here.

  On 3/16/2012 at 10:59 AM, keltoi said:

i can only imagine how saddening it must be for clark(artists) to suffer people pissing and moaning online about their album when they didn't pay for it... cos it saddens me a fair bit to witness it here.

Why would you pay for an album you didn't like? I mean the thoughtless whining is stupid, but there are many well-thought-out critiques here.

gotta love these "new direction" albums

  On 3/16/2012 at 12:41 PM, gmanyo said:

  On 3/16/2012 at 10:59 AM, keltoi said:

i can only imagine how saddening it must be for clark(artists) to suffer people pissing and moaning online about their album when they didn't pay for it... cos it saddens me a fair bit to witness it here.

 

Why would you pay for an album you didn't like? I mean the thoughtless whining is stupid, but there are many well-thought-out critiques here.

why would i pay for an album i don't like? there's samples and released teasers and i like everything clark.

  On 3/16/2012 at 2:48 PM, keltoi said:

  On 3/16/2012 at 12:41 PM, gmanyo said:

  On 3/16/2012 at 10:59 AM, keltoi said:

i can only imagine how saddening it must be for clark(artists) to suffer people pissing and moaning online about their album when they didn't pay for it... cos it saddens me a fair bit to witness it here.

 

Why would you pay for an album you didn't like? I mean the thoughtless whining is stupid, but there are many well-thought-out critiques here.

 

why would i pay for an album i don't like? there's samples and released teasers and i like everything clark.

Not quite sure what you meant here. I think I'm reading your posts wrong. Text isn't the best medium for communication.

I meant in general, though. I was just saying I think it's okay to complain about an album you didn't pay for. I'll probably buy a song or two.

favorites: open, com touch, pining pt 2, secret

Mine's Skyward Bruise and Pinning pt1. Other's are well, dissapointing :(. I mean it's an amzing album, but compared to body riddle or tomems flare or turning dragon, dissapointing. I blame BIBIO. Twose two tracks are freakin amazing though. Those drums in pinning one are so Boddy Riddle amazing.

I've got to say after my initial excitement this release isn't standing up to expectations.

Usually I'm all for artists going a more pop/accessible/less "idm" - I loved Shobaleader and Mind Bokeh was my favourite release last year, but something here isn't clicking.

First listen I was psyched and thought it was amazing, every listen since it's sounded less and less appealing. Henderson Wrench could be astounding if it went somewhere but ultimately it stops before it ever gets going. Com Touch and Tooth Moves are pretty great, Skyward Bruise/Descent is forgettable, Open and Secret are good but somewhat kill the albums flow, Ghosted and Black Stone are good but out of context here and slow the album way too much - I expect dancefloor stompers to surround those tracks but that definitely isn't the case. The Pining pt 1 & 2 are stellar but pt 3 is a bit unnecessary. Broken Kite Footage is nice.

The final thought for the time being is that Totems Flare was fucking perfect and I'm a little disappointed.

Iradelphic is a good to great release but not what I want from Clark. I think it'll click more as time goes on but I've already played it 5 times through... we'll see.

  On 3/16/2012 at 10:59 AM, keltoi said:

i can only imagine how saddening it must be for clark(artists) to suffer people pissing and moaning online about their album when they didn't pay for it... cos it saddens me a fair bit to witness it here.

My case is even more absurd: I bought it on bleep and don't like it. I can only imagine the cynicism on my face when the package arrives. I think I'll just offer it as a random birthday present.

  On 3/16/2012 at 10:59 AM, keltoi said:

i can only imagine how saddening it must be for clark(artists) to suffer people pissing and moaning online about their album when they didn't pay for it... cos it saddens me a fair bit to witness it here.

A mans post. Well said mate.

  On 3/17/2012 at 2:48 PM, beerwolf said:

  On 3/16/2012 at 10:59 AM, keltoi said:

i can only imagine how saddening it must be for clark(artists) to suffer people pissing and moaning online about their album when they didn't pay for it... cos it saddens me a fair bit to witness it here.

 

A mans post. Well said mate.

These two posts are weird on many levels. Hopefully someone will come say "if u can't do better, u can't complain," to complete a nice clean trilogy of pointlessness.

  On 3/16/2012 at 8:44 PM, AcrossCanyons said:

I've got to say after my initial excitement this release isn't standing up to expectations.

 

Usually I'm all for artists going a more pop/accessible/less "idm" - I loved Shobaleader and Mind Bokeh was my favourite release last year, but something here isn't clicking.

 

First listen I was psyched and thought it was amazing, every listen since it's sounded less and less appealing. Henderson Wrench could be astounding if it went somewhere but ultimately it stops before it ever gets going. Com Touch and Tooth Moves are pretty great, Skyward Bruise/Descent is forgettable, Open and Secret are good but somewhat kill the albums flow, Ghosted and Black Stone are good but out of context here and slow the album way too much - I expect dancefloor stompers to surround those tracks but that definitely isn't the case. The Pining pt 1 & 2 are stellar but pt 3 is a bit unnecessary. Broken Kite Footage is nice.

 

The final thought for the time being is that Totems Flare was fucking perfect and I'm a little disappointed.

 

Iradelphic is a good to great release but not what I want from Clark. I think it'll click more as time goes on but I've already played it 5 times through... we'll see.

I get this same issue sometimes if I listen to an album too much all at once.

Maybe set it down and come back to it entirely in a month and see what it does for you?

henderson wrench is a beautiful opener and could've gone somewhere for longer, but i respect clarks conservation of life-force and ending it on those fat fucking bass-drums. i think the track is perfect.

com touch is the shit, melody fucks with my head like the original nlogax did when i first heard it

tooth moves; features a fat ass synth solo that the body riddlers might dig, but the acoustic opening and boccy ending make it a really stellar track. another fave.

skyward bruise descent: sounds like a distress signal lost in space or something... there's a vignette boc played live that this reminds me alot of, if you've heard boc's atp set you'll know what i'm talking about. nothing more to it than that though.

open: too damn repetitive

secret: excellent flow to this track, very hip hop if i don't say so myself. and the ending of gaseous bodily releases and thick beats is some fine clarking.

the other two...i forgot them already

the pining 1: epic track probably the highlight of the album here. the guitar here drives this track and it works perfectly, that atmosphere it sets up is too lush. also, what the fuck, is that a flute? what is that wind instrument featured at 1:28? that melody is gorgeous...

the pining 2: dem vocals, my god

pining 3: cute little resolution, definitely got some replay value though

broken kite footage: mr basinski, is that you? really good ambient, hit me hard on the very first listen.

overall, i'll give this a mystical 7 out of 10. look forward to more clarking

I'd give it a 9.5/10 on my standart scale and 5.5/10 on my CLARK scale.