Clark - E.C.S.T. T.R.A.X. (12" EP)

  On 9/19/2018 at 9:18 PM, fletcher said:

 

  On 9/19/2018 at 4:02 PM, andrd said:

Looks like next tuesday from Noon - 2 gmt he'll be doing an NTS show, and he indicates that he is looking forward to playing some 'fresh new material'

 

isn't that quite an old photo. Pretty sure it was Photoshopped by someone from watmm years ago during the wheelchair debacle.

 

Clark for me is thus:

Turning Dragon

Body Riddle

Clarence Park

S/T has its moments for sure (so same as most folks here really'

 

Didn't really feel Death Pig as an album but the accompanying live show was good.

 

Move back to Ingerland Mr Clark, pls

 

yea. my file is dated Jan 20, 2012

  On 9/17/2018 at 10:28 PM, auxien said:

I never though I would live in a world where the new two track EP (commissioned by a sound library company?) from Chris Clark is better than the new 5 track Aphex Twin EP, and yet here we are.

Reported

come on guys this is really bad

Nah, but I don't like it.

  On 9/17/2018 at 10:56 PM, span said:

 

  On 9/17/2018 at 10:28 PM, auxien said:

I never though I would live in a world where the new two track EP (commissioned by a sound library company?) from Chris Clark is better than the new 5 track Aphex Twin EP, and yet here we are.

 

I would have agreed at any time from the Syro era but Collapse is actually really g.o.o.d. This single's still great anyway, the harpsichord track more than the piano one. It feels to me like he comes up with great grooves but then he doesn't really know what to do with them so the tracks fizzle out unremarkably at some point, but still. Really enjoyable

I'm not getting Collapse at all, I think Syro is very good. Will agree that most of Clark's songs these days have a bit of that fizzle out problem (Death Peak had a fizzle in, fizzle middle, fizzle out thing), but I can usually look past it when the meat of the tracks are good, as is definitely the case here. These two tracks are seriously interesting and different and just damned catchy/groovy for the most. Hope he's got more like this in him.

  On 9/17/2018 at 11:27 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 9/17/2018 at 10:28 PM, auxien said:

I never though I would live in a world where the new two track EP (commissioned by a sound library company?) from Chris Clark is better than the new 5 track Aphex Twin EP, and yet here we are.

What's your postal address so I can send you an ear cleaning kit

WATMM^TM Ear Cleaning Kit 

  On 9/19/2018 at 1:09 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

 

  On 9/17/2018 at 10:19 PM, andrd said:

Feelin this H A R D

They are both very good songs. I'm a bit surprised WATMM is so underwhelmed, if Aphex put out one of these that forum would be full shin high of fanboy jizz

  On 9/20/2018 at 7:16 AM, sheathe said:

come on guys this is really bad

w r o n g

:)

all of what auxien said

+

edit: oh and - syro is not that good, is good but not quite good

Have you guys heard what clark is working on lately though, his new alboom?

It's better than these 2 trax at least.

It's prob deece, I was just trolling sorry.

Haven't enjoyed Clark in a while but I'll give it a go this weekend probably.

  On 9/17/2018 at 10:50 PM, Gocab said:

Berlin ruined Clark.

Uhm, don't you find this kind of offensive?

Harpsichord is amazing, Piano does not much to me or maybe it needs more spins, always waiting for a heavy bassdrum to kick in, which never comes. Anyway this gives me hope that the next full-length could be less fuzzy and more adventurous again 

Sorry, but why? I kind of like harpsichord now that I've listened to it a couple of times. Piano not so much.

First listen to this EP this morning via Spotify - surprisingly different and honestly doesn't sound like Clark at all. Which, based on his last 3, is a good thing. Seems like he's trying something new. I like it, although it brings to mind some recent, young producers.

  On 9/12/2018 at 2:43 PM, sheathe said:

Ugh he needs to leave Berlin and move to Minnesota.

What? Why Minnesota? I feel like i'm missing something.

berlin isn't doing him any favors. Minnesota is a bunch of cold bleak woods

  On 9/19/2018 at 9:46 PM, jules said:

yea. my file is dated Jan 20, 2012

Proposed questions:

1: Why did you go so lame?

2: Will you stop being lame?

Way to make fun of his handicap. Rude.

Don't know what you guys are complaining about, the harpsichord track in particular is really good. Death Peak as well for that matter.

I was listening to Piano this morning and my boyfriend was all. TURN THAT SHIT OFFFFF. (But he’s like that with most of the idms) I kinda like it.

He did a mix for Dummy with 15 unreleased tracks

https://www.dummymag.com/mixes/dummy-mix-517-clark

Really digging that mix!

Yeah, that was nice.

The harpsichord track is pretty nice but it’s kind of just there. I really wish he’d turn the corner here and start a new direction. These tracks are promising but they are kind of like that superscope release in that, well, they are just there...

edit: but yea, that mix is super nice. I’ll take more of that!

edit 2: this mix is super dope. There is hope for my boy!

Not big on either of these tracks, they're a fun distraction but I'm more interested in seeing what direction his next album goes in.

I haven't read past comments, just now getting around to this, but reminds me A LOT on the surface of Lorenzo Senni, whose intentions and ideas are wonderful and different but falls kind of flat on my ears when executed. It's not just the lack of percussion or beats either, which I kind of hope come but never do, it just doesn't seem to be as dynamic as other instrumental arpeggio heavy electronic music often is.

thanks for bumping the thread with that scorching hot take, forgot about this release