Clark
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Born in England, Christopher Stephen Clark began making music in his teens and also experimented with constructing his own musical equipment.
He caught the attention of Warp Records by performing at a label party in December 2000 as Chris from St. Albans. The following April, he made his debut on the label as Chris Clark with Clarence Park, an album whose cold, terse synths and big beats earned critical acclaim.
He grew into a prolific producer and composer who sidesteps easy classification, Clark's moody body of work teeters between exuberance and foreboding undercurrents. His juxtapositions of gritty synths, breakbeats, noise, and nods to house and techno took on many forms over the course of his career. On 2001's Clarence Park, he imbued them with frosty nostalgia; on 2006's Body Riddle, he fortified them with orchestral and jazz flourishes. As the years passed, Clark found wide-ranging ways to express the abrasive and reflective sides of his music.
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