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[StephenG]

Listened to this album a number of times in a number of different circumstances/states of mind/levels of consciousness/inebriation and have liked it every time.

Secret is one of my favorite Clark tracks ever. To each his own... Some people will like it because it has what they were looking for, others won't for the opposite reason I guess.

[Backson]

NME did a really strange review of this album.

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Chris Clark is currently like the favourite uncle of the Warp family. It’s easy to imagine him lovingly telling HudMo and Rustie to turn down their heavy, maximalist dance a bit, and at the upcoming Bloc Weekender he’ll go home to read about quantum mechanics instead of getting ROFLcoptered until 6am.

Not even mad about this, just kind of weird the way they think of him. Its also makes it blatantly clear that they wouldn't know who he was if it weren't for the promo CD on their desk with a big warp logo printed on it, and the existence of wikipedia.

[usagi]

that's NME

[dr lopez]

holly fuck if i read maximalist one more time I'm going to do something realllllllly irresponsible and rash.

[keltoi]

maximalist

[mcbpete]

Backson, on 28 April 2012 - 03:44 AM, said:

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getting ROFLcoptered until 6am.

Is this really the standard of music journalism nowadays ?!

[rst]

i know i may be a bit late, & nobody's that interested anymore, but i got this album a couple of days ago & have to say i'm deeply disappointed. i don't think it's a bad album at all, but- as someone said before: it lacks urgency, or even energy, it's too subdued for my tastes at least.

i don't think what clark took with this album is really a new direction, i think it's him making a big step backwards. all the elements that are there are recognizable as typically clark, but much less elaborate, twisted, radical! the drum patterns aren't over the top anymore, but all too simple & transparent - what someone described as lacking something to sink your teeth in it! although the production is ace, it sounds like he hadn't mastered all of these elements of his style yet. or worse, like someone without his talent imitating them.

a sad eye-opener for me was looking up martina topley in discogs where it immediately says:
"Vocalist best known for working with Tricky." & i thought yeah, sure, that makes sense.

for me it seems like apparat has gone through a rather parallel development: once everyone seemed to agree he had finally matured as a musician the magic was gone for me. maybe i'm too radical in my opinions, but i like my music to be cutting edge, & this isn't it.

as an end note, i still think my criticism is kind of inadequate, & i do not have the right to tell anybody what kind of music they should make. it's rather my need for mental hygiene that drove me to write this rant. thank you for your understanding.

[dr lopez]

keltoi, on 04 May 2012 - 03:30 AM, said:

maximalist

ur gonna be disgusting with salsa pretty soon

[dr lopez]

I just find it funny how this was forgotten so quickly. I know there are some serious clark fans: Jules, Deepex.. they've been pretty quiet. I mean the album is fine. It's just fine. No one is calling this a masterpiece. Because it isn't.

[Candiru]

It's not Clark on his A-game(Body Riddle, Turning Dragon, Totem's Flare and all accompanying EPs) but it has its moments for sure. He makes quite a bit more music than he releases from what he says. I bet he created what could have been something on par with those albums, but chose the wrong tracklisting, and conscious change of direction, whatever you know?

Edited by Candiru, 13 May 2012 - 06:44 PM.

[SampleScience]

I'm surprised people like the very retro synth sounds from Tom Couch. I like it a lot, but most of the time my tastes aren't very popular ones (most of the time what I love most people hate). It reminds me of synthesizers bands from the sevenies like Droids & others bands I don't remember the names right now.

[Joyrex]

After repeated listens, I must say - Iradelphic is the most un-Clark Clark release yet - even the more familiar tracks (that echo his previous styles) are still way different.

I really don't know how to feel about this - I was expecting typical Clark-esque crushing brutality, and then Clark drops this in my lap. I like it, but if someone played this without me previously knowing it was Clark, I would have said "no way in hell that's Clark".

I think Clark certainly deserves praise for taking his music in such a vastly different direction - even the change between Clarence Park and Ceramics is the Bomb/Empty The Bones of You wasn't as drastic.

[benc812]

after listening to this album a few times, i really find it difficult to listen to it in strict succession. i'll usually listen to the first 5 songs back to back sometimes, or the remaining ones back to back but almost never the whole album through and through. taken in chunks, i do like the material but not nearly as much in total.

the first three tracks are beast though

[jules]

yea it has the worst flow of any Clark album yet. including Clarence park.

I hope he releases a bad ass ep soon. this album and that "workshop" have been quite a let down. I never thought I'd say that about Clark. ever.

[cloud capture]

i really like his boiler room set, it's a really tightened rendition of the workshop session. He should have released a double lp with a lot of the beats from the live set on half of it.