Kavinsky Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 oh god he should have released that track under an alias. Its a nice dance track but nothing more. what are you doing clark what ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olo Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Wow new clark LP? So that guy who posted on 4chan way back in july/august about the new afx was right? that guy also said there's two new aphex LPs so i wonder if by the end of the year there's another "surprise" aphex twin LP. Hmmmm. eznzea is imminent. I'd say 1st qtr of 2015. I don't think they'd undercut syro too soon. 1st qtr is appropriate. If I remember correctly analord records dropped for several months, why not drop another album after 6 months or so. It's fucking the Aphex Twin for christ sake. xbpi will be imminent after eznzea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 This is so good! A less violent and more beautiful Turning Dragon. Clark pls <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyrofen Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I liked it, would like to hear it in the context of the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabrielconroy Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I also like it. Not sure all the criticisms are really warranted. Infinitely better than the sacharine lump that is Iradelphic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Not sure all the criticisms are really warranted.The problem I have with it is the whole thing just seems badly mixed and generally uninteresting. The fact he said 'I made the first half of it in about 40 seconds' is testimony to why it sounds just so ... well: poor. He's capable of so much more as demonstrated by so many of his past releases - this just seems lazy, and if it's been used to preview the quality of the album then it doesn't really bode well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 should have called it kent or Griswald Omg Clark - Griswald. Yes. FLOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorkingtonPugsly Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I wish the middle part would've kept going and developed instead of that really weak transition to a weak outro. It's got a kick that doesn't 'kick' and it feels meh. I really like the main part though, just don't love how it ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rst Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Not sure all the criticisms are really warranted.The problem I have with it is the whole thing just seems badly mixed and generally uninteresting. The fact he said 'I made the first half of it in about 40 seconds' is testimony to why it sounds just so ... well: poor. He's capable of so much more as demonstrated by so many of his past releases - this just seems lazy, and if it's been used to preview the quality of the album then it doesn't really bode well. i don't even think it's badly executed. sadly, though, i have to agree with it being not very interesting... it's like in between totems flare (which is the pinnacle of his former style, i think) and iradelphic he just lost his style (along with his boyish good looks): like, before iradelphic he actually HAD a very distinct style that lost a lot of its finesse and panache, especially rhythmically, on iradelphic. now all that remains of it is a certain melodic / harmonic sound palette. rhythmically it's exactly what another 50.000 people (in berlin alone, i reckon) are doing. it's just sad. like he lost pieces of his identity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rst Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 or maybe he was just like, nah, fuck my style, ppl wanna dance, gotta pay me rent after all, soz. or maybe he was looking for some simplicity in his life, and since the gf wasn't gonna change --- or maybe he likes 4 to the floor a lot more than i do? just my € 0,02! (as they say in berlin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I really wouldn't mind if he did go on full on dance but there's not really any way to dance to a track like THe Grit In The Pearl, it doesn't really go anywhere - It's like the intro and outro to a huge song and the middle bit has been cut down to just 30 seconds. I mean full on Clark dance mode in my ears is this: Just pure energy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perezvon Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I've just received the track through Bleep thanks to the preorder, and from what I'm seeing from foobar's spectrum and oscilloscope : lol, never have I ever seen a Clark kick than thin. That might sound stupid but from someone like him that means a lot. I agree with mcbpete here, the mixing on these two tracks is quite embarassing, at least for someone that came up with an album like Totems Flare. And I never thought I would ever say something like this about Clark Anyway that's my opinion for now... I do hope this album will surprise me. Clark pls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Looks he reads this topic lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 What Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rst Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Looks he reads this topic lol: well. looks like you didn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I did: Clark is proud of being lazy. WATMM disagrees. The Facebook crowd likes it for no reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rst Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 i just meant that that quote was discussed on the prev. page already, but couldnt get multiquote to work... sorry for grumpy post btw. was leaving night shift and disappoint in clark. :-[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rst Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 btw. watmm is right. facebook is wrong. this is true for this example as well as axiomatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Well... I bet he still spent a decent amount of time editing the track even if the raw material took him an hour and fourty seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkreso Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Just because something has a four to the floor beat doesn't mean it's very good to dance to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trananhhung Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 There's hope, guys. Maybe the rest of the tracks will be amazing and these are the weakest links. Or maybe the rest sounds like Iradelphic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I did: Clark is proud of being lazy. WATMM disagrees. The Facebook crowd likes it for no reason That doesn't really make sense to you, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Just because something has a four to the floor beat doesn't mean it's very good to dance to.What are you talking about, back in the early 2000s you couldn't move for clubs playing this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I know I'm in the minority here, but I prefer sandal wearing flutey clark as opposed to combat boot techno clark (as he was described here earlier) I still think Body Riddle is his masterpiece, the ep's he relased around that time were awesome companions to it, and really enjoy iradelphic and disc 1 of feast/beast as opposed to disc 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rst Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I know I'm in the minority here, but I prefer sandal wearing flutey clark as opposed to combat boot techno clark (as he was described here earlier) I still think Body Riddle is his masterpiece, the ep's he relased around that time were awesome companions to it, and really enjoy iradelphic and disc 1 of feast/beast as opposed to disc 2... really seems like the autumn crushed merry flip flop time for clark... other than that i don't agree with the footwear metaphor. btw. body riddle IS an excellent album. listening right now. thanks for reminding me of this!!! still don't like the new stuff though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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