Clark returns with ‘Death Peak’ LP
It’s out on April 7 via Warp Records
DJ and producer Clark has announced the release of his latest album, ‘Death Peak’ which is forthcoming on Warp Records.
The LP weaves together euphoric melodies, heavy rhythms and the use of vocals, including a children’s choir, which can be heard in the track ‘Catastrophe Anthem’.
‘Death Peak’ follows Clark's release of a collaborative split 12-inch with label mates Mark Pritchard & Bibio, as well as his the cinematic soundtrack to BAFTA-nominated Sky Atlantic series ‘The Last Panthers’ last year.
Clark said: “I’ve had the title ‘Death Peak’ since August 2016. It felt so right, I would repeat it to myself like a mantra. It starts gently, all meadows and butterflies and ends with you on top of this gnarly fearsome mountain peak, surveying a shattered landscape below.
“I love finding the fulcrum between opposites - I want my tracks to have sharp teeth, but you want to stroke them too. They sound ancient, but beamed in from the future, soft, corrosive.
“Nearly all the tracks have some form of vocal recording on them. I only realised this late in the recording process. I get hypnotised by the human voice - the most perfect synth. Vocals can be a bit of an awkward hat, that producers wear to try and get attention. 'Death Peak' voices are the opposite of that. The vocal elements are just another instrument in the mix. It’s taken me a while to get to this level of confidence with it.”
You can pre-order ‘Death Peak’ here and catch Clark live at the Electric Brixton on April 22.
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