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  • Audio CD (13 Jul 2009)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Warp
  • ASIN: B002BO2S08
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,246 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Fifth album from St. Albans's Chris Clark, his follow-up to2008's aggressive and dancefloor-oriented 'Turning Dragon'.On 'Totems Flare', he combines the jacking beats prominent on that album with the smoother, more classically Warp Records sounding IDM of his earlier work, in addition to a range of psychedelic, acidic and industrial sounds and, for the first time, his own heavily processed voice. Includes the track 'Growls Garden' from the 2009 EP of that name.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Totems Flare, 14 Jun 2009
By Jose Goncalves (Spain) - See all my reviews
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I have to begin by saying that for the past 3 or 4 years, Clark's releases are probably my most anticipated ones. I'm never able to resist the need to download leaked versions but always end up buying the official disc releases from Warp. I will also admit that from listening to Totems Flare's album sampler parts I felt somewhat disappointed - I also got that feeling when listening to Turning Dragon's samples. At the time, it sounded as if Clark was just mimicking Jackson and His Computer Band magic tricks - how wrong can one be.
Despite all my initial doubts regarding Totems Flare (also promoted by the Growls Garden EP that to me sounded unfocused), I can now say that his producer never ceases to amaze me with the energy, creativity and pure joy his music beams. At a time when Squarepusher and Aphex Twin are trying too hard not to be themselves (probably because they feel Clark has won them at their own game and house), Clark follows their legacy respectfully but with a perspective for the future, pushing boundaries and feeling new and never abstractly experimental just for the sake of sounding dissident and unapproachable. I have long lost the notion of impartiality with his releases because with his album tracks I always get the feeling of "this is it; he has done it again." It's probably a question of personal sensibility, but to me everything sounds so perfectly tweaked, arranged and designed that I imagine myself hugging the guy and saying "I'm proud of you, kid" - like a dad to his kid after a sports match or a piano interpretation of Ligeti.
Totems Flare, being part of a trilogy, follows the same kind of emotional roller coaster narrative proposed by Body Riddle and Turning Dragon. The three albums are clearly divided into two parts: the first being exhilarating, extroverted and in-your face, while the second one tends to be melancholically desperate, almost as if Clark surrenders to a personal and recurring nostalgic intimacy that he explicitly shares - and suffers immensely along the way. The passionate capsule constructed with Talis, Suns of Temper and Absence is now part of a defining moments history book of Warp Records, representing a vivid canvas of what the label has brought to the world of modern music - in the same way the extensive fade out dusty sea of synth grains on The Autumnal Crush finalized Body Riddle and the reverberation of the piano break on Penultimate Persian marked Turning Dragon's sensitive approach to melodic patterns.
There is no need to go for a track by track approach when analyzing this album, as everything is composed, mixed and produced with such genius that my only wish is that Rainbow Voodoo somehow finds some crack on the more mainstream groups and becomes a wider bridge, so that people can hear the unmatchable elaborated ideas of a musician that deserves all the possible recognition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Lord..., 11 Aug 2009
By Mr. W. R. Brown "frenger1" (UK) - See all my reviews
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.... Fantastic album!

I think if you are on this page you will be aware of Clark's style. If you are unaware however then read someone else's review. I am not concerned with putting music into genres as it seems to only put lots of unique artists and bands in the same mixing pot and strips them of their merit. If you were to class "In an Aeroplane Over The Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel as 'Lo fi Indie' as i have heard it considered many times then it says nothing about how truly remarkable the album is.
The same applies here. Sure..... I don't see this to be as good as NMH but trust me. If you are aware of Clark's previous output or not just BUY THIS ALBUM!
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