Clark - Totems Flare [13th July 2009]

itannexe · Post by **itannexe** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:15 pm

Let's give it a try

Retrodreaming · Post by **Retrodreaming** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:40 am

I love it!!! "Suns of temper" is my favourite and the album finishes with "absence" perfect ending...did i mention I LOVE IT!

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:47 am

Absence kinda took me off guard.

Shoes · Post by **Shoes** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:30 am

It's a bloody masterpiece. Even Clark's melodies are amazing this time around - the little BoCesque vignettes at the end of some songs are wonderful, and yeah. 'Absence' is fucking beautiful. Very Bibio.

Rainbow Voodoo is absolutely crazy. I LOVE it.

Best Clark to date, one of the best IDM albums for ages.

Retrodreaming · Post by **Retrodreaming** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:34 am

Shoes wrote:It's a bloody masterpiece. Even Clark's melodies are amazing this time around - the little BoCesque vignettes at the end of some songs are wonderful, and yeah. 'Absence' is fucking beautiful. Very Bibio.

Rainbow Voodoo is absolutely crazy. I LOVE it.

Best Clark to date, one of the best IDM albums for ages.

AGREED

Some of the tracks are bonkers but work so well and Rainbow voodoo is fing nuts haha me LOVE IT!

Archrival · Post by **Archrival** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:33 pm

hey its a great album!

cmx · Post by **cmx** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:27 am

will get it for shaw

he's coming to ten days off in ghent this summer but i can't make it, too bad.. saw him last year and it was absolutely great. there weren't too many people there, but it still rocked

Post by **Aesthetics** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:31 am

Clark + lyrics = yummy!

Anyone care to post all the lyrics here?

wwbjd · Post by **wwbjd** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:21 pm

Clark is my new hero.

I remember when I couldn't listen to him because he hurt my ears. Maybe I've listened to him enough that I've lost a good chunk of hearing in order to make it tolerable.

But damn, just top notch through all releases.

Post by **Aesthetics** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:27 pm

wwbjd wrote:I remember when I couldn't listen to him because he hurt my ears. Maybe I've listened to him enough that I've lost a good chunk of hearing in order to make it tolerable.

His sound still is very full but it seems like he managed to keep the compression to a decent level. That is partly the reason that I do enjoy this release a lot more than Turning Dragon.

john fonda · Post by **john fonda** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:55 pm

got the album today, really enjoying it

has the sinister/playful feel of the prisoner with patrick mcgoohan

at least that is what I am reminded of, probs unrelated

beats are fly, synths are killer

The Friendly Stranger · Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:28 pm

Good album but it's no body riddle.

john fonda · Post by **john fonda** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:33 pm

future daniel, suns of temper and absence are dynamite

fact

Skytree · Post by **Skytree** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:18 pm

Will have to listen to this again I suppose.

Clark's not quite repeated his peak of Empty the Bones of You, IMO.

A lot of his melodies strike me as following the same formula...it's an interesting one, but grows repetative after a while.

john fonda · Post by **john fonda** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:03 pm

the last track is very affecting, consistently engaging

still think herzog is one of the greatest things in music

CoBoC · Post by **CoBoC** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:35 pm

Haven't listened to this one yet, but in the meantime I'm listening to Body Riddle all the way through.
Oh man I can't wait until after work!

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:38 pm

yeah im liking totems flare. but its no body riddle.

CoBoC · Post by **CoBoC** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:29 pm

Ok wow.
Saying "It's no Body Riddle" is not even fair. I'd say they're equally good albums.
I may even like this one more, but I'll have to listen a few more times to let the novelty of it's newness wear off.

'Rainbow Voodoo' immediately reminds me of Turning Dragon, but picks up a little more of a tribal thing. I love the vocal style.

And 'Talis' is just fantastic. Easily my favorite track on the album. Clark really is winning me over big time.

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:33 pm

i can see why that would be an unfair statement. but i wasnt too crazy about turning dragon. and i like this one quite a bit. but not as much as body riddle....

CoBoC · Post by **CoBoC** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:39 pm

Heh, Sorry, that wasn't direct at you - that was my reaction to just having finally listened to the new album, and remembering several posts of people saying BR was better.