Matt Clark is an improvising guitarist and composer based in Brighton.
His work sidesteps traditional notions of harmony and melody, instead exploring the random and unexpected within improvisation around twelve tones, and the sonic possibilities of unorthodox techniques.
He regularly performs in Brighton and London with a number of collaborators and ensembles, and is a regular participant and member of Brighton’s Safehouse collective and London’s Mopomoso Improvised Music series. His music has been played on both local and national radio stations, including Resonance FM and BBC Radio 3.
What started as a reimagining of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons developed into an exploration of existence, a document of a difficult year passed and inspired by one of Matt’s poems. Based on the changing seasons, the piece, by way of a graphic score in 7 movements, is inspired by modal jazz, free improvisation and, well, Vivaldi!
“Brave and experimental as if the boundaries have shifted somehow – anything is allowed, and as long as it makes sense – which this album does totally – it is okay.” – Sammy Stein (Review of Sounds of The City) on Free Jazz Collective
“This trio produces a version of free playing which uses familiar traces of music to give a frame to its more radical elements . This brings an appealing warmth and humor to the work, and is a far cry from the usual forbidding stereotypes given to free music…” – Jerome Wilson (review of Sounds Of The City) on All About Jazz