A selection of recordings exploring free improvisation, experimental music, extended and prepared guitar techniques, and structured approaches to improvisation. Most releases are available through Phonocene Records, an artist-run label supporting adventurous improvised music in Brighton and London.
Matt Clark & Khabat Abas — Live at Mopomoso
Matt Clark — guitar
Khabat Abas — skin cello
Recorded at London’s Mopomoso improvised music series in May 2026, this performance documents the first musical meeting between Matt Clark and cellist Khabat Abas. Built entirely in the moment, the extended improvisation brings together prepared electric guitar and Khabat’s experimental skin cello, exploring texture, resonance and responsive listening.
Panaeon Quartet — The Uncertainty of Names
Matt Clark — electric, acoustic, baritone guitars
Charlotte Keeffe — trumpet, flugelhorn
Lara Jones — soprano saxophone, electronics, voice
Martin Pyne — drums, percussion
Bringing together two generations of improvising musicians, Panaeon Quartet combines guitars, brass, saxophone, electronics, voice and percussion in an exploratory ensemble spanning acoustic and electronic sound. Recorded during a three-hour improvised session at The Brunswick in Hove, The Uncertainty of Names explores shifting relationships between sound, ensemble interaction and spontaneous form.
Matt Clark & Adrian Southby — Late Night Improvisations
Matt Clark — cello
Adrian Southby — alto clarinet
A departure from their work together as the experimental guitar duo Simian Carbuncle, Late Night Improvisations finds Matt Clark on cello and Adrian Southby on alto clarinet. Recorded during an impromptu session at Matt’s home in September 2024, the music explores an unfamiliar instrumental pairing through spontaneous dialogue, texture and timbre.
Larker — Impromptu Improvisations
Matt Clark — guitar
Annie Kerr — violin, piano
Toma Sapir — drums, percussion, objects
Recorded at Larker’s debut performance at The Rose Hill in Brighton, Impromptu Improvisations captures Matt Clark, Annie Kerr and Toma Sapir moving between open improvisation and loosely structured frameworks. The music remains immediate and responsive, allowing predetermined ideas to act as starting points rather than fixed compositions.
Matt Clark & Gus Garside — Manoeuvrers
Matt Clark — electric guitar
Gus Garside — double bass
Recorded at Matt’s home studio in May 2024, Manoeuvrers documents the first duo meeting between Matt Clark and double bassist Gus Garside. Having previously played together in various ad hoc ensembles at Brighton’s Safehouse Open Sessions, the pair explore a spontaneous dialogue between electric guitar and double bass, shaped by close listening and musical conversation in the moment.
Matt Clark & Toma Sapir — Improvisations
Matt Clark — electric guitar
Toma Sapir — drums, percussion, objects
Part of Morphs, a series of spontaneous improvised conversations initiated by Matt, this session brings electric guitar into dialogue with the drums and percussion of Toma Sapir. Recorded before the formation of Larker, the session documents an early collaboration between the two musicians, exploring texture, rhythm and timbral interaction through free improvisation.
Simian Carbuncle — Motor Room
Matt Clark — prepared electric guitar
Adrian Southby — prepared electric guitar
Compiled from sessions recorded at Matt and Adrian’s homes, Motor Room documents the central experiment behind Simian Carbuncle: an electric guitar duo working without effects or electronic processing. Using preparations, objects, eBows, volume pedals and extended techniques, the duo explores the textural, acoustic and electromagnetic possibilities of the electric guitar while leaving its fundamental sound unprocessed.
Explore the complete Matt Clark discography, including additional collaborations, live recordings, streaming and downloads, at Phonocene Records on Bandcamp.