{"id":14,"date":"2017-06-02T09:15:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T09:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattdc.co.uk\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-08-24T09:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:28:23","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/matt-clark-musician-sm.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/matt-clark-musician-sm.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/matt-clark-musician-sm-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/matt-clark-musician-sm-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/matt-clark-musician-sm-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo with thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/simonmclennanart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon McLennan<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Clark is an improvising guitarist and composer based in Brighton, working across experimental music, free improvisation, contemporary composition and collaborative performance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His work explores chance procedures, twelve-tone frameworks, graphic scores, systems-based composition and extended guitar techniques, seeking unexpected musical relationships beyond conventional harmony and melody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He performs regularly across the UK with a range of ensembles and long-term collaborations, including Larker with pianist\/violinist Annie Kerr, Simian Carbuncle with guitarist Adrian Southby, MC3 with trumpeter and flugelhornist Charlotte Keeffe, and duos with cellist Khabat Abas and percussionist Mark Wastell. These projects have informed an evolving practice that combines open improvisation with structured compositional frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An active member of Brighton&#8217;s Safehouse collective and a regular participant in London&#8217;s Mopomoso improvised music series, Matt has performed extensively in Brighton and London with leading improvisers and experimental musicians. His work has been broadcast on Resonance FM and BBC Radio 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brave and experimental as if the boundaries have shifted somehow \u2013 anything is allowed, and as long as it makes sense \u2013 which this album does totally \u2013 it is okay.<\/p>\n<cite>Sammy Stein &#8211; Review of <a href=\"https:\/\/phonocene.bandcamp.com\/album\/sounds-of-the-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sounds of The City<\/a> on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freejazzblog.org\/2022\/04\/mc3-sounds-of-city-phonocene-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\">Free Jazz Collective<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please contact Matt <a href=\"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/?page_id=756\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"756\">here<\/a> for any project enquiries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Clark is an improvising guitarist and composer based in Brighton, working across experimental music, free improvisation, contemporary composition and collaborative performance.&nbsp; His work explores chance procedures, twelve-tone frameworks, graphic scores, systems-based composition and extended guitar techniques, seeking unexpected musical relationships beyond conventional harmony and melody. He performs regularly across the UK with a range&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1408,"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}