{"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":"2026-04-09T10:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:55:27","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=\"830\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7443.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7443.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7443-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7443-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seankellyphotos.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sean Kelly<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Clark is an improvising guitarist and composer based in Brighton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long standing projects <a href=\"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/?page_id=1147\">Simian Carbuncle<\/a> (with Adrian Southby) and <a href=\"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/?page_id=1137\">MC3<\/a> (with Charlotte Keeffe and James Edmunds) have proved fertile breeding grounds for experimentation, whilst recent collaborations with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anniekerr.co.uk\">Annie Kerr<\/a> and Toma Sapir as <a href=\"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/?page_id=1195\">Larker<\/a>, and a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/phonocene.bandcamp.com\/album\/manoeuvrers\" target=\"_blank\">duo with Gus Garside<\/a> (Arc, with Sylvia Hallett and Danny Kingshill, and the Ron Caines\/Martin Archer Axis project) have led to ideas for frameworks, leading to more structured improvisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He regularly performs in Brighton and London with a number of collaborators and ensembles, and is a regular participant and member of Brighton&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/safehousebrighton.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safehouse<\/a> collective and London&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mopomoso.com\/artists\/matt-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mopomoso<\/a> Improvised Music series. His music has been played on both local and national radio stations, including 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>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>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. 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. Long standing projects Simian Carbuncle (with Adrian Southby) and MC3 (with Charlotte Keeffe and James Edmunds) have&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":54,"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"https:\/\/mattclarkmusic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/1305"}],"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}]}}