Matt Clark is an improvising guitarist and composer based in Brighton, working across experimental music, free improvisation, contemporary composition and collaborative performance.
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 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.
An active member of Brighton’s Safehouse collective and a regular participant in London’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.
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
Please contact Matt here for any project enquiries.