Released on Pure Groove Records on 16th November 2009
The delightfully splintered ‘White Noise’ is the first offering to emerge from London chop-pop production maestro Clock Opera. Fizzing with vitality, it blends the sound of a choir of jittering half-dismantled machines with the soaring vocals of Guy Connelly. Slowly building up from off kilter beginnings, it recounts a near death experience, time standing still as a rider-less motorbike careered towards him. It’s hardly surprising that the song unfurls into a vivid, life-affirming pop masterpiece.
Flip over to the other side and you’ll find ‘Alouette’, a spine-tingling fuzz of crushed glass guitar fragments and spectral synthesizer shimmers. Energetic comparisons with Four Tet seem apt at this stage, but find themselves quickly dispelled by the sustained power of Connelly’s vocal. Floating softly over this Truman Capote inspired tale of ghosts that were never born, it evokes the skylark that gives the song its name.
The signature Clock Opera sound is homemade, spliced together from samples and blunt instruments found in skips. Connelly bends them to his will, reanimating them into a sonic orchestra to support his ethereal pop compositions that have been sending ripples through the blogosphere. Subtleties continue to abound in his more direct input, with vocals that veer off into cascading harmonies and lyrics brimming with tender observations from the outside world, often filtered through his skewed imagination.
Connelly is one of those people who never stops. As well as remixing the likes of Bloc Party, Yeasayer and Peter, Bjorn & John, he found the time to collaborate on a short film with Flat-e Visual Arts Collective and compose electro-orchestral scores and soundtracks for Rambert Dance Company & Tangled Feet Theatre.
He can’t do everything himself though. For the Clock Opera live show, he brought in Nick Dover (samplers), Andy West (bass), Che Albrighton (drums) to provide the necessary enhancements for a thrilling live show. Whilst the number of gigs played can still be counted on one hand, audiences have been left wowed during support slots for the likes of Marina + The Diamonds, Your Twenties and Django Django. Catch the band at one of their upcoming gigs, as the chop-pop machine really starts to pick up steam.
Oct 8th - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen (Oh, Inverted World night with Exlovers)
Nov 7th - Reading Oakford Social Club
Nov 18th - Pure Groove Instore
Nov 18th - Levi's OTW @ Barfly
Nov 22nd - Scandalism Weekender @ Old Queens Head
Flip over to the other side and you’ll find ‘Alouette’, a spine-tingling fuzz of crushed glass guitar fragments and spectral synthesizer shimmers. Energetic comparisons with Four Tet seem apt at this stage, but find themselves quickly dispelled by the sustained power of Connelly’s vocal. Floating softly over this Truman Capote inspired tale of ghosts that were never born, it evokes the skylark that gives the song its name.
The signature Clock Opera sound is homemade, spliced together from samples and blunt instruments found in skips. Connelly bends them to his will, reanimating them into a sonic orchestra to support his ethereal pop compositions that have been sending ripples through the blogosphere. Subtleties continue to abound in his more direct input, with vocals that veer off into cascading harmonies and lyrics brimming with tender observations from the outside world, often filtered through his skewed imagination.
Connelly is one of those people who never stops. As well as remixing the likes of Bloc Party, Yeasayer and Peter, Bjorn & John, he found the time to collaborate on a short film with Flat-e Visual Arts Collective and compose electro-orchestral scores and soundtracks for Rambert Dance Company & Tangled Feet Theatre.
He can’t do everything himself though. For the Clock Opera live show, he brought in Nick Dover (samplers), Andy West (bass), Che Albrighton (drums) to provide the necessary enhancements for a thrilling live show. Whilst the number of gigs played can still be counted on one hand, audiences have been left wowed during support slots for the likes of Marina + The Diamonds, Your Twenties and Django Django. Catch the band at one of their upcoming gigs, as the chop-pop machine really starts to pick up steam.
Oct 8th - Hoxton Bar & Kitchen (Oh, Inverted World night with Exlovers)
Nov 7th - Reading Oakford Social Club
Nov 18th - Pure Groove Instore
Nov 18th - Levi's OTW @ Barfly
Nov 22nd - Scandalism Weekender @ Old Queens Head
