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Clutter

Beyond simply intriguing - A very unique sound

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’Holy shit.
So how is it possible that you people composed the soundtrack for MY dreams?
I should sue..... your music struck me hard within about 60 seconds.’
Kramer
Clutter works with a mixture of found sounds/field recordings and traditional instruments to produce highly textured soundscapes which drift in and out of focus. Sometimes they float beautifully near dub and dance other times they rattle your head. At all times Clutter produces works of excellence.
Clutter is the brainchild of audio/visual artist Shaun Blezard who has produced music for film, theatre, dance and art installations. for more information and other sounds/visuals check out shaunblezard.com
Discography: To download release click image
Albums:
As Manassas:
Compilations/remixes/other projects etc:
Live Recordings click to listen
Solfest - August 2007
The Yorkshire House - August 2007
Resonator Festival - July 2007
The Surgery - June 2007
The Canteen - April 2007
The Nest - March 2007
To book Clutter for a gig email Clutter or ring Shaun on 07743822114
cheers for listening and remember there is always room for more Clutter

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Member Since: 2/10/2006
Band Website: cluttermusic.com
Band Members:
Influences: Scanner | The Orb | Fennesz | Psapp | The Books | The Kallikak Family | Eat Static | Keith Rowe | Boards Of Canada | Susan Matthews | Lars Von Trier | Lee Perry | Four Tet | Derek Jarman | Godspeed You Black Emperor | Mogwai | King Tubby | System 7 | Fonik | Brian Eno | Low | Banco De Gaia | Dreadzone | Astralasia | The Beta Band | Kenneth Anger | Alpha And Omega | Massive Attack | Werner Herzog | Funkadelic | Sigur Ros | Spike Lee| William Blake | Tricky | Squarepusher | Colin Potter | Faust | Ken Loach | Delia Derbyshire | Ivor Cutler | Evan Parker | Leftfield | Tortoise | Bill Hicks | Cousin Silas | The Conet Project | Autechre | Deerhoof | Mouse On Mars | Galaxie 500 | DJ Shadow | Shane Meadows | Clouddead | Emvelope Nine | Dub Syndicate | Asian Dub Foundation | Prefuse73 | Trojan Records | 45 Thieves | Burial | Loop Guru | Megadog | United States Of America | The Grateful Dead

Sounds Like: Clutter/Manassas playlist @ Last.fm

Reviews
'This album works brilliantly as a complete piece. Its rare to get a full album that blends so well from the outset through to the conclusion. The dub elements and fat relaxed beats punctuate a richly textured bed of sound. And what a comfy bed it is! Clutter's trademark blend of foundsound, obtuse vocal samples and strange/beautiful electronics guide you through the entire album, I challenge you to start listening to Anodyne Hi fi and not see it through to the very end! Great Stuff. .' - EarLabs review of Anodyne Hi-Fi by Pandacetamol
'simply wonderful... bizarre juxtapositions of different field recordings, elegantly put together to create this amazing and hypnotic sonic structure' - Emvelope Nine
'I love the way the disparate elements blend in, so that it's not just this genre or that, but a nice thing in and of itself' - Gurdonark
'Whilst listening to 'Tree falling slowly' and 'No Sanctuary' just there, I had a most splendiferously amazing trip into the depths of mind! - Memories of long forgotten dreams started to arise in a manner which was as haunting as it was breathtaking!!' - Float Method
'Slow Blizzard is my tonic for the eve... Lush guitar and echos from the day just past, as my muse lulls me into homely waters of freedom's thoughful bay... Languid yet upturned and spurned... Rawly savage, yet beautiful as a saint, still part of my yearly quota... Lust and love combine into a chemical desire to understand where the drug left off... Was it real? Who cares, as long as I felt it's touch reversed on my skin... Lovely. Pure sonical poetry, my good man' - Polynomial
'Well I may be a declutter expert, but it's great to allow exceptions to the rule and you, Clutter, are just such an exception! Love your music' - Mary McNeil
'Beyond simply intriguing - A very unique sound' - SSG
'slow blizzard is extraordinary...wonderful music' - Susan Matthews
'These are beautiful sounds you are creating...Your new record is brilliant. Like sleeping in plasma' - David Wright LaGrone

Record Label: Earth Monkey Productions::Talking Monkey::d/a73
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Clutter remixes himself on The Resting Bench Remix Project - Volume 1

Clutter has a track on the new Earth Monkey Productions album - a bit self referential maybe as it’s The Resting Bench Remix Project - Volume 1.....but hey.....why not?? An amazing 30 reworkings...
Posted by Clutter on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:04:00 PST

Clutter is Ascending with Orfeo 5

not so much a band as a project, orfeo 5 is a collective of musicians who use improvisation to find structure, and vice versa, and who specialise in making music from poems and other texts.   we...
Posted by Clutter on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:15:00 PST

Live Clutter recordings for your listening pleasure

Here's a selection of live recordings of Clutter to listen to and download - I'll be adding to this list as and when I play and remember to record it. August 2007 - Solfest Festival (Dogs In Space Ten...
Posted by Clutter on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:46:00 PST

Anodyne Hi-Fi OUT NOW

New album of ambient dance with an experimental edge from Earth Monkey main man Shaun Blezard. Anodyne Hi-Fi is the first solo outing by Shaun since the well received Shopping In A Shipyard Town albu...
Posted by Clutter on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:12:00 PST

When Bill Danced The War - CD launch and tour

Sarah Murphy: when bill danced the war As part of her Arts Council England Fellowship at The Word Hoard in Huddersfield, Canadian writer Sarah Murphy has collaborated with musicians Shaun Blezard and ...
Posted by Clutter on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:58:00 PST

Clutter on Jammy Toast podcast

I'm featured on the new Jammy Toast electronica podcast - with the Live at Solfest edit being played. It's available from www.jammytoast.co.uk or iTunes - just search for 'Jammy Toast' and you should ...
Posted by Clutter on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:10:00 PST

Clutter and other project news

Well it's been a busy few months for me. Finished the summer tour as Clutter with The Cardboard Lung, taking in the Resonator Festival in Preston, then on to Edinburgh, Pontypridd, Barrow a...
Posted by Clutter on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:04:00 PST

Now online at cluttermusic.com - Clutter live @ Solfest

If you missed Solfest this year all is not lost - you can sit about talking rubbish to total strangers, jig about a bit or maybe turn into an onion whilst reliving Clutter rockin' the Dogs In Space te...
Posted by Clutter on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:43:00 PST

Cluttermusic - The Home Of Clutter

Clutter has finally got an official website - Cluttermusic You can find out all about Clutter and related projects as well as listen to exclusive tracks and stuff. Check out the live dates section to ...
Posted by Clutter on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:24:00 PST

Clutter on Open Circuit podcast

This is the first in a series of Earth Monkey Productions Open Circuit Podcasts, bringing you live recordings from EMP's Open Circuit nights so you can hear what happened and catch up on things that y...
Posted by Clutter on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:44:00 PST