Clutter

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Biography:

‘Beyond simply intriguing - A very unique sound’

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 and Artistic Director of Earth Monkey Productions, Shaun Blezard who has produced music for film, theatre, dance and art installations.

Visit www.shaunblezard.com for more details

He also is a member of electroacoustic drone merchants Good Noise Bad Noise and used to release stuff as Manassas

Remember there is always room for more Clutter

Releases:

Shopping In A Shipyard Town (emp001)

Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art

Tracklisting:

Shopping In A Shipyard Town @ The Internet Archive

Shopping In A Shipyard Town @ Last.fm

Continuing where Manassas left off is the debut album by Clutter. 2 years in the making - more through laziness than lack of focus - the long wait is over. Combining reworked pieces from Shaun Blezard’s sound installation and film work with specially written pieces the album is a beautifully crafted addition to the Manassas legacy.

Clutter with Ann Wilson - The Resting Bench (tm001)

Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art

Tracklisting:

The Resting Bench @ The Internet Archive

The Resting Bench @ Last.fm

Tracks 1-4 Clutter with Ann Wilson :: Tracks 5 - 19 Ann Wilson

A collaboration with poet Ann Wilson for a mixed media exhibition which is being held at The Nest in Barrow-in-Furness from May-July 2006

Ann responded in poetry to lo-fi digital photos of Barrow Island taken by Shaun. The poems were then recorded and added to a soundscape created by Shaun, incorporating field recordings of the island. Shaun also used recording of Ann singing some of the poems, recorded on her mobile phone.

The Resting Bench album - which includes the soundscape, the original recordings of the poems and copies of the exhibition artwork is the first release on Talking Monkey

An improvised ‘remix’ of The Resting Bench was performed by Clutter and Ann Wilson to launch the exhibition live at The Nest on 20th May 2006. A recording of this can be streamed or downloaded here

Anodyne Hi-Fi (emp046)

Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art

Tracklisting:

Anodyne Hi-Fi @ The Internet Archive

Anodyne Hi-Fi @ Last.fm

Anodyne Hi-Fi is the first solo outing by Shaun since the well received Shopping In A Shipyard Town album was the first release on Earth Monkey Productions. The new album continues where Shopping left off with beats becoming more of a focus.

::FALLING:: An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation (emp025)

Our 25th Earth Monkey release comes in the shape of a compilation album on the theme of falling. Going from gentle ambience to some great experimental noises, we here at Earth Monkey are very proud to bring you this marvellous product and all for free!!

Clutter contributed the track Tree Falling Slowly With Reverb : Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi

:: FALLING :: @ The Internet Archive

::FALLING:: @ Last.fm

::FALLING:: also features tracks from David Whitaker, Adrian Carter, 4th Alternative, The Cardboard Lung, 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night, Susan Matthews, The Weedhaven Laughing Academy, Dawn Salvia, Des Slow And The Stop Pills, Species 8472, Andy Kirk and Cousin Silas

The Resting Bench Remix Project - Volume 1 (trb001)

An amazing 30 reworkings of The Resting Bench tracks from artists based all over the globe, some are old Monkey favourites but a great deal of them are new to EMP.

From cool Hip Hop to all out sonic attack it’s an eclectic bag of fantastic remixes that show just how far you can re-mould without just taking the original track and sticking a Kick Drum under it.

Clutter contributed the track No Sanctuary: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi

The Resting Bench Remix Project - Volume 1 @ The Internet Archive

The Resting Bench Remix Project - Volume 1 @ Last.fm

If you would like to have fun with The Resting Bench Remix Project it can be downloaded here. Send us your finished mix to remix@earthmp.com and contribute to volume 2.

The original version of The Resting Bench by Clutter and Ann Wilson can be found here

The Resting Bench Remix Project has been supported by Awards For All & Cumbria County Council as part of Monkey Noises, our education programme

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50:50 An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation (emp050)

Earth Monkey’s 50th release (with a few specials along the way) comes in the form of 50:50 a compilation featuring some of your favourite EMP artists and a couple of new faces that will have releases coming up. Classic Monkey fair - If you liked ::FALLING:: our last comp you’ll love 50:50

Clutter contributed the track Watersmouth Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi

50:50 @ The Internet Archive

50:50 @ Last.fm

50:50 also features tracks from 4th Alternative, Dansette Curtsey, Cousin Silas, Pandacetamol, Adrian Carter, Des Slow And The Stop Pills, Radio Scotvoid, Fonik, ry-om, Good Noise Bad Noise, Susan Matthews, Andrew Deakin, The Cardboard Lung & Halal Kebab Hut

Clutter vs Susan Matthews - Slow Corrosion EP (emc002)

Earth Monkey Productions Collectors Series (Ltd Ed of 80 3” Cdr)

4 track EP of Clutter reconstructions of material by Susan Matthews

Buy Slow Corrosion

Preview Slow Corrosion @ Last.fm

Clutter - Badge Pack 1 (CBP001)

Earth Monkey Productions Collectors Series (Ltd Ed of 100 packs)

In hand numbered package - includes the badges 'Clutter Rust' & 'Making Daft Noises Since 2001'

Buy Clutter Badge Pack 1

Audio Specials:

The Cardboard Lung vs Clutter - The Devil Knows How To Row

Clutter - Live And Baroque

The Earth Monkey Productions Rural Outreach Programme

Live Recordings:

August 2007 - Solfest Festival, Tarns, UK - Lo-Fi - Hi-Fi

August 2007 - The Yorkshire House, Lancaster, UK - Lo-Fi - Hi-Fi

July 2007 - Resonator Festival, Preston, UK - Lo-Fi - Hi-Fi

June 2007 - The Surgery, Stafford, UK - Lo-Fi - Hi-Fi

April 2007 - The Canteen, Barrow-in-Furness, UK - Lo-Fi - Hi-Fi

March 2007 - The Nest, Barrow-in-Furness, UK - Lo-Fi - Hi-Fi

May 2006 - The Nest, Barow-in-Furness, UK - with Ann Wilson - Lo-Fi - Hi-Fi

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. ‘ - Anodyne Hi-Fi review on EARLabs

‘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

'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

‘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

‘Beyond simply intriguing - A very unique sound’ - SSG

‘I've just discovered your EP, "Shopping In A Shipyard Town" on Earth Monkey! Powerful stuff. I absolutely love Men Of Steel (Hellhole Mix)’ - Small Colin

‘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

‘wonderful daydream music’ - polichinelle

'simply wonderful... bizarre juxtapositions of different field recordings, elegantly put together to create this amazing and hypnotic sonic structure' - Emvelope Nine

‘Slow Blizzard is divine and the whole Clutter project is brilliant’ - Pixieguts

‘Just listened to all your tracks and i love all of them. This is some of the best experimental stuff i've come across, keep em' coming. Great work.’ - usb

‘I'm not usually one for the experimental world but I was interested with you guys being from barrow, like me, and not being a god awful punk band. I have to say I was impressed by not only your music but the concepts you use that reflect our area. Well done’ - Matthew Shields

Contact:

Cluttermusic.com - The Home Of Clutter

Clutter @ Myspace