Clark - Henderson Wrench

What this video is

Released as the opening track of Iradelphic (Warp Records, April 2012), 'Henderson Wrench' represents a pivotal aesthetic turn for Clark (Christopher Stephen Clark, b. 1979, St Albans). The album, described by The Quietus as 'less ethereal, more compact and cohesive' than prior work, marked Clark's integration of acoustic guitar — an instrument he had not previously used — into his electronic production vocabulary.…

Why it matters

As the lead track and de facto statement piece of Iradelphic, 'Henderson Wrench' is emblematic of a strand of early-2010s UK electronica that blurred IDM, ambient, folk, and post-trip-hop. The Beatport genre classification of 'Electronica' and a 135 BPM tempo in A minor underscore its dual…