Such recordings rested off the beaten path, but consistently displayed Clarks affinity for musical intimacy.
Take Fear the Future.
Elsewhere, he turns the ominous glam of Los Ageless into a simmering cabaret.
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The arrangements are riveting reinterpretations, not rote retreads.
But the instrumentals primarily serve to undergird Clarks vocals.
Like the bestMassEducationmoments, its simultaneously of a piece with theMasseducationversion and totally different.
Not all the renditions work so well.
(Saxophonist Kamasi Washingtons solo is also sorely missed.)
Clarks inclusion of everyMasseductiontrack makes sense, but mightve been unnecessary.
Vincent, leavingMassEducationas a curious outlier in her increasingly grandiose oeuvre.
But its no less ambitious for its simplicity.
