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Clutter works between the fields of electroacoustic improvisation, ambient electronics and music concrete, adding touches of anything from dub, jazz and post rock to his eclectic mix of influences. He has played all over the UK, solo and as part of larger ensembles, playing Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Birmingham Symphony Hall, the ambisonic multi-channel system at Workington Town Centre and a series of village halls in Cumbria. He has also toured the Southern United States, including headlining at Eyedrum in Atlanta. He is interested in areas of music where genres meet and finding ways to incorporate this melding of influences back into his music. His working method involves the use of field recordings, both raw and processed, to convey a sense of place and narrative, with the immediate sonic environment at the core of his work. He combines this with electronics and traditional instruments. His current set up involves laptop, I-Phone, Nintendo DS, a number of effects pedals, and guitar and bass. He is also a regular improviser on the improv circuit where he has been developing ways of working with electronics alongside traditional players on this scene and with jazz musicians. His aim is to improve his knowledge of using new technologies in an improvisational way and as more of a ‘real’ instrument rather than just gimmick. Clutter has been involved in a number of recordings since 2001 under his own name and with a variety of other projects, including orfeo 5, Good Noise Bad Noise, Aht-n and with composer Susan Matthews. Recordings include releases on Clinical Archives, Dokuro and Earth Monkey Productions. Clutter is the solo project of Cumbrian based audio/visual artist Shaun Blezard who, outside of the Clutter project, works as a community musician and audio visual artist for companies including the Sonic Arts Network, The National Trust, Welfare State International and Apples & Snakes. He has written music for films, theatre, contemporary dance and installation, and even panto (oh yes, he has!!). Shaun is also the artistic director of Earth Monkey Productions, a net label and not for profit organisation promoting experimental electronics and sonic art in the UK. Shaun started his musical career as a bass player playing with indie band The Peach Thieves in 1986, then psychedelic country band The Clementines, before getting involved in dance culture in the early 90’s, which ignited his interest in electronic music. While still playing bass in all types of bands, he began writing using samplers before finding his own voice around the Millennium. He has continued his open approach to listening and playing over the years, and played in folk and skiffle bands as well as the experimental electronics for which he is now known. www.cluttermusic.com :: www.myspace.com/clutterearthmp User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.