Ash Black Bufflo, sometimes spelled Buffalo, is the professional name of Portland

Portland, Oregon

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-based music composer

Composer

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 and experimental music

Experimental music

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ian Jay Clarke. He composes music for feature-length films, short films, documentaries, and dance and theater projects. He is notable for scoring the music for the documentary Marwencol

Marwencol

Marwencol is a 2010 independent documentary film that explores the life and work of photographer Mark Hogancamp. It is the debut feature of director-editor Jeff Malmberg.-Plot:...

 which won the Jury Prize at the South by Southwest

South by Southwest

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 film festival and received positive critical attention. He created soundscape

Soundscape

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s for theatrical productions such as My Mind Is Like an Open Meadow, which received positive reviews in Willamette Week. He performs and records with numerous Portland-area bands including Dolorean

Dolorean

Dolorean is an American band based in Portland, Oregon. They have, at times, acted as the backing band for Damien Jurado. Their current line-up is: Al James, guitar/vocals; Jay Clarke, organ/piano; Ben Nugent, drums/percussion/vocals; James Adair, bass; and Emil Amos, guitar.-Hiatus:After the...

, Holy Sons

Holy Sons (band)

Holy Sons is a one-man solo band built around Portland songwriter and drummer Emil Amos. Amos is notable for releasing "genre-bending" albums, according to LA Weekly music reviewer Chris Martins, and for being a prolific songwriter; one account in Spike Magazine suggests he has written over a...

, Grails

Grails

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, and others. Clarke landed a record deal with Knitting Factory Records

Knitting Factory Records

Knitting Factory Records is an independent American music label that is notable for promoting a variety of artists including deceased Nigerian political agitator and musician Fela Kuti...

, and there are plans to release his debut CD entitled Andasol using the name Ash Black Bufflo in 2011.

A review in MVRemix Urban described the album Andasol as being:
Clarke explained his use of tone clusters in a theatrical production as a way to heighten dramatic suspense:

External links

• Ash Black Bufflo on Knitting Factory Records website