Anne Clark

Biography

Anne Clark is an English poet and singer-songwriter from Croydon, London, and a pioneer of spoken word over electronic music. After emerging from London's punk scene, she released 'The Sitting Room' in 1982 and, with keyboardist David Harrow, the albums 'Changing Places' and 'Joined Up Writing', home to her best-known songs 'Sleeper in Metropolis' and 'Our Darkness'. Later work ranged from the *John Foxx* collaboration 'Pressure Points' to acoustic settings of *Rainer Maria Rilke*. She remains an active performer, especially in continental Europe.