Singer and a songwriter in the 1980s for indie pop jangle bands Jump on Tufty and The Auctioneers ,mp clarke also sang and wrote for The Trampoline Situation and Elastic in the 1990s. He is currently working as part of progressive art pop duo Those Men. ‘Drawers through the ceiling’ was recorded, as a solo album, at The Hive studio, UK, from March 2020 to March 2021. Recording of the sister album ' Sifted too' is currently taking place with a predicted release date of Spring 2022.

A remastered version of 'The Clarke's Tale' from 2012 is also in progress. This set of songs chronicles mp clarke's walk from London to Canterbury following the same route the Chaucerian pilgrims took on their journey at the end of the fourteenth century.