Matthew J. Clark is the academic researcher behind Christopher | Ittoku. Clark has a Bachelor of Arts, Major in Music and Minor in Computing, and a Bachelor of Philosophy/Master of Research. His main research explores the world of music theory in electronic music with a focus on the interplay between rhythm and genre. This research is beneficial to many fields including the teachings of music theory and electronic music production, musicology and music theory, music information retrieval, and AI-based music development.