Signed to the de-Construction label, Clarke then released his debut album, "Archive One", in 1996, which contained elements of the breakbeat and electronica genres. Clarke is one of the few DJs who performed live on Peel's radio show and segments of the performance were released as "The John Peel Session" EP on the Strange Fruit label in 1997, under the name "Directional Force". Also in 1997, Peel identified "Archive 1" as number 14 in a list of his top 20 albums at the time.