Evil Clown
On Leap of Faith:
"Alien yet familiar, bizarre yet completely fascinating. Expanding, contracting, erupting, settling down, always as one force..."
- Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
Photo by Rob Miller
Sites by Ensemble
On Leap of Faith: "Alien yet familiar, bizarre yet completely fascinating. Expanding, contracting, erupting, settling down, always as one force..." - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
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On Axioms - Manifestations:
“… a mammoth work of mysterious intent and rich sonorities, orchestrated with reeds, brass, daxophones, percussion, bells and chimes, electric bass, keys, spoken word, and real-time signal processing."
- Squidco Website staff
On Metal Chaos Ensemble:
"... using unique strategies to yield densely active and eerily surreal music, an incredible excursion through experimental improvisation."
- Squidco website staff
On Leap of Faith Orchestra - The Photon Epoch:
"The Photon Epoch marks a forward movement in PEK’s music, and it also stands out as the highlight to-date, of one of the most prolific and unique composers of our time..."
- Karl Ackermann, AllAboutJazz
On Expanse - Main Sequence:
"... A record to get infinitely lost in, where subsequent playback reveals layer after layer from deep within the marvelous, shifting clangor."
- Darren Bergstein, Downtown Music Gallery
On Simulacrum - Reincarnations:
“… Sometimes brittle, often brutal, but never less than gripping, you could play this thing a hundred times and always get the sensation differently each exposure. Yowza.”
- Darren Bergstein, Downtown Music Gallery
The newest Evil Clown ensemble, featuring PEK on woodwinds, percussion and electronics with the real time perturbations of Joel Simches on a vast array of electronic signal processing
On PEK Solo – Coefficient of Unity:
"... an epic solo work merging acoustic and electronic sources with an unhurried path in a coherent long-form improvisation..."
- Squidco website staff
On Turbulence - Upheaval:
"... There is a strong balance of space & music here, from duos or trios to four or all five members, no one overplays, everyone listens closely. This music is so focused and well-played that it sounds like some of that more challenging written modern chamber music. Superb!"
- Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
On Sub-Unit No. 1 - Potential and Kinetic Energies:
“… Commencing with what sounds like timpani and cymbals or gongs, with suspense-filled piano and synth sailing in. The music is superbly recorded and thoughtfully performed. Hard to believe that this is just a duo. As the duo move from instrument to instrument, they listen closely, interact with lines or dialogue going back & forth…”
- Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
On Metal Chaos Ensemble: "... using unique strategies to yield densely active and eerily surreal music, an incredible excursion through experimental improvisation." - Squidco website staff
On Mekaniks - Getting Down with the Klown:
“… a soundtrack to science fiction movie which moves back and forth in time, from ancient villages to modern day free improv madness, all connected to an invisible thread. Alter your reality today! "
- Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
"Quietly (so to speak) & relentlessly, PEK and his cohorts have been releasing some of the most remarkable experimental/improv/what-have-you hybrid music of the last clutch of years. Embracing everything loved & admired and beyond mere 'genre', be it electronic, avant/free jazz, EAI, or just an ungodly mindmeld of absolutely spellbinding sounds, the fact that PEK & Co. make it all sound cohesive and gripping is testament to their unbridled imagination and innovative girth. Buy or die!"
-DARREN BERGSTEIN (December 2020)
On String Theory - Condensed Phases of Matter:
"... this disc contains some of the best, most engaging strings and reeds quartet music I’ve heard. Most often quite mesmerizing."
- Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG