Audio CD Evil Clown 9287
Axioms - Discourse
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1) Discourse- 1:09:43
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
24 July 2021
Jane SpokenWord - poetry, spoken word
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, bass flute, Christmas flute, mussette, sheng, prophet, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, syntrix, [d]ronin, electric chimes, chime rod boxes, telstar, spring boxes, gongs, thunder sheet, Tibetan bowls & bells, glockenspiel, crotales, orchestral chimes, xylophone, balafon, almglocken, seed pod rattle, castanets, wind siren
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
Albey onBass - fretless bass, spoken word
Steve Niemitz - drums, gongs, Englephone, glockenspiel, crotales, orchestral chimes, xylophone, balafon, almglocken
Joel Simches - live to 2 track recording
Audio CD Evil Clown 9295
Axioms - Illusion and Reality
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1) Illusion and Reality - 1:09:44
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
20 January 2022
Jane SpokenWord - poetry, spoken word, Englephone
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, sopranino, alto, & tenor saxophones, piccolo oboe, tarota, daxophone, [d]ronin, spring & chime boxes, electric chimes, chimes, gongs, orchestral chimes, brontosaurus & tank bells, plate gong, Tibetan bells & bowls, almglocken, crotales, glockenspiel, cow bells, log drums, wood blocks, temple blocks. balafon, xylophone, aquasonic, spoken word
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
Albey onBass - electric upright bass, brontosaurus bell, spoken word
Joel Simches - live to 2 track recording
Audio CD Evil Clown 9203
Axioms - Manifestations
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Manifestations- 1:07:26
Jane SpokenWord - spoken word
PEK - alto & bass saxophones, clarinet & contralto
clarinet, bass tromboon, AKai EWI5000, [d]ronin,
daxophone, gongs, tank & brontosaurus bells,
Tibetan bowls, crotales, cymbells, orchestral chimes
Albey onBass - electric upright bass, gongs
Joel Simches - live to 2 track recording, real time
signal processing
Composer and multi-instrumentalist, PEK, set his sights on something bigger with the Leap of Faith Orchestra's Supernovae. The previous incarnation of the LOFO expands from the fifteen musicians on The Expanding Universe (Evil Clown, 2016) to twenty-one players on this new outing. Another noteworthy element of this project is PEK's use of Frame Notation where the score is seen in written descriptions and straight-forward symbols within Duration Bars. The system provides the musicians with immediate understanding of their own parts and the higher-level arrangement of the music.
Supernovae consists of a single track composition running just under eighty minutes. The digital download includes a bonus track. Though the extended piece is not broken out by formal movements, there are clear delineations within the score. PEK's ensemble—not surprisingly—includes enough non-traditional and weird instruments to compete with a Dr. Seuss orchestra. Though they are not playing in a vacuum, that group of instruments dominates the first ten minutes before strings and reeds make themselves more clearly heard. Forty-five minutes in, we have the first case of prolonged melody, darker and more subdued than the overall tone of the first half.
Supernovae gives way to free improvisation overlaying the melody. Eventually the piece introduces a brilliant percussion passage before it reintroduces the non-traditional music elements, but here in a more refined manner. As with all of PEK's compositions, there is—behind the scenes—a painstaking amount of organization that is not always evident in the listening. That is part of the beauty of this album; the non-traditional approach to instrumentation and the lack of adherence to Western structure continue to make the various iterations of Leap of Faith consistently interesting. And interesting look at the written score can be viewed at http://www.evilclown.rocks/lofo-supernovae-score.html.
Axioms - Recordings
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Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
21 February 2023
Jane SpokenWord - poetry, spoken word, Tibetan bowls, gong
PEK - cclarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, bass flute, guqin, nagoya, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, spring & chime rod boxes, theremin with moogerfooger, log drums, spiral crash, orchestral anvils, bowed cymbal, electric chimes, wood blocks, gongs, plate gong, crotales, glockenspiel, brontosaurus & tank bells, orchestral chimes, Tibetan bowls, xylophone, balafon, almglocken, Englephone, danmo, cymbal, chimes, theremin with moogerfooger, prophet, novation peak, moog subsequent, syntrx, ms-20, nord stage 3, Linnstrument controllers, voice
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
Albey onBass - . Albey OnBass - fretless bass guitar, gongs, plate gong, brontosaurus bell, log drums, voice
Joel Simches - live to 2-track recording, real-time signal processing
Audio CD Evil Clown 9321
Axioms - Let the Following be Postulated
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Let the Following be Postulated - 1:10:46
Jane SpokenWord - poetry, spoken word, gong, chimes
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, bass flute, shenai, melodica, chimes, gongs, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, spring & chime boxes, electric chimes, Tibetan bells, plate gong, almglocken, crotales, glockenspiel, log drums, wood blocks, brontosaurus & tank bells, novation peak, moog subsequent, syntrix, Linnstrument controllers
Albey onBass - electric fretless bass, brontosaurus bell, log drums, gong, wood blocks, almglocken, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, spoken word
Audio CD Evil Clown 9307
Axioms - Meaning & Truth
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1) Meaning & Truth - 1:12:40
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
14 May 2022
Jane SpokenWord - poetry, spoken word
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, bass flute, sheng, orchestral chimes, chimes, gongs, xylophone, balafon, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, spring & chime boxes, plate gong, Tibetan bowls, almglocken, Englephone, crotales, glockenspiel, log drums, crank siren, voice
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
Albey onBass - electric upright bass, brontosaurus bell, log drums, gong, voice
Audio CD Evil Clown 9329
Axioms - Abstract Intensions
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1) Overture - 4:07
2) Abstract Intensions - 1:10:46
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: "Alien yet familiar, bizarre yet completely fascinating. Expanding, contracting, erupting, settling down, always as one force..." - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
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Audio CD Evil Clown 9279
Axioms - Hypotheses
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1) Hypotheses - 1:10:47
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
24 July 2021
Jane SpokenWord - poetry, spoken word
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, bass flute, piccolo oboe, bass tromboon, sheng, [d]ronin, electric chimes, chime rod boxes, telstar, spring boxes, gongs, Tibetan bowls & bells, glockenspiel, crotales, orchestral chimes. looper, voice
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
Albey onBass - electric upright bass,
gongs
Steve Niemitz - drums, gongs, plate gongs, brontosaurus & tank bells, cow bells, almgocken, chimes, log dums,wood blocks, temple blocks
Joel Simches - live to 2 track recording