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Evil Clown
Audio CD Evil Clown 9339
LIVESTREAMED from Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA
30 May 2023
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1) Reach – 1:07:33
2) Grasp – 5:03
Main Sequence
1. Natal Clouds 19:40
2. Core 04:32
3. Gas & Dust 15:27
4. Main Sequence 05:12
5. Life Cycle 18:10
PEK - clarinet & contrabass clarinet, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, guanzi, contrabassoon, sheng, melodica, game calls, gongs, brontosaurus & tank bells, rattles, crotales, windsiren, wood blocks, balafon, orchestral chimes, glockenspiel
Michael Knoblach - frame drum, vintage gypsy tambourine, basket of rocks, dan mo, waterfilled mason jar, vintage billiards triangle, abacuses, gong, temple blocks, antique sheep shears, antique glass leg rest furniture carpet protectors, African circumcision rattles, Spooky World noise makers, LP udder, sistrum, vintage fisher price bumble bee, Asian palm frond rattles, assorted other percussion
PEK - contrabass clarinet, alto & tenor saxophones, piccolo oboe, alto flute, medieval pipe, sheng, wind siren, gongs, plate gong, brontosaurus & tank bells, almglocken, chimes, woodblocks, temple blocks, orchestral chimes, Tibetan bowls, xylophone, glockenspiel, daiko, flex-a-tone, [d]ronin, spring harp, electric kalimba, empire chime box, telstar, hedgehog chime box, electric chimes, chime rod box, spring boxes, log drums, cow bells, Englephone
Michael Caglianone- soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, seed pod rattles, orchestral chimes, Tibetan bowls, xylophone, glockenspiel, daiko, flex-a-tone
Michael Knoblach - basket of rocks, bowl of leaves, seed pod shakers, African split drums, African bell, shakers and rattles, water filled lobster pot & mason jars, billiards triangle, gypsy and busybox tambourines, abacus, rattlesnake drum, vibratones, frame drum, copper bowl, lp udder, sandpaper blocks, glass furniture leg carpet protector, slinky, horses-ass-a-phone, Christmas ornaments, clock chime, wind siren, egg beater, toys
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, piccolo oboe, dulzaina, shenai, alto & bass flutes, bass recorder, bass ocarinas, gongs, plate gong, melodica, chromatic harmonica, crank siren, brontosaurus & tank bells, almglocken, chimes, Englephone, crotales, cow bells, Tibetan bowl, hand chimes, bells, woodblocks, temple blocks, castanets, seed pod rattle, rachet, log drums, [d]ronin, spring and chime rod boxes, electric chimes, voice
Michael Knoblach - 36 in. bass drum, frame drum, busy box drum, tank drum, enamel bowls, crystal singing bowls, devil chasers axatse, African rattles, Fischer Price toys, sheep shears, slinky, wooden billiards triangle. titfer bells, antique child rattles, sand blocks, horses-ass-a-phone, basket of rocks, spooky world noise makers, spinning toy, acme siren whistle, mortar & pestle
PEK - contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, piccolo oboe, sheng, alto & bass flutes, occarinas, wood flute, bass dizi, bass recorder, concertina, aquasonic, [d]ronin, spring boxes, chime boxes, electric chimes, Tibetal bell, guqin, guyzeng, balafon, brontosaurus & tank bells, almglocken, glockenspiel, Englephone, crotales, wood blocks, temple blocks, log drums, orchestral castanets
Jimmy Zhao – erhu, hulusi, bawu, dizi, xiao, xun, tao di
Michael Knoblach - basket of rocks, seed pod shakers, shakers and rattles, water filled mason jars, billiards triangle, abacus, vibratones, frame drum, copper bowl, lp udder, sandpaper blocks, glass furniture leg carpet protector, slinky, horses-ass-a-phone, Christmas ornaments, clock chime, toys
David Welans – flutes, piccolo
Eric Dahlman – trumpet, gong
Expanse - Recordings
Audio CD Evil Clown 9240
Sub-Unit No. 1 - Main Sequence
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
16 February 2020
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Audio CD Evil Clown 9305
LIVESTREAMED from Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA
26 April 2022
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Chromatic Spectrum - 1:10:36
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, sopranino, alto, & tenor saxophones, tarota, bawu, guanzi, alto flute, sheng, accordion, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, spring & chime rod boxes, crotales, glockenspiel, cymbells, gongs, plate gong, hand chimes, orchestral castanets
Jimmy Zhao – erhu, violin, viola, dizi, hulusi, bawu, matoqin, xiao
Michael Knoblach - frame drum, busy box drum, tank drum, enamel bowls, devil chasers axatse, abacuses, African rattles, Fischer Price toys, sheep shears, wooden billiards triangle, tit-fer, bells, sand blocks, antique child rattles, horses-ass-a-phone, basket of rocks, spooky world, noise makers, spinning toy, acme siren whistle, mortar & pestle, lobster pot, gongs, udu drum, hand chimes, hand claps
David Welans – C flute, piccolo, dizi flute, log drums, brontosaurus bell, wood blocks, Englephone
Eric Dahlman – trumpet, overtone voice, 17 string bass, brontosaurus bell, almglocken
Michael Knoblach - Bodhran, jaw harp, copper bowl, enamel bowls, sand blocks, African circumcision rattles, slinky, tit-fers, wooden billiards triangle, train whistle, acme siren whistle, meinl helix bowls, scraper, xmas ornaments, clock chime, marbles in plastic container, tiny sleigh bells, glass furniture carpet protectors, ratchets, tiny seed pod shakers, huge & medium seed pods, gong, party time balloon pump, fishing reel, wooden robot, Griswold cast iron skillets, nails in baby food jar, flex-a-tones, horses-ass-a-phone, vibratones, whisk, abacuses, metal pot scrubbers, basket of rocks, turtle skin rattle, egg beater, happy apple, pitchforks, devil chasers, wood shakers, fisher price turtle, fisher price bee, first years clown, humpty dumpty toy, spooky world noise makers, plastic tubes, castanets, Victorian children’s rattles, antique Asian bronze children’s rattles, healing balls, mortar & pestle, confirmation bells, wooden bell, sleigh bells, elephant bell, sistrum, antique sheep shears, axatse, scalp massagers, basket rattles, metal rattle, African wood blocks with stone inside, Chicxulub dinosaur and star teething rings, bags of marbles, water filled mason jar, magic wands, water filled lobster pot, palm frond rattles, plastic ball rattles, American Percussion busy box drum
Joel Simches - Live to 2-track recording, real time signal processing
Paul Brennan - photos
Raffi - video mix
Audio CD Evil Clown 9330
LIVESTREAMED from Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA
11 March 2023
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Swathe - 1:09:56
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, bass flute, bass tromboon, goat horn, accordion, melodica, theremin with moogerfooger, syntrx, nord stage 3, prophet, korg m20, novation peak, moog subsequent, arp odyssey, Linnstrument controllers, soma pipe with game call, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, guqin, spring & chime rod boxes, baby bomb piano, recorder, array mbira, crotales, glockenspiel, gongs, plate gong, brontosaurus & tank bells, cow bells, orchestral chimes, Englephone, danmo, wood blocks, Tibetan bowls, bells & chimes, seed pod rattle, almglocken, orchestral castanets, orchestral anvil, gavel
Michael Caglianone - soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet, hulusi, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, array mbira, spring and chime rod boxes, balafon, xylophone, orchcestral castanets, almglocken, temple bells, wah tube, flex-a-tone
Albey onBass - electric upright bass, balafon, xylophone, gongs, flex-a-tone, brontosaurus & tank bells
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, sopranino, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, bass tromboon, 5-thole wooden flute, theremin with moogerfooger, syntrx, nord stage 3, prophet, korg m20, novation peak, moog subsequent, arp odyssey, Linnstrument controllers, soma pipe with game call, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, guqin, nagoya, spring & chime rod boxes, electric chimes, array mbira, crotales, glockenspiel, gongs, plate gong, brontosaurus & tank bells, cow bells, orchestral chimes, Englephone, danmo, wood blocks
Eric Dahlman - trumpet, overtone voice, game call, bells, stomp boxes, nord stage 3, prophet, spring & chime rod boxes
DNA Girl - mandolin, octave mandolin, vocals, spoken word (Flower of My Soul by Deborah Nash), transistor radio
Count Robot - voice, zither, stomp boxes, novation peak, moog subsequent, korg m20, Linnstrument controllers, spring & chime rod boxes, crotales, glockenspiel
Tim Mungenast - guitar, ukulele, overtone voice, voice, bells, stomp boxes, 17 string bass, [d]ronin, log drums, wood blocks, spring & chime rod boxes
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto, & bass saxophones, tarota, bass flute, melodica, theremin with moogerfooger, syntrx, nord stage 3, prophet, korg mini , novation peak, moog subsequent, lfo synths, Linnstrument controllers, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, guqin, nagoya, spring & chime rod boxes, bowed cymbal, crotales, glockenspiel, gongs, plate gong, brontosaurs & tank bells, cow bells, orchestral chimes, chimes, Englephone, Tibetan bowls, danmo, wood blocks, voice
DNA Girl - gold tone octave mandolin, gokeys keyboard, tongue drum, Tibetan bowl, electric kalimba, spring & chime rod boxes, vocals, “A hurricane” by Emily Dickenson
Count Robot - weird sound generator, stylophone, thera synth, fx, voice, novation peak, moog subsequent, Korg mini, Linnstrument controllers, chime rod & spring boxes
Tim Mungenast - laguna electric guitar, homemade sprint instruments, bells, overtone singing & cubist blather, effects pedals by ibanez, zoom, electro harmonix, behringer & schaller, spring & chime rod boxes, electric kalimba, rocks, Englephone, orchcestral chimes
Michael Knoblach - frame drum, busy box drum, tank drum, enamel bowls, devil chasers axatse, abacuses, African rattles, Fischer Price toys, sheep shears, wooden billiards triangle, tit-fer, bells, sand blocks, antique child rattles, horses-ass-a-phone, basket of rocks, spooky world noise makers, spinning toy, acme siren whistle, mortar & pestle, lobster pot claps
Audio CD Evil Clown 9343
LIVESTREAMED from Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA
29 July 2023
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1) Gamut - 1:10:37
2) LSD Spiders Want My Lunch Money - 5:29
Audio CD Evil Clown 9272
LIVESTREAMED from Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA - 21 May 2021
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Vacuum Energy - 1:07:51
Audio CD Evil Clown 9319
LIVESTREAMED from Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA
14 August 2021
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Span - 1:09:08
Audio CD Evil Clown 9344
LIVESTREAMED from Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA - 15 August 2023
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1) Extent - 1:09:38
2) Limit - 5:13
Robin Amos -EML101 (processed by flanger, alesis, bitrman, roland), waldorf, blofeld, roland JP 08, autoharp, spring & chime rod boxes, gavel
Michael Knoblach - Bodhran, jaw harp, copper bowl, enamel bowls, sand blocks, African circumcision rattles, slinky, tit-fers, wooden billiards triangle, train whistle, acme siren whistle, meinl helix bowls, scraper, xmas ornaments, clock chime, marbles in plastic container, tiny sleigh bells, glass furniture carpet protectors, ratchets, tiny seed pod shakers, huge seed pods, medium seed pods, gong, party time balloon pump, fishing reel, wooden robot, Griswold cast iron skillets, nails in baby food jar, flex-a-tones, horses-ass-a-phone, vibratones, whisk, abacuses, metal pot scrubbers, basket of rocks, turtle skin rattle, egg beater, happy apple, pitchforks, devil chasers, wood shakers, fisher price turtle, fisher price bee, first years clown, humpty dumpty toy, spooky world noise makers, plastic tubes, castanets, Victorian children’s rattles, antique Asian bronze children’s rattles, healing balls, mortar & pestle, confirmation bells, wooden bell, sleigh bells, elephant bell, sistrum, antique sheep shears, axatse, scalp massagers, basket rattles, metal rattle, African wood blocks with stone inside, Chicxulub dinosaur and star teething rings, bags of marbles, water filled mason jar, magic wands, water filled lobster pot, palm frond rattles, plastic ball rattles, American Percussion busy box drum
Joel Simches - Live to 2-track recording, real time signal processing
Audio CD Evil Clown 9291
LIVESTREAMED from Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA
26 November 2021
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Breadth - 1:10:21
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 9281
LIVESTREAMED from Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA
8 August 2021
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Scope - 1:10:45
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, mussette, shenai, sheng, bawu, bass flute, spring & chime boxes, electric chimes, chimes, flex-a-tone, fog horns, Englephone, almglocken, brontosaurus & tank bells, gongs, plate gong, Tibetan bells, crotales, glockenspiel, log drums, wood blocks, temple blocks. orchestral castanets, flex-a-tone
Eric Woods - analog synthesis, gong, cymbells, chimes, Englephone, cowbells, wood blocks, log drums, brontosaurus & tank bells
Michael Knoblach - frame drum, busy box drum, tank drum, enamel bowls, devil chasers axatse, abacuses, African rattles, Fischer Price toys, sheep shears, slinky, wooden billiards triangle, tit-fer, bells, antique child rattles, sand blocks, horses-ass-a-phone, basket of rocks, spooky world noise makers, spinning toy, acme siren whistle, mortar & pestle, large American percussion riq with wooden zils, lobster pot, Atlantis gong
Michael Knoblach - Bodhran, jaw harp, copper bowl, enamel bowls, sand blocks, African circumcision rattles, slinky, tit-fers, wooden billiards triangle, train whistle, acme siren whistle, meinl helix bowls, scraper, xmas ornaments, clock chime, marbles in plastic container, tiny sleigh bells, glass furniture carpet protectors, ratchets, tiny seed pod shakers, huge & medium seed pods, gong, party time balloon pump, fishing reel, wooden robot, Griswold cast iron skillets, nails in baby food jar, flex-a-tones, horses-ass-a-phone, vibratones, whisk, abacuses, metal pot scrubbers, basket of rocks, turtle skin rattle, egg beater, happy apple, pitchforks, devil chasers, wood shakers, fisher price turtle, fisher price bee, first years clown, humpty dumpty toy, spooky world noise makers, plastic tubes, castanets, Victorian children’s rattles, antique Asian bronze children’s rattles, healing balls, mortar & pestle, confirmation bells, wooden bell, sleigh bells, elephant bell, sistrum, antique sheep shears, axatse, scalp massagers, basket rattles, metal rattle, African wood blocks with stone inside, Chicxulub dinosaur and star teething rings, bags of marbles, water filled mason jar, magic wands, water filled lobster pot, palm frond rattles, plastic ball rattles, American Percussion busy box drum
Joel Simches - Live to 2-track recording, real time signal processing
Raffi - video mix
PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, bass tromboon, melodica, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, theremin with moogerfooger, ms20, novation peak, moog subsequent, syntrx, arp odyssey, prophet, Linnstrument controllers, soma pipe with game calls, spring & chime rod boxes, crotales, glockenspiel, Tibetan bowls & bells, chimes, electric chimes, crotales, glockenspeil, brontosaurus & tank bells, gongs, plate gong, temple blocks, log drums, seed pod rattle, orchestral castanets, cow bells, Englephone, aquasonic, danmo, wood & temple blocks, almglocken, orchestral chimes, orchestral anvils, chair squeaking