Evil Clown 9355
Livestreamed to YouTube
Evil Clown Headquarters - Waltham MA 
2 November 2023

1)	A Great Python Spits Venomous Kerosene Upon the World - 1:10:10
2)	Conflagration – 5:14

. PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, tarota, melodica, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, Tibetan bells and chimes, theremin with moogerfooger, LFO synth, gongs, plate gong, almglocken, crotales, glockenspiel, orchestral chimes, prophet, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, syntrx, ms-20, recitation
. Michael Caglianone - soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet, flute, melodica, hulusi, array mbira, spring & chime rod boxes, xylophone, balafon, orchestral anvils, almglocken
. Bob Moores - space trumpet, electric guitar with effects, MacBook Pro with 61-key keyboard using MainStage, MacBook Proc with 25-key keyboard using miniMoog D emulator, Korg Monotron Duo mini-synth, Synth-A-Sette mini-synth, nord stage 3
.  Eric Woods - analog synthesis, nord stage 3
.  Steve Niemitz - drums
.  Joel Simches - real time signal processing and live to 2-track mix
.
Liner Notes by PEK
Metal Chaos Ensemble was formed in early 2015 by PEK and Yuri Zbitnov as a working project to explore chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments.  I had started to amass the Evil Clown Arsenal of percussion, electronic and wind instruments and we needed a workshop to develop this universe of sounds for the Leap of Faith Orchestra.  It was immediately obvious that Metal Chaos Ensemble had a sound to itself and over the last eight years has been one of the most prolific Evil Clown ensembles.  We have produced over 50 albums covering a wide range of sonority sets, but always with the presence of gongs, chimes, glockenspiel, Tibetan bowls and many other metallic sounds and the horns of PEK.  
More recently, MCE has been a recurring sextet unit with most of the sessions having exactly the same six performers.  With drums and electric bass and electronics, this unit contains the most rock elements of any of the Evil Clown ensembles.  Since Yuri retired from Evil Clown, drummer Steve Niemitz has been holding down the drum chair.  He drives into Boston from Western Mass, so we don’t do quite as many sets as we did back in the day, but it tends to make them a bit special.

Each session at Evil Clown Headquarters poses an aesthetic problem for the ensemble to solve which is:  How to structure a concert length improvisation with the particular section through the Evil Clown Resources available to that set.  Consequently, we are easily able to continue with a performance despite possible surprises…  For A Great Python Spits Venomous Kerosene Upon the World, Mike Gruen was not able to make it, so we just rolled with it and performed as a quintet.  Mike was missed, but the performance is simply a solution to a slightly different section through the Evil Clown Universe of Sounds.  Without the bass, the overall character of the piece is a bit different from usual MCE set, but here at ECH it ain’t no thang…

I’m super happy with this album and I bet you like it too…
PEK – 11/3/2023

A Great Python Spits Venomous Kerosene Upon the World

Some Truths are Known

Last 10 Evil Clown Releases

Metal Chaos Ensemble

2 Conflagration

1 A Great Python Spits Venomous Kerosene Upon The World

Evil Clown 9384
Livestreamed to YouTube
Evil Clown Headquarters - Waltham MA – 8 July 2024

1)	One Step Beyond Logic - 1:10:29
2)	The Coffee Failed to Arrive - 5:47

. PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, glissophone, tarota, bass tromboon, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, ms-20, rubber chicken, soma pipe, noise tower, Tibetan bowls, gongs, plate gong, almglocken, chimes, orchestral chimes & anvils, Englephone, danmo, brontosaurus & tank bells, log drums, wood & temple blocks, seed ped rattle, 5 hole wood flute, recitation

. Michael Caglianone - soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet, flute, hulusi, rubber chicken, wind siren, ocarina, vuvuzela, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, brontosaurus & tank bells,flex-a-tone, shakers, slide whiste, tiny slide whistle, balafon, log drums, wood & temple blocks, cow bells, Tibetan bell

. Bob Moores - Fretless baritone electric guitar played through Zoom multi-efx pedal, Electric trumpet with electric mouthpiece played through Zoom multi-efx pedal and additional efx chain, Donner Essential B1 Analog Bass Synthesizer and Sequencer, Vaux Flores Eyetron pocket synthesizer, Syntha-sette pocket synthesizer, Carry-on digital wind instrument, 2 LFO drone generator with eft, Signal generator with eft, Wobble box, Small wooden flute/whistle, Bamboo flute, Wooden flute, Animoog Z app on iPad, minielectric trumpet with effects, ocarina, nord stage 3, prophet, gongs, plate gong, wood blocks, temple blocks, cow bells

. Eric Woods - analog synthesis, nord stage 3, nord stage 3, moog subsequent, novation peak, ms-20, Linnstrument controllers, balafon, xylophone, almglocken, noise tower

. Chris Alford - guitar, Tibetan bowls, wood blocks, cow bells, log drums, chimes, xylophone, balafon, almglocken

. Mike Gruen - purple sparkles six string electric bass, signal processing

. Steve Niemitz - drums, shakers, wood blocks, cow bells, brontosaurus & tank bells, chimes, log drums

. Joel Simches - real time signal processing and live to 2-track mix

. Paul Brennan - camera

. Raffi – video mix

1) One Step Beyond Logic

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Evil Clown 9395
Livestreamed to YouTube
Evil Clown Headquarters - Waltham MA – 23 September 2024

1)	Barsoom - 1:01:13
2)	Sin As Well As Virtue - 5:33

. PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, glissophone, English horn, piccolo oboe, slide whistles, melodica, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, ms-20, syntrx, lfo violin, lfo percolator, soma pipe, noise tower, Tibetan bowls, gongs, plate gong, almglocken, chimes, orchestral chimes & anvils, Englephone, danmo, brontosaurus & tank bells, log drums, wood & temple blocks, balafon, xylophone, rubber chicken, recitation

. Michael Caglianone - soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet, flute, wind siren, slide whistles, melodica, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, orchestral castanets & anvils, shakers, spring & chime rod boxes, balafon, xylophone, almglocken, wah tube, Tibetan bells, Englephone, gongs, cow bells, wood & temple blocks, rubber chickens

. Bob Moores – modded electric guitar played through zoom multi-efx pedal, electric trumpet with effects, donner essential B1 analog bass synthesizer and sequencer, vaux flores eyetron pocket synthesizer, 2 LFO drone generator with eft, signal generator with eft, wobble box, animoog Z app on iPhone, nord stage 3, prophet, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, log drums, wood & temple blocks, brontosaurus bell, cymbals, gongs, voice

. Gabe Boyarin - guitar, laptop electronics, stomp boxes, Englephone, balafon, xylophone, almglocken

. Mike Gruen - purple sparkles six string electric bass, signal processing

. Joel Simches - real time signal processing and live to 2-track mix

. Paul Brennan – camera

. Raffi – video mix

2) Sin As Well As Virtue

1) Barsoom

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Evil Clown 9410
Livestreamed to YouTube
Evil Clown Headquarters - Waltham MA – 27 January 2025

1)	Room 217 - 1:10:54
2)	All Work and No Play Makes PEK a Dull Boy – 5:17

PEK - clarinet, basset horn, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, glissophone, bass tromboon, tiny slide whistle, melodica, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, ms-20, syntrx, lfo violin, noise tower, gravichord, daxophone, gravichord, theremin with moogerfooger, flex-a-tone, cuica, Tibetan bowls, gongs, plate gong, almglocken, chimes, orchestral chimes & anvils, Englephone, danmo, brontosaurus & tank bells, log drums, wood & temple blocks, balafon, xylophone, rubber chicken, recitation

Michael Caglianone - soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet, flute, game calls, melodica, xylophone, balafon, almglocken, Tibetan bowls & bells, orchestral anvils, gravichord, novation peak, Linnstruments, water bottle, crank siren, clown hammer

John Fugarino – trumpets, flugelhorn, trombone, French horn, melodica, lfo violin, shaker, Tibetan bells & bowls, spring & chime rod boxes, orchestral anvils & castanets, seed pod rattles, log drums, wood & temple blocks, Englephone, gongs, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, ms-20

Gabe Boyarin - guitar, guitar preparations, lfo percolator, crotales, glockenspiel, Englephone, chimes

Cyrus Shauoul - korg synth, nord stage 3, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, log drums, gongs, chimes, Tibetan bowls, wood & temple blocks, guiro, ratchet, flex-a-tone, ms-20, gravichord, vuvuzela, voice

Lonnie Sutherland – Chapman stick

Steve Niemitz – drums, log drums, brontosaurus & tank bells

Joel Simches - real time signal processing and live to 2-track mix

Paul Brennan – camera

Raffi – video mix


1) Room 217

2) All Work and No Play Makes PEK a Dull Boy

Evil Clown 9430
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
19 July 2025

1) Probabilistic Notions – 1:09:56
2) Chance Events and Their Likelihood – 5:03

PEK – piccolo clarinet, clarinet, basset horn, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, piccolo oboe, English horn, shenai, melodica, Indian double flute, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, ms-20, nord stage 3, gravichord, lfo percolator, lfo violin, noise tower, 17 string bass, [d]ronin, spring & chime rod boxes, cow bells, chimes, crotales, theremin with moogerfooger,  glockenspiel, brontosaurus & tank bells, Tibetan bells &  bowls, wood & temple blocks, log drums, balafon, xylophone, triangle chimes, gongs, plate gong, orchestral chimes, spiral cymbal, Englephone, danmo

Glynis Lomon – cello, aquasonic, voice

John Fugarino – trumpet, slide trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, French horn, melodica, penny whistle, slide whistle, ocarina, wood blocks, Tibetan bowls, gravichord,Englephone, orchestral castanets, crotales, glockenspiel, array mbira, talking drum, balafon, xylophoe, almglocken, orchestral anvils, noise tower, spring and chime rod boxes, nord stage 3, prophet, ms-20 

Bob Moores – trumpet, trumpet, log drums. wood & temple blocks, cow bells, triangle chimes, gongs, crotales, glockenspiel, orchestral castanets, almglocken, chimes, ratchet, Englephone, brontosaurus bell. danmo, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, nord stage 3, taxi horn, crank siren, rubber chickens, voice

Scott Samenfeld – electric upright bass, electric flute

Jared Seabrook – drums, orchestral anvils, Tibetan bowls, noise tower, gongs, bell trees, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, syntrx

Joel Simches – Live to 2-track recording, real-time signal processing

----Liner Notes by PEK

A recurring format at Evil Clown Headquarters is PEK and Glynis with two extra horns, bass and drums. For Probabilistic Notions our horn player guests are brass players John Fugarino and Bob Moores. Our most regular bassist Scott Samenfeld is joined by special guest Jared Seabrook at the drum set for an outstanding rhythm section. Jared is a great drummer who has appeared on 4 previous Leap of Faith sets, 2 Turbulence sets and 1 Neurodivergent performance. He is one of our great players who is busy, but loves playing at Evil Clown, so he is very welcome when he is occasionally able to make it.  

Bob and John are both hard core regulars at Evil Clown. Bob has been a regular for the entire Contemporary Period starting in 2015 and has over 100 appearances on performances by most of the Evil Clown Ensembles. John played with Glynis and me in the Masashi Harada Sextet in the early 90s, and then we lost track of him until 2022 when we reconnected on Facebook. Since then, he has been one of our most frequent contributors, appearing on nearly 60 albums in 3 ½ years.

Anyway, a sextet ensemble with excellent players with such deep connections and who are all veterans of Evil Clown Headquarters performances is a blueprint for an excellent result. All of us did some or a lot of doubling on the auxiliary instruments in the space, so the improvisation proceeded through a long series of distinct sonorities over the duration. Of course, this is the goal of broad palette improvisation and Probabilistic Notions is a superbly executed example.

I really like this set, and I bet you will too…
-	PEK 7/22/2025


1) Probabilistic Notions

1) Recipes for Prediction – 1:10:35
2) Future Trends – 5:26

PEK – clarinet, basset horn, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, alto flute, Russian wood flute, Indian double flute, piccolo oboe, English horn, contrabassoon, shenai, sheng, accordion, melodica, goat horn, 17-string bass, [d]ronin, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, syntrx, ms-20, lfo violin, daxophone, gravichord, noise tower, spring & chime rod boxes, array mbira, gongs, plate gong, brontosaurus & tank bells, log drums, wood & temple blocks, Tibetan bells & bowls, seed pod rattles, orchestral castanets, ratchet, guiro, flex-a-tone, almglocken, Englephone, danmo, balafon, xylophone, orchestral chimes & anvils, rubber chickens, psychic babbling

John Fugarino – trumpet, slide trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, valve trombone, French horn, penny whistle, ocarina, nord stage 3, prophet, nord stage 3, prophet, moog subsequent,spring & chime rod boxes, array mbira, spring & chime rod boxes, zithers, xylophone, balafon, almglocken, guiro, Tibetan bowls, gongs, seed pod rattles, bells, lfo violin

Bob Moores – space trumpet, slide whistle, pipe xylo, zithers, nord stage 3, prophet, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, orchestral castanets, brontosaurus bell, crotales, glockenspiel, log drums, wood & temple blocks, cow bells, gongs, plate gong, triangle chimes, ratchet, psychic babbling

Scott Samenfeld – electric upright bass, electric flute

Jared Seabrook – drums, gongs, noise tower, Tibetan bells & bowls, almglocken, bells, rattles, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, clown hammer

Joel Simches – Live to 2-track recording, real-time signal processing

----Liner Notes by PEK

I formed Turbulence in 2015 as I started to assemble players for the Leap of Faith Orchestra. Turbulence, the extended horn section for the Orchestra (along with guests on other instruments), also records and performs as an independent unit. As if this writing in 2025, we have recorded over 60 albums on Evil Clown with greatly varied ensembles.  All the smaller Evil Clown bands are really more about a general approach, rather than a specific set of musicians.  A session gets credited to Turbulence when it is mostly horn players and the only musician on all of them is me. The sessions range from an early duet with Steve Norton and me (Vortex Generation Mechanisms) to a 5-horn band with bass and two percussionists (Encryption Schemes) to four albums by the side project Turbulence Doom Choir which feature myself, multiple tubas, percussion, electronics, and signal processing and many other configurations.

Recipes for Prediction was planned as a Leap of Faith set to follow up Leap of Faith Probabilistic Notions recorded several weeks ago with a very similar ensemble. Performances are credited to LOF when PEK and Glynis Lomon are both on the session, but Glynis has been moving recently and was unable to make this set, so I repurposed the ensemble for three-horns with bass & drums credited to Turbulence. Probabilistic Notions was a strong performance, and it is interesting to notice how this one is both so similar and so different with just two differences in personal – the missing Glynis and Bob Moores on trumpet instead of Michael Calianone on reeds.  

Both Leap of Faith and Turbulence have done quite a few sessions with three horns, bass and drums (and cello with LOF). I think of this as our Art Ensemble of Chicago model and it is a powerful one. Tight groups of players who know each other’s improvisation languages can engage in very interesting, improvised counterpoint as well as textual composition. John, Bob and I are super-tight in the horn ensemble sections and we also each do a lot of doubling on the percussion and electronic auxiliary instruments fully leveraging the broad palette environment at Evil Clown Headquarters.

I really like this set, and I bet you will too…
-	PEK 8/3/2025


2) Future Trends

1) Recipies for Prediction

Evil Clown 9433
LIVESTREAMED to YouTube
Evil Clown Headquarters - Waltham MA 
12 August 2025

1)	Disruptions – 1:10:10
2)	Alternative States – 5:22

PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, guanzi, shenai, piccolo oboe, English horn, contrabassoon, bass flute, Russian wood flute, slide whistle, accordion, sheng, melodica, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, gravichord, daxophone, noise tower, theremin with moogerfooger, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, zithers, spring & chime rod boxes, Englephone, danmo, crotales, glockenspiel, gongs, plate gong, brontosaurus & tank bells, cow bells, orchestral chimes & anvils, chimes, almglocken, temple & wood blocks, log drums, balafon, xylophone, taxi horn, Tibetan bells & bowls, cuica, pipe xylo, orchestral castanets, ratchet, zithers, tank cello, spiny norman, rubber chickens

Michael Caglianone - soprano, alto, tenor & baritone saxophones, clarinet, flute, melodica, slide whistle, cow bells, wood & temple blocks, crotales, glockenspiel, almglocken, orchestral anvils, bell tree, temple bells, Tibetan bells & bowls, noise tower, gravichord, gongs, plate gong, seed pod rattle, novation peak, Linnstrument controller, talking drum

John Fugarino - trumpets, flugelhorn, trombone, valve trombone, French horn, melodica, slide whistle, clown hammers, nord stage 3, prophet, wood & temple blocks, brontosaurus & tank bells, Tibetan bells, chimes & bowls, flex-a-tone, bells, array mbira, spring & chime rod boxes, balafon, xylophone, triangle chimes, shaker, orchestral castanets, chimes

Joel Simches - Live to 2-track recording, perturbations (ALESIS Wedge, BOSS DD-500, TC Helicon, Zoom V3 vocal processor, Digitech RDS900 Delay, Korg DD550, TC Electronic M300, VoiceLivePlay, D-Seed II, echoplex, Lexicon MPX500 & vortex, Roland SDE3000, Sony DPS-07, Electrix warpfactory)

Paul Brennan – video camera, photos

Raffi - video mix


1) Disruptions

2) Alternative States

Improviser on Woodwinds, Percussion and Electronics.  CEO of Evil Clown, Leader of Evil Clown projects:  Leap of Faith Orchestra, Leap of Faith, String Theory, Metal Chaos Ensemble and Turbulence

1 A Great Python Spits Venomous Kerosene Upon The World

PEK (CEO of Evil Clown)