----Liner Notes by PEK
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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 three years has been one of the most prolific Evil Clown ensembles. We have produced a bunch of 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. All Metal Chaos Ensemble sessions include at least myself and Yuri, along with a whole bunch of different guests.
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Recently, I have been using the Ableton software to create electronic mixes which we use in several of the bands as an accompaniment track. In performance, I ride the fader from off to very present, but most of the time more to the background. Raw samples are taken from the Evil Clown Catalog and also specially recorded at Evil Clown Headquarters with instruments drawn from the Evil Clown arsenal. I then use Adobe Audition to process the samples and finally Ableton to assemble a timeline and create a mix. Most of the more recent MCE sessions use one of these mixes.
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In addition to the Ableton mix we also had Eric Woods on the analog synth, Bob Moores on guitar and trumpet, Albey onBass on electric bass, and newbie Federico Balducci on guitar. Handling the live to 2 track mix and providing real-time signal processing is Joel Simches.
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This variation of Metal Chaos Ensemble is part of a relatively new direction featuring more rock elements, looping, samples, electronics, etc. than typical in most of the Evil Clown catalog… This trend has been developing for the last year or two for some of the MCE sessions, and this one really cooks, so check it out!!

Metal Chaos Ensemble - Syncretic Discipline

Syncretic Discipline Ableton Mix (download bonus track)

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

Metal Chaos Ensemble - Syncretic Discipline

PEK (CEO of Evil Clown)