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String Theory

Evil Clown 9440
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
29 September 2025

1) Currents – 1:09:58
2) Killer – 5:14

PEK – clarinet, basset horn, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, glissophone, piccolo oboe, shenai, alto flute, sheng, melodica, slide whistle, goat horn, penny whistle, whistling, taxi horn, brontosaurus & tank bells, spring & chime rod boxes, 17 string bass, [d]ronin, theremin with moogerfooger, spiny Norman, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, ms-20, syntrx, gongs, plate gong, crotales, glockenspiel, wood & temple blocks, log drums, Englephone, danmo, Tibentan bowls & bells, tiny cymbals, flex-a-tone, orchestral castanets, ratchets, seed pod rattles, balafon, xylophone, triangle & orchestral chimes, rubber chicken

John Fugarino – trumpets, flugelhorn, trombone, valve trombone, French horn, melodica, slide whistle, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, ms-20, prophet, nord stage 3, noise tower, orchestral castanets, wood & temple blocks, triangle chimes, flex-a-tones, gongs, cymbals, arraay mbira, spring & chime rod boxes, talking drum

Miacheal Caglianone – soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet & bass clarinet, flute, melodica, slide whistle, wind siren, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, orchestral castanets, balafon, xylophone, almglocken, elephant bell, gongs, plate gong, crotales, glockenspiel, water bottle

Scott Samenfeld – bass, Tibetan bowls

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

----Liner Notes by PEK

This set was originally scheduled to be Metal Chaos Ensemble – Studying the Pattern, which would have been a very different set.  MCE works with recited text and has a more rock flavor than typical in Evil Clown sessions.  We are in a bit of a flux at the moment, since Bob Moores moved to Maine, but we have Mike Gruen who is a rock style bassist and Eric Woods on the analog synthesis as regulars, and various others as guests.  Michael Caglianone and John Fugarino are frequently the other horn players on MCE sessions, and we planned to have the great drummer Jared Seabrook and a frequent synth guest Cyrus…

A few days prior to the session, I started to lose ensemble members…  Cyrus was out of town on business…  Mike Gruen has young children and had babysitter issues… I got Scott Samenfeld to sub on the bass chair and told him to bring his bass guitar instead of his electric upright which he usually brings.  Late on the day of the show, I heard from Jared and then from Eric that they would not be able to make it either…  I tried to get a sub for drums, but the time was too tight…
One huge advantage of doing improvised music is that last second changes (even drastic ones like these) do not really cause a problem like they would in an ensemble performing repertoire.  However, we did not have enough elements of the Metal Chaos Ensemble aesthetic problem to call the unit Metal Chaos Ensemble and perform the text that I had prepared, so I postponed that performance for a later time, snuck downstairs and whipped up a poster for Turbulence – Currents.

The quartet for Turbulence – Currents is basically a slightly larger version of the trio for the last several Perturbations performances.  Perturbations is the Evil Clown Ensemble that features over the top signal processing from Joel in Real time – I keep the unit small (3 instrumentalists or less) to emphasize Joel’s role.  PEK, Michael Caglianone, and John Fugarino have done 3 Perturbation sets together and, also dozens of sets within larger Evil Clown units.  We are very tight now as a horn section, and this session proved to be an interesting variation with the added bass following up on those Perturbation performances.  
I really like this set, and I bet you will too…
-	PEK 9/30/2025


1) currents

2) undertow

Evil Clown 9442
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
20 November 2025

bandcamp:  https://leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/spatial-and-temporal-aspects
YouTube:  https://youtu.be/McHpjcZeKnA
Evil Clown album page:  https://evilclown.rocks/lofcr-spatial-and-temporal-aspects/
Evil Clown Facebook site:  https://www.facebook.com/GiantEvilClown/
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C9AuL2MiUjg/

Leap of Faith
1) Spatial and Temporal Aspects – 1:10:15
2) Space-Time Cubes – 5:36

PEK - clarinet, basset horn, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, glissophone, piccolo oboe, contrabassoon, shenai, sheng, melodica, lfo percolator, lfo violin, spring & chime rod boxes, array mbira, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, syntrx, ms-20, prophet, nord stage 3, gozilla harp, 17-string  bass, [d]ronin, drones, almglocken, orchestral chimes, cow bells, chimes, brontosaurus & tank bells, Tibetan bells, aquasonic, electric chimes, wood & temple blocks, gongs, crotales, glockenspiel, plate gozng, Englephone, danmo, seed pod rattle, ratchet, kalimba, array mbira

Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice

John Fugarino - trumpets, flugelhorn, trombone, French horn, slide whistle, crank siren, balafon, xylophone, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, nord stage 3, prophet, spring & chime rod boxes, shakers, array mbira, kalimba, gongs, almglocken, temple bells, ratchet, wood blocks, Englephone, danmo, clown hammer 

Michael Caglianone - soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet & bass clarinet, flute, melodica, slide whistle, gongs, bell tree, glockenspiel, crotales, orchestral chimes, Englephone, danmo, log drums, brontosaurus bell, cow bells, wood & temple blocks, balafon, xylophone, almglocken, temple bells, orchestral anvils, Tibetan bowls, noise tower, plate gong, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers

Jonathan LaMaster - violin, effects, spring violin, erhu, hulusi, bowed metal, shenai, spring & chime rod boxes, bells, Tibetan chimes, orchestral castanets, voice

Michael Knoblach - bodran, doira, basket of rocks, meditation bells, slinky, mortar & pestle, communion bells, sleigh bells. African rattles, seed pod rattles, axatse, copper bow, fisher price toys, wooden robot, sistum, vibratones, flex-a-tones, the farmer sings toy, marbles, metal chop sticks, meinl helix bowls, ratchet, boxing clown, devil chasers, abacus, lp udder

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

Paul Brennan - camera

Raffi – video mix


1) Spatial and Temporal Aspects

2) Space-Time Cubes

Evil Clown 9445
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
15 December 2025

1) Troughs – 1:10:41
2) Ridges – 5:23

PEK – clarinet, basset horn, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, shenai, piccolo oboe, medieval horn, sheng, melodica, accordion, alto flute, ocarinas, brontosaurus & tank bells, spring & chime rod boxes, 17 string bass, [d]ronin, Godzilla harp, lfo percolator, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, ms-20, prophet, gongs, plate gong, wood & temple blocks, log drums, Englephone, danmo, triangle chimes, Tibetan bells & chimes, almglocken, array mbira, orchestral chimes, array mbira, kalimba, triangle chimes, cow bells

Micheal Caglianone – soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet, flute, melodica, wind siren, Tibetan bells & bowls, Englephone, danmo, balafon, xylophone, almglocken, temple bells, crank siren, log drums, brontosaurus & tank bells, gongs, wood & temple blocks, cow bells, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers

John Fugarino – trumpets, flugelhorn, trombone, valve trombone, French horn, melodica, ocarinas, array mbira, spring & chime rod boxes, orchestral anvils, almglocken, Tibetan bells & bowls, seed pod rattles, brontosaurus & tank bells, triangle chimes, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, nord stage 3, lfo violin, drone

Kelsey Gallagher – clarinet, melodica, talking drum, nord stage 3, moog subsequent, novation peak, Linnstrument controllers, drone phone, ratchet, bells, triangle chimes, Tibetan bowls, seed pod rattles, log drums, wood & temple blocks, cow bells, rubber chickens

Michael Knoblach – bodran, basket of rocks, meditation bells, slinky, riq with wooden zils, water filled mason jar, mortar & pestle, communion bells, sleigh bells, African rattles, seed pod rattles, axatse, copper bow, fisher price toys, wooden robot, sistum, vibratones, flex-a-tones, the farmer sings toy, marbles, metal chop sticks, meinl helix bowls, ratchet, boxing clown, devil chasers, abacus, lp udder

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

Paul Brennan – Camera

Raffi – Video mix



1) Troughs

Liquid Phase - 1:10:14
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- PEK - clarinet and contraalto clarinet, sopranino, alto , tenor & bass saxophones, dulzaina, tarota, contrabassoon, aquasonic, guanzi, hand chimes, melodica, sheng, slide whistles, metal, wood, crank siren, wood flute, game call, kazoo, voice
- Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice, hand chimes
- Matt Schutchfield - violin, cello, electronics, aquasonic, wood, metal, voice
- Lucasz Pavlikovsky - cello, violin, aquasonic
- Silvain Castellano - bass, aquasonic
- Grant Beale - guitar
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Liner Notes by PEK
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In the early Leap of Faith period (early 90s), we did a number of shows with Strings and myself, in fact, for a while the core trio was myself on reeds, Glynis Lomon on cello, and Craig Schildhauer on bass.  String Theory is the extended string section of the Leap of Faith Orchestra, and the current incarnation of this early period Leap of Faith ensemble.  As well as being the string section of the orchestra, String Theory performs and records independently.  Since we rebooted the Leap of Faith project in 2015, we have released 10 albums of string and woodwind improvisations…
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For this session we have Glynis and myself plus LOFO regulars Silvain Castellano on bass, Grant Beale on guitar and Matt Schutchfield, along with newcomer Lucasz Pavlikovsky on cello.  I brought a bunch of the wood and metal percussion for the auxiliary instruments and we did a very nice CD length improvisation!!

Forms of Matter

Liquid Phase

String Thwory - Forms Of Matter

1. Thickness of the Present 01:10:25	
2. What is Now? (download bonus track) 11:04	
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Evil Clown 9196 
Outpost 186, Cambridge MA - 10/20/2018
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- PEK - bamboo soprano, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, clarinet & contraalto clarinet, English horn, tarota, contrabassoon, sheng, melodica, aquasonic, bells 
- Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice 
- Reverend Grant Beale - guitar 
- Łukasz Pavlikovsky - cello, aquasonic 
- Albey onBass - electric bass 
- Silvain Castellano - double bass 
- Adrienne Schoenfeld - double bass
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-------Liner Notes by PEK
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In the early Leap of Faith period (90s), we did a number of shows with Strings and myself, in fact, for a couple of years the core trio was myself on reeds, Glynis Lomon on cello, and Craig Schildhauer on bass. String Theory is the extended string section of the Leap of Faith Orchestra, and the current incarnation of this early period Leap of Faith ensemble. As well as being the string section of the orchestra, String Theory performs and records independently. Since we rebooted the Leap of Faith project in 2015, we have released over 10 albums of string and woodwind improvisations…
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For this session we have Glynis and myself plus LOFO regulars Albey onBass on electric bass, Silvain Castellano on double bass, Grant Beale on guitar and relative newcomers Adrienne Schoenfeld on double bass and Lucasz Pavlikovsky on cello. This ensemble is a very low string quartet with electric bass & guitar and my woodwinds! String players are in high demand and generally pretty busy, so we tend to do fewer String Theory shows and sessions than other Evil Clown ensembles and we sometimes miss some of our great players like Mimi Rabson due to packed schedules… However, this time the schedules were kind to us and we jammed about as many players (7) as we can fit into Outpost 186… I love larger improvisation units with many instruments in the same timbre/sonority sets - These kind of units are capable of making extraordinary textures…
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All of the sub-unit ensembles which feed the Leap of Faith Orchestra are really benefiting from our heavy schedule over the last four years. These players really listen and integrate their ideas into a natural sequence of transformations through diverse sonorities… Stay tuned for more String Theory in the future…

String Theory - What Is Now?

String Theory - Thickness Of The Present

1.  Quantum Entanglement - 1:10:26	
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Evil Clown 9201 
Evil Clown Headquarters, Cambridge MA - 17 November 2018
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- PEK - sopranino, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, clarinet & contraalto clarinet, tarota, mini-bassoon, contrabassoon, tromboon, goat horn, melodica, sheng, wood flute, aquasonic, gong, Tibetan bowls, hand chimes, voice 
- Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice 
- Matt Scutchfield - violin, cello, moogerfooger, aquasonic, flex-a-tone, clown horn, voice 
- Łukasz Pawlikowski - cello, violin, hand chimes, aquasonic 
- Eric Zinman - piano, piano interior, hand chimes
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---YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0FmIRTAeY
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----Liner Notes by PEK
In the early Leap of Faith period (early 90s), we did a number of shows with Strings and myself, in fact, for a while the core trio was myself on reeds, Glynis Lomon on cello, and Craig Schildhauer on bass. String Theory is the extended string section of the Leap of Faith Orchestra, and the current incarnation of this early period Leap of Faith ensemble. As well as being the string section of the orchestra, String Theory performs and records independently. Since we rebooted the Leap of Faith project in 2015, we have released over 10 albums of string and woodwind improvisations…
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For this performance we have Glynis and myself plus LOFO regulars Matt Schutchfield on violin, Lucasz Pavlikovsky on cello and Eric Zinman on piano. I brought a bunch of the wood and metal percussion for the auxiliary instruments and we did a very nice CD length improvisation!!

Quantum Entanglement

String Theory - Quantum Entanglement

- PEK - clarinet & contralto clarinets, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, contrabassoon, bass tromboon, wood flute, sheng, theremin, gongs, flex-a-tone, rattles, rachets, wood blocks, castanets, Tibetan bowls & bells, aquasonic, kazoo, game calls, voice 
- Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice 
- Elinor Speirs - violin, castanets, Tibetan bells, rattle, voice 
- Eric Zinman - piano, piano interior, cymbals
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Liner Notes by PEK
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In the early Leap of Faith (LOF) period (90s), we did a number of shows with Strings and myself, in fact, for a while the core trio was myself on reeds, Glynis Lomon on cello, and Craig Schildhauer on bass.  String Theory is the extended string section of the Leap of Faith Orchestra, and the current incarnation of this early period Leap of Faith ensemble.  As well as being the string section of the orchestra, String Theory performs and records independently.  Since we rebooted the Leap of Faith project in 2015, we have released over 10 albums of string and woodwind improvisations…
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For this set, Glynis and I are joined by one of our favorite violinists, Elinor Speirs, and pianist Eric Zinman from Glynis’ other trio New Language Collaborative (NLC).  Elinor first did a Leap of Faith session last summer just before joining the LOFO performance of Cosmological Horizons at Killian Hall MIT in July of 2018.  She has finished her DMA at New England Conservatory and now splits her time between New York and Boston.  Despite her crazy travel schedule, she has managed to make time for more Leap of Faith sets recorded at Evil Clown Headquarters and now this String Theory performance at Outpost 186.  
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Eric, Glynis and I all go way back, since Eric was on the Boston Free Music scene when I arrived in 1989, and we played back then.  During the long Leap of Faith hiatus, Eric played a great deal with Glynis and the brilliant drummer Syd Smart in NLC.  In more recent times. Eric has been the regular pianist for the Leap of Faith Orchestra and a frequent guest in smaller Leap of Faith ensembles, Metal Chaos Ensemble, and String Theory.
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This performance is a very interesting development in this history, combining long prior history with Eric and recent small format Leap of Faith performances with Elinor.  One of the main characteristics of String Theory compared to Leap of Faith is the absence of a drummer.  We love Yuri’s playing and there are many wonderful performances by LOF with additional strings, but occasionally we do the strings without drum set.  String Theory, as a result, has a much more chamber music vibe than Evil Clown albums by the other bands.  Although Yuri is absent, there is still percussion, just no drum set; I brought some gongs and a couple bags of wood and metal instruments and Eric included several cymbals in his piano set up, and also played the piano interior with mallets… 
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PEK, 19 May 2019
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Selected Previous String Theory Sets:
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String Theory - Quantum Entanglement
bandcamp - https://stringtheory6.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-entanglement
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0FmIRTAeY
Evil Clown site - http://www.evilclown.rocks/st-quantum-entanglement.html
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String Theory - Thickness of the Present
bandcamp - https://stringtheory6.bandcamp.com/album/thickness-of-the-present
YouTube -
Thickness of the Present: https://youtu.be/9d_g7dlJQOc
What is Now?: https://youtu.be/KKFobSOUgiE
Evil Clown site - http://www.evilclown.rocks/st-thickness-of-the-present.html
squidco - http://www.squidco.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=27216
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String Theory - Forms of Matter
bandcamp - https://stringtheory6.bandcamp.com/album/forms-of-matter
YouTube - https://youtu.be/vhLkgcoK4bo
Evil Clown site - http://www.evilclown.rocks/st-forms-of-matter.html
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3 of 9 Dimensions

String Theory - 3 Of 9 Dimensions

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

String Theory - Quantum Entanglement

PEK (CEO of Evil Clown)