Extracting the leader from a multitude of ensembles, David Peck's solo album has him performing on tenor saxophone, bass saxophone, clarinet, contraalto clarinet, bassoon, tarota, hand chimes, accordion, [d]ronin, wood, metal, aquasonic, daxophone, Atlantis gong, plus pre-recorded mixes adding a "soloist with tape" aspect to his complex and rich performance.
Format: CDR Condition: New Released: 2018 Country: USA Packaging: Jewel Case Recorded at Evil Clown Headquarters, in Waltham, Massachusetts, on March 5th, 2018.
"Every once in a while there is a break in the Evil Clown schedule and I have a little time for a solo session. In the 90s, I did solo performances occasionally - which presented several challenges. I like to work in a long form with lots of instrument changes, so I came up with several tricks for rapidly changing horns while continuing the improvisation...
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.
On my last solo album, Thulsa Doom (2017), I first used one of these mixes to accompany my solo - this is a bit more like the idea of 20th century classical composition tradition of Soloist with Tape, than the improvisation tradition of unaccompanied solo, but it neatly solves the problem of a long-form continuous solo performance with instrument changes. The big difference is the solo part is completely improvised...
This is my first solo effort that uses the full length of the CD as a single work, something which we do as a matter of course in Leap of Faith and many of the other Evil Clown Ensembles."-David Peck (PEK)