PEK and Yuri Zbitnov's working project exploring chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments using a wide range of sonorities, including gongs, chimes, glockenspiel, Tibetan Bowls and other metallic sounds and horns, plus accompaniment tracks, with special guests Bob Moores on trumpet and guitar and Eric Woods on analog synth and performing real time Signal Processing.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2018 Country: USA Packaging: Digipack Recorded at Evil Clown Headquarters, in Waltham, Massachustus, on April, 12th, 2018
Personnel:
David Peck (PEK)-clarinet clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass saxophone, mussette, tarota, English horn, electric cello, [d]ronin, daxophone, synthesizer, orchestral chimes, electric kazoo, wood, metal, Ableton
Bob Moores-trumpet, guitar, electric cello, hand chimes, voice
"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 bands. 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.
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.
Along with MCE founders Yuri and PEK and an Ableton mix, this set features special guests Bob Moores on trumpet and guitar and Eric Woods on analog synth. As we have added additional resources to the Arsenal, the Signal Processing and new instruments have increased the complexity of the mix. We welcome Joel Simchez on this session to run the live to 2 track mix and perform real time Signal Processing. Joel's presence really enabled us to up the ante on the set up and we used basically every input on the mixers for some signal in the room."-PEK, liner notes