Evil Clown Newsletter 8/30/2015

On Leap of Faith: "Alien yet familiar, bizarre yet completely fascinating. Expanding, contracting, erupting, settling down, always as one force..." - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG

On Metal Chaos Ensemble: "... using unique strategies to yield densely active and eerily surreal music, an incredible excursion through experimental improvisation." - Squidco website staff

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6) New YouTube Videos

The LOFO will be an expanded Leap of Faith with the core ensemble of PEK, Glynis Lomon, Steve Norton and Yuri Zbitnov together with an expanded percussion section, an expanded string section and an expanded wind section. The percussion section is Metal Chaos Ensemble, the horn section is Turbulence, and the string section is String Theory. Each of these extended sections has a gig planed with LOF this year in the usual LOF format – 2 bands play 3 sets, on each and then one together. During the first half of next year we will again do these three shows. These sets will all use our pure improvisation format. After these shows, which will tighten us up in a variety of smaller versions of the orchestra, we’ll do our full first orchestra performance. For the orchestra, I will create a score utilizing frame notation to control who is playing at any given point in the performance with time code displayed to the ensemble. There will also be some written directions in the score defining pre-planned sonorities and perhaps even some notated lines or harmony. I used these techniques in Expansions, performed at Mobius in 1994, although that composition included far more notated material that I am likely to use for LOFO.

I plan to do two or three performances by the orchestra in 2016 / early 2017 preparing to perform at the Stone in Manhattan (assuming I can get us a gig there) – probably the premiere venue anywhere for new music performance. We will also try to do a core LOF gig roughly once per quarter in NYC to help build a New York City audience.

Ensembles have been fleshed out for each of the three extended sections…

Metal Chaos Ensemble
PEK - clarinets, saxes, double reeds, metal, voice
Yuri Zbitnov - drums, metal, voice
Andria Nicodemoundria - vibraphone
Matt Samolis - bowed cymbals, flute, metal
Kevin Dacey – metal

Turbulence
PEK - clarinets, saxes, double reeds
Steve Norton - clarinets, saxes
Charlie Kohlhase - alto and baritone saxes
Keith Hedger - trumpet
Bill Lowe - trombone, tuba
David Harris - trombone, tuba

String Theory
PEK - clarinets, saxes, double reeds, aquasonic
Clara Kebabian - violin, viola
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
Jane Wang - cello
Kit Demos - bass
Anthony Leva – bass

5) Long term plans for

Leap of Faith Orchestra

Lots of progress has been made on the webpage. Following is a list of key new features:

Sparkles and Other Art page featuring new painting – Introducing… …Sunshine
Reviews page with new reviews – reviews now easier to find
http://www.giantevilclown.com/review-factorizations-concert.html
http://www.giantevilclown.com/review-solution-concepts.html
New sets added to Historic Photos and Videos page featuring a bunch of newly scanned lost photos
Fractal slideshows
Fractal Movies

4) New Webpage content

Also got to a batch of new releases from the deep catalog...

I found some recordings that had been directly recorded onto CD and weren't on any DAT tape masters previously released.. So new gems from the deep Evil Clown archive!!!

Four new titles from three versions of Leap of Faith and one from the incredible late Raqib Hassan...

Rigour
From the early period with PEK, Glynis Lomon. Mark McGrain and Syd Smart...
https://leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/rigour
http://www.giantevilclown.com/lof-rigour.html

Absolute Motion

From the late period with PEK, Glynis Lomon, James Coleman, and Yuri Zbitnoff...
https://leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/absolute-motion
http://www.giantevilclown.com/lof-absolute-motion.html

From the late period with PEK, Glynis Lomon and Eric Zinman
https://leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/paths
http://www.giantevilclown.com/lof-paths.html

Enlightenemnt
From the late 90s with Raqib Hassan, PEK, Yuri Zbitnoff and Sharran

recorded at Mass College of Art with a real time fractal video mix

https://raqibhassan.bandcamp.com/album/enlightenment
http://www.giantevilclown.com/rh-cosmocentric---enlgihtenment.html

and featuring the full video on YouTube

Cosomcentric at Mass College of Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHnH4j8mFV8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udDgdHikpfE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGESdAV-N90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV5p-pX6dF0

3) New deep catalog releases

The little tour we did in NYC on 15 and 16 August was a tremendous success…. We played to full rooms of enthusiastic audiences at New Revolution Arts in Brooklyn on Saturday the 15th and at Downtown Music Gallery on Sunday the 16th.

I produced three new albums from the two shows along with one track from our show at Lily Pad in Cambridge early in August.

New Release 1: Factorizations -

recorded at New Revolution Arts on 8/15 - Two tracks from the incredible Steve Swell from his solo trombone set, and the third set with Steve sitting in with Leap of Faith...

Paul Acquaro concert review on freejazzblog:
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2015/08/leap-of-faith-wsteve-swell-live-at.html

Streaming, Downloads, and CD Orders on bandcamp
https://leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/factorizations

YouTube video shot by supper free-bag supporter Kevin Reilly
Steve Swell Set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os61eiUPIV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYPnk7XI80o
LOF + Steve Swell Set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brBl1kDqhlQ

New Release 2: Riemann Surfaces -

recorded at New Revolution Arts in Brooklyn on 8/15 and at Lily Pad in Cambridge on 8/4

Paul Acquaro concert review on freejazzblog:
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2015/08/leap-of-faith-wsteve-swell-live-at.html

Streaming, Downloads, and CD Orders on bandcamp
https://leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/riemann-surfaces

YouTube video shot by super free-bag supporters Kevin Reilly and Keith Martin
New Revolution Arts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VAdJVRPA3Y
Lily Pad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1w4fx4CZjo&feature=youtu.be

Evil Clown Website page at

http://www.giantevilclown.com/lof-riemann-surfaces.html

New Release 3: Solution Concepts -

recorded at Downtown Music Gallery in Manhattan on 8/16
Featuring Leap of Faith, the awesome Thomas Heberer on cornet with 4 tracks from his solo set + the third set with Leap of Faith and Thomas together

Streaming, Downloads, and CD Orders on bandcamp
https://leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/solution-concepts

Evil Clown Website page at

http://www.giantevilclown.com/lof-solution-concepts.html

Bruce Lee Gallanter review at

http://www.giantevilclown.com/review-solution-concepts.html

2) New York Tour -

Three New Leap of Faith Releases

1) Upcoming Performances

Hyperbolic Spirals
A Night of Pure Improvisation

9/12/2015
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powder House Blvd
Somerville, MA 02144
Suggested donation $10 to $15

First concert in the construction of the Leap of Faith Orchestra – core Leap of Faith + expanded percussion

3 Sets
8:00
Metal Chaos Ensemble - Asymptotes
9:00
Leap of Faith - Ordinate Approaches
10:00
Both Groups Together - Transcendental Plane Curves

Metal Chaos Ensemble
PEK - clarinets, saxes, double reeds, metal, aquasonic, voice
Yuri Zbitnov - drums, metal, voice
Andria Nicodemou - vibraphone
Matt Samolis - bowed cymbals, flute, metal
Kevin Dacey - metal

Leap of Faith
PEK - clarinets, saxes, double reeds, metal, aquasonic, voice
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
Steve Norton - clarinets, saxes
Yuri Zbitnov - drums, metal, voice

Facebook Event at
https://www.facebook.com/events/821594874628273/

Flow Regimes – A Night of Pure Improvisation
10/27/2015
Lily Pad – Cambridge, MA

Set I – Turbulence

(wind ensemble with PEK, Steve Norton, Bill Lowe, David Harris, Keith Hedger & Charlie Kohlhase)
Set II – Leap of Faith core ensemble
Set III – both groups together

Facebook event not yet created…

Supersymmetries – A Night of Pure Improvisation
12/15/2015
Lily Pad – Cambridge MA

Set I – String Theory

(string ensemble with PEK, Glynis Lomon, Kit Demos, Clara Kebabian, Jane Wang, Anthony Leva)
Set II – Leap of Faith core ensemble
Set III – both groups together

Facebook event not yet created…

Things have continued to be very busy recently at Evil Clown Headquarters…

Main links to web content:
Evil Clown webpage http://www.giantevilclown.com/
PEK YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCprJy4kMIRs51FIFQF12dw/videos
Kevin Reilly YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Kjreilly/videos
Bandcamp, for Streaming, Downloads and CD Orders https://evilclown.bandcamp.com/

In this newsletter…

1) Upcoming Performances
2) Successful mini-tour of NYC – 3 new releases
3) 4 new releases from the deep catalog
4) New Webpage content
5) Long term plans for Leap of Faith Orchestra
6) New YouTube videos uploaded

Evil Clown Newsletter 8/30/2015