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
Evil Clown
Audio CD Evil Clown 9237
Leap of Faith - Sense and Understanding
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1. Sense - 18:56
2. Understanding - 50:53
Outpost 186, Cambridge MA
21 September 2019
Audio CD Evil Clown 9057
Leap of Faith ‐ Superalloys
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1) Thermal Creep Deformation ‐ 38:38
2) Yield Strength Anomaly ‐ 35:45
Studio 234, Cambridge MA ‐ 4/8/2015
PEK ‐ clarinets, saxophones, double reeds, tarogato, aquasonic, metal, voice (1,2)
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, aquasonic, metal, voice (1,2)
Steve Norton ‐ clarinets, saxophones, metal (1,2)
Yuri Zbitnov ‐ drums, percussion, metal (1,2)
Eric Zinman ‐ piano, metal, percussion (1,2)
Yedidyah Syd Smart ‐ metal (2)
audio CD Evil Clown 9174
Leap of Faith ‐ Semantic Differentials
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1) A Measure of Connotative Meaning - 1:00:45
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA -5 April 2018
PEK ‐ clarinet & contrabass clarinet, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, english horn, mussette, alto flute, [d]ronin, daxophone, ms-20, aquasonic, sheng, accordion, wood, metal, hand chimes
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, aquasonic, voice, metal, hand chimes
Mimi Rabson ‐ violin, metal, hand chimes
Yuri Zbitnov - drums, daiko, crotales, [d]ronin, daxophone, wood, metal
PEK - saxophones, clarinets, double reeds, daxophone, sheng + (1,2)
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice + (1,2)
Yuri Zbitnov - drums, log drums, gong, metal, wood, daxophone + (1,2)
Matt Scutchfield - violin +(1)
Junko Fujiwara - cello +(1)
Charlie Kohlhase - saxophones + (1)
Dan O’Brien - flutes, clarinets, saxophones +(1)
Bob Moores - trumpet + (1)
Forbes Graham - trumpet + (1)
Kat Dobbins - trombone + (1)
Dave Harris - trombone, tuba + (1)
Zack Grass - bass trombone, tuba + (1)
Grant Beale - guitar, wood + (1)
Eric Zinman - piano, kazoo, slide whistle, wood + (1)
Tony Leva - bass + (1,2)
Silvain Castellano - bass + (1)
Syd Smart - drums, percussion + (1,2)
Joe Hartigan - drums, percussion + (1)
(+) Ensemble Auxiliary Instruments:
bullroarers, claves, melodicas, flex-a-tones, bells, tibetan bowls, rachets, tube-o-phone, rachets, wood blocks
Michael Knoblach - Bodhran, jaw harp, copper bowl, enamel bowls, sand blocks, African circumcision rattles, slinky, tit-fers, wooden billiards triangle, train whistle, acme siren whistle, meinl helix bowls, scraper, xmas ornaments, clock chime, marbles in plastic container, tiny sleigh bells, glass furniture carpet protectors, ratchets, tiny seed pod shakers, huge & medium seed pods, gong, party time balloon pump, fishing reel, wooden robot, Griswold cast iron skillets, nails in baby food jar, flex-a-tones, horses-ass-a-phone, vibratones, whisk, abacuses, metal pot scrubbers, basket of rocks, turtle skin rattle, egg beater, happy apple, pitchforks, devil chasers, wood shakers, fisher price turtle, fisher price bee, first years clown, humpty dumpty toy, spooky world noise makers, plastic tubes, castanets, Victorian children’s rattles, antique Asian bronze children’s rattles, healing balls, mortar & pestle, confirmation bells, wooden bell, sleigh bells, elephant bell, sistrum, antique sheep shears, axatse, scalp massagers, basket rattles, metal rattle, African wood blocks with stone inside, Chicxulub dinosaur and star teething rings, bags of marbles, water filled mason jar, magic wands, water filled lobster pot, palm frond rattles, plastic ball rattles, American Percussion busy box drum
Joel Simches - Live to 2-track recording, real time signal processing
Raffi - video mix
Audio CD Evil Clown 9164
Leap of Faith Orchestra - SuperClusters
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1) Leap of Faith Orchestra- SuperClusters (x)
2) Leap of Faith - GigaParsecs (x)
(Download Bonus Track of opening set)
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CD Evil Clown 9301
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Spectral Sequences - 1:04:51
Lilypad, Cambridge MA
26 March 2022
PEK ‐ clarinet & contrabass clarinets, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, tarota, bass ocarina, bass tromboon, goat horn, melodica, gongs, Tibetan bowls & bells, almgocken, whistle
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, aquasonic, voice
Vance Provey - trumpet, flugelhorn
Albey onBass - electric upright bass
Nate McBride - double & electric basses
Eric Rosenthal - Eric Rosenthal - drums
PEK - clarinet, contraalto clarinet, alto, tenor & baritone saxophones, oboe,
dulzaina, contrabassoon, bass trombone, sheng, daxophone, flex-a-tone,
rachet, plate gong, aquasonic,fog horns, taxi horn, wind siren, metal (1,2)
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice (1,2)
Yuri Zbitnov - lead gong, drum set, daiko, festival drum, balafon, metal, wood (1,2)
Andria Nicodemou - vibes, crotales, metal (2)
Bob Moores - trumpet, large temple bowl (2)
Forbes Graham - trumpet, Tibetan bowl, flex-a-tones (2)
Dan O’Brien - clarinets, bass clarinet, alto & tenor saxophones, flute, Tibetan
Bowl (2)
Zach Bartolomei - soprano & alto saxophones, clarinet, rachet, melodica (2)
Kat Dobbins - trombone, Tibetan bowl, plate gong (2)
David Harris - trombone, tuba, rachet (2)
John Baylies - tubas, flex-a-tones (2)
Mimi Rabson - violin, flex-a-tones (1,2)
Matt Scutchfield - violin, Atlantis gong, flex-a-tones (2)
Helen Sherrah-Davies - violin, flex-a-tones (2)
Brendan Higgens - bass, rachet (2)
Tony Leva - bass, rachet (2)
Drew Wesley - guitar, rachet (2)
Grant Beale - guitar, flex-a-tone (2)
Peter Cassino - piano (2)
Kevin Dacey - drum set, vibes, timpani, metal, wood , balafon (1,2)
Sydney Smart - electronic percussion, drum set (2)
Audio CD Evil Clown 9125
Leap of Faith Orchestra - Supernovae
Somerville Armory - Somerville, Massachusetts
19 November 2016
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Leap of Faith Orchestra
1) Supernovae (PEK) - 1:17:10
Leap of Faith
2) Luminus - 20:17 (warm up set - download bonus track)
PEK - (1,2) - clarinet & contralto clarinet, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, tarota, English horn, sheng, contrabassoon,wood flute, melodica, game calls, Tibetan bowls, bells, wood blocks, rachet, gong, voice
Glynis Lomon - (2) cello, aquasonic, voice
Kat Dobbins - (1,2) trombone, rubber band, stomping, clapping, voice
Bob Moores (1,2) - trumpet, game calls, wood flute
Yuri Zbitnov - drums, Tibetan bowls, wood blocks, Paiste gong, metal, wood, voice
Audio CD Evil Clown 9074
Leap of Faith ‐ Rigour
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1) Intuition - 30:27
2) Proof - 48:47
Zeitgeist Gallery , Cambridge MA - mid to late 90s
PEK ‐ clarinets, saxophones, bassoon, voice (1,2)
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, voice (1,2)
Mark McGrain - trombone (1,2)
Craig Schildhauer - bass ((2)
Yedidyah Syd Smart - drums (1,2)
Audio CD Evil Clown 9349
Leap of Faith ‐ Spooky Action at a Distance
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1) Spooky Action at a Distance - 57:50
2) Existing in Multiple States at Once - 18:14
Lilypad, Cambridge MA - 19 September 2023
PEK ‐ clarinet & contralto clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, piccolo oboe, tarota, Tibetan bowl, clave, whistling
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, aquasonic, voice
Michael Caglianone – soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet, melodica, water bottle
John Fugarino - trumpet, slide trumpet, flugelhorn
Tom Swafford - violin
Kit Demos - bass
Eric Rosenthal - drums
Paul Brennan –photos
audio CD Evil Clown 9346
Leap of Faith ‐ Scrying
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1) Scrying – 1:09:47 2) Divination – 5:29
PEK ‐ clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, tarota, melodica, syntrx, nord stage 3, prophet, korg m20, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, guqin, nagoya, tank cello, spring & chime rod boxes, crotales, glockenspiel, gongs, plate gong, brontosaurus & tank bells, cow bells, flex-a-tone, wood blocks, Tibetan bowls & bells, seed pod rattle, almglocken, orchestral anvils & castanets, balafon, xylophone, gavel
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, aquasonic, voice, metal, hand chimes
Michael Caglianone - soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet, melodica, array mbira, spring and chime rod boxes, flex-a-tone, gongs log drums, wood blocks, brontosaurus, tank & cow bells, water bottle
Albey onBass - electric upright bass
Audio CD Evil Clown 9077
Leap of Faith - Riemann Surfaces
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1) Complex Plane - 35:36
New Revolution Arts, Brooklyn, NY - 8/15/2015
2) Manifolds - 32:29
Lily Pad, Cambridge, MA - 8/4/2015
PEK - clarinets, saxophones, double reeds, aquasonic, metal, voice
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
Steve Norton - clarinets, saxophones, metal
Yuri Zbitnov - drums, metal, voice
Audio CD Evil Clown 9076
Thomas Herberer / Leap of Faith - Solution Concepts
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Leap of Faith
1) Subgame - 39:24
Thomas Heberer Solo
2) The Great Hill - 4:41 (Heberer)
3) Teodoro - 5:08 (Heberer)
4) Mongezi - 3:32 (Heberer)
5) Loose Ends - 4:40 (Heberer)
Leap of Faith with special guest Thomas Heberer
6) Information Sets - 21:53
Downtown Music Gallery, Manhattan - 16 August 2015
Thomas Heberer - cornet (2-6)
PEK - tenor sax, piccolo oboe, clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, voice (1,6)
Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice (1,6)
Steve Norton - sopranino sax, alto clarinet, alto saxophone (1,6)
Yuri Zbitnov - drums, metal, voice (1,6)
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Audio CD Evil Clown 9049
Leap of Faith ‐ Stochastic Processes
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1) Probability Spaces (aka Number 3) ‐ 17:22
Unknown Venue ‐ probably 2000
2) State Spaces ‐ 43:03
Evil Clown Headquarters ‐ 12/21/1995
PEK ‐ clarinets, saxophones, bassoon (1,2)
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, voice (1,2)
Mark McGrain ‐ trombone (2)
James Coleman ‐ theremin (1)
Yuri Zbitnov ‐ drums (1)
Audio CD Evil Clown 9022
Leap of Faith ‐ Spontaneous Exploding Cello
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1) Combustion ‐ 37:34
2) Spontaneous Exploding Cello ‐ 9:59
Twisted Village, Cambridge MA ‐ 4/3/1999
3) Exothermic Chemical Reactions ‐ 29:06
Unknown Venue, probably 2000
PEK ‐ clarinets, saxophones, bassoon (1‐3)
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, voice (1‐3)
James Coleman ‐ theremin (3)
Yuri Zbitnov ‐ percussion, voice (3)
Audio CD Evil Clown 9010
Leap of Faith ‐ Splines
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1) Splines ‐ 53:11
Boston Dance Company, Cambridge MA ‐ 2 May 1998
PEK ‐ clarinets, saxophones, bassoon
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, voice
Craig Schildhauer ‐ bass
Adrienne T Hawkins ‐ dance
Audio CD Evil Clown 9024
Leap of Faith ‐ Spatio‐Temporal Symmetires
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1) Poincaré Transformations ‐ 17:50
2) Projective Transformations ‐ 32:49
3) Inversion Transformations ‐ 16:00
Twisted Village, Cambridge MA ‐ 3/22/1997
PEK ‐ clarinets, saxophones, bassoon
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, voice
Craig Schildhauer ‐ bass
Data CD m4a files Evil Clown 9017
Leap of Faith ‐ Sinusoidal Voltages
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1) Angular Frequency ‐ 52:14
2) kVA ‐ 33:04
WCRB, Columbia University, NYC ‐ 8/10/1995
PEK ‐ clarinets, saxophones
Glynis Lomon ‐ cello, voice
Craig Schildhauer ‐ bass
Sydney Smart ‐ drums
Leap of Faith - Recordings