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Transmutations

by Leap Of Faith

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    ---Liner Notes by PEK
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    Leap of Faith is the core duet of the Leap of Faith Orchestra (LOFO) comprised of PEK on clarinets, saxophones, double reeds & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice. The ensemble is based in Boston and dates back to the early 90s. We utilize a huge arsenal of additional Evil Clown instruments to improvise long works featuring transformations across highly varied sonorities. At times, the core unit has been a trio or even a quartet. The longest running core unit was comprised of PEK, Glynis and drummer Yuri Zbitnov, who played for the last couple of years of the archival period and the first 5 years of the reboot starting in 2015. The ensemble has always been highly modular, and our many recordings (well over 100) feature the core unit in dozens of configurations with a huge list of guests and occasionally as only the core unit with no guests. Currently, the core unit is the duet of PEK and Lomon and we are regularly presenting LIVESTREAMs to YouTube from Evil Clown Headquarters with other guest performers.
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    Bonnie Kane, an Evil Clown regular, hosts a series in Holyoke MA called the Friday Experiment. It’s a great monthly series with each night featuring tight sets by several bands and a group jam at the end. Holyoke is about 90 minutes west of the Boston Area, so Bonnie travels a ways to get here for Evil Clown sessions. Bonnie’s drummer John Loggia has also appeared on several Turbulence Orchestra sessions with Bonnie and a bunch of other horn players. They have been a duet for the last 6 or 7 years and have also played together in various other settings.
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    Albey onBass (Balgochian) showed up in Boston about two years before the pandemic with his wife, the poet Jane Spokenword. Albey rapidly became an Evil Clown regular performing many times in a bunch of the ensembles. Just before the pandemic Albey and Jane moved to New Orleans where they stayed through the virus. About a year back, they returned to New York but are also frequently in Boston. I schedule as many sets as I can when I know Albey will be in town.
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    Newbie Chris Alford makes his debut Evil Clown appearance on this session. He lives still in New Orleans, but his wife is originally from the Boston area. They were in town for about a month and Albey reached out asking if he could join in on this set. Albey, and generally everyone, is welcome to suggest players for the roster, so I immediately agreed!
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    Leap of Faith has had a huge number of configurations of guests over the years. Sometimes we play with musicians who play at the quiet end of the dynamic spectrum, usually we play with musicians who vary the dynamics significantly over the course of the improvisation, and sometimes we play loud and strong throughout…. This set definitely belongs to the last group and is the most like the free improvisation school of Energy Music currently in the Leap of Faith catalog. Metal Chaos Ensemble and Simulacrum are the Evil Clown ensembles that tend to be louder and have more rock elements. For Transmutation, the Energy Music dynamic is apparent, but the music has more free jazz elements than rock elements…
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    I like this Set and I bet you will too. Check it out!
    - 7/16/2022
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Evil Clown 9315
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA – 14 July 2022

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released July 16, 2022

. PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, sopranino, alto, & tenor saxophones, alto flute, bass tromboon, tarota, novation peak, moog subsequent, prophet, syntrix, Linnstrument controllers, 17 string bass, fog horn, [d]ronin, spring and chime boxes, Tibetan bowl, almglocken, crotales, orchestral chimes, brontosaurus & tank bells, gongs, plate gong, balafon, glockenspiel, log drums, wood blocks, temple blocks, chimes, orchestral anvils, baby bomb piano, orchestral castanets, Englephone, gopichand
. Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
. Bonnie Kane – tenor sax, flute, electronics
. Chris Alford – guitar, signal processing
. Albey onBass - fretless bass guitar, novation peak, gong
. John Loggia - drums, Tibetan bowls, gomg, percussion
. Joel Simches - Live to 2-track mix, real time signal processing
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YouTube: youtu.be/FFinBkutz7M
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Recent Leap of Faith sets:
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Resonance Energy (2/11/2024)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eAdTsuZUpA
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-resonance-energy/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/resonance-energy
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LOF Chinese Orchestra - Magic Squares (1/27/2024)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5DQ-is4Px0
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-magic-squares/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/magic-squares
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Radiation Patterns (1/20/2024)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YXDw5Qlb2Q
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-radiation/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/radiation-patterns
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Cyclic Models (12/9/2023)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZxIvl7ug4
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-cyclic-models/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/cyclic-models
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Interconnected by Testable Relations (11/18/2023)
YouTube: LOF www.youtube.com/watch?v=5skEhdB9eC0
YouTube: KLH www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIJGxi4TS4E
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-interconnected/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/interconnected-by-testable-relations
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Quest for Uncertainty (11/12/2023)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdK3rpDia-k
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-quest/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/quest-for-uncertainty
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Lexical and Syntactic Ambiguities (10/14/2023)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySN9m9DWJ_c
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-lexical/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/lexical-and-syntactic-ambiguities
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Spooky Action at a Distance (9/19/2023)
YouTube: 1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRlgtfTP5No 2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIpJxBAKA_0
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/8650-2/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/spooky-action-at-a-distance
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Graviton Propagates (9/9/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/cL0KHY1KgMY
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-graviton-propagates/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/graviton-propagates
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Scrying (8/31/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/omeLdl9kuho
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-scrying/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/scrying
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Emergent Spacetime (6/6/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/RaJ4lgDpRNU
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-emergent-spacetime/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/emergent-spacetime
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The Origin of Mass (5/13/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/9mTkoqM8Ny4
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-origin-of-mass/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/the-origin-of-mass
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Geodetic Drift (5/2/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/0DJKI-6FK5s
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-geodetic-drift/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/geodetic-drift
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LOF Chinese Orchestra - Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns (4/1/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/ZGdXZ1JKiCc
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofocor-jade-mirror/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/jade-mirror-of-the-four-unknowns
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Degrees of Freedom (3/18/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/aveYETJNPX8
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-degrees-of-freedom/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/degrees-of-freedom
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Taxonomic Dilemma (2/11/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/3bIBCS1vB6o
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-taxonomic-dilemma/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/taxonomic-dilemma
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Cosmic String Loops (5/7/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/8HYHZsZCTNo
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-cosmic-string/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-string-loops
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Ordered and Disordered Localities (4/14/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/ZkWsiUK9Jqs
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-ordered-and-disordered/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/ordered-and-disordered-localities
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Quantum Jitters (4/10/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/A08rK5JKyf0
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-quantum-jitters/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-jitters
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Spectral Sequences (3/26/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/Yb-C8TUtxF4
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-spectral-seq/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/spectral-sequences
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Laws of Crystal Forms (2/26/2022)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDtxGGc8t0A&t=36s
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/7720-2/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/laws-of-crystal-forms
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Undulations in the Spatial Field (1/15/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/NZrKIiVFHoE
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-undulations/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/undulations-in-the-spatial-field
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Meaning Arising:
YouTube: youtu.be/R6iBbv6In08
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-meaning-arising/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/meaning-arising
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Revealing the Essence (10/13/2021)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O3CtOlLPYk
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-revealing/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/revealing-the-essence
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Coherence Disturbed (9/29/2021)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyX8JIr8MEo
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-coherence-disturbed/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/coherence-disturbed
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Loops of Gravitational Force (9/25/2021)
YouTube: youtu.be/lkoUAEbB_fo
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/7754-2/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/loops-of-gravitational-force
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Lattice (5/23/2021)
YouTube: youtu.be/XfEE1cEY0t0
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-lattice/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/lattice
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Imaginary Perspectives (5/23/2021)
YouTube: youtu.be/DJUM8BAxu5g
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-imaginary-perspectives/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-perspectives
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True Representations of Reality (6/14/2020)
YouTube:
No 1: Symbols www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUZ1iHYNj3E
No 2: Ideographs www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5JMJkUJaQ
No 3: Hieroglyphics www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFyjOPE26pI
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-true-represent/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/true-representations-of-reality
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Trajectories (2/27/2020)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhA8A9sXRYM
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-trajectories/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/trajectories
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The Observed Present (2/15/2020)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPgMBQqQw9A&t=485s
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-observed-present/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/the-observed-present
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Principles of an Open Future (1/23/2020, 2/13/2020)
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUdL4D29g_o&t=2s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJa-tgPtQZc&t=2s
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-principles/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/principles-of-an-open-future
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Phenomena (1/23/2020, 2/13/2020)
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=chUg6ibsevk&t=5s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WSg6cHOcxY&t=2s
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-phenomena/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/phenomena

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Leap of Faith is a long-term collaboration active from 1993 to 2001 and resuming in 2015 between Glynis Lomon (cello, voice) and PEK (clarinets, saxes, double reeds, voice) with various other regulars (Mark McGrain trombone, Craig Schildhauer bass, Yuri Zbitnov drums, James Coleman theremin, Steve Norton saxes, clarinets) + many guests. Pure improv with little or no planning prior to performance ... more

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