String Theory - Thickness Of The Present by PEK (CEO of Evil Clown)

1. Thickness of the Present 01:10:25
2. What is Now? (download bonus track) 11:04
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Evil Clown 9196
Outpost 186, Cambridge MA - 10/20/2018
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- PEK - bamboo soprano, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, clarinet & contraalto clarinet, English horn, tarota, contrabassoon, sheng, melodica, aquasonic, bells
- Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
- Reverend Grant Beale - guitar
- Łukasz Pavlikovsky - cello, aquasonic
- Albey onBass - electric bass
- Silvain Castellano - double bass
- Adrienne Schoenfeld - double bass
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-------Liner Notes by PEK
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In the early Leap of Faith period (90s), we did a number of shows with Strings and myself, in fact, for a couple of years the core trio was myself on reeds, Glynis Lomon on cello, and Craig Schildhauer on bass. String Theory is the extended string section of the Leap of Faith Orchestra, and the current incarnation of this early period Leap of Faith ensemble. As well as being the string section of the orchestra, String Theory performs and records independently. Since we rebooted the Leap of Faith project in 2015, we have released over 10 albums of string and woodwind improvisations…
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For this session we have Glynis and myself plus LOFO regulars Albey onBass on electric bass, Silvain Castellano on double bass, Grant Beale on guitar and relative newcomers Adrienne Schoenfeld on double bass and Lucasz Pavlikovsky on cello. This ensemble is a very low string quartet with electric bass & guitar and my woodwinds! String players are in high demand and generally pretty busy, so we tend to do fewer String Theory shows and sessions than other Evil Clown ensembles and we sometimes miss some of our great players like Mimi Rabson due to packed schedules… However, this time the schedules were kind to us and we jammed about as many players (7) as we can fit into Outpost 186… I love larger improvisation units with many instruments in the same timbre/sonority sets - These kind of units are capable of making extraordinary textures…
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All of the sub-unit ensembles which feed the Leap of Faith Orchestra are really benefiting from our heavy schedule over the last four years. These players really listen and integrate their ideas into a natural sequence of transformations through diverse sonorities… Stay tuned for more String Theory in the future…