Metal Chaos Ensemble
Introducing… … Sunshine!
Excerpt from Bruce Lee Gallanter Review
“… This is one of the more low-key Metal Chaos sets but it does build into more intense, spirited sections. This disc is perhaps the only one from Metal Chaos that has a few more relaxed sections which show that this band is not always nightmarish as they seem. I guess there is some “sunshine” at the end of the tunnel here, as the title indicates. The suspense here is well constructed and well-placed.…”
Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
Introducing… … Sunshine!:
Metal Chaos Ensemble
Evil Clown Headquarters – 29 July 2015
1) Introducing… … Sunshine! 1:02:48
PEK – tenor and soprano saxophones, contra-alto clarinet, oboe, piccolo oboe, contrabassoon, bagpipe chanter, hulusi, theremin, MS-20, aquasonic, electronics, metal, voice
Yuri Zbitnov – metal, drums, percussion, voice, electronics
Greg Grinnell – electronics, laptop, real-time sampling, trumpet, saz cura
Kenny Maurais – bass, metal
Kevin Dacey – metal, drums, percussion, Korg MS-20, aquasonic
Bruce Lee Gallanter Review
METAL CHAOS ENSEMBLE- Introducing… Sunshine! (Evil Clown 9071; USA) Featuring PEK on saxes, clarinets, double reeds, theremin & electronics, Greg Grinnell on electronics, laptop, trumpet & sax, Kenny Maurais on bass & metal, Kevin Dacey on drums, theremin, mbira & hulusi and Yuri Zbitnov on drums & metal. Recorded at Evil Clown studio in July of 2015. The Metal Chaos Ensemble are Dave PEK’s other evolving unit besides Leap of Faith.
We’ve listed about 10 discs from Metal Chaos as opposed to the 50+ by LoF.The name of this ensemble is appropriate since everyone does plays metal (gongs, cymbals, chains, etc.) plus all of their music is free or chaotic sounding. The first section features mostly drums and metals, spacious at first and then slowly picking up in intensity. This is one of the more low-key Metal Chaos sets but it does build into more intense, spirited sections. This disc is perhaps the only one from Metal Chaos that has a few more relaxed sections which show that this band is not always nightmarish as they seem. I guess there is some “sunshine” at the end of the tunnel here, as the title indicates. The suspense here is well constructed and well-placed.
Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
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