Metal Chaos Ensemble
Molten
Excerpt from Bruce Lee Gallanter Review
“… Quite hypnotic and well recorded. Similar in some ways to the Art Ensemble of Chicago, this music has otherworldly, ritualistic sort of sound.…”
Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
Molten:
Metal Chaos Ensemble
Evil Clown Headquarters ‐ 13 May 2015
1) Molten ‐ 1:00:33
PEK – oboe, contrabassoon, piccolo oboe, contralto clarinet, piccolo copper clarinet, shenai, alto sax, taragato, aquasonic, slide whistle, game calls, metal, voice
Yuri Zbitnov – metal, drums, aquasonic, voice
Tony Savarino – guitar, iphone apps, metal, whistle, voice
Tamora Gooding – metal, drums, aquasonic
Bruce Lee Gallanter Review
METAL CHAOS ENSEMBLE [PEK/TONY SAVARINO/TAMORA GOODING/YURI ZBITNOV] – Molten (Evil Clown 9063; USA) Featuring PEK on oboes, bassoon, clarinets, shenai, alto sax, etc., Tony Savarino on guitar, metal, drums, Tamora Gooding on metal & drums and Yuri Zbitnov on metal & drums. Of the three Metal Chaos Ensemble CDs reviewed today (7/2/15), this is the only one with four members, two of who play mainly metal & drums. “Molten” is one hour-long work recorded at Evil Clown Headquarters in May of 2015, less than two months ago. It begins with multiple metals, gongs, cymbals, drums and assorted percussion. Quite hypnotic and well recorded. Similar in some ways to the Art Ensemble of Chicago, this music has otherworldly, ritualistic sort of sound. When PEK picks up that double reed (a shenai?), they move into the section which soon includes some strange vocal sounds at one point. Systematically PEK works his way through some eight different reed instruments while Tony Savarino switches between guitar and percussion, the sound of the ensemble ever-evolving and mutating. Another strange yet transcendent journey for the Metal Chaos Ensemble.
Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
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