Simulacrum
Homunculus
An offshoot of the Boston collective Evil Clown band, Metal Chaos Ensemble, orchestrated for additional electronics and without a drummer, featuring the three core members from MCE–David Peck on reeds, winds and percussion, Eric Woods on analog synth, and Bob Moores on space trumpet, guitar & electronics–expanded with Albey onBass on bass and moog, Eric Zinman on synth, and Michael Caglianone on reeds.
Excerpt From Liner Notes by PEK
“… This was the first Evil Clown set following the studio conversion project. This was a major upgrade with the studio and my home theater space changing position in the house, some new doors, and a wall being removed between two rooms which will be an isolated mixing room for the audio and video mixes…”
Homunculus:
Simulacrum
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA – 24 January 2023
1) Homunculus – 1:10:26
PEK – clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, sopranino, alto & tenor saxophones, tarota, bass flute, sheng, tiny slide whistle, novation peak, moog subsequent, syntrx, arp odyssey, korg ms-20, Linnstrument controllers, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, guqin, nagoya, spring & chime rod boxes, electric chimes, crotales, orchestral anvils,orchestral chimes, glockenspiel, xylophone, balafon, almglocken, Tibetan chimes and bowls, chimes, wood blocks, brontosaurus & tank bells, gongs, plate gong, temple blocks, log drums, cow bells, Englephone, bowed cymbal, danmo, bell tree
Michael Caglianone – soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, tiny slide whistle, 17 string bass, [d]ronin, guqin, Englephone, nagoya, chime rod boxes, wood blocks, danmo, bell tree, gongs
Bob Moores – Electric space cornet with electric mouthpiece through Zoom effects pedal, Les Paul Goth electric guitar through Ampkit on iPod, MainStage soft synths on MacBook Pro with 61-key keyboard, MiniMoog emulator on iPad with mini-keyboard, kracklebox, voice, gong
Eric Zinman – Nord Stage 3, synthesizer, crank siren
Albey onBass – bass, moog subsequent
Joel Simches – Live to 2-track mix, real-time signal processing
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Liner Notes by PEK
Simulacrum is a relativity new project that was conceived just prior to the Virus shutting things down. This new band is an offshoot of Metal Chaos Ensemble featuring 3 the core members PEK on all my stuff, Eric Woods on analog synth, and Bob Moores on space trumpet, guitar, and electronics. The basic idea of this band is to increase the amount of electronics, to keep the ancillary percussion and loose the drum set, along with PEK and Bob holding down the horn parts. Without the drums, this set tilts more in the noise direction than typical of Metal Chaos Ensemble. This is the ninth session by this band, so I’m going to have to stop calling it new pretty soon…
This was the first Evil Clown set following the studio conversion project. This was a major upgrade with the studio and my home theater space changing position in the house, some new doors, and a wall being removed between two rooms which will be an isolated mixing room for the audio and video mixes.
All the players were excited to perform in the new space, including Eric Woods who did not come at the last second due to a nasty cold in his family. As the set up neared completion, I had started the initial steps of noticing the roster that we would be resuming after nearly 4 months of inactivity. Last week, I heard from Albey that he would be in town until the end of this week, so I booked this session around his availability. Albey participates in many of the Evil Clown Ensembles, so I had some choice about what to present, but the availability responses led me to Simulacrum with this line-up.
Anyhow, we had a tremendous performance, and the new space is fantastic (although we still have a few bugs left to work out). Check out the YouTube video to get see the new layout and a great performance by Simulacrum!!!
I like this set and I bet you will too.
PEK Out – 1/25/2023
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