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  Liner Notes by PEK
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  In May of 2021, I opened Evil Clown Headquarters to other fully vaccinated musicians, and the first session of the new age was scheduled for the second set of the Expanse sound world. Michael and I both enjoyed the auspicious first set right before the pandemic shut down and collaboration became an ongoing Evil Clown project, both as a duet for some sets and as a larger unit for others. As an ongoing project, it needed a permanent name, so after some thought I came up with Expanse which evokes space and restraint, the central idea behind this ensemble at its inception.
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  This is now the tenth set from Expanse, although Michael Knoblach has also appeared on Leap of Faith sessions. Some of the Expanse sets have featured mostly acoustic instrumentation, and some of them have included more electronic instrumentation. Extent was originally scheduled to be a trio with me and the two Mikes. The second Expanse set (and the first one to be called Expanse) was this trio.
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  Michael Caglianone is an Evil Clown regular who has appeared on 27 albums by 6 of the ensembles. He has a tone on saxes and a phrasing approach to constructing improvisations which are similar to my own. We play very well together which is why he participates so frequently.
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  Albey is also a frequent flyer here at Evil Clown. He is currently back and forth between New York and the Boston area. He was going to be in the area and so we added him to this session.
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  Extent is comprised of mostly sounds from acoustic instruments, although there is some playing on the electro acoustic instruments and some playing on the synthesizers. It is a very well-balanced improvisation, a bit quieter than most of our sets. There is quite a bit of really tasty ensemble percussion play as Mike C, Albey and I used the auxiliary instruments to guide the improvisation through a sequence of transformations to distinct sonorities.
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  I was expecting this to be a great session and I was not disappointed.
  - PEK, 16 August 2023 ... more
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