• Digital Album

  Streaming + Download

  Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
  
  PEK Liner Notes:
  .
  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.
  .
  This is now the ninth set from Expanse, although Michael 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.
  .
  During the break for new studio construction for a few months at the end of last year I heard from some relatively local folks who are fans of our work here at Evil Clown Headquarters. Count Robot and DNA Girl reached out on Facebook and expressed an interest in doing a set. It turns out that they know Michael from way back, so I scheduled an Expanse set with them (Swathe – March 2023) as the guests. Separately, Tim reached out with the same request, and it turned out that he knows them and Michael as well, so I added him to the Swathe set.
  .
  Turns out that they all know trumpeter and Evil Clown regular Eric Dahlman… Makes sense since Eric introduced me to Michael to begin with… So, this new set, Gamut, is the second Expanse set with DNA Girl, Count Robot, & Tim and includes the addition of Eric. I always enjoy bringing a group of players with long history with each other to a session at ECH… You end up with a group dynamic where the players are all interacting with each other, but the predefined units interact with each other also.
  .
  The world of improvisation is an interesting one. Players come from many different backgrounds and learn to improvise with each other despite significant differences in their musical origins and musical languages. Evil Clown ensembles have included players with backgrounds in jazz, classical, world music, rock and other genres. This sextet Expanse Edition combines players with a post-jazz aesthetic and a post-rock aesthetic, and the strong pre-existing relationship of the post-rock players produces a very different music than the other post-rock-aesthetic influenced Evil Clown sets by units like Metal Chaos Ensemble and Simulacrum.
  .
  I was expecting this to be a great session and I was not disappointed.
  .
  - PEK, 30 July 2023 ... more
  Purchasable with gift card

  Buy Digital Album   $7 USD  or more

  Send as Gift  

• Killer sextet edition of Expanse featuring a unique blend of post-jazz and post-rock improvisation aesthetics...

  Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  digipak
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of Gamut via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
  ships out within 7 days

  Buy Compact Disc   $12 USD or more 

  Send as Gift 

• Share / Embed

about

credits

license