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  ---Liner Notes by PEK
  Every once in a while, a new ensemble gets started at Evil Clown. Sometimes the new unit has a particular aesthetic problem and an appropriate band name assigned defined in advance. For example, Metal Chaos Ensemble started as a duet between me and Yuri Zbitnov as soon as we started to work with newly acquired metal instruments in 2015, and Turbulence was formed to feature groups of horn players – sometime as only horn players and sometimes with bass and drums. Sometimes the new unit is spun off from an existing ensemble with some variation or different set of resources. Simulacrum was spun off from Metal Chaos Ensemble to include even more electronic instrumentation and signal processing and to not require a drummer.
  
  Sometimes the new unit comes about because new players join the roster and contribute to a session by an existing ensemble, and it is clear their contribution adds a distinctive voice to the Evil Clown palette which deserves a new band name. Such is the case with Neurodivergent. Count Robot, DNA Girl and Tim Mungenast played on two Expanse records in 2023 (Swathe in March and Gamut in July). They bring an odd sensibility that involves improvised spoken word banter between the three of them and a more pop-culture oriented use of guitar, mandolin and electronics than is typical in Evil Clown ensembles. For the third set featuring these three relative newbies, I’m rolling out the new band name, Neurodivergent, to explore combinations of their aesthetic as a group of players with a long history with various combinations of players from the Evil Clown Roster.
  
  For this performance, Cosmic Collisions, I invited Eric Dahlman (tp) who was on the second set last year and who has been an Evil Clown regular for years. We were originally going to be a quintet. At Leap of Faith’s performance (Spooky Action at a Distance) at the Lilypad in September 2023 which included Michael Caglianone (a core woodwind player who has been on many recordings by many Evil Clown Ensembles), a drummer friend of Michael’s, Jim Lucchese, came to see the show. He and Michael go way back having played together in the band Zen Bastards for years. After the show we were talking, and I invited him to come do a session at Evil Clown Headquarters with Michael. Cosmic Collisions ended up being the show… So we ended up performing a septet instead of a quintet and Jim has officially joined the roster.
  
  Anyway, we had a terrific Livestream performance. I really like this set and I bet you do too…
  
  - PEK 1/14/2024 ... more
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