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Evil Clown 9256
Evil Clown Headquarters - Waltham MA
26 September 2020

Null Hypothesis – 1:10:23

PEK - tenor sax, clarinet, alto clarinet and contralto clarinet, oboe, nadaswaram, alto flute, large bamboo flute, wood flutes, 3 hole Russian flute, goat horn wind & crank sirens, fog horn, accordion, malletkat with moog subsequent, [d]ronin, daxophone, ms-20, novation peak with linstrument, orchestral chimes, brontosaurus and tank bells, Englephone, wood blocks, temple blocks, balafon, log drum, daiko, gongs, plate gongs, crotales, cymbells, Tibetan bowls, castanets

Yuri Zbitnov - drum set, orchestral chimes, gongs, crotales, cymbells, glockenspiel, Englephone, Tibetan bowls, brontosaurus and tank bells, balafon, wood blocks, bells, log drum, daiko, sequencer

METAL CHAOS ENSEMBLE with PEK / YURI ZBITNOV - Null Hypothesis (Evil Clown 9256; USA) Featuring: PEK on tenor sax, clarinets, oboe, nagaswarm, flutes, accordion, malletkat, percussion, bowls, etc and Yuri Zbitnov on drums, gongs, crotales, cymbals, bowls, balafon, bells, etc. The last we heard from longtime founding member of Leap of Faith, Dave PEK, their original drummer, Yuri Zbitnov, had retired from Leap of Faith and all their offshoots. This seems to not be the case since Mr. Zbitnov is back and playing with just one LoF offshoot: the Metal Chaos Ensemble. Along with PEK, Mr. Zbitnov was a main member of the Metal Chaos Ensemble. This time, the MCE is just a duo with PEK & Yuri. During the pandemic, which began in March of 2020, all Leap of Faith & PEK sets were recorded at Evil Clown Headquarters, this one in September of 2020, not very long ago (now: 11/4/20). Like many of the Leap of Faith projects, the Metal Chaos Ensemble changes on every disc, due to personnel and instrumental selection. ’Null Hypothesis’ starts off with what sounds like space-rock or kraut-rock like synth, throbbing slowly… then tubular bells, slowly, one by one other percussion, assorted reeds & double-reeds. The sounds move slowly, the frame is filled with measured silence and suspense-filled sounds. Mr. Zbitnov is a master drummer and always balances great grooves with spacious percussion. Yuri plays a long solo with mallets on drums and it is an inspired rhythmic jam. There are some weird electronic sounds which are hard to describe, diverse percussive sounds and unexpected twists and turns. Instead of the often intense eruptions on many of the LoF discs, this one is more spacious, more measured, less dense and quietly fascinating. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG