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Schematic Abstractions for the Clarinet Family

by PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs

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    Review by Darren Bergstein, Downtown Music Gallery
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    PEK SOLO / A QUARTET OF PEKS Schematic Abstractions for the Clarinet Family (Evil Clown 9252, USA) Dave PEK is one of contemporary music’s most adept multi-instrumentalists. His facility on a legion of soundmakers, from his cherished saxophones, clarinets, and other horns, to a dizzying array of percussives and electronic modules, is nothing short of astonishing; compiling a cursory laundry list of his vast collection is not only a fool’s gesture but fails to grasp the enormity of an artistic discipline that allows it all to be utilized so inventively. On this, another of his ‘quartet’ outings where he keenly sifts, layers, and multitracks himself in the ultimate act of self-accompaniment, PEK applies the same rigor to a whole host of subsets from the clarinet family as he has with his similarly-themed saxophone exploits. The result? His battery of alto, piccolo, B-flat, alto, bass, contralto, etc. weave sinuous lines around each other like a cobra writhing before a snakecharmer. At moments, the various tones thrust and parry across carefully delineated battle lines, then PEK takes a ‘solo’ that finds him bending notes while folding space, counterbalanced by an ingenious use of periodically poised silences. The effect can be both hallucinatory and exhilarating, temporarily derailing the equilibrium as the notes overwhelm your inner ear canals with viral totality. It’s an imagistic swarm of moods, modes, and modulations, prickly clusters of bristling harmonics emerging in complex field densities that never coalesce the same way twice. Endlessly fascinating, surrendering completely to the immediacy of PEK’s mutating soundworld is the only way to bask in its glorious, submersive depths.
    - Darren Bergstein, DMG


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    LINER NOTES BY PEK
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    Every once in a while, there is a break in the crazy schedule here at Evil Clown and I have some time to do a solo album. Our grand olde pal, the Corona Virus has provided such a break in spades…. At the beginning of the year, it appeared that the year would be our busiest yet… We did a bunch of albums in January, February and the first weeks of March, and then I was forced to cancel a bunch of wonderful performances scheduled for the months that followed. So, I caught up all my old business: web site, social media, distribution, and the other non-musical activity required to drive the enterprise. Then I took a month off… my biggest rest since I started up in 2015 after my long hiatus. In mid-May I started up again, conceiving some new means of producing some of the enormous output normally achieved by Evil Clown.
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    This is the fifth PEK Solo effort of 2020. There probably would be more, except I spent nearly two months on a massive studio construction, a structurally complex work involving many of my instruments, overdubbing and computer sound processing. I am super happy with Some Truths are Known – a four hour composition in 3 eighty minute movements for myself on 110 instruments… and I just finished The Strange Theory of Light & Matter, a much simpler session for 4 PEKs each playing through the entire duration on a bunch of different horns. Next was Pursuing the Ideal Limit of Inquiry for a single PEK on tenor sax alone… For Schematic Abstractions, I followed up on the quartet idea, but this time using only clarinets..
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    Until the stupid virus is over and more normal interactions are possible with other people, Evil Clown will continue to create new works using different methods which don’t involve many other players: PEK Solo projects, and a very select number of Leap of Faith or Metal Chaos Ensemble sets involving no more than 3 people. The PEK Solos with fall into 3 categories: Large Studio Construction/Compositions for lots of overdubbing PEKs on many instruments, small ensembles of PEKs like quartets or sextets, and solos like Pursuing the Ideal Limit of Inquiry for unaccompanied single instruments (either full length, or several shorter pieces on different horns)…
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    As usual, the chaos of the universe throws problems which require our attention. Expression must be expressed. Music must be made. The chaos of the universe demands it.
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    PEK - 8/23/2020
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Evil Clown 9252
Evil Clown Headquarters
Waltham MA
22 August 2020

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released August 23, 2020

PEK - Clarinets (piccolo, B flat, G Albert, alto, Bass, contralto, contrabass)

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YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UClfRlTeeHnSxRsJTkFakiJw/videos
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekquarr-schematic-abstractions/
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Other PEK Solo Releases
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Fundamental Units – Complete Solo Works from Jan 2020 to May 2021
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/peksolobox/
Bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/pek-solo-fundamental-units-complete-solo-works-from-jan-2020-to-may-2021-box-set-over-29-hours
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PEK Solo, An Orchestra of PEKs - Prisms (2021)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/prisms
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekorchr-prisms/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKYwsBNig04
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PEK Solo – Complex and Real Dimensions (2021)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/complex-and-real-dimensions
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/peksolor-complex/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8otufTFMrw
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PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs – Strange Beauty Out of Chaos (2021)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/strange-beauty-out-of-chaos
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekquarr-strange-beauty/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUB7QLaT9kQ
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PEK Solo, An Orchestra of PEKs - Electrolysis (2021)
Bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/electrolysis
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/pekorchr-electrolysis/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cXsfmFJwoo
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PEK Solo - Decision Boundary (2021)
Bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/decision-boundary
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-decision/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMv-teUXtM
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PEK Solo, An Orchestra of PEKs - Stretching the Fabric of Space (2021)
Bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/stretching-the-fabric-of-space
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/pekorchr-stretching/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ9o3xgTlzU
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PEK Solo, An Orchestra of PEKs– Semantic Notions (3 CDs) (2021)
Bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/semantic-notions-triple-length
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/pekorchr-semantic-notions/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3vC0ruw7Pk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxh7udXt2Yk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_H6LFoJQig
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PEK Solo – Elaborations (2021)
Bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/elaborations
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-elaborations/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz75JyTLAQY
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PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs – For Ed’s Mom (2020)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/track/for-eds-mom
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekquarr-for-eds-mom/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrNmvnYcXQ4
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PEK Solo – For Alto (for Anthony Braxton) (2020)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/for-alto
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/peksolor-for-alto/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD9CYCxGFyI
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PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs – Completeness for Flutes and Double Reeds (2020)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/completeness-for-flutes-and-double-reeds
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekquarr-completeness/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oDoIkFUC1E
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PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs – Unifications (2020)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/unifications
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekquarr-unifications/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAQESbhT0Yc
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PEK Solo – Requiem for Raymond (2020)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/requiem-for-raymond
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/peksolor-requiem/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahsnu50twEE
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PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs – Fixed Intentions for the Saxophone Family (2020)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/fixed-intentions-for-the-saxophone-family
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekquarr-fixed-intentions/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=81r4VG44Tk0
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PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs – Schematic Abstractions for the Clarinet Family (2020)
Bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/schematic-abstractions-for-the-clarinet-family
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekquarr-schematic-abstractions/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHD44VVI1F0
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PEK Solo - Pursuing the Ideal Limit of Inquiry (2020)
bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/pursuing-the-ideal-limit-of-inquiry
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/peksolor-pursuing/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd0_GcSDLBI
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PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs - The Strange Theory of Light & Matter (2020)
bandcamp peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/the-strange-theory-of-light-matter
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekquarr-strange-theory/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6GFUvy9Zk
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PEK Solo, An Orchestra of PEKs - Some Truths are Known (2020)
bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/pek-solo-an-orchestra-of-peks-some-truths-are-known-triple-album
Evil Clown Album Page evilclown.rocks/pekorchr-some-truths/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRlsC97zmtM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxLrcy6JLKA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD1-ZnMbm4E
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PEK Solo – Schisms (2020)
bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/schism
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-schism/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo760Cpvvpc
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PEK Solo – Precedents (2021)
Bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/precedents
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-precedents/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYQViiPGSU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7ttl4Md1U
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XecNOjbYXU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-38ryXRXlHI
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Coefficient of Unity (2019)
bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/coefficient-of-unity
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-coefficient/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lOWBCe9SFE
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Indexical Utterance (2019)
bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/indexical-utterance
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-indexical/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKwvZF_ku0U
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Closed & Open Universes (2019)
bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/closed-open-universes-double-length
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-closed/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlseeFz_peE
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The Unreality of Time (2018)
bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/the-unreality-of-time
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-unreality-of-time/
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Non-Local Causality (2018)
bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/non-local-causality
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-non-local/
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Fulcrum (2018)
bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/fulcrum
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-fulcrum/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_tn8ioCDRo
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Thulsa Doom (2017)
bandcamp: peksolo.bandcamp.com/album/thulsa-doom
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/peksolor-thulsa-doom/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?si=zyy8q4YOcATM7dZv&v=r13kPRooDuU&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r13kPRooDuU
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PEK Solo albums fall into 4 groups
1) One continuous track (no overdubbing) of PEK playing one or many instruments
2) One continuous track of PEK playing one or many instruments with a prerecorded mix of samples
3) A Quartet of PEKs – Four continuous tracks of one PEK each playing many instruments on each pass.
4) An Orchestra of PEKs – Many tracks of PEKs on a broad section of the Arsenal.
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