PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs – Unifications Shorty 04

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Evil Clown 9255
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA
13, 20 & 21 September 2020

Unifications – 1:15:41

PEK – clarinet & contrabass clarinet, sopranino, tenor & bass saxophones, oboe, contrabassoon, bass tromboon, flute & alto flute, large bamboo flute, Christmas flute, wood flutes, Russian 3 hole flute, goat horn, fog horn, wind & crank sirens, electric cello, electric bass, guyzheng, accordion, melodica, concertina, prophet, ms-20, arp odyssey, novation peak with Linnstrument, moog subsequent with mallet kat, daxophone with delay, moog theremin with moogerfooger, [d]ronin, orchestral chimes, gongs, plate gong, Englephone, temple blocks, wood blocks, Tibetan bells & Bowls, chimes, brontosaurus & tank bells, crotales, cymbells, claves, seed pod rattles, castanets, glockenspiel

PEK SOLO - A Quartet of PEKS - Unifications (Evil Clown 9255; USA) Featuring PEK on clarinets, saxes, flutes, double reeds, guzheng, melodica, synths, tons of percussives, etc. As the pandemic/lock-down rages on, more folks are trying to keep safe, busy and healthy in their own homes. Leader of Leap of Faith and various Evil Clown offshoot units, Dave PEK, has done a number of solo sessions at his own Evil Clown Headquarters over the past few months and now has a half dozen solo CD’s out. This is the third one I’ve reviewed in the past month. PEK has quite a collection (45+) instruments here, some common ones and a few rare ones (daxophone, guzheng & Englephone). I like the way PEK has mastered the art of recording by selectively adding layers with occasional effect the live overdubbing and mixing. Hard to believe there is only one person doing everything we hear. First, we hear soft, suspense-filled gongs with subtle electronics, the looping of certain electronic sounds with one or two reed instruments floating in. PEK usually solos on one instrument at a time: bass sax, a double reed, flutes and other reeds or percussion adding another layer of eerie electronics and effects. Oddly enough, this sounds like an organic, electronic score which unfolds in a natural way with short solos or instrumental breaks well woven into the hypnotic tapestry. This sounds like a more restrained version of some tasty, spacey krautrock with Embryo-like ethnic spice. Hard to believe that this is just a solo effort but it is and it is consistently engaging, well-balanced, thoughtfully paced and well-executed. Another outstanding effort from the ever-expanding Evil Clown catalogue. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG