Ephemerol by Metal Chaos Ensemble

released May 28, 2025

PEK - clarinet, basset horn, contralto & contrabass clarinets, alto & tenor saxophones, shenai, piccolo oboe, tarota, 5 hole Russian flute, melodica, gravichord, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, prophet, syntrx, LFO violin, lfo percolator, [d]ronin, 17 string bass, theremin with moogerfooger, soma pipe, noise tower, Tibetan bells & bowls, gongs, plate gong, crotales, orchestral chimes, almglocken, brontosaurus & tank bells, log drums, wood & temple blocks, cow bells, seed pod rattles, flex-a-tone, balafon, xylopohne, rubber chickens, Narration

John Fugarino – trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn, trombone, penny whistle, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, nord stage 3, prophet, seed pod rattles, array mbira, bells, Tibetan Bells, orchestral anvils, almglocken wood blocks, englephone, spring & chime rod boxes, flex-a-tones, gongs

Bob Moores - Jackson electric guitar with mods played through Zoom multi-efx pedal Electric cornet with electric mouthpiece played through Zoom multi-efx pedal and additional efx chain, Donner Essential B1 Analog Bass Synthesizer and Sequencer Vaux Flores Eyetron pocket synthesizer, 2 LFO drone generator with eft, Signal generator with eft, Nodebeat on iPhone, novation peak, moog subsequent, Linnstrument controllers, wood & te mple blocks, cow bells, gongs, plate gong, crotales, glockenspiel, log drums, cymbal, nord stage 3

Eric Woods - analog synthesis, Nord stage 3, xylophone, balafon, almglocken

Mike Gruen - purple sparkles electric bass, signal processing

Joel Simches - real time signal processing and live to 2-track mix

Paul Brennan – camera

Raffi – video mix

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YouTube: youtu.be/dw5DgkGKLuk
YouTube Shorties: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7JVgF1zjWslpQRBgX88x4NeW854ZB5tX
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/mcenr-ephemerol/
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YouTube: youtu.be/g5t6sdtZ478
YouTube Shorties: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7JVgF1zjWskestMKtXihAg5FrizxjCrx
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/mcenr-room-217/
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Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/mcenr-korova-milkbar/
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