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  I formed Turbulence in 2015 as I started to assemble players for the Leap of Faith Orchestra. Turbulence, the extended horn section for the Orchestra (along with guests on other instruments), also records and performs as an independent unit. As if this writing in May of 2021, we have recorded 30 albums on Evil Clown with greatly varied ensembles. All the smaller Evil Clown bands are really more about a general approach, rather than a specific set of musicians. A session gets credited to Turbulence when it is mostly horn players and the only musician on all of them is myself. The sessions range from an early duet with Steve Norton and Myself (Vortex Generation Mechanisms) to a 5 horn band with bass and two percussionists (Encryption Schemes) to four albums by the side project Turbulence Doom Choir which feature myself, multiple tubas, percussion, electronics and signal processing.
  
  I opened Evil Clown Headquarters a few weeks ago in mid-May to players that have been fully vaccinated. Horn players can’t really wear a mask, so there was no way to ECH studio sessions inside during the stupid CV. There has been some shifting in the roster with some players no longer available and some players returning after a period of absence. This is the third ensemble session, and the first Turbulence set since we resumed studio LIVESTREAMING performances. The band here is all Evil Clown regulars who have each played in several of the Evil Clown ensembles. Michael, Eric, and Bob were active right up to the break. Zack was active in 2017 and 2018 and returns now for more. Bob has been a regular for 6 years, Eric for 3 years and Michael started up with us less than a year before the break. This is the first time that Michael and Zack have played together, but everyone else has played with everyone else.
  
  We are always adding new players to the roster, so it is not unusual for there to be some seasoned Evil Clown performers on a set along with brand new or relatively new players. This set has all seasoned players – everyone brought at least two horns, and all are familiar with the auxiliary percussion equipment in the studio. In some ways this is a prototypical ensemble with everyone playing many instruments. I encourage multi-instrumentalism since it helps create dramatic transformations across sonority. There has been quite a few upgrades to the Evil Clown Arsenal over the pandemic. On this session, everyone makes great use of the new Tim Kaiser instruments which are electro-acoustic percussion and the reorganized and supplemented brontosaurus bell stand. By adding additional mounts to the heavy Gibraltar gong stand, I was able to get rid of several other stands. I even added a few new excellent specialized cow bells and some almgocken…
  
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