In March of 2020, for the first time since its inception in 2008 Leicester's monthly Quadelectronic improvisation session at Quad Studios had to be cancelled due to hitherto unique and unprecedented circumstances: the public's enforced lockdown against contamination from Covid-19. As a nearest achievable alternative, Quadelectronic's "ringmaster" Chris Conway had the idea of doing it remotely via contributed solo recordings which could then be mixed into intuitive combinations. This album is the fourteenth installment in the series.
released April 30, 2021
Alan Bellamy - vocals
Victoria Bourne - vocals, piano, synthesizer, effects
Chris Conway - piano, synthesizer, theremin, effects
Jez Creek - Arturia MicroFreak, Korg Minilogue
Steve Escott - bass, effects
Linda Faulkner - vocals
Alan Freeman - Virtual Sampler
Nigel Harris - field recording, effects
John Hinks - Equator 2 & Cypher 2 with ROLI Seaboard Blocks & Lightpad Block, effects
Adam Naworal - Kawai electric piano, door
Aimee Naworal - Yamaha YP, Yamaha CP, Daisy table & coffin sound sculptures
Walt Shaw - acoustic percussion, modified field recordings, recorded vocals, electronics
Jim Tetlow - archive material (guitar, Roland SC-55, effects), algorithmically generated synthesizer
Mo Tetlow: acoustic guitar
Lucy Tetlow - percussion at 1/4 speed
Michał Wojciechowski - Korg Volca Keys, Korg Volca Sample, effects
Conceived by Chris Conway
Assembled, mixed, compiled and mastered by Jim Tetlow
(track 11 mixed by John Hinks)
Spoken text (irony mode up to 11) by Alan Bellamy
Design by Jim Tetlow
Source photo by Raymond Tetlow (1918-2006)
Produced by United Isolation Ensemble, April 2021
Further listening:
Victoria Bourne:
victoriabourne.com
Chris Conway:
chrisconwayelectronic.bandcamp.com
Jez Creek:
modulator-esp.bandcamp.com
Steve Escott:
bollnaswolverines.bandcamp.com
Alan Freeman:
alanfreeman.bandcamp.com
Nigel Harris:
sksg.bandcamp.com
John Hinks:
soundcloud.com/flownblue
Adam & Aimee Naworal:
tomokiescup.bandcamp.com
Walt Shaw:
waltshaw.co.uk
Jim Tetlow:
jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Michał Wojciechowski:
yodest.bandcamp.com