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 seventeenth installment in the series.
released July 31, 2021
Victoria Bourne - vocals, bells
Chris Conway - theremin, piano, synthesizer, effects
Jez Creek - ContinuuMini, Roland JU-06A, Arturia MicroFreak, Roland SH-01A, Korg Wavestate
Steve Escott - guitar, iPad effects
Adam Naworal - box of rubbish slowed down, gamelan and chair spin, bowed swarmandal
Aimee Naworal - Kawaii electric piano, metronome, Arturia MicroBrute, nebula, field recording with voice
Walt Shaw - African slit drums, thumb piano, ceramic instrument, suspended sea shells, stones, tiles, tin cans
Jim Tetlow - software synths, algorithmically generated synth, field recording
Michał Wojciechowski - Korg Volca Keys, Korg Volca Kick, Air Guitar toy, effects
Conceived by Chris Conway
Assembled, mixed, compiled and mastered by Jim Tetlow
Design by Jim Tetlow
Photo by Michel Meynsbrughen / FreeImages
Produced by United Isolation Ensemble, July 2021
Further listening:
Victoria Bourne:
victoriabourne.bandcamp.com
Chris Conway:
chrisconwayelectronic.bandcamp.com
Jez Creek:
modulator-esp.bandcamp.com
Steve Escott:
bollnaswolverines.bandcamp.com
Adam & Aimee Naworal:
tomokiescup.bandcamp.com
Walt Shaw:
waltshaw.co.uk
Jim Tetlow:
jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Michał Wojciechowski:
yodest.bandcamp.com