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 twenty-ninth installment in the series.
released August 1, 2022
Chris Conway - electric piano, synthesizer, theremin, bells and chimes, air conditioner, effects
Jez Creek - ASM Hydrasynth, Arturia MicroFreak, Korg Opsix, EMS VCS3 Putney
Steve Escott - bass, iPad effects
Alan Freeman - Saffron Synth VST
Rachel Kingsley - piano, organ
James Lynch - harmonica, field recording (church hall)
Ken Moore - bull roarer, tube bells, amplified boxes, counter bells
Adam Naworal - Soma Ether, air conditioner, Sound Labs Sangat SCX775, spruce and mahogany Seagull Merlins with Sound Stones
Aimee Naworal - Arturia Microbrute, mountain dulcimer, Bonkophone sound sculpture
Walt Shaw - percussion, electronics
Jim Tetlow - field recordings (beach atmosphere, hearing aid feedback, playground atmosphere)
Michal Wojciechowski - Korg Volca Bass, effects
Conceived by Chris Conway
Assembled, mixed, compiled and mastered by Jim Tetlow
Design by Jim Tetlow
Photo by Julia Freeman-Woolpert / FreeImages
Produced by United Isolation Ensemble, July 2022
Further listening:
Chris Conway:
chrisconwayelectronic.bandcamp.com
Jez Creek:
modulator-esp.bandcamp.com
Steve Escott:
bollnaswolverines.bandcamp.com
Alan Freeman:
alanfreeman.bandcamp.com
Ken Moore:
mooremyers.bandcamp.com
Adam & Aimee Naworal:
tomokiescup.bandcamp.com
Walt Shaw:
waltshaw.co.uk
Jim Tetlow:
jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Michał Wojciechowski:
yodest.bandcamp.com