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 forty-eighth installment in the series.
released March 2, 2024
Victoria Bourne - vocals, synthesizer
Duncan Chapman - Audiomulch (sinewave generators, Risset tone generators, granular processing)
Arthur Ely - slide guitar, effects
Alan Freeman - Minimogue
Adam Naworal - organ (processed via video chat codec)
Aimee Naworal - vocals with looping, Otomatone, field recording (rain through metal pipe)
Chris Phinney - synthesizer
Walt Shaw - percussion
Jim Tetlow - laptop synthesizers, vocal noises
Lucy Tetlow - laptop sonics (sample of voice)
Mo Tetlow - metal water bottle, field recordings (hospital machines, Upperton Road works)
Paul Watson - VCV Rack, field recording (crowd at football match)
Conceived by Chris Conway
Assembled, mixed, compiled and mastered by Jim Tetlow
Design by Jim Tetlow
Image created using MidJourney AI
Produced by United Isolation Ensemble, February-March 2024
Further listening:
Victoria Bourne:
victoriabourne.bandcamp.com
Duncan Chapman:
duncanchapman.org
Arthur Ely:
soundcloud.com/arthurely
Alan Freeman:
alanfreeman.bandcamp.com
Adam & Aimee Naworal:
tomokiescup.bandcamp.com
Chris Phinney:
harshrealitymusic.bandcamp.com
Walt Shaw:
waltshaw.co.uk
Jim Tetlow:
jimtetlow.bandcamp.com