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 sixth installment in the series.
released August 28, 2020
Andy Atyeo - laptop with keyboard, guitar
Alan Bellamy - speech
Victoria Bourne - synth, vocals, cigar box guitar
Chris Conway - theremin, keyboard, synthesizer, vocals, effects
Jez Creek - Novation Bass Station 2, 1010music Blackbox, Arturia MicroFreak, Yamaha MODX6, Teenage Engineering OP-1
Steve Escott - bass, synths, effects
P. Anthony Fowler - Yamaha CS1X, synths, keyboards, guitar, effects
Alan Freeman - laptop (TimewARP2600 VST)
John Hinks - VST synths
Jim Tetlow - laptop (iZotope Iris II, personal archive material)
Michał Wojciechowski - kora, hands, voice, effects
Conceived by Chris Conway
Assembled, mixed, compiled and mastered by Jim Tetlow
(track 11 mixed by John Hinks)
Spoken texts by Victoria Bourne and Alan Bellamy
Design by Jim Tetlow
Photo by Mark Robson / FreeImages
Produced by United Isolation Ensemble, August 2020
Further listening:
Andy Atyeo:
soundcloud.com/phong
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
John Hinks:
soundcloud.com/flownblue
Jim Tetlow:
jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Michał Wojciechowski:
yodest.bandcamp.com