Lockdown #16 by United Isolation Ensemble
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 sixteenth installment in the series.
Tracklist
Credits
Andy Atyeo - laptop with keyboard, guitar
Victoria Bourne - vocals, objects, Osvaldo the cat
Chris Conway - theremin, voice, chimes, field recording, effects
Jez Creek - Roland JU-06A, Arturia MicroFreak, Korg Wavestate, EMS VCS3 Putney
Alan Freeman - laptop (Dronos, MiniMogue)
Chris Harper - vocals
Adam Naworal - speech, bonk-o-phone sound sculpture, manipulated rubbish
Aimee Naworal - Moog Theremini, Korg Littlebits, Pennybox, pans & springs
Walt Shaw - bowls, marbles, gong, acoustic percussion, voice, tensioned piano wires, electronic treatments
Alan Smithee* - ebowed and bowed guitar, synth
Jim Tetlow - algorithmically generated synth, archive material
Lucy Tetlow - vocals, percussion
Mo Tetlow - field recordings (dawn chorus, Jim snoring)
Michał Wojciechowski - contact mics, Korg Volca Sample, effects
Conceived by Chris Conway
Assembled, mixed, compiled and mastered by Jim Tetlow
Spoken text by Adam Naworal
* one contributor felt that Jim's two mixes which used their source material were unsympathetic to their artistic vision, so requested that their name be removed (update 6th December 2021)
Design by Jim Tetlow
Photo by monique72 / FreeImages
Produced by United Isolation Ensemble, June-July 2021
Further listening:
Andy Atyeo: soundcloud.com/phong
Victoria Bourne & Chris Harper: hangoversquare.net
Chris Conway: chrisconwayelectronic.bandcamp.com
Jez Creek: modulator-esp.bandcamp.com
Alan Freeman: alanfreeman.bandcamp.com
Adam & Aimee Naworal: tomokiescup.bandcamp.com
Walt Shaw: waltshaw.co.uk
Jim Tetlow: jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Michał Wojciechowski: yodest.bandcamp.com
License
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The United Isolation Ensemble was born when Covid-19 lockdown forced Leicester's monthly Quadelectronic nights to be put on hold. Rather than live group improvisation, the concept is for solo performance material sent via online transfer and combined into interesting and unexpected combinations. The project has been so successful that it continues wilfully oblivious to the ups and downs...