Lockdown #19 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 nineteenth installment in the series.

Tracklist

1.	Steve Escott & Jim Tetlow (InFlotation) - Octets to Welt	6:45

2.	Victoria Bourne & John Hinks - His Nun Broke	5:00

3.	Steve Escott, Alan Freeman & Aimee Naworal - Ant Stream, Ocean Flower	8:00

4.	Chris Conway & Jim Tetlow (Memory Wire) - Two Enact Yowl	7:30

5.	Chris Conway & Jez Creek (Modulight) - Wean ye Crock	9:45

6.	Victoria Bourne & Walt Shaw - Urbane Show	5:20

7.	Aimee Naworal, Joanne Shaw & Walt Shaw - Whorl a Swan Awash	3:25

8.	Victoria Bourne & Jez Creek - Knee Orb Cure	10:00

9.	Alan Freeman & Jim Tetlow (Approaching Infinity) - New Metal Forte	10:00

10.	Chris Conway, Steve Escott & Michał Wojciechowski - How We Inject Sticky Sow Cocoa	7:30

11.	Alan Freeman, Adam Naworal & Michał Wojciechowski - A Wheel Conjoins Framework, I Caw	9:40

12.	Adam Naworal, Joanne Shaw & Walt Shaw - Warn as a Howl	2:30

13.	Jez Creek & Michał Wojciechowski - Ice Cow Jock, We Shriek	10:00

14.	Adam Naworal & Aimee Naworal (Tomokie's Cup) - A Narrow Owl, Alan	2:50

Credits

released October 8, 2021

Victoria Bourne - vocals, Korg Kross
Chris Conway - theremin, electric piano, electric 9 string guitar, effects
Jez Creek - Haken Audio ContinuuMini, Arturia MicroFreak, Teenage Engineering OP-1, Roland SH-01a
Steve Escott - bass, iPad
Alan Freeman - archive material processed with DX plugins
John Hinks - guitar, fretless bass, effects
Adam Naworal - harmonium, voice, footsteps on metal deck
Aimee Naworal - toy piano, gamelan percussion, noises
Joanne Shaw - spoken text
Walt Shaw - gongs, cymbals, field recording, whispered text, electronics
Jim Tetlow - laptop with keyboard, archive material
Michał Wojciechowski - Korg Volca Bass, Akai MPX16, effects

Conceived by Chris Conway
Assembled, mixed, compiled and mastered by Jim Tetlow
(track 2 mixed by John Hinks, track 8 mixed by Jez Creek)
Spoken text by Joanne Shaw

Design by Jim Tetlow
Photo via textures.com

Produced by United Isolation Ensemble, September-October 2021

Further listening:
Victoria Bourne: victoriabourne.bandcamp.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
Adam & Aimee Naworal: tomokiescup.bandcamp.com
Walt Shaw: waltshaw.co.uk
Jim Tetlow: jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Michał Wojciechowski: yodest.bandcamp.com

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