Lockdown #2 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 second installment in the series.
Tracklist
Credits
Victoria Bourne - vocals, percussion, Yamaha CP, Mac
Kevin Buckland - Make Noise 0-Coast, bass, effects
Chris Conway - synth, vocals, zither, kalimba, bowl, percussion, theremin, tin whistle, effects
Steve Escott - bass, Mononoke and iSpark on iPad
Alan Freeman - laptop
John Hinks - laptop with keyboard
Tim Sketchley - glockenspiel, ukelele, zither, Maestro pitch pipe
Andrew Stirton - Animoog on iPad
Jim Tetlow - laptop
Michał Wojciechowski - Kaossilator 2, effects
Conceived by Chris Conway
Assembled, mixed, compiled and mastered by Jim Tetlow
Design by Jim Tetlow
Photo by Ryan Aréstegui / FreeImages
Produced by United Isolation Ensemble, April 2020
License
All rights reserved.
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...