Lockdown #61 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 sixty-first installment in the series.

Tracklist

1.	Victoria Bourne, Dryad & Mo Tetlow - Utter a World Done By	3:10

2.	Walt Shaw & Jim Tetlow - Sew That Owl!	5:10

3.	Adam Naworal, Jim Tetlow & Mo Tetlow (Liminalator) - A Lot to Water Town Well	4:55

4.	Adam Naworal, Aimee Naworal, Jon Reidinger & Lucy Tetlow - Allow a Narrower Goal, Intertwined	3:30

5.	Victoria Bourne & Jon Reidinger - One Ringer Buried	4:00

6.	Chris Conway, Dryad & Walt Shaw - Down Chosen Walkway	5:10

7.	Chris Conway, Aimee Naworal & Jon Reidinger - Cardiology, We Ran a Winner!	5:25

8.	Arthur Ely, Dryad & Adam Naworal - Now We Lay, Roll Naked	3:55

9.	Victoria Bourne & Jim Tetlow - One Butt Lower	4:10

10.	Alan Freeman, Tony Seaton & Peter Wiggins - Fragmenting Ion Seesaw	7:30

11.	Alan Freeman, Aimee Naworal, Walt Shaw & Paul Watson - As a Front Wheel Warns a Woman	5:45

12.	Alan Freeman, Lucy Tetlow & Mo Tetlow - Eel, Newt, Flatworm Tote	3:45

13.	Tony Seaton & Lucy Tetlow - Eel Wants Toot	3:35

Credits

released May 4, 2025

Victoria Bourne - vocals, effects
Chris Conway - piano, bells, chimes, voice, shaker, zither, flute, effects
Ellen Dryad - vocals, clarinet
Arthur Ely - slide guitar, effects
Alan Freeman - MiniMogueVA
Adam Naworal - organ, electronic bagpipes, typing
Aimee Naworal - synth, beats, surf guitar, effects
Jon Reidinger - piano, field recording (birds - quarter speed)
Tony Seaton - synth
Walt Shaw - percussion, electronics
Jim Tetlow - Roland SC-55, field recording (birds at Attenborough Arboretum, South Leicester - quarter speed)
Lucy Tetlow - Chrome Music Lab, field recording (grass whistle - quarter speed)
Mo Tetlow - field recordings (wheezing, owl, blackbird - quarter speed)
Paul Watson - Soma Ether
Peter Wiggins - field recording (tube train)

Project conceived by Chris Conway
Assembled, mixed, compiled and mastered by Jim Tetlow
Text by Ellen Dryad

Design by Jim Tetlow
Image created using MidJourney AI
Dandelion clock photography by Mo Tetlow

Produced by United Isolation Ensemble, March-May 2025

Further listening:
Victoria Bourne: victoriabourne.bandcamp.com
Chris Conway: chrisconwayelectronic.bandcamp.com
Ellen Dryad: repairtheworld.bandcamp.com
Arthur Ely: soundcloud.com/arthurely
Alan Freeman: alanfreeman.bandcamp.com
Adam & Aimee Naworal: tomokiescup.bandcamp.com
Aimee Naworal: aimsterskitz0rz.bandcamp.com
Jon Reidinger: www.youtube.com/@jonreidinger1579
Tony Seaton: www.sonicdebris.co.uk
Walt Shaw: waltshaw.com
Jim Tetlow: jimtetlow.bandcamp.com
Liminalator: liminalator.bandcamp.com

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