Eksjö Musik Encyklopedi

01.Mike Cooper - Neighbours applauding health workers and doctors during Lockdown. Valencia 02:18

02.Pendro - Astral Hand Sanitiser 02:33

03.Konzuaala Kuzenstan - Freeblues 03:27

04.Dan Cooper - Porch Feeds 01:44

05.Slate Pipe Banjo Draggers - Mandolin 02:18

06.Ivan the Tolerable - Mandale Fields Forever III 03:12

07.Robert Lawson - Riogordo 02:57

08.Pete Gomes - Ungodhead 03:28

09.Peter Nagle - A Place Apart 03:26

10.Matt Atkins - Three Tape Loops on the Kitchen Floor 02:52

11.Stuart Wilding - Wind Up 03:22

12.Silk Prophet - Morodering 02:59

13.Duncan Chapman - alonedronehome 03:08

14.Ben Glas - Tear & Apophenia Study for Quarantine 03:05

15.raxil4 - Stricture 02:57

16.Swilly - Hollow Shores 03:27

17.Hari Hardman - A Similar Sickness 02:15

18.Net - Violet Beetle 02:25

19.Sylvia Hallett - Ash and Beech 03:29

20.Steve Beresford - 1.5v from Rie 02:52

21.Steven Ball - Peter Hammill 02:53

22.Jeffrey Larson - MICU 17 02:52

23.Hutch Demoiulpied (sound design Frank Kruse) - Old French House Self Isolating 02:57

24.Martin Vishnik - Home Improv 03:31

25.Nick Smith - Self Isolation 2 02:30

26.Martin Hackett - 200321 03:28

27.Rovellasca - Inside Outside 03:23

28.Cyff Gwawd - Dynwared Llinellol 03:27

29.Steve Heath - Rhythms 02:14

30.Repetitive John - No Thinking 01:42

31.Kev Hopper - The Lone Ranger 02:13

32.Dave Clarkson - A Pocket Guide to Protection 03:22

33.Phil Durrant - Probability Kalimba 02:33

34.Montague Armstrong - Linton 03:10

35.Museleon - Bee Song 02:54

36.Tigersonic - Me, Myself and Isolation 02:04

37.skitter - 27032020(five) 01:13

38.Jukka-Pekka Kervinen - Disjoint Intervals of the Real Line 04:37

39.Theremonster - Looking for Leakers in the Neighboring Houses 03:30

40.Richard Sanderson - Bleached Acoustic 02:52

41.Gagarin - Shoots 02:39

42.Philip Sanderson - The Little Cough Cough 00:28

43.Paul Khimasia Morgan - Altered Environment 03:17

44.R P Sten - First the Lockdown then the Purge 03:24

45.Scott Silsbe - Sexualised Fire 02:50

46.Ken Ficara - Strict Lockdown 01:59

47.Clive Henry - A Rigorous Cocoon 03:16

48.Martin Lau - BL Ceti 03:30

49.Matt Warren - I Am Forced to Sit in a Room 02:12

50.Marcus H/Soiled - Fog Brain/Transfer Rooms 02:59

51.smallhaus - Frozen 03:25

52.Ivy Nostrum - Cold Open 03:29

53.Mark Pringle - Viral Load 03:17

54.Iris Garrelfs - They Said It wasn't Going To Be Easy 02:09

55.Stylophone for the Painfully Alone - Jam in G 01:50

56.Ryan Scott Mattingly - The Cave Prince of Andalou 03:29

57.Helen McCookerybook - Sorry 03:09

58.Luke Brennan - Dusty Lamellae 03:26

59.Giles Leaman - Breathe 03:09

60.Higora - Seasonings of the Witch 03:26

61.Mike Adcock - The Isolation Blues 02:08

62.Viv Corringham - Shelter in Place - Week One 03:14

63.Charlotte Law - Touch 03:15

64.Roger Sundström - Declare 03:20

65.Laura Hills - I Can Hear You But I Can't See You 03:21

66.J Soliday - Scissor Carillon 03:30

67.backgroundcat - Tread Lightly 02:44

68.Michael Rosenstein - Grove Sojourn #8 - Grove Sojourn Study #8 - March 29-2020 02:54

69.Charlotte Keeffe - Blue 02:05

70.Sue Ferrar, Jerry Wigens, Pascal Marzan - Possibly the only current free improvising trio staying at home together! 02:56

71.Zolan Quobble - Spell Contained 03:17

72.Paula Garcia Stone - Time Stretching 03:29

73.smple - Edward Shipsey 02:15

74.Paco Rossique - Inner Sea 02:10

75.Gus Garside - for Richard 02:39

76.The Underachieving School - Anosmia and Dysgeusia Battle Uptown 01:03

77.Bill Thompson - 171119 03:33

78.The Stinking Badger - Unsplendid Isolation (on fools day 020) 02:57

79.Phil Hollins - Raw(roar) 03:29

80.Sue Lynch - Marigold Alley 02:09

81.Keith Moliné - voxarpeg 03:22

82.The New Dark Ages - Feast of Fortune 03:11

83.Julie Pickard - Accordion and Old Boat 02:40

84.Charles and Daniel Figgis - Garden Party 02:08

85.Kevin Poulton - Cooper Close Co-Op NHS Tribute. London 01:53

Musicians, sound makers and artists isolated and creating.

Solo sound works all recorded at home.

Volume 2 will bring the artists together.

I started coming up with the idea for the >>>>>>Self Isolating Compilation<<<<<< just before the full lockdowns started - we were all being told it would be a good idea to stay at home, but the Governmental edicts hadn't started. By the time the last tracks came in we are all forced to stay in, and find new ways of working.

For musicians this enforced isolation seems especially cruel, as music is, possibly above all, a social activity that explores not just the interaction between musicians, but also between musicians and an audience.

Even if I avoid the cliche of the falling tree in an empty forest, the idea of making music in a void seems strange.

These 85 (Eighty Five!) tracks are an attempted answer to the conundrum, all recorded in isolation at home, and almost all solo (the exceptions being three improvising musicians who share a house, and a father and son duo) throughout the world. There are tracks from UK, USA, France, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Ireland and the Canary Islands. The result is a kaleidoscope of variety - electronics, acoustic improvisations, the odd song and a poem.

This may feel like 85 individuals shouting into the maelstrom, or whistling in the dark, but it's really the sounds of people coming to terms with the isolation and being creative, and it is remarkably cohesive

But there is a secondary purpose. For Volume Two I will be asking musicians and others to mix three or four selected tracks together in remixes and mash-ups, so the musicians play together again in new combinations.

The tracks are all issued under a creative commons licence, so you are also welcome to combine and weave the tracks together in any way you wish - but please let us know about them.

This compilation is free to download, but you can choose to pay if you wish, and any money generated will be used to help move Linear Obsessional back into being a functional record label again.

Enjoy listening

Richard Sanderson - 2nd April 2020

Released April 2, 2020

>>>>>>Self Isolating Compilation<<<<<< was put together by Richard Sanderson for Linear Obsessional. March/April 2020

The cover art is by Joanna McCormick

Dedicated to the memory of Kassia Flux.