Undulations by UV Spectra
The last time Andy and Jim had played together was in February 2020, a month before Covid-19 lockdown. The album 'Asynchronous' was created remotely via filesharing and as a studio creation it allowed for extended opportunities but they were keen to improvise in real time again and so a session was arranged for the last day of May 2022. They recorded just under two hours that afternoon, following their usual ethos of pure improvisation with no prior discussion save for a decision this time to work to a specific tempo on the last couple of pieces.
A few weeks later they auditioned the mixes and discussed a proposed album. They both realised that this time round they each favoured contrasting aesthetics within the UV Spectra soundworld and so each of their 'playlists' consisted of pieces almost completely exclusive from one another. The obvious solution was that there was no reason why two separate albums couldn't be compiled from the material. 'Petal Stream Folding Reconnection' was the first and now 'Undulations' completes the pair.
Credits
Andy Atyeo: laptop with keyboard, guitar
Jim Tetlow: laptop with keyboard
All pieces improvised by UV Spectra, recorded 31st May 2022.
Mixed*, mastered and compiled by Jim Tetlow.
*Including added beats and samples, for which thanks are due to Console Jammer for source beats on Drowning and Johnny Constant for source kick drum on Shade.
Cover artwork produced with MidJourney AI.
License
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UV Spectra are Andy Atyeo and Jim Tetlow, a duo working intuitively in the tradition of unplanned improvisation with electronics. They are half of Leicester based improvising fourpiece Audible Light and are involved in the live improvisation event Quadelectronic and its online collaborative equivalent the United Isolation Ensemble.