Jo Quail

23 hours ago

I am delighted to present Invocation /Supplication in this stunning limited edition CD format. Your response to the vinyl has been overwhelming and I know there's been much demand in addition for a CD version, so I thank you for your patience! Presented as two separate CDs enclosed in an embellished outer sleeve, Invocation and Supplication will be released on May 11th, and available at Dunk!festival where I will be performing Supplication with orchestra.

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Channelling the earthy, primal and spiritual in music, I. present you two three-song cycles in the form of this album. I composed the two pieces with the artists Maria Franz (Heilung) and Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari in mind and their breath-taking voices are a key element on the respective EPs, Franz taking centre stage on 'Invocation' and Fornasari on 'Supplication'.

"This collection demonstrates exactly the kind of depth and scope you’d expect from such a thrilling and fearless musician". Metal hammer Dec 2023 ... See MoreSee Less

Jo Quail

2 weeks ago

‘Causleen’s Wheel’ is the third track on my album Exsolve (2017), written for Lucie Dehli, that I’ll premiere at Dunk!festival. Lucie is a force of nature; composer, singer, teacher, artist, and wise woman, and I’ve had the privilege of working with Lucie over many years. We have collaborated on several projects and performances including entirely improvised concerts, and we have also been a guest for each other on many occasions. When I create a canvas with Lucie in mind I know only the energy of what I want to create, and the particular aspect of her persona that I want to celebrate. ‘Causleen’s Wheel’ was extraordinary to write; the music flowed from one take after another and as I heard the sound grow through the multiple interweaving lines it felt as though it stretched and breathed something in to shape, something strange yet utterly familiar as well. What Lucie then found and connected with in this music lifted it to realms far beyond my imagination.

‘Causleen’s Wheel’ is the song of The Spinner. Her wheel spins and the mountains dance, divine and eternal in their movement, and the standing stones sway to this hidden pulse, and the evening star lights the sky 🌀

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Jo Quail

2 weeks ago

On the 11th of May I will be performing a very special concert for Dunk!festival and I’m honoured to be joined by the Wilmink Project Orchestra to present this program. We have two premieres for you. We’ll be performing ‘Supplication’ with Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari, and also ‘Causleen’s Wheel’ from Exsolve with Lucie Dehli. We’ll be joined in addition by Tom Atherton on percussion, if you’ve never seen or heard a water phone then you need to come to our concert! Jos Pijnappel who you know from ‘The Cartographer’ will be conducting us and we also have a premier, first ever screening of a stunning animation created by Dutch artist Daniel Van Nes to accompany Supplication. There’s lots to tell you about I’ll be making individual posts to introduce all my guest artists and orchestra. I will probably share some of my orchestration processes and decisions, so you get pretty robust kind of view of the whole project. I’m so thankful to Dunk! Festival for giving us a stage literally to perform this concert for you. I really look forward to chatting with you afterwards 🖤 ... See MoreSee Less