Excerpts taken from all my recordings, further information on each is given on the individual track.

The Cartographer 4 SR

Excerpt from Mvt 3 of The Cartographer

The Cartographer” is a piece commissioned by the renowned Roadburn Festival, who will host its premiere performance in April 2022 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The project, initially planned for 2020, explores the space where classical instrumentation and contemporary heavy music intersect: how classical music has a heaviness of its own, and how these elements can be brought into contemporary heavy genres. 

“The Cartographer” is a piece composed of prose of 5 phrases, each phrase containing an intention for the different movements. Each of these musical phrases is pared through the artist’s pitch system and created the musical motif on which the whole work is based.
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released May 6, 2022 

The Cartographer - composed by Jo Quail 

Performed by: 
Electric Cello (Jo Quail), 
Electric Violin (Danielle Van Berkom), 
Piano (Floris Verbeij), 
Vocal (Jake Harding), 
Vocal (Lucie Dehli), 
Orchestral Percussion (Nils Jenster and Vito Guerrieri) 
Trombones (The New Trombone Collective - Remko De Jager, Koen Kaptijn, Alexander Verbeek, Pierre Volders, Sebastiaan Kemner, Lode Smeets, Mark Boonstra and Brandt Atemma). Spoken word written by Jo Quail, narrated by Alice Krige. 

Conducted by Jos Pijnappel. 

Recorded at Groenland Studios - Engineered by Hans Ravestein 
Mixed and Mastered at Riff Studios by James Griffiths 
Produced by James Griffiths and Jo Quail

Released March 2023 By Norse

https://joquail.bandcamp.com/album/the-cartographer

The Cartographer 3

Excerpt from Mvt 1 of The Cartographer

The Cartographer” is a piece commissioned by the renowned Roadburn Festival, who will host its premiere performance in April 2022 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The project, initially planned for 2020, explores the space where classical instrumentation and contemporary heavy music intersect: how classical music has a heaviness of its own, and how these elements can be brought into contemporary heavy genres. 

“The Cartographer” is a piece composed of prose of 5 phrases, each phrase containing an intention for the different movements. Each of these musical phrases is pared through the artist’s pitch system and created the musical motif on which the whole work is based.
credits
released May 6, 2022 

The Cartographer - composed by Jo Quail 

Performed by: 
Electric Cello (Jo Quail), 
Electric Violin (Danielle Van Berkom), 
Piano (Floris Verbeij), 
Vocal (Jake Harding), 
Vocal (Lucie Dehli), 
Orchestral Percussion (Nils Jenster and Vito Guerrieri) 
Trombones (The New Trombone Collective - Remko De Jager, Koen Kaptijn, Alexander Verbeek, Pierre Volders, Sebastiaan Kemner, Lode Smeets, Mark Boonstra and Brandt Atemma). Spoken word written by Jo Quail, narrated by Alice Krige. 

Conducted by Jos Pijnappel. 

Recorded at Groenland Studios - Engineered by Hans Ravestein 
Mixed and Mastered at Riff Studios by James Griffiths 
Produced by James Griffiths and Jo Quail

Released March 2023 By Norse

https://joquail.bandcamp.com/album/the-cartographer

The Cartographer 1

Kyralaste from 'Supplication' featuring Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari

Channelling the earthy, primal and spiritual in music, Jo Quail presents two three-song cycles in the form of this album, ‘Invocation’ and ‘Supplication’. The acclaimed, award-winning composer and cellist 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 EP’s. Franz taking the centre stage on ‘Invocation’ and Fornasari on ‘Supplication’. Dare to take on Quail’s wild, boundless soundscapes, enriched by two of the most powerful voices in contemporary music. 

‘Invocation’ & ‘Supplication’ limited vinyl edition comes as a deluxe Orange Crush w/ black marble and Sea Blue w/ Black marble 12” vinyls, gathered in a slipcase with varnish and matt effect; and an insert.
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released November 3, 2023 By Norse

Jo Quail - Composer / Producer / Cellist 
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari - Vocal 
Koen Kaptjn - Trombone 
Mixed and Mastered by Tim Johnson at Cinematic Mixing

https://joquail.bandcamp.com/album/supplication

Kyralaste SR

Maestoso from 'Supplication' featuring Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari

Channelling the earthy, primal and spiritual in music, Jo Quail presents two three-song cycles in the form of this album, ‘Invocation’ and ‘Supplication’. The acclaimed, award-winning composer and cellist 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 EP’s. Franz taking the centre stage on ‘Invocation’ and Fornasari on ‘Supplication’. Dare to take on Quail’s wild, boundless soundscapes, enriched by two of the most powerful voices in contemporary music. 

‘Invocation’ & ‘Supplication’ limited vinyl edition comes as a deluxe Orange Crush w/ black marble and Sea Blue w/ Black marble 12” vinyls, gathered in a slipcase with varnish and matt effect; and an insert.
credits
released November 3, 2023 By Norse

Jo Quail - Composer / Producer / Cellist 
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari - Vocal 
Koen Kaptjn - Trombone 
Mixed and Mastered by Tim Johnson at Cinematic Mixing

https://joquail.bandcamp.com/album/supplication

Maestoso SR

Baroscyre from 'Invocation' featuring Maria Franz

Channelling the earthy, primal and spiritual in music, Jo Quail presents two three-song cycles in the form of this album, ‘Invocation’ and ‘Supplication’. The acclaimed, award-winning composer and cellist 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 EP’s. Franz taking the centre stage on ‘Invocation’ and Fornasari on ‘Supplication’. Dare to take on Quail’s wild, boundless soundscapes, enriched by two of the most powerful voices in contemporary music. 

‘Invocation’ & ‘Supplication’ limited vinyl edition comes as a deluxe Orange Crush w/ black marble and Sea Blue w/ Black marble 12” vinyls, gathered in a slipcase with varnish and matt effect; and an insert.
credits
released November 3, 2023 

Jo Quail - Composer / Producer / Cellist 
Maria Franz - Vocal 
Tom Atherton - Percussion 
Ben Ellis - Bass 
Julia McDonell - French Horn 
Steve Thompson - Trombone 
The Choir of Sing United 
Jake Harding - Additional Vocal 

Mixed by Dax Liniere at Puzzle Factory Studios. Mastered by Tim Johnson at Cinematic Mixing.

Released by By Norse 2023

https://joquail.bandcamp.com/album/invocation

Baroscyre SR

Willow Of All from 'Invocation' featuring Maria Franz

Channelling the earthy, primal and spiritual in music, Jo Quail presents two three-song cycles in the form of this album, ‘Invocation’ and ‘Supplication’. The acclaimed, award-winning composer and cellist 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 EP’s. Franz taking the centre stage on ‘Invocation’ and Fornasari on ‘Supplication’. Dare to take on Quail’s wild, boundless soundscapes, enriched by two of the most powerful voices in contemporary music. 

‘Invocation’ & ‘Supplication’ limited vinyl edition comes as a deluxe Orange Crush w/ black marble and Sea Blue w/ Black marble 12” vinyls, gathered in a slipcase with varnish and matt effect; and an insert.
credits
released November 3, 2023 

Jo Quail - Composer / Producer / Cellist 
Maria Franz - Vocal 
Tom Atherton - Percussion 
Ben Ellis - Bass 
Julia McDonell - French Horn 
Steve Thompson - Trombone 
The Choir of Sing United 
Jake Harding - Additional Vocal 

Mixed by Dax Liniere at Puzzle Factory Studios. Mastered by Tim Johnson at Cinematic Mixing.

Released by By Norse 2023

https://joquail.bandcamp.com/album/invocation

Willow Of All SR

Macha from 'Invocation' featuring Maria Franz

Channelling the earthy, primal and spiritual in music, Jo Quail presents two three-song cycles in the form of this album, ‘Invocation’ and ‘Supplication’. The acclaimed, award-winning composer and cellist 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 EP’s. Franz taking the centre stage on ‘Invocation’ and Fornasari on ‘Supplication’. Dare to take on Quail’s wild, boundless soundscapes, enriched by two of the most powerful voices in contemporary music. 

‘Invocation’ & ‘Supplication’ limited vinyl edition comes as a deluxe Orange Crush w/ black marble and Sea Blue w/ Black marble 12” vinyls, gathered in a slipcase with varnish and matt effect; and an insert.
credits
released November 3, 2023 

Jo Quail - Composer / Producer / Cellist 
Maria Franz - Vocal 
Tom Atherton - Percussion 
Ben Ellis - Bass 
Julia McDonell - French Horn 
Steve Thompson - Trombone 
The Choir of Sing United 
Jake Harding - Additional Vocal 

Mixed by Dax Liniere at Puzzle Factory Studios. Mastered by Tim Johnson at Cinematic Mixing.

Released by By Norse 2023

https://joquail.bandcamp.com/album/invocation

Macha SR

Forge from 'Exsolve' live from Bergen 2023

Forge Live

White Salt Stag from 'Five Incantations' live from Bergen 2023

Stag Live SR

https://joquail.bandcamp.com/track/gold-magi-veniunt-ab-oriente-2

This is a mash up of Gold and 4 bars from the tenor line of the Christmas motet Magi Veniunt Ab Oriente by Clemens non Papa from around 1530. I originally created this for the 2020 Progspace online Christmas Festival stream.

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