Chris Conway @ Ambient Underground
Live
In live electronic perfomances Chris Conway combines the theremin, voice and flutes with effects and synthesizers to create a richly textured music that walks the border of soundscapes and tonal ambient harmonies and drones.

Recordings
He has released many albums of electronic music under his own name and in various groups - check them out below - some albums are available as free downloads in a choice of formats.

Theremin
Chris Conway has recorded many albums including the theremin and performed at The Royal Festival Hall and given theremin workshops in the UK and USA.

Quadelectronic

He runs Quadelectronic - a monthly improvised electronic music event in Leicester. See videos of Quadelectronic events on the videos page.

Listen
 



Albums
CLICK on album cove
r to hear album, for downloads and for more info
Some are free to download (or "name-your-own-price--no-minimum)



Chris Conway
Chris Conway Theremin Ocean Dreams
Theremin Ocean Dreams
Chris Conway - Splendid Isolation
Splendid Isolation
Chris Conway - Tokyo Trip
Tokyo Trip
Chris Conway - Strange New World
Strange New World
Chris Conway - Electric Skies
Electric Skies
Chris Conway - Adagios Electric
Adagios Electric
Chris Conway - Vampire Dreams
Vampire Dreams
Chris Conway The Dream Collector
The Dream Collector
Chris Conway - Electronic Flights
Electronic Flights
Chris Conway - Contact Light
Contact Light
Chris Conway - Scanning Planet 3 CD
Scanning Pla
net 3
 
Memory Wire
Memory Wire - No Longer Thinking cover
No Longer Thinking
Memory Wire - Subterranean Lights
Subterranean Lights
Memory Wire - Field Of Vision
Field Of Vision
Memory Wire - Dervish House
Dervish House
Memory Wire - Underground
Underground
Memory Wire - Fingerprints
Fingerprints
Memory Wire Aura
Aura
Memory Wire CD Meteor
Parallel
Memory Wire CD Meteor
Meteor
Memory Wire CD - Plus One
PLus One
Memory Wire CD Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition
Memory Wire CD Ascend
Ascend
Audible Light
Audible Light - Distance
Distance
Audible Light - Quintessence
Quintessence
Audible Light - Utterance
Utterance
Audible Light - Sentience
Sentience
Audible Light - Prescience
Prescience
Audible Light - Essence
Essence
Audible Light - Convergence
Convergence
Audible Light - Submergence
Submergence
Audible Light - Luminescence
Luminescence
Audible Light - Radiance
Radiance
   
Continuum
The Scanner Game

Space Time

Yttrium

Best Kept Secret

Neptune
scanner game courteous cd
Courteous
The Scanner Game - Musici CD
Musici
The Planet Scanners
Escape Route
The Planet Scanners The Third Expedition
The Third Expedition
The Planet Scanners In Orbit
In Orbit
The Planet Scanners - Live and Scanning CD
Live and Scanning
Escape Route 3
Columns of Herakles
Escape Route 2
Scylla & Charybdis
Escape Route 1
Pandora's Box

Modulight
Etherwheel
Bridge
Avant Garden
Modulight - Return To Acamar
Return To Acamar
Modulight - Liminal Vision
Liminal Vision
Modulight - Ritual Alchemy
Ritual Alchemy
Etherwheel album Theremin & Hurdy-gurdy
Theremin & Hurdy-Gurdy
Bridge - Sun Ship
Sun Ship
Avant Garden - Living In The Here & There
Living In The Here & There
Impromptu Elec
Quadelectronic
with Law of Fives
with AL & AS & ME
Starfish Haiku
Law of Fives - Brain Cell
Brain Cell
Interplanetary Society album
Interplanetary Society
Starfish Haiku - Electric Waterfall
Electric Waterfall

electronic ambient new age albums
C
LICK on album cover
for more info, track listing and soundclips
Chris Conway Flute Dreamer
Flute Dreamer
Chris Conway - Ayurveda CD
Ayurveda
Aramara - Spa Gold
Chris Conway - Guiding Light CD
Guiding Light

Yoga Gold
Celtic Reiki

Videos
check out the many live videos on my Electronic youtube channel
Electronic Music Videos
Memory Wire Videos




In the studio and a Vlog
solo theremin, voice & effects


Recording Vlog 11

News
26th January 2024
modulight - return to acamar - new live cosmic, electronic album
Modulight - Return To Acamar

3rd Album From Modulight Electronic Duo
A new live album - and our most cosmic yet! Evocative of a long space flight, it includes an amazing 30 minute track recorded live at The Church Of Sound, Nottingham. The 3 other tracks were recorded live at Quadelectronic events - but there is a continuous space travel vibe across the whole album. Read more about the album HERE.
It's currently released to stream & download on Bandcamp and CDrs are made to order.

Chris Conway
theremin - moog etherwave pro.
effects - vocalist live pro, boss dd-20 giga delay, moog ringmodulator, & murf moogerfoogers.
acoustic - voice, irish whistles, kalimba, seed shaker.

Jez Creek
synthesizers - continuumini, hydrasynth, microfreak, op-1, opsix, sh-4d.
sampler - blackbox.

effects - dd-20, mini-kp, ms-70cdr

Stores
Bandcamp
Spotify
Apple Music
Amazon Music

CDs will be printed to order and orderable on the album website, or from Bandcamp

27th November 2023
theremin ocean dreams - new ambient electronic release
Chris Conway Theremin Ocean Dreams

My most ambient theremin "flights" album yet.
This is the “theremin-&-effects-only mix” of my Deep Ocean Dreams album, - the foundation tracks, recorded live in the studio. I have kept the track order the same. It's been a while since my last theremin based album Electric Skies, and I thought these sounded good, and different to theremin recordings I made before. Read more about the album HERE.

Chris Conway – theremin & effects

Stores
Bandcamp
Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify
- 5th December
CDs will be printed to order and orderable on the album website, or from Bandcamp


28th March 2023
memory wire - no longer thinking - album sampler
video



3rd March 2023
memory wire - no longer thinking - new ambient electronic release
Memory Wire - No Longer Thinking cover

Memory Wire releases our 12th album, and our first in nearly 3 years.
My electronic ambient duo with Jim Tetlow has a wider range of electronic textures and more instruments than before. No Longer Thinking has a dreamy quality. Interspersed with the ambient sounds are beautiful 3 minimal music tracks. 2 tracks were recorded live at Quadelectronic events - the rest in the studio.

Chris Conway – theremin, synthesizer, piano, Irish whistles, electric 9 string guitar,
bombarde, voice, singing bowl, bells, chimes, kalimba, zither, effects, field recordings.

Jim Tetlow – laptop with keyboard, guitar, effects, field recordings.

Stores
Bandcamp
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify

CDs will be printed to order and orderable on the album website, or from Bandcamp



2nd December 2022
modulight - liminal vision - electronic duo's 2nd album
Modulight - Liminal Vision

Modulight's follow-up album to Ritual Alchemy
The Chris Conway/Jez Creek duo delves a little deeper on new album Liminal Vision with a wider range of textures than their debut album. But the blend of CC's theremin & effects and JC's banks of synthesizer is uniquely Modulight

The album is on Bandcamp now HERE
Bandcamp - Spotify - Amazon - Apple to follow soon
CDs will be printed to order and orderable on the album website, or from Bandcamp



23rd September 2021
audible light - distance - ambient quartet's 10th album!
Audible Light - Distance

Audible Light release their 10th album "Distant"
Unable to meet due to the pandemic, they each started recording a track at their home studio, then each track was passed digitally round the band til all had played on the 4 tracks.
The result is a powerful album with resonant synthesizers, minimal music, and for the first time, Andy Atyeo's cello.

The album si on Bandcamp now HERE
Spotify, Apple, and Amazon to follow soon
CDs will be printed to order and orderable on the album website, or from Bandcamp



pinned post
Splendid Isolation - new album
Chris Conway - Splendid Isolation
Ambient Improvisations And Soundscapes
Peaceful, otherworldly music.
Ambient improvisations and soundscapes featuring theremin, piano, low Irish whistle, guitars, synthesizer, electronics, percussion.

These pieces were recorded throughout the pandemic lockdown year made as submissions for the United Isolation Ensemble ( unitedisolationensemble.bandcamp.com ), where they were mixed with other artists to make ensemble pieces. I chose these

I was surprise listening back at the cohesive feeling on these tracks - a feeling of peaceful, if sometimes unearthly, isolation. I hope that peace communicates in the busy times ahead.


The album is currently on Bandcamp to stream, or download. - Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc will come soon.
CDrs will be printed to order and purchased on the album web page




17th May 2021
modulight - ritual alchemy - new electronic duo album
Modulight - Ritual Alchemy

Electronic Atmospheric Spacey Music
New music from a new duo with Jez Creek (aka Modulator ESP).
Jez has been a regular at Quadelectronic for years and runs The Church Of Sound in Nottingham where we have played a live set a few years ago.

WEe also both contriubute to United Isolation Ensemble ( unitedisolationensemble.bandcamp.com ), where some of our submissions were mixed together which gave us the idea of making this album.

I'm so glad we did as my waftings and Jez's electronic sounds go together seamlessly creating rich worlds of sound, which are a blend of ambient, space music and electronic music.


The album is currently on Bandcamp to stream, or download. - Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc will come soon.
CDrs will be printed to order and purchased on the album web page



Tokyo Trip - new album
Chris Conway - Tokyo Trip
A journey of music and Tokyo sounds.
I took my sound recorder on my trip to Tokyo in late February, and during my time there gathered sounds as I travelled around the city.
Over the last few months I've been blending the city sounds with music and made a journey in sound.

The music I made for it was a like film music and varied depending on the scene. Apart from a visit to a park it is mostly city sounds - trains, crowds, an elevator, a huge electrical store, and even a sushi bar.

The album is currently on Bandcamp to stream, or download.
Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc will come soon.
CDrs will be printed to order and purchased on the album web page





2nd April 2021
united isolated ensemble - 13 collaboration albums
UIE7
UIE Update - With Quadelectronic improv monthly session still not being able to meet, we carried on with my UIE idea of recording solo tracks and Jim Tetlow mixes compatible groups from themto sound as if they were playing together.

There are now 13 UIE albums - if you like electronic soundscapes, ambient music and experimental music check them out, you're in for a treat. You can stream them all, or buy a download (name your price) - all funds go to Jim for his hard work.

I play on 3 tracks on each album
on various instruments and sometimes including my theremin.

Many great musicians contribute
to the albums, and #13 has 16 players on all kinds of instruments and sound sources.
Check out the UIE albums HERE




1st November 2020
united isolated ensemble - Lockdown #8
UIE7
With Quadelectronic improv monthly session still not being able to meet, we carried on with this UIE idea of recording solo tracks and Jim Tetlow mixes compatible duets from them as if we playing together in duets.

The latest collection under the group name United Isolated Ensemble is album "Lockdown #8". I play on 3 tracks - A quartet, and 2 duos, playing - synthesizer, theremin, piano, field recording, effects

Hear it HERE
or buy a download (name your price) - all funds go to Jim for his hard work.






2nd October 2020
united isolated ensemble - Lockdown #7
UIE7
With Quadelectronic improv monthly session still not being able to meet, we carried on with this UIE idea of recording solo tracks and Jim Tetlow mixes compatible duets from them as if we playing together in duets.

The latest collection under the group name United Isolated Ensemble is album "Lockdown #7". I play on 3 tracks - A quartet, a trio and a duo, playing - synthesizer, theremin, piano, field recording, effects

Hear it HERE
or buy a download (name your price) - all funds go to Jim for his hard work.






28th August 2020
united isolated ensemble - Lockdown #6
UIE6
With Quadelectronic improv monthly session still not being able to meet, we carried on with this UIE idea of recording solo tracks and Jim Tetlow mixes compatible duets from them as if we playing together in duets.

The latest collection under the group name United Isolated Ensemble is album "Lockdown #6". I play on 3 tracks - A trio and 2 duos, playing- theremin, keyboard, synthesizer, vocals, effects

Hear it HERE
or buy a download (name your price) - all funds go to Jim for his hard work.






23rd July 2020
united isolated ensemble - Lockdown #5
United Isolation Ensemble #5
With Quadelectronic improv monthly session still not being able to meet, we carried on with this UIE idea of recording solo tracks and Jim Tetlow mixes compatible duets from them as if we playing together in duets.

The latest collection under the group name United Isolated Ensemble is album "Lockdown #5". I play on 3 tracks - A trio and 2 duos, playing theremin, keyboard, low whistle, percussion, effects

Hear it HERE
or buy a download (name your price) - all funds go to Jim for his hard work.






28th June 2020
united isolated ensemble - Lockdown #4
UIE4
With Quadelectronic improv monthly session still not being able to meet, we carried on with this UIE idea of recording solo tracks and Jim Tetlow mixes compatible duets from them as if we playing together in duets.

The latest collection under the group name United Isolated Ensemble is album "Lockdown #4". I play on 3 tracks - this time I played organ, Roland SH-32 synthesizer, theremin, effects, and field recordings from Tokyo.

Hear it HERE
or buy a download (name your price) - all funds go to Jim for his hard work.






28th May 2020
united isolated ensemble - Lockdown #3
UIE3
With Quadelectronic improv monthly session not being able to meet, we recorded solo tracks and Jim Tetlow mixed compatible duets from them so well it sounded like we were playing together in duets.

That is now a cool album "Lockdown #3" under the group name United Isolated Ensemble. As with #1 I play on 3 tracks - this time I played synthesizer, whistles, voice, theremin, and kalimbas & zithers etc

Hear it HERE
or buy a download (name your price) - all funds go to Jim for his hard work.






20th May 2020
memory wire - Subterranean Lights
Memory Wire - Subterranean Lights
Released to celebrate 10 years of ambient/electronic duo Memory Wire, this is their first album in 2 years.

Jim Tetlow's electronic sounds weave around Chris Conway's delicate sparse piano creating a beatiful and mysterious atmosphere.
The album has connections with CC's recent 2 albums Spring Full Moon Solitude & Strange New World as parts of them were used as starting material and beautifully transformed.

Read about how the album was made HERE

Hear it HERE
or buy a download.






24th April 2020
united isolated ensemble - Lockdown #2
UIE2
With Quadelectronic improv monthly session not being able to meet, we recorded solo tracks and Jim Tetlow mixed compatible duets from them so well it sounded like we were playing together in duets.

That is now a cool album "Lockdown #2" under the group name United Isolated Ensemble. As with #1 I play on 3 tracks - this time I played synthesizer, whistles, voice, theremin, and kalimbas & zithers etc

Hear it HERE
or buy a download (name your price) - all funds go to Jim for his hard work.






29th March 2020
united isolated ensemble - Lockdown #1
United Isolated Ensemble 1
With Quadelectronic improv monthly session not being able to meet, we recorded solo tracks and Jim Tetlow mixed compatible duets from them so well it sounded like we were playing together in duets. Hard to believe neither heard the other as it sounds so polished!

That is now a cool album "Lockdown #1" under the group name United Isolated Ensemble.

Hear it HERE
or buy a download (name your price) - all funds go to Jim for his hard work.






16th January 2020
audible light -quintessence - new release
Audible Light - Quintessence
Recorded at their 5th Anniversary Concert at the Ambient Underground 14 event in October, Audible Light are in a particularly ambient and haunting mood. 3 long tracks each explore a different atmosphere. Minimal music sections briefly arrive on each track but the overall feeling is one of gentle power. A special album for a special occasion.

Andy Atyeo - guitar, synthesizer, laptop
Chris Conway - piano, keyboards, theremin, voice, Irish whistles, effects
Les Hayden - bass
Jim Tetlow - laptop with keyboard

Quintessence is now out on Bandcamp to stream or download, & Spotify, Apple Music,
Amazon etc to follow soon

27th November 2019
audible light - utterance - new release
 Audible Light - Utterance
This 8th album from ambient quartet Audible Light is a beautiful dreamy otherworldly ambient experience. The 30 minute title track features the subtle voice and violin work of LION/S and electronic textures from Telemaches 2131.

Andy Atyeo - guitar, synthesizer, laptop
Chris Conway - piano, keyboards, theremin, voice, Irish whistles, effects
Les Hayden - bass
Jim Tetlow - laptop with keyboard
+ special guests
LION/S
- violin, vocals, effects
Telemachus 2131 - laptop, synthesizer, oscillator

Utterance is now out on Bandcamp to stream or download - check it out!
Apple Music, Amazon & Spotify etc to follow soon
5th October 2019
- new digital ambient electronic album release
 Law of Fives - Brain Cell
Law of Fives is the name of a unique meeting of Andy Atyeo, Chris Conway and Jim Tetlow of ambient quartet Audible Light along with abstract noise artist Yodest, and synthesist Modulator ESP.

Brain Cell is an extraordinary album-length improvised piece recorded live at the Quadelectronic 129 event at Quad Studios, Leicester, UK on an amazing array of instruments, soundmakers, and effects. Long majestic ambient passages make way to strange cosmic soundscapes, and visits rhythmic and minimal music sections.

LAW OF FIVES
Andy Atyeo: cello, laptop
Chris Conway: theremin, vocals, low whistle, kalimba, effects
Jez Creek (Modulator ESP): Joué controlling MicroMonsta
Jim Tetlow - laptop with keyboard, cajón
Michal Wojciechowski (Yodest): metal percussive, effects
29th April 2019
audible light - temporal corridor - video
video

Audible Light - Prescience

I'm trying to catch up making promo YouTube videos for albums - here's one for a track from Audible Light's Prescience album.


8th April 2019
interplanetary society -new electronic download album
Interplanetary Society album

A historic meeting of Audible Light, Alto Stratus, and Modular ESP - a septet of electronic improvising artists recorded an album live at the Quadelectronic 125 event.

Two amazing long tracks were recorded featuring Audible Light's Andy Atyeo, Chris Conway, Les Hayden, & Jim Tetlow, Alto Stratus's Alan & Steve Freeman, and Modular ESP's Jez Creek.

It is just being released as a streaming/download album - you can hear it and download it here on Bandcamp


4th November 2018
audible Light -sentience - new release
Audible Light - Sentience

Audible release their 7th album Sentience.
3 long tracks of constantly shifting atmospheres that give a feeling of travelling ona journey in a strange mysterious place. Recorded live at 3 Ambient Undergound events.
Read more about the album on the album's webpage here.

It is released now as a download on Bandcamp where it can also be streamed.
iTunes, Spotify, etc to follow soon.
CDrs as usual will be printed to order for £10 including postage.

Hear Sentience here.



2nd November 2018
starfish haiku -electric waterfall - new release
Starfish Haiku - Electric Waterfall

An amazing quartet Starfish Haiku is made up of ambient duo Memory Wire duo Chris Conway & Jim Tetlow on keyboards, theremin & flutes, plus hang drum player Carise Zangerle Murray and world musiciam Ludwik Szczylik who add a rich tapestry of exotic instruments to the cosmic mix.
It consists of just 2 long tracks of amazing cosmic music, recorded live in concert and in the studio.

Read more about the album on the album's webpage here.
It is released now as a download on Bandcamp where it can also be streamed.

iTunes, Spotify, etc to follow soon.
CDrs as usual will be printed to order for £10 including postage.

Hear Electric Waterfall here.



30th August 2018
memory wire - field of vision - new release
Memory Wire - Field Of Vision

Memory Wire release their 10th album Field Of Vision
It consists of just 2 long tracks of amazing cosmic music, recorded live in concert and in the studio. Read more about the album on the album's webpage here.

It is released now as a download on Bandcamp where it can also be streamed.
iTunes, Spotify, etc to follow soon.
CDrs as usual will be printed to order for £10 including postage.

Hear Field Of Vision here.



1st May 2018
audible light - prescience - new release
Audible Light - Prescience

Audible Light release their 6th album Prescience.
It was recorded live at our their Anniversary Concert at Ambient Underground 8.

It is released now as a download on Bandcamp where it can also be streamed. Then iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc in about a month.
CDrs as usual will be printed to order.

Hear Prescience here.


26th June 2017
memory wire - dervish house - new release
Memeory Wire - Dervish House



Ambient duo Memory Wire release new album Dervish House. It is their 9th album and their first for 2 years.
All tracks feature special guest guitarist & bassist Dave Everitt, who also featured on the group's Parallel album. It also features on one track vocalist Linda Faulkner who sang on their previous Underground album.

The plan was to make an album with a stronger minimal music influence - this time we went for it with a long first and short 2nd track. The third track continues the minimal theme, then transforms to an albient dreamscape, a vibe which carried through the rest of the album. We are delighted at the result!

see web page here
hear it here


15th May 2017
electric skies - promo video - so far away
video

Chris Conway Electric Skies



30th March 2017
quadelectronic 100 - Volume 1 & 2 - new releases

Quadelectronic is the monthly electronic improvisation event I organise and to celebrate our 100th event we said we would release all of the music from the night and here it is. A splendid night it was with 9 musicians and our liquid lightshow artist Lumiere Ogbanje -

Chris Conway:
theremin, electric piano, low whistle, vocals, effects
Jez Creek: iPads, effects
Steve Escott: bass, effects
Linda Faulkner: vocals
Alan Freeman: Korg MS-20, effects
Steve Freeman: Moog Rogue, bowed CD, effects
Dave Powell: symphony hurdy-gurdy, effects
Matt Stone: guitar, effects
Jim Tetlow: laptop with keyboard, cajón

There is variety on both volumes but Volume 1 is the more sounds based and Volume 2 the more melodic. You can stream them online or download them and name your own price (including £0)
Vol.1

Vol.2



28th March 2017
quadelectronic documents - new archive
Audible Light - Essence

An archive of all recordings made at Quadelectronic events over the past 8 and a half years is being uplodaded by Alan Freeman. More recordings are being added all the time from the very first Quadelectronic 1 in 17 June 2008.

It's fascinating hearing these undedited recordings. Although each event has it;s own atmosphere, it is fair to say we have eveolved over the years to more of an ambient aesthetic. Things were pretty lively and noisy back then and we started out doing long improvisations where players dropped in and out as they please. Only after a few months did I come up with the randomly chosen groups playing for 7ish minutes format.

26th February 2017
audible light - essence - new release
Audible Light - Essence

Audible Light release our 5th album Essesnce on the Zorpin label.
Recorded live at the Ambient Underground 6 concert at The Cookie, Leicester in January in multitrack enabling us to mix it really nicely. Guitarist/violinist Chris Thornhill joined us a special guest on 2 tracks.
Every Audible Light album has a slightly different vibe and this onehas an airy, floaty feel. There are some great minimal music tracks and some spacey waftiness too. As always, balance is our thing.
CDrs available soon, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify in a few weeks.
Hear it here, and download it if you like for £5


1st October2016
electric skies - new release - ambient theremin album
Chris Conway - Electric Skies

5 years after Adagios Electric I have released another album of ambient solo theremin & effects (plus a little low whsitle, voice, and shaker) I recorded it one afternoon (4th October) as a way to rehearse for my solo theremin perfomance opening for the legendary prog rock band The Enid.
Interesting to hear the differences in 5 years - I was using similar effects. I think some subtle refinements can be heard. Anyway it sounds pretty anyway so check it out.

It's downloadable or streamable on Bandcamp now - iTunes, Amazon, Spotify in a month plus I can sell you a lovingly handcrafterd CDr on a you-want-one-I'll-print-one basis.


21st September 2015
audible light - submergence
Audible Light release their 3rd album on the Zorpin label.
Hot on the trail of recent studio album Luminescence, Submergence was recorded at the Ambient Underground event in May.
Just 2 tracks, the first being an extraordinary piece almost 45mins long, has a really rich underwater feel to it and goes through many shifting soundcapes. Guest vocalist Linda Faulkner joins the group on the 2nd track which has a wonderful floating feel to it.


It is now downloadable from Bandcamp (iTunes & Amazon etc to follow next month). We also have a handful of lovingly handcrafted CDrs for sale :-)
See the webpage for Submergence.




20th September 2016
quadelectronic 100!
Quadelectronic

Another milestone for the monthly improvised electronic music session I run at Quad Studios - for 100 months we have made our strange sounds.

The plan this time was to have Jim Tetlow record it all on his multi-track and release the best it somehow. Luckily it was a really great session of moody subtle ambient music.
Watch this space for a release.

29th June 2016
quadelectronic - 8th anniversary!
Quadelectronic 8th Anniversary

Monthly electronic improvisation session Quadelectronic celebrated it's 8th anniversary at Quadelectronic 97 at Quad Studios, Leicester this month.
7 players and liquid lighting master Lumiere Ogbanje gathered as usual and improvised in randomly chosen groups for 7minutes at a time.
They also played my anniversary game I devised at our 5th Anniversary. - all play - 8 minute piece - only 8 notes/sounds aloud, each lasting 8 seconds.

There was also a game of Tag Trio - a trio starts and as each player leaves, they tag another player to replace them. In the end we all ended up playing as a septet.
Here's to the next 8 years!

27th June 2016
Audible light - convergence - promo video
video



25th May 2016
audible light - convergence - new release!
Audible Light - Convergence

Ambient quartet Audible Light release their 4th album Convergence on the Zorpin label. Recorded live at the Ambient Underground 4 event in April at The Cookie in Leicester UK.

There are 3 tracks including the 40 minute Night Forest which features special guest Dave Powell from Etherwheel on hurdy-gurdy & effects on one track. The vibe with the album is a nocturnal atmospheric feel which flows between between lyrical, electronic and minimal passages.

Convergence can be streamed online or downloaded from Bandcamp for £5 or can be ordered on CDr from the webpage for £9.


2nd September 2015
ambient underground 2 - audible light + modular esp
Another Ambient Undergound even is planned for...
Wed 30th September
at The Cookie, High St Leicester
doors 7.30pm, music 8pm, £4

For the moment
at least Ambient Underground events are going to be quarterly gigs with Audible Light + Guest - Last month's guest was Linda Faulkner. This month we have Modular ESP, our from Nottingham who is a regualr at Quadelectronic and set up a gig for Memory Wire at his event there. He gets amazing sounds from his unique customized set of kit and gizmos.

Audible Light hope to be prmoting not only our recent studio album Luminescence (got your copy yet?) but also a new live album recorded at the previous Ambient Underground event.

Modular ESP will have a set, as will Audible Light, then we'll doa set together. We also will have a liquid light show by Lumiere Ogbange.

Facebook event page

19th August 2015
memory wire - underground - new release
Memory Wire release their 8th album on the Zorpin label.
Featuring live recordings from the Ambient Underground event and one track from Quadelectronic 78.

The album features special guests guitarist Andy Atyeo, and Les Hayden - both from the Audible Light group, and vocalist Linda Faulkner.
It's a beautiful set of ambient electro-acoustic music and captures the wonderful peaceful vibe of that Ambient Underground concert. The sound is like entering a warm cavern where lights are reflecting off the twinkly crystals on the walls. Well that's what we think anyway :-)

It will be on Bandcamp for download frst, then iTunes, Amazon & Spotify etc in about a month. As usual we have made a handful of loveingly hand crafted CDs.



29th July 2015
audible light - luminescence - 2 videos
2 videos for tracks from Audible Light's new album Luminescence
Lumin


A Hazy Memory


15th June 2015
audible light - luminescence - new release
Audible Light's follow-up studio album to their debut Radiance is released. Like Radiance, it was recorded in one afternoon, yet sounds amazingly clear and composed.

Instrumentation is similar to last time...
Andy Atyeo - electric guitar, synthesizer, laptop
Chris Conway - piano, keyboards, theremin, electric 9 string guitar, voice, Irish whistles, dulcimer, chimes, effects
Les Hayden -
bass, tenori-on
Jim Tetlow -
laptop with keyboard, cajon

There are 4 tracks.

13th June 2015
memory wire - fingerprints - see the whole concert!
One year ago Memory Wire played at Fingerprints Delicafe, Leicester - our first cocnert as sole artists as part of the ArtBeat Festival. We recorded the night and released the Fingerprints album.
Now Jim has processed all the video footage taken at the concert and uploaded it to youTube so you can see the whole concert (and album) as it happened.



20th May 2015
memory wire & audible light - gig report
Ambient Underground presents... Memory Wire & Ambient Light @ The Cookie, Leicester -

An improvised electronic ambient music night featuring Memory Wire (me & Jim Tetlow) - and Audible Light - our first gig!! - (a quartet of me, Jim, plus Andy Atyeo and Les Hayden) - plus we had a guest Linda Faulkner on vocals and our chum Lumiere Ogbange doing a liquid lightshow.

A bit of a rainy night so not a huge crowd but a quorum, plus we sold 5 CDs :-) A set of Memory Wire, then one by Audible Light, each joined by Linda later in each set.

Musically it went really well - Jim and I felt at ease to explore a bit with Memory Wire - not trying to be any one thing but going where we wanted at the time. The Audible Light set felt very special - something happens when we 4 play together - a strange calm descends - no one dominates - the players listen and sometimes someone adds an impetus and the others follow.

The soundman Rich kindly multi-track recorded it for us so it will be interesting to hear if it sounds as good as we remember. Audible Light also had a session recording in the studio so it is possible there will be 2 albums from all this if all goes well.


12th January 2015
audible light - radiance - great reveiw
We received a great review for Audible Light's album Radiance.
It is on the Astounded By Sound review blog written by Roger Trenwith, describing it as "a restful journey through a prism of distilled high quality ambience of a thoughtful and symapthetic kind."
Read the review here
Check out the album page



12th October 2014
audible light - radiance - new release
A new release from new ambient quartet Audible Light is released on the Zorpin label. Recorded at my Aloft Studios, Radiance is one of the most beautiful albums of music I have recorded. When we were recording it we knewit was something special - a really restrained delicate music was captured - soundscapes, minimal music, and rhythmns, world music and touches of jazz piano. Just a great balanced set.
Check out the album page

Instrumentation

Andy Atyeo - electric guitar, synthesizer, laptop
Chris Conway -
piano, keyboards, theremin, electric 9 string guitar, voice, Irish whistles, kalimba, effects
Les Hayden - bass, ebow, tenori-on
Jim Tetlow - laptop with keyboard, cajon
Hear the whole album

10th September 2014
memory wire - new video

New video for track Watching You Shine - to promote the Fingerprints album.

25th August 2014
memory wire - fingerprints - new release

Memory Wire release a new album recorded live at their concert at Fingerprints Delicafe, Leicester UK as part of the ArtBeat Festival.

The concert was their first whole concert as sole artists on the bill. The album, called "Fingerprints" is dedicated to the memory of Gareth Carnall, the owner of Fingerprints Delicafe who hosted the concert and passed away a month later.

The album is one of their Memory Wire's most accessable albums, with rhythms and minimal music being more of a feature, after the glowing ambient soundscapes of the previous Auram album.

Fingerprints is downloadable from Bandcamp for £5 - YouTube, Amazon and CD to follow soon.

13th June 2014
CC25 part 3 - memory wire - gig report
Again as part of the Artbeat Festival, Memory Wire (Chris Conway & Jim Tetlow's electronic ambient duo) played our first full concert (as the only act on the bill) at Fingerprints Delicafe.

Fingerprints hadn't had music there for over 20 years, and it was nice for us as we often meet there to discuss band stuff.

The place was full and we played 3 x 25min sets and got a great response and sold some copies of our new album Aura.

Jim did make a multitrack recording of the concert though whether a live album will eb made from it or just use the sounds as raw material for a studio album in the future is not clear. Thanks to everyone who came to see us.
see the photos here


10th May 2014
memory wire - aura - now on cd - digipack
Memory Wire release our 6th album - Aura.
Memory Wire's new album Aura is now available on CD in a beautiful digipack case. We made a limited edition set of 50 for promotion purposes but they are also available for sale.
Memory Wire play a gig at Fingerprints Cafe in Leicester on the 12th June. There is also talk of doing a launch gig for Aura soon.Memory Wire Aura



20th February 2014
memory wire - aura - promo video

Pormo video using the title track.

20th February 2014
memory wire - aura - new release

Memory Wire release our 6th album - Aura.
This time we went for a very delicate ambient music where it is not easy to make out what instruments are making the sounds.

The title track we have been working on little by little for over two years and it became the blueprint for how we wanted the album to sound overall. All tracks were recorded at Jim Tetlow and my studios apart the track Eternal which was recorded live at Quadelectronic 62.

We are planning to tout the album round some other labels and network more to try and get this out there to more people.