Isolation Suite [2019-21]
A Co-production with Rumble Theatre UnDone is going grey. Fast. Not just physically but socially, psychologically and even technologically. Ghosted by friends and society at large, the aging, isolated musician fades toward invisibility in an East Vancouver that seems increasingly surreal. Can he survive his mission to get to "Mission"? It's a long shot!
A rock performance piece mining metaphor and comedy in the grey zones of mental illness, Isolation Suite features live music by Cold Calculi (Tim Carlson & Christie Watson). Stream the band's debut single, “irregardless,” wherever fine music is given away for less than nothing.
Watch the video for “irregardless” on YouTube.
Cold Calculi on Bandcamp.
Isolation Suite premieres in spring 2021.
ISOLATION SUITE TEAM:
Tim Carlson: playwright, performer, guitarist
Christie Watson: performer, drummer
Jivesh Parasram: director
Kellee Ngan: dramaturg
Margaret Kwarecka: set and lighting design
Ulla Laidlaw: music video director & editor
David Mesiha: sound design
Gavan Cheema: associate producer
All songs Tim Carlson & Christie Watson © 2020 SOCAN
Recorded at JFD Studio, Vancouver. Mixed and mastered by Jon Wood.
Presentations:
Sawdust Collector, Gold Saucer Studio, Vancouver, BC : Nov. 19, 2019. Playwright/songwriter Tim Carlson and drummer/vocalist Christie Watson, as the band Cold Calculi, presented “Irregardless”, part of a musical suite embedded in the show – a poetic exploration of social isolation playing the notes between sombre hush, indie irony and cathartic noise.
