JO QUAIL
Invocation / Supplication
Metal-aligned cellist extraordinaire weaves a new matrix of magic
BY NORSE MUSIC
Jo Quail summons the spirits
CELLIST AND COMPOSER
Jo Quail remains a wonderful enigma. She operates at the barely perceptible point where classical music, heavy metal and the avant-garde intersect, and is as capable of blowing minds with her own work as turning metalheads on to Bach. Following her utterly enveloping Roadburn commission,
The Cartographer,
can have been no easy feat, but she returns with two linked yet distinct EPs that boast a formidable cast of collaborators.