9 episodes

Isolation Suite follows UnDone, an isolated musician who is going grey: physically, mentally, socially, spiritually and even technologically. A surreal hybrid of indie rock, drama and poetry, the audio series mines mystery, metaphor and comedy in the grey zones of mental illness. This is the soundscape of someone inspired while he's fading into nothingness.

The six-episode series is written by Tim Carlson and features music by Cold Calculi.

The script and lyrics for Isolation Suite were written by Tim Carlson, who also plays UnDone. Cold Calculi is Tim on guitar and vocals, and Christie Watson on drums, guitar and vocals. Follow Cold Calculi on Bandcamp, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Christie also plays Meursault, Dr. Bell, Lisette, Felicia the Harsh, Yasmin and other characters.

Isolation Suite is directed by Jiv Parasram, with dramaturgy by Kellee Ngan and Gavan Cheema. The audio series is sound designed, produced and engineered by David Mesiha.

Music by Cold Calculi was recorded by Jon Wood at JFD Studios and Emily Ryan at Rain City Recorders. Music videos associated with Isolation Suite are by Ulla Laidlaw and Margaret Krawecka.The series is co-produced by Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre in Vancouver

Copyright Tim Carlson 2021 and Cold Calculi (SOCAN) 2021.

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    • 4.7 • 7 Ratings

Isolation Suite follows UnDone, an isolated musician who is going grey: physically, mentally, socially, spiritually and even technologically. A surreal hybrid of indie rock, drama and poetry, the audio series mines mystery, metaphor and comedy in the grey zones of mental illness. This is the soundscape of someone inspired while he's fading into nothingness.

The six-episode series is written by Tim Carlson and features music by Cold Calculi.

The script and lyrics for Isolation Suite were written by Tim Carlson, who also plays UnDone. Cold Calculi is Tim on guitar and vocals, and Christie Watson on drums, guitar and vocals. Follow Cold Calculi on Bandcamp, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Christie also plays Meursault, Dr. Bell, Lisette, Felicia the Harsh, Yasmin and other characters.

Isolation Suite is directed by Jiv Parasram, with dramaturgy by Kellee Ngan and Gavan Cheema. The audio series is sound designed, produced and engineered by David Mesiha.

Music by Cold Calculi was recorded by Jon Wood at JFD Studios and Emily Ryan at Rain City Recorders. Music videos associated with Isolation Suite are by Ulla Laidlaw and Margaret Krawecka.The series is co-produced by Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre in Vancouver

Copyright Tim Carlson 2021 and Cold Calculi (SOCAN) 2021.

    Isolation Suite Episode 06

    Isolation Suite Episode 06

    Yasmin arrives to deliver sad news to UnDone. He journeys to Mission with Lissette and The Boy, where they attempt to find the resting place of Sylvia Fraser. Dr. Bell delivers the results of his White Male Pattern Greyness - Pacific Northwest study. UnDone has a final encounter with The Boy.
     
    The script and lyrics for Isolation Suite were written by Tim Carlson, who also plays UnDone. Cold Calculi is Tim on guitar and vocals, and Christie Watson on drums, guitar and vocals.
     
    Follow Cold Calculi on Bandcamp, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
     
    Christie also plays Meursault, Dr. Bell, Lisette, Felicia the Harsh, Yasmin and other characters.
     
    Isolation Suite is directed by Jiv Parasram, with dramaturgy by Kellee Ngan and Gavan Cheema.
     
    The audio series is sound designed, produced and engineered by David Mesiha.
     
    Music by Cold Calculi was recorded by Jon Wood at JFD Studios and Emily Ryan at Rain City Recorders.
    Additional Music by David Mesiha.
     
    Music videos associated with Isolation Suite are by Ulla Laidlaw and Margaret Krawecka.
     
    The series is co-produced by Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre in Vancouver
     
    Copyright Tim Carlson 2021 and Cold Calculi (SOCAN) 2021.
     

    • 24 min
    Isolation Suite Episode 5

    Isolation Suite Episode 5

    At Stackfest Music Festival, UnDone tells delegates about fierce online reaction to his band playing a Cure song that shall not be named. In a reprise of When the Suffering End, UnDone has disappointing interactions with William the Scared and Felicia the Harsh. There is a sad ending to UnDone's relationship with electronics. He drunkenly rants about food delivery building up to a 50-second punk screed "Skip It." Construction noise and Dr. Bell's monologue on grief entangle in UnDone's mind where the song We Teach Our Objects composes itself.
     
     
    The script and lyrics for Isolation Suite were written by Tim Carlson, who also plays UnDone. Cold Calculi is Tim on guitar and vocals, and Christie Watson on drums, guitar and vocals.
     
    Follow Cold Calculi on Bandcamp, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
     
    Christie also plays Meursault, Dr. Bell, Lisette, Felicia the Harsh, Yasmin and other characters.
     
    Isolation Suite is directed by Jiv Parasram, with dramaturgy by Kellee Ngan and Gavan Cheema.
     
    The audio series is sound designed, produced and engineered by David Mesiha.
     
    Music by Cold Calculi was recorded by Jon Wood at JFD Studios and Emily Ryan at Rain City Recorders.
    Additional Music by David Mesiha.
     
    Music videos associated with Isolation Suite are by Ulla Laidlaw and Margaret Krawecka.
     
    The series is co-produced by Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre in Vancouver
     
    Copyright Tim Carlson 2021 and Cold Calculi (SOCAN) 2021.

    • 24 min
    Isolation Suite Episode 4

    Isolation Suite Episode 4

    UnDone flashes back to the scene where Sylvia Fraser met her demise. He later sees Dr. Bell, who assesses why UnDone's eyes have changed colour and enrolls him in the White Male Pattern Greyness – Pacific Northwest study. A sleepless night leads UnDone towards a suicide attempt but one little image negates the idea, landing him safely in the tender lament, I Don't Need Anything.

    • 25 min
    Isolation Suite Episode 3

    Isolation Suite Episode 3

    Waking in a hungover alley, UnDone is soothed by the sweet strains of the song Don't Start Thinking Too Early while waxing nostalgic about how the neighborhood he always hated is gentrifying. He drunkenly rants about social media, resulting in the 50-second punk screed "Self-Efface." In his next step toward deep greyness, UnDone tosses most of his belongings into the alley, attracting Lissette and The Boy. Scavenging and flirtation follow in sync.
     
    The script and lyrics for Isolation Suite were written by Tim Carlson, who also plays UnDone.
     
    Cold Calculi is Tim on guitar and vocals, and Christie Watson on drums, guitar and vocals. Follow Cold Calculi on Bandcamp, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
     
    Christie also plays Meursault, Dr. Bell, Lisette, Felicia the Harsh, Yasmin and other characters.
    Isolation Suite is directed by Jiv Parasram, with dramaturgy by Kellee Ngan and Gavan Cheema.
    The audio series is sound designed, produced and engineered by David Mesiha.
    Music by Cold Calculi was recorded by Jon Wood at JFD Studios and Emily Ryan at Rain City Recorders.
    Additional Music by David Mesiha
    Music videos associated with Isolation Suite are by Ulla Laidlaw and Margaret Krawecka.
    The series is co-produced by Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre in Vancouver Copyright Tim Carlson 2021 and Cold Calculi (SOCAN) 2021.

    • 22 min
    Isolation Suite Episode 2

    Isolation Suite Episode 2

    UnDone returns to the crime scene where Sylvia Fraser met her demise. He types a letter to his disappeared best friend and bandmate Meursault on a vintage Remington 11 typewriter. A street preacher shouting When Will The Suffering End plants an earworm lyric in UnDone's mind as he unsuccessfully attempts to see his therapist. He just wants to go to a sports bar to see the Bruins whack the Canucks yet again! But the scene descends into a whole other level of greyness when UnDone again encounters the mysterious ... Lissette.

    • 21 min
    Isolation Suite Episode 1

    Isolation Suite Episode 1

    UnDone discovers he is going grey. His hair, yes, but first an iris (the right), leading into the depressingly life-affirming post-rock jam "Irregardless." In the park, he is approached by a woman and a boy who both seem transparent. At the bottle depot UnDone is accosted by Felicia the Harsh, the former bass player in his band Super DeLillo. His drunken rant about Amazon builds into a 50-second punk screed "Prime Garbage."

    • 20 min

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