The Cartographer is a piece commissioned by the renown Roadburn Festival, who will host it's 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 it's own, and how these elements can be brought into contemporary heavy genres. The Cartographer - composed by Jo Quail Scored for Electric Cello (Jo Quail), Electric Violin (Danielle Van Berkom), Piano (Floris Verbeij), Male Vocal (Jake Harding), Female Vocal (Lucie Dehli), Orchestral Percussion (Nils Jenster and Vito Guerrieri) and 8 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 Label: By Norse Music Media Type: CD Digipack Release date: May 6th, 2022 Genre: Contemporary Classical / Post Metal