Before – and perhaps even at the beginning – of the COVID-19 pandemic, distorted electronic media was appealing to me. Glitch and digital artefacts were small hints of something awry in another disembodied world, something separate and distinct from lived reality. However, once all facets of our lives pivoted into the technological sphere, this area of sonic play did not feel like the same playful shadow of intentional “error” and distortion. I became fatigued with the electronic disembodiment of the world, and instead just wanted to hear and experience something close to the “real.” “Jubilant Phantoms” is for live accordion and live electronics; however, the live electronics is an apparition of the accordionist, a virtual electro-self providing lush accordion chords in just intonation with occasional artificial resonances. These recordings come from the dedicatee and premiere performer himself, Joseph Petrič, and are naturally imbued with his beautiful sound. Throughout this live version of the work, the player contributes to these billowing chords and other gestures with the pitches available with the equal-temperament accordion. Because the player is amplified, the live accordion and virtual accordion create a composite sound through the speakers. These sounds are triggered by the accordionist, who shapes both the sounds and the silence between them. Instead of a distortion, the virtual accordion is a possible alternate world – equally as lush, rich, and consonant as its live physical counterpart. It is a spectre of a world where, perhaps, jubilation might be appropriate instead of discordant.