7" vinyl only - not available for digital download
The voices and rhythms of the Humboldt current around the Galapagos Islands recorded April 2006 using a pair of Dolphin Ear Pro Hydrophones onto a NAGRA ARES-Pll digital audio recorder.
Chris Watson, originally from Sheffield but now resident in Newcastle, England, is the world's leading wildlife sound recordist. After co-founding Cabaret Voltaire with Richard Kirk and Stephen Mallinder, he left in 1981 to work for Tyne Tees Television and he also joined The Hafler Trio. He then left to become the sound archivist for the Royal Society for Protection of Birds. He is now working full time as a freelance sound recordist.
This is the first release in a new series of Touch 7" vinyl only releases, 'Touch Sevens'
Tracklist
1. 3m
2. 10m
Locked grooves on both sides...
Reviews
Warp Records (UK):
Amazing sound recordist and ex-Cabaret Voltaire member Chris Watson who's other job is working for the BBC Natural History Unit recording sound for Television and Radio does this very limited 7 inch record with extra lock-grooves for Touch. The two dense and beautiful recordings on this 7 inch are underwater recordings of the Humboldt current around the Galapagos Islands, recorded using a pair of Dolphin Ear Pro Hydrophones onto a NAGRA ARES-PII digital audio recorder. One is recorded at 3 metres the other at 10 metres. Needless to say as with all of Watson's recorded work it's spellbinding stuff and a real pleasure to listen to.
Dusted (USA):
That’s Chris Watson, formerly of Cabaret Voltaire and the Hafler Trio, who’s been doing field recordings with a remarkable ear for subtlety as of the past decade. Here we find two samples of the sounds of the Humboldt current, which surrounds the Galapagos islands, from three meters and ten meters deep, respectively. “3m” is busy, active sloshing of water, powered by a steady attack courtesy of the current’s pull. But “10m” is much darker, and actually sort of terrifying, the voice of the current imbued with a bassier, more claustrophobic presence that may as well be the sound of the weight of water. A remarkable piece of short, affecting natural sound, mercurially presented. Pro-printed cardstock sleeve with spine writing.
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