http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/ Since its first release in 1982, Touch has created sonic and visual productions that combine innovation with a level of care and attention that has made it the most enduring of any independent music company of its time. en Copyright 2010 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Live at Corsica Studios – 25:59 - 192 kbps Recorded from the desk, live at Corsica Studios, London, on 1st July 2010. With thanks to Tom Relleen. Subscribe to the TouchPod podcast of TouchRadio via the iTunes Music Store Play "Live at Corsica Studios" www.orenambarchi.com]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/touch_radio_55_oren_ambarchi.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/touch_radio_55_oren_ambarchi.html news Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Jana Winderen – live. BJNilsen – installation, "Invisible City". 17th September Field recording workshop, Han River, Seoul 18th September Performances & installations, 7pm at Saii 19th September 2pm Artists Talks at Saii 7pm Performances & installations at The British Council 20th September 7pm at Space Hamilton Saii_moonji cultural institute: saii.or.kr | www.teum11.com
Sound@Media: som.saii.or.kr This trip is not sponsored by the British Council [NB The TouchShop will be closed from September 15th to 22nd. You will still be able to place orders, but they will not be despatched until our return from South Korea...]]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/touch_live_in_korea.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/touch_live_in_korea.html news Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:32:29 +0000 Track Listing 1. Light 2. Floods 3. Casting 4. Shadowed 5. Self 6. Growth 7. In Gray 8. My 9. Reflection 10. Earbraces 11. You This album was originally released by 12 Tónar in 2006 under the moniker 'Lost in Hildurness'. The first solo recording from Hildur Guðnadóttir (who is a member of the Nix Noltes band and has performed regularly with múm and Pan Sonic). In her dreamy soundworld she plays the cello, gamba, zither, khuur and the gamelan so this cd sounds like nothing else. This is exciting, tranquil, and melancholic stuff and at times it makes you think of a lost place and times gone by - and the music has the power to take you there. Recording sessions took place both in New York and in a house in Hólar, Iceland, specifically chosen for its good cello acoustics. It is strictly a solo album, Hildur has attempted to "involve other people as little as I could." Like the cover art, it is personal and intimate. It has been called "the perfect soundtrack to get lost in a forest at night", but this version, remastered by Denis Blackham, sounds fresher and better than ever. Her latest solo album, the widely reviewed and highly acclaimed Without Sinking (Touch # TO:70, 2009) is still available from Touch. Buy Hildur Guðnadóttir "Mount A" in the TouchShop www.hildurness.com]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/tone_41_hildur_gudnadottir_mou.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/tone_41_hildur_gudnadottir_mou.html news Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:10:29 +0000 Berghain's website for venue details, or visit www.koka36.de to purchase tickets. Further event details to follow… Purchase tickets online at www.koka36.de www.berghain.de]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/061010_touch_live_at_berghain.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/061010_touch_live_at_berghain.html news Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:15:47 +0000 MP3 or FLAC) Track listing: 1. Circle Two: Coastal Rotation For Dune Loop 17:12 Circle Two: Coastal Rotation For Dune Loop is a new 17 minute composition debuted at 2010's Mutek festival in Montreal. This piece completes the Retreat/Return trilogy with Repose. A limited edition vinyl version of this track is released on 14.07.10 on Important. Buy Eleh "Repose" [FLAC audio download] in the TouchShop Buy Eleh "Repose" [320kbps MP3 audio download] in the TouchShop www.eleh.org]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/to80ds_eleh_repose.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/to80ds_eleh_repose.html news Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:24:50 +0000 Well-Loved – 22:58 - 192 kbps Ian R. MacLeod reads the short story "Well-Loved" from his collection "Past Magic" (PS Publishing, 2006). Bib-Bob by SAVX You can see an interview with Ian filmed in Bewdley, England (by Mike Harding) in July 2010 on the broadcast's page, and read a biography here. Subscribe to the TouchPod podcast of TouchRadio via the iTunes Music Store Play "Well-Loved" www.ianrmacleod.com]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/touch_radio_54_ian_r_macleod.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/touch_radio_54_ian_r_macleod.html news Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:36:45 +0000 Sabuation will be exhibited at the Aichi Triennale. 2nd September sees Jacob perform Eldfjall live at Super Deluxe in Tokyo (together with Karkowski). On the 3rd September he presents a new version with visuals of Loop Tower at Vacant in Tokyo. Finally, on the 4th September: Labyrinthitis at Misako & Rosen in Tokyo. www.fonik.dk]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/jacob_kirkegaard_live_in_japan.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/jacob_kirkegaard_live_in_japan.html news Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:22:54 +0000 www.tinymixtapes.com and www.exclaim.ca. 4th September 2010 @ Le Poisson Rouge, New York City - double bill with Soap&skin 5th September 2010 @ The International House, Philadelphia 20th September 2010 @ Middle East, Cambridge, Boston 21st September 2010 @ Sonic Circuits Festival, Washington 22nd September 2010 @ Littlefield, New York 23rd September 2010 @ Empty Bottle, Chicago 25th September 2010 @ Decibel Festival, Seattle 26th September 2010 @ Western Front, Vancouver 28th September 2010 @ Swedish American Hall, San Francisco 29th September 2010 @ Center of the Arts - Eagle Rock, Los Angeles 30th September 2010 @ Emo's, Austin www.fennesz.com]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/fennesz_announces_rare_north_a.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/fennesz_announces_rare_north_a.html news Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:11:09 +0000 Spire: Live at Leeds in May 2006. He will be remembered for his enthusiasm, obvious love for the work and his professionalism. You can read more about him here on the BBC Radio 3 website. On 2nd August 2010, the Guardian printed a full obituary, which can be read here.]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/robert_sandall_19562010.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/robert_sandall_19562010.html news Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:28:02 +0000 Ash International # Ash 9.1 Cassette only, in an edition of 500 copies. Cover: ‘Dead Flowerz One’ The first in a series of six by SAVX. Track Listing A: Live at the ICA, London, 17th May 2008 - 40:07 Recorded by Charlie Poulet B: Live at Puzzle, Caen, 26th November 2008 - 31:50 Recorded by Anna Cruise "Arrive early. Dress appropriately. Avoid excessive alcohol consumption. Tune up before and during the performance. Don’t be a statue. Avoid “dead air”. Be flexible. Learn to play through bad stage sound. Never stop part way through a song, no matter how badly you’ve screwed up. Be prepared to socialise and mingle with the audience members. Have fun." Buy BJ Nilsen "Draught #1" in the TouchShop www.ashinternational.com www.bjnilsen.com]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/ash_91_bj_nilsen_draught_1.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/ash_91_bj_nilsen_draught_1.html news Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:12:09 +0000 Ash International # Ash 8.9 Cassette only, in an edition of 500 copies. This release will appear as a compact disc later in 2010. Track Listing 1: I am the Beginning of Every End 2: Slow Motion Broadcast 3: My Skull is a Breathing Fire 4: Dead Air 5: My Face Appeared on a Black Screen (Then Disappeared) Received and recorded in Brooklyn, Chicago, Gothenberg and Stockholm between 2006 and 2010. Equipment used: analogue synthesizers, effects and computer. Programme repeats on both sides. This cassette was mastered by BJNilsen. Joachim Nordwall runs iDEAL Recordings and is a member of Skull Defekts and Alvars Orkester. Buy Joachim Nordwall "Ignition" in the TouchShop www.ashinternational.com www.idealrecordings.com]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/ash_89_joachim_nordwall_igniti.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/ash_89_joachim_nordwall_igniti.html news Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:58:48 +0000 Track Listing 1: Live in Utrecht, 39:18 Recorded on November 17th 2007 at Rumor, Utrecht, Netherlands. Thomas Ankersmit: Serge analogue modular synthesizer, computer, alto saxophone. Pre-recorded saxophone and reel-to-reel parts composed by Valerio Tricoli, with source material by Ankersmit. Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye. We are proud to announce the release by Thomas Ankersmit of his concert performed in Utrecht late in 2007. Here is some info about Thomas, who has no other solo CDs available at this time… in fact, Live in Utrecht is his first official CD album release. Thomas Ankersmit is a 30 year old saxophonist, electronic musician and installation artist born and raised in the Netherlands and now primarily based in Berlin who combines abstract, intensely focused saxophone playing with hyper-kinetic analogue synth and computer improvisation. He also creates installation pieces that use sound, infrasound and "modifications to the acoustic characters of spaces" that disrupt the viewer/listener's perception of the exhibition space and their presence within it. He frequently works together with New York minimalist Phill Niblock and Sicilian electroacoustic improviser Valerio Tricoli, and other collaborators, mostly for live performances, have included Tony Conrad, Maryanne Amacher, Jim O'Rourke, Kevin Drumm and Borbetomagus. Buy Thomas Ankersmit "Live in Utrecht" in the TouchShop www.ashinternational.com www.thomasankersmit.net]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/ash_88_thomas_ankersmit_live_i.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/ash_88_thomas_ankersmit_live_i.html news Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:50:07 +0000 "Energy Field" was played on Late Junction (BBC Radio 3) last night, 1 July 2010. Ash International # Ash 8.1 Cassette only, in an edition of 500 copies. Second edition, with alternate inlay. “The Noisiest Guys on the Planet” were recorded by Jana Winderen, who also provided the illustration. Thanks to: Institute of Marine Research and the crew on Johan Hjort. The decapods or Decapoda (literally means “ten footed”) are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers. As their name implies, all decapods have ten legs; these are the last five of the eight pairs of thoracic appendages characteristic of crustaceans. The front three pairs function as mouthparts and are generally referred to as maxillipeds, the remainder being pereiopods. In many decapods, however, one pair of legs has enlarged pincers; the claws are called chelae, so those legs may be called chelipeds. Jana Winderen writes: “An ongoing investigation into the use and production of sound by decapods... When a recording is made underwater, you will definitely hear the crackling noise of what might be a creature from the order of Decapods. When recording on the coast of Norway, for example, this sound is what you are very likely to hear as soon as the ferries and motorboats have parked for the night. They seem to be everywhere, whoever it is making this sound. When you go for a swim and listen underwater you can even hear them. But who are they? The pistol shrimp, or snapping shrimp, make this kind of sound, but they are not found in waters as far north as the Norwegian coast. In Thailand the same sounds can be heard in the freshwater River Ping. To get more of an understanding of this phenomenon, I called various Professors of Marine Biology in Norway who specialise in shrimp. I asked whether they knew what kind of shrimp it could be making these sounds. One of them sent a question to his world-wide shrimp network because he did not know that shrimp made these sounds. The replies came that the sounds are probably produced when they are feeding. I know that pistol shrimp make sounds when they snap they claws to paralyse their prey, but do others in the same family do the same? No one seemes to know. Underwater there is very little known about the soundscapes created by living creatures, and few understand the details of variations between the various grunts, knocking sounds and rumbling sounds that cod, haddock, pollock, other fish and crustaceas produce, and how they experience and orientate themselves through the use of sound.” Buy The Noisiest Guys on the Planet (second edition) in the TouchShop www.ashinternational.com www.janawinderen.com]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/ash_81_the_noisiest_guys_on_th.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/ash_81_the_noisiest_guys_on_th.html news Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:21:26 +0000 The Lough’s Breath – 29:05 - 192 kbps During 2008/9 while working as a sound recordist for BBC Radio 4 Natural History Unit, sound recordist and composer Dr. Tom Lawrence spent six months recording and documenting the sounds above and below the waves of Lough Neagh, the largest water-mass in the British Isles. This programme is a compelling audio-log of those recordings, featuring breath-taking underwater sounds of beetles, frogs, eels, fish and other life. The programme also presents sounds above the water including migratory birds, industry and evocative soundscapes of forestry and the elements. Recorded and produced by Tom Lawrence. Equipment: SQN Mixer, DPA Hydrophone, DPA omni-directional mics, SD702 recorder, Sennheiser M-S rig, Neuman 82, contact mics (piezos). Subscribe to the TouchPod podcast of TouchRadio via the iTunes Music Store Play "The Lough’s Breath" www.tom-lawrence.net]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/touch_radio_53_tom_lawrence.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/touch_radio_53_tom_lawrence.html news Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:49:20 +0000 Oren Ambarchi / Philip Jeck / Elite Barbarian Plus DJs Graham Erickson and Alex Jako July 1st 2010. Doors 7.30pm Corsica Studios, 4/5 Elephant Road London SE17 1LB Tickets £8 in advance from www.wegottickets.com or £10 on the door. www.corsicastudios.com www.alltimelowproductions.com]]> http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/philip_jeck_oren_ambarchi_live.html http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/news/philip_jeck_oren_ambarchi_live.html news Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:46:16 +0000