Touch Sampler 3
Touch # T_ZERO_3
CD
27 tracks - 66:42
2. Hole in the Universe
3. PANASONIC Otaksuma [Supposition/Conjecture]
5. Chris Watson Out of Our Sight
Motionless anticipation, along the dry sandy banks of the Zambesi a Mozambique nightjar is sucking in all the remaining light.
6. AER Brightness Contrast Volume
The first item concerns a man, of retirement age, clearing out his attic. The Russian phrases were recorded from short wave radio by Marc Robinson in 1987, and used for the Touch Radio release of the same year. The last is an atmosphere recording of the domed reading room in the British Library, as was, in the British Museum
in Great Russell Street, London WC1, 29 October 1992.
7. A television
8. BIOSPHERE Knives in Hens
For Det Norske Teatret. Written by Geir Jenssen.
9. Prediction
10. PHILIP JECK 16/17 Rehearsal
Recorded direct to cassette in rehearsal with Anatomy Performance Company at Partick Borough Hall, Glasgow.
11. Temple Gamelan
Group rehearsal recorded in Peliathan, Bali, 29 June 1983. The musicians play informally while women lay offerings to spirits and demons before the ritual dances commence.
12. North Speed
African Music Village, Holland Park, London:
instrument demonstrations by The Bagamoyo Group of Tanzania. 27 July 1984, 12.00; lunchtime, sunny.
13. i. drums
14. ii. 9-string iseze
15. iii. 13-string iseze
16. iv. marimba 1
17. v. marimba 2
18. vi. drum chime
Players: Basil Mbatta, Hukwe Zawose, Hamisi Waziri Digalu, M. Arnot, John Bohnar. Introduced by Martin Buriani.
19. REHBERG & BAUER Opla
20. DISINFORMATION Live at the MOI. Simulation
Museum of Installation, London, 31 July 1997.
21. Kitchen appliances
22. FARMERS MANUAL dspKILL
24. BRUCE GILBERT Voice
25. CHRIS WATSON Demonic Laughter. Magpie jays revealed in the still tropical darkness.
26. Don't try this at home
27. SCALA Fuser
Written by Fletcher/Peacock/Seymour/Van Hoen. Cello: Mikhael Junod. Produced by Mark Van Hoen.
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Additional notes:
5. Outside the Circle of Fire (Touch TO:37) available shortly. 10. Surf (Touch TO:36) round about the same time. 11. A different excerpt from this same recording was released on Islands In Between (Touch T33.2, 1984). 13&emdash;18. Previously released on Drumming For Creation (Touch T33.3, 1985); again, thanks to Robert Atkins, Prakash Diswani, Lucy Duran & Iain Scott. 20. An adaptation of Disinformation's 'National Grid' apparatus was included as part of 'Soundproofs' at the Museum of Installation, 5 to 26 July 1997, an exhibition curated by David Clegg. VLF band AC noise generated infrasounds which radiated from the darkened basement, resonating the entire gallery. Experiments with conventional microphones failed to record any documentary evidence, and, despite the presence of higher harmonics not part of the original installation, this posthumous simulation is intended to provide some indication of the atmosphere created at that event. Installation sponsored by Maplin and B&W Loudspeakers. 25. Recorded in the Santa Rosa National Park, dry tropical rainforest, Costa Rica. Equipment: Sennheiser MKH 60/30 M&S stereo rig, 30m cable to SQN4s mixer & PDR 1000 DAT. 27. With thanks to Pravda Studios and Too Pure Records.
 

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