New artists signed to Touch Music | Autumn 2008
We are delighted to welcome two composers to Touch Music.
Tom Lawrence is an award-winning composer who recently presented an episode of Touch Radio in July 2008, with field recordings from Donadea Forest in Ireland.
Thanasis Kaproulias, who records and performs as Novi_sad, also contributed to Touch Radio in March 2008 with a new piece, Dramazon.
Gabbla | French-Algerian Production [2008]
Gabbla [Eng. trans. Inland], is a film directed by Tariq Teguia.
The soundtrack contains Fennesz's "A Year in a Minute" [from Endless Summer]. The film was nominated for The Golden Lion at Venice in 2008.
Music Usage | BBC Autumn 2008 Season
Broadcast date is 15th November 2008 on BBC2
Remembering the Fallen is BBC Two's most ambitious single documentary ever... contains music by Oren Ambarchi, Biosphere, Fennesz, Ryoji Ikeda, Jacob Kirkegaard, BJNilsen, Rosy Parlane and others
This autumn BBC Two remembers every single serviceman and woman who has died while serving with the British Armed Forces in the current conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, in an epic three-hour documentary.
The Fallen, from acclaimed filmmaker Morgan Matthews, spans the last seven years of conflict and will chronicle all those who have died, focusing in detail on the stories of a significant number of these.
With intimate testimonies from families and loved ones, combined with compelling archive, the film acknowledges these individuals' sacrifices and the effects of grief on those who loved them.
Says Roly Keating, Controller BBC Two: "The Fallen remembers all of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country in the current Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts and we hope will go some way towards creating a televisual memorial.
"It's a hugely moving and dignified account of what it means to lose someone you love to conflict and wholly worthy of the three hours of primetime television we will be dedicating to it.
"The Fallen reflects the scale and ambition of factual programmes on the channel this season: from a landmark series exploring the hidden world of the planet's oceans to the painstaking piecing together of what really happened behind closed doors in WWII; from Simon Schama's historical journey on the American election trail to Bruce Parry's treacherous and fascinating journey down the Amazon; from Griff Rhys Jones's startlingly honest look at anger to John Prescott's personal exploration of Britain's class system.
Michael Esposito signs to Touch Music | August 2008
Michael Esposito is a specialised audio scientist in the area of Electronic Voice Phenomenon. A former Psy-ops officer in Iraq, Michael has both a technical background and understanding of the human mind. Michael Esposito is the co-star of the popular 'DVD Dead Whisper' and gives talks on Ghost Hunting using scientific technology that is more and more proving the existence of the afterlife. The realm of the 'paranormal' is rooted in quantum mechanics. Michael Esposito is a long time colleague of Medium / Psychic Robbie Thomas, who is currently touring America with plans to tour in Australia in 2008. Michael combines his talent in audio science with Robbie's spiritual intuition to offer scientific validation along side of a pure spiritual revelation.
In August of 2007 Michael Eposito, audio specialist and co-star of the hit DVD Dead Whisper, spent a week in Stockholm, Sweden with Leif Elggren and Emanuel Swedenborg. Michael was invited to research and capture EVP voices from Swedenborg's Summerhouse. The captures will now be incorporated into a unique blend of sound and spirit voices in a cd produced by Esposito, Elggren and Swedenborg.
colette no. 9
Touch Music publishes 2 tracks on a double cd by french superior fashion house, colette
Rosy Parlane - Atlantis [Paul Douglas]
Fennesz - Caecilia [Christian Fennesz]
Hildur Ingveldardottir Gudnadottir signs to Touch Music
We are delighted to welcome Icelandic composer and cellist Hildur Gudnadottir to Touch Music.
Hildur recently performed on Pan Sonic's lastest album, Katodivaihe, and her latest solo album, Mount A, on the Icelandic label 12 Tónar, is available from the TouchShop here You can read about her work in the August 2007 edition of The Wire here
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