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threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
musique-concrète
digital-musics

touch sevens (uk) #ts 15 ep
touch (uk) #ts 15 ep

sohrab “between strangers” seven inch single record

  • hejrat

  • endless spring
march 2013 release ; ... two short, gauzy musique concrète pieces from the shadowy act sohrab ...
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ts15 | sohrab "between strangers"

7" vinyl only
cut by jason at transition

artwork and photography by jon wozencroft
recorded with rage during the winter of 2011/12. “voice of a burnt generation”, sung by hani, recorded lo–fi in the eissenhutenstadt refugee camp, germany.

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minimalism-drones

 best of 2013 !!! 
touch sevens (uk) #ts 14 ep
touch (uk) #ts 14 ep

rosy parlane “willow” seven inch single record

  • willow

  • morning
march 2013 release ; ... gorgeous pair of crystalline studies from rosy parlane, the first issued set of his music since 2006’s (superb, vastly under-rated) “jessamine” disc for touch ...

... have long felt rosy’s work to be at the core of what i found interesting about the whole 2000’s “decade-zero” digital-music wave ; having these two pieces as a reminder of his prowess is a real treat ... highly recommended !!!
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ts14 | rosy parlane "willow"

7" vinyl only
cut by jason at transition

artwork and photography by jon wozencroft

written and recorded in auckland, new zealand, 2008–2009

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threads:
digital-musics
guitar-themed

touch sevens (uk) #ts 04 ep
touch (uk) #ts 04 ep

fennesz “transition” seven inch single record

  • on a desolate shore (5:14)

  • a shadow passes by (3:21)
january 2008 release ; a second 7”-vinyl release (following his career-making “plays” from about a decade-back...) from christian fennesz.
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fennesz
transition
touch # ts04

this is the sister release to the digital-only on a desolate shore a shadow passes by. these three tracks are based on 8 different guitar recordings made at amann studios, vienna, between 2005-07. the acoustic guitar was recorded with an ak c12 microphone. other sounds were made using a fender stratocaster and a vox ac15 amp.

the 7" is part of the touch sevens 7" vinyl-only series, which began with oceanus pacificus by chris watson [ts02].

touch sevens series of 7" vinyl

7" vinyl was the quintessential format for popular music. today, it is an undervalued and mostly promotional medium, used as a fetishistic signpost to a time of musical authenticity and a "healthy" popular culture. it might seem like another retrograde step to launch a vinyl series just as the download format threatens to dominate, and indeed there is an element of "the rear view mirror" ... the generation of touch artists who grew up with vinyl [and cassette] still feeling a strong emotional attachment to it. this series is more than that ... an overtly critical, non-digital statement is supported by treatments of audio work which cannot be applied to digital formats - the sonic texture, the use of a locked groove, the a & the b and the additional dimension of the visual counterpoint. as for the aspect of audience participation, we choose not to specify the rpm on the label, encouraging the listener to experiment with playback options and personal preferences. an attempt to make music that works at both speeds. the front cover might actually be the back cover ...

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minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition

touch sevens (uk) #ts 03 ep
touch (uk) #ts 03 ep

aer “project” seven inch single record

  • headphones (3:05)

  • speakers (3:05)
july 2008 release ; first release in a while from this jon wozencroft (touch co-boss & graphic designer supreme) project ...

ps. aer = alpha echo romeo ...
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ts03 aer: project

film soundtrack for now.here, "the overcoming of hazard" by brad butler / karen mirza, august 07. uses four atmosphere recordings, radio and an organ stop - an attempt to confuse inside and out. mixed with mathias gmachl at loop.ph using digital performer. 16mm projector loaded by al rees.

touch sevens series of 7" vinyl

7" vinyl was the quintessential format for popular music. today, it is an undervalued and mostly promotional medium, used as a fetishistic signpost to a time of musical authenticity and a "healthy" popular culture. it might seem like another retrograde step to launch a vinyl series just as the download format threatens to dominate, and indeed there is an element of "the rear view mirror" ... the generation of touch artists who grew up with vinyl [and cassette] still feeling a strong emotional attachment to it. this series is more than that ... an overtly critical, non-digital statement is supported by treatments of audio work which cannot be applied to digital formats - the sonic texture, the use of a locked groove, the a & the b and the additional dimension of the visual counterpoint. as for the aspect of audience participation, we choose not to specify the rpm on the label, encouraging the listener to experiment with playback options and personal preferences. an attempt to make music that works at both speeds. the front cover might actually be the back cover ...

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field-recordings

touch sevens (uk) #ts 02 ep
touch (uk) #ts 02 ep

chris watson “oceanus pacificus” seven inch single record

  • 3m

  • 10m
touch sevens press release...
chris watson
oceanus pacificus

touch # ts02
7" vinyl only - not available for digital download
limited edition of 1000

locked grooves on both sides...

artwork & photography by jon wozencroft | cut by jason @ transition

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.

chris watson has released 3 solo albums for touch and 2 collaborations with swedish sound artist bjnilsen.

with bjnilsen:

storm [touch # tone 27, 2006]
wind [ash # ash 6.5, 2001]

solo:

weather report [touch # to:47, 2003]
outside the circle of fire [touch # to:37, 1998]
stepping into the dark [touch # to:27, 1996]

others:

kk null / chris watson / z'ev - number one [touch # tone 24, 2005]
star switch on - chris watson with aer / biosphere / fennesz / hazard / philip jeck / mika vainio [touch # tone 18, 2002]

touch sevens series of 7" vinyl

7" vinyl was the quintessential format for popular music. today, it is an undervalued and mostly promotional medium, used as a fetishistic signpost to a time of musical authenticity and a "healthy" popular culture. it might seem like another retrograde step to launch a vinyl series just as the download format threatens to dominate, and indeed there is an element of "the rear view mirror" ... the generation of touch artists who grew up with vinyl [and cassette] still feeling a strong emotional attachment to it. this series is more than that ... an overtly critical, non-digital statement is supported by treatments of audio work which cannot be applied to digital formats - the sonic texture, the use of a locked groove, the a & the b and the additional dimension of the visual counterpoint. as for the aspect of audience participation, we choose not to specify the rpm on the label, encouraging the listener to experiment with playback options and personal preferences. an attempt to make music that works at both speeds. the front cover might actually be the back cover ...

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