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touch (uk) #ts 07 ep
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jim o’rourke “despite the water supply” seven inch single record

  • despite the water supply part 1 (4:12)

  • despite the water supply part 2 (4:05)
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september 2008 release ; first new (as in :: non-archival) electro-acoustic piece from jim o’rourke in a good long while ... a gorgeous arrangement of bubbling synthesizer (korg from the sound of the filter topology) and strings (sounds like hurdy gurdy for the greater part) recalling earlier work such as “tamper” ...
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ts07 jim o'rourke: despite the water supply

recorded at steamroom tokyo, may 2008.
thanks to makino takashi and takayama yumiko.

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touch (uk) #ts 06 ep
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mika vainio “behind the radiators” seven inch single record

  • behind the radiators (1) (2:52)

  • behind the radiators (2) (2:58)
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july 2008 release ; a surface-noise heavy experiment (no, it’s not a bad pressing ; quite the opposite actually) from pan(a)sonic’s mika vainio ... the natural rhythms of record lead-in/out grooves are abetted by a machine-music lineage static cloud, which, of course, ends in a locked groove on each side ...
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ts06 mika vainio: behind the radiators

recorded in berlin, february 2008. special thank you for lary 7.

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touch (uk) #ts 05 ep
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oren ambarchi “destinationless desire” seven inch single record

  • highway of diamonds

  • bleeding shadow
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may 2008 release ; fourth entry in the “touch singles series” - two new pieces (which, btw, play @ 33pm - took me a little while to figure that out !!!) from oren ambarchi ...
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ts05 - oren ambarchi - destinationless desire
released: 2008
7" vinyl only
cut by jason @ transition
artwork and photography by jon wozencroft

electric guitars, organ, samples, bells, percussion and motorised cymbal recorded at bjb studios, sydney with additional overdubs made at home 2005-2007. gratitude to fairport convention and boris d hegenbart.

oren ambarchi is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. his work focuses mainly on the exploration of the guitar, "re-routing the instrument into a zone of alien abstraction where it’s no longer easily identifiable as itself. instead, it’s a laboratory for extended sonic investigation". (the wire, uk).

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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touch (uk) #ts 04 ep
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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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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].

fennesz's new album for touch follows in spring 2008...

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touch (uk) #ts 03 ep
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aer “project” seven inch single record

  • headphones (3:05)

  • speakers (3:05)
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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.

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touch (uk) #ts 02 ep
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chris watson “oceanus pacificus” seven inch single record

  • 3m

  • 10m
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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]

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touch (uk) #ts 01 ep
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fennesz / philip jeck / charles matthews “amoroso” seven inch single record

  • fennesz plays charles matthews

  • philip jeck plays charles matthews
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ts01 fennesz - jeck - matthews: amoroso

side a: fennesz plays charles matthews
side b: philip jeck plays charles matthews

charles matthews plays the grand organ in york minster, during spire live on 20th january 2007.
this release is a homage to arvo pärt ...

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