Touch.30
Touch.30 makes a two-date trip to Germany in April
The resurgence of vinyl in recent years is a phenomenon which has not gone unnoticed; as CD declines sharply, its audio limitations exposed not only by advances in other technologies, but also by the myths propagated at the inception of digital exposed, so artists explore and demand other formats to express their work. Although a business model is still some way off the traditional artist » label » distribution » shop paradigm, it is clear this is being radically overhauled and replaced by online sales platforms set up by the artists themselves. But vinyl seems to have escaped this process, and continues to grow. Why is that?
ZKM – Karlsruhe, Germany, 21.04.12
Touch presents...
Philip Jeck
Achim Mohné
The Ash International Sound System
Studio 672 – Köln, Germany 23.04.12
Touch presents...
BJNilsen
Achim Mohné
The Ash International Sound System
March 2012 | 30 hours of Touch on AV Festival's Radio Boredcast
Radio Boredcast is a 744-hour continuous online radio project – running from 1st March to 31st March 2012 – curated by artist Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) with AV Festival. In response to our ambiguous relationship with time - do we have too much or not enough? - Radio Boredcast celebrates the detail, complexity and depth of experience lost through our obsession with speed.
On 16th March 2012 at 5:57am, Touch takes over Radio Boredcast for 30 hours of programmes curated by Mike Harding and Jon Wozencroft, as a celebration of Touch.30. Many rare recordings are to be aired, including a number of Touch's earliest cassette releases in full. Jon Wozencroft presents "TouchRadio 1987" - a compilation prepared in 1987 for private distribution on cassette… In those days, mix tapes were a very common way of sharing one's own musical tastes on an informal basis. Half of this episode is presented here. Mike Harding also contributes three hour long "TouchAVRadio" transmissions, "Language", "Sound" and "Time", especially created for AVFestival.
In addition, many Touch artists are featured on other days of the month-long broadcast, alongside shows submitted by Ash International and The Tapeworm. Special broadcasts from the likes of Chris Watson, Phill Niblock, Fennesz and BJNilsen are scheduled.
You can listen continuously for a month, or for hours, minutes or seconds. Online 24 hours each day, at www.avfestival.co.uk or www.thepixelpalace.org. The schedule for the whole month is listed here, with details of each show and information about the artists. You can also subscribe to the Radio Boredcast podcasts.
Radio Boredcast schedule at www.avfestival.co.uk
www.peoplelikeus.org
March 2012 | Chris Watson - A Journey South, Leeds, 7th
Chris Watson - A Journey South
Old Broadcasting House, Leeds, England 7th
6:00pm : Drinks, snacks & chats
7:00pm : An Introduction by Mike Harding of Touch
7:10pm : A Journey South, with Chris Watson
8:30pm : Q&A
9:00pm : Close
Tickets available here or contact Tim Medcalf by email.
Touch.30, in conjunction with the Oates100 Campaign and nti Leeds present an audio-visual journey to the South Pole with Chris Watson.
As part of the team for the David Attenborough BBC series "Frozen Planet", Chris travelled to Antarctica to record the ambient sounds, the wildlife, the water - even the groaning of a glacier as it moves. Chris talks about his experiences there and brings the remotest continent to life with his stunning recordings.
Chris is is one of the world's leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena. His recordings are used in TV, Radio and Film including contributions to the award-winning re-release of "A Great White Silence", originally filmed during Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole.
For Touch he edits his field recordings into a filmic narrative released on CD & Vinyl, such as his latest release "El Tren Fantasma"; viewed by one reviewer as "a benchmark in field recording not to mention a map of the soul, an insight into the human condition and a key to dreams".
Chris has characterised his work as "putting microphones where you can't put your ears" - come along to experience the incredible surround-sound results for yourself. This is part of a series of events intended to commemorate Captain Lawrence “Titus” Oates, who sacrificed himself 100 years ago in an effort to save the lives of his fellow explorers during Captain Scott's attempt to be the first to the South Pole.
Generously hosted by nti Leeds at Old Broadcasting House with equipment loaned from Leeds Metropolitan University, this is a unique event to commemorate a true Leeds hero.
Directions and parking: www.ntileeds.co.uk
All profits go to: Help For Heroes
February 2012 | freq_out8, Stockholm, 17th-19th
Touch.30: CM von Hausswolff interviews Mike Harding @ freq_out8,
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 17th - 19th
February 2012 | Spire Live @ Passionskirche Berlin, 5th
Spire: Live @ Passionskirche, Berlin, 5th
CTM12
Marcus Davidson
Eleh
Hildur Gudnadottir
Charles Matthews
Jana Winderen
The Eternal Chord
January 2012 | Touch.30 Live in Lisbon, 27th-28th
Touch.30 Live in Lisbon, 27th-28th January
Fim de Semana Especial n.º 3, Teatro Maria Matos
27th January programme can be viewed here
28th January programme can be viewed here
Bruce Gilbert & Mika Vainio
CM von Hausswolff - you can hear this set on TouchRadio
Jana Winderen
Leslie Winer
You can read press coverage of this event in Portuguese here
January 2012 | The Art of Listening, Brussels, 16th-20th
Transmedia presents: The Art of Listening 2, Touch's residency in Brussels, January 16-20 2012. This residency is part of the Masters Degree course at Sint Lucas College.
Wire ad | January 2012
