Touch Newsletter #222

Welcome to the Touch Newsletter #222. Zachary Paul is touring Europe in February 2020 with three live shows: AB Salon, Brussels with Jana Winderen and Special Guest 22.02.20; Café Oto, London with UnicaZürn, Bill Thompson and Howlround 25.02.20; Iklectik, London with CM von Hausswolff, Tears|Ov and Special Guest 26.02.20. Further details below.

On 1 February 2000, Fennesz and Rosy Parlane played live together in Melbourne, Australia. Now, 20 years later, Touch has rereleased the recordings, available from Bandcamp, remastered by Simon Scott and with new artwork by Jon Wozencroft.

Simon Scott’s own new digital-only release “Emergency Exit” was composed from field recordings of flood water and burning embers captured during 2019 in the Fens near Cambridge, where he is based. They are a microcosm of a much bigger global crisis - “climate change”.

ELEH’s “Living Space” is now available to pre-order on limited edition gatefold Vinyl LP, releasing 28 February 2020.

Jana Winderen’s “Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone” has been repressed on CD – details below. Also available again – a handful of extra copies of Aaron Turner’s “Interminable Conniption” are now on sale from The Tapeworm’s Bandcamp page.

On Wednesday 12 February, Bana Haffar presents a free hands-on workshop at BMCM+AC, Asheville, NC, USA. For more info visit blackmountaincollege.org

And finally… “UnEngland” by Howlround and Dolly Dolly was released on Howlround’s own The Fog Signals imprint at 11pm on Friday 31 January 2020 to mark Britain officially cutting off its nose to spite its face. Produced in a single frantic hour the night before… Words by Dolly Dolly, sounds by Robin The Fog. 100% of the proceeds from this track will be donated to Extinction Rebellion. Further info and download – thefogsignals.bandcamp.com

“Touch presents…”
22 February 2020
AB Salon, Brussels

AB Salon
Anspachlaan 110
1000 Brussels
Belgium

In performance: Jana Winderen, Zachary Paul, Special Guest.
Doors: 7pm.

This is a free event. Venue info: abconcerts.be

“Touch presents…”
25 February 2020
Cafe OTO, London

Cafe OTO
18-22 Ashwin Street
London E8 3DL

In performance: UnicaZürn, Zachary Paul, Bill Thompson, Howlround.
Doors: 7.30pm.

Buy tickets at cafeoto.co.uk

“Touch presents…”
26 February 2020
Iklectik, London

Iklectik
Old Paradise Yard
20 Carlisle Lane
London SE1 7LG

In performance: Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Zachary Paul, Tears|Ov, Special Guest.
Doors: 7.30pm.

Buy tickets at tickettailor.com

Fennesz / Rosy Parlane
“Live 2000”
V33:30

2-track digital-only release. Buy Fennesz / Rosy Parlane “Live 2000” on Bandcamp. Mastered by SPS. Design and photography by Jon Wozencroft.

Tracklist:
1: Live 2000 1
2: Live 2000 2

Recorded live in Melbourne, Australia 20 years ago on 1st February… originally released on mini CD by Australian label, Synaesthesia. With thanks to Mark Harwood.

Buy Fennesz / Rosy Parlane “Live 2000” on Bandcamp

Simon Scott
“Emergency Exit”
V33:20

2-track digital-only release. Buy Simon Scott “Emergency Exit” on Bandcamp. Mastered by SPS. Design and photography by Jon Wozencroft.

Tracklist:
1: Emergency
2: Exit

“Emergency Exit” was composed by Simon Scott from field recordings of flood water and burning embers captured during 2019 in the Fens near Cambridge, where he is based. They are a microcosm of a much bigger global crisis - “Climate Change”.

Buy Simon Scott “Emergency Exit” on Bandcamp

ELEH
“Living Space”
TO:114V

Pre-order limited edition gatefold Vinyl LP, releasing 28 February 2020. Also available as CD and digital. Buy ELEH “Living Space” on Bandcamp. Design and photography by Jon Wozencroft.

Tracklist:
1: Living Space
2: Lo, Fr Ega
3: Collect Yourself/Well-Arranged
4: Overt Too
5: Lighter Touch

Following “Slow Fade for Hard Sync” (2009) and “Location Momentum” (2010), “Living Space” is Eleh’s third physical release for Touch. Seven years in the making, this new release consolidates the artist’s parallel narrative between a series of vinyl and CD releases for Important Records – where the emphasis is on a minimalist aesthetic – to a visual counterpoint that hints at the cinematic and painterly qualities of the music.

Pre-order ELEH “Living Space” on Bandcamp

Jana Winderen
“Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone”
Tone 65

CD in digipak with booklet. Buy ELEH “Living Space” on Bandcamp. Artwork and photography by Jon Wozencroft. Booklet photography by Philipp Assmy. Mastered by Denis Blackham, Skye.

Tracklist:
1. Interview with Carlos Duarte 5:48
2. Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone – Headphones mix 37:00
3. Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone – Speakers mix 35:00

The marginal ice zone is the dynamic border between the open sea and the sea ice, which is ecologically extremely vulnerable. The phytoplankton present in the sea produces half of the oxygen on the planet. During spring, this zone is the most important CO2 sink in our biosphere. In “Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone” the sounds of the living creatures become a voice in the current political debate concerning the official definition of the location of the ice edge.

The listener experiences the bloom of plankton, the shifting and crackling sea ice in the Barents Sea around Spitsbergen, towards the North Pole, and the underwater sounds made by bearded seals, migrating species such as humpbacks and orcas, and the sound made by hunting saithe, crustaceans and spawning cod, all depending on the spring bloom.

Buy Jana Winderen “Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone” on Bandcamp

Aaron Turner
“Interminable Conniption”
TTW#118

Cassette only – strictly limited repress, only a handful of copies available… Buy Aaron Turner “Interminable Conniption” on Bandcamp. Illustration: SavX.

Tracklist:
A1: I Can See What’s Coming
A2: And Though Resistance is Mighty
A3: Its Arrival’s a Certainty
(programme repeats on B-side)

“Interminable Conniption” finds avant metallurgist Aaron Turner ruminating on the aberrant possibilities of solo electric guitar. Herein Turner focuses on psychoemotional atmospherics built from the sonic detritus of a full-stack and a few effects pedals. The resultant tracks are minimally-layered spontaneous performances interweaving quivering drones, distended melodies, and saturated dissonance into an immersive architecture of burbling turbulence and uneasy quietude.

Besides his solo works, Aaron Turner is renowned for his participation in the bands SUMAC and ISIS. His other projects include Old Man Gloom, Mamiffer and House of Low Culture, as well as collaborations with other artists such as Tashi Dorji, Daniel Menche, Keiji Haino, and Circle. He is the founder of Hydra Head Records and co-founder of SIGE Records.

Buy Aaron Turner “Interminable Conniption” on Bandcamp

Guerrilla Audio

Guerrilla Audio is a new series of audio raids by Simon Fisher Turner.

guer·ril·la
ɡəˈrilə/
noun
noun: guerilla
a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces.

Each audio edit will be posted for 14 days and then removed from the site, although the information about each guerrilla activity will be archived, but without the audio. There will be two postings per month with the first (also featuring Klara Lewis & Rainier Lericolais) on 1st August 2015, so please check in regularly to listen to the latest offering. We are well into the third year and have just posted episode 109…

Guerrilla Audio
www.simonfisherturner.com

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