Touch Newsletter #246
Welcome to the Touch Newsletter #246. We are proud to present “Mutatis Mutandis”, a collection of works developed from The Eternal Chord’s “Semper Liber” Please note: For “Mutatis Mutandis”, Touch will pay all receipts to the artists; any donations above that will go to support the label.
“The Agnostic” by IHVH is an album by Mark Van Hoen and Zachary Paul on Mark’s Channel Of Light label.
Both the above are out today, Friday 4 September 2020 - which is Bandcamp Day, where Bandcamp waive all their fees.
Other recent Touch releases available on Bandcamp include: Simon Scott’s “Migrations” on vinyl and download; a repress of Chris Watson’s “El Tren Fantasma” CD; Budhaditya Chattopadhyay’s digital album, “The Well-tempered City – Book 1”; “Touch: Isolation” – 28 new and exclusive tracks recorded by Touch artists. Also available: downloads on Ash International from Kaj Aune and Bill Thompson; CDs and downloads on The Wormhole from NYZ and Biting Tongues; preorders on The Tapeworm from strom|morts, Richard Francis and Frans de Waard, and Gabie Strong.
Finally, details below of Mike Harding’s “Long Wave” show on Dublab, the new series starting next Friday 11 September 2020.
The Eternal Chord
“Mutatis Mutandis”
Spire 7.1D
12 tracks, 1:42:06. Digital download with .pdf booklet. Touch will pay all receipts to the artists; any donations above that will go to support the label. Buy “Mutatis Mutandis” on Bandcamp. Photography: Sydney Russell.
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Olivia Block - Flue 09:17
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Marta De Pascalis - Alexandria 08:30
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Richard Chartier - State 08:32
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Faith Coloccia - Voice 1 Grapheme 07:55
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Daniel Menche - Minimal 11:09
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Jiyeon Kim - Organ Tapes 1 05:48
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Philip Jeck - 75 bus 07:24
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Dahra - Abadan (Perpetuum) 11:00
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Orphax - Aeternus 12:54
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Jiyeon Kim - Organ Tapes 2 06:40
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Fennesz - Crystal Canyons 04:44
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Faith Coloccia - Artifacts (bonus)
“Mutatis Mutandis” - featuring 12 exclusive new compositions, using source material from “Semper Liber” by: Fennesz, Faith Coloccia (inc. bonus track), Richard Chartier, Philip Jeck, Orphax, Olivia Block, Jiyeon Kim, Dahra, Daniel Menche and Marta de Pascalis [UK, USA, Senegal, South Korea, Italy, Netherlands, Austria].
Liminal organ
Immersive and compelling, Mutatis mutandis expands the organ repertoire into new territory, with influences from Senegalese traditional folk music, modern composition, classical organ, pop and electronic music.
The four colour plates by the art historian and author Sydney Russell show cave art from 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. Taken in Brazil on one of several expeditions she made around the world, these highly emotional works reveal the sophistication and ageless quality of the imagination of the peoples who were expressing themselves at this time; they have been slow to reveal their beauty to us, having survived all weathers; their acoustic soundtrack unfolds slowly, submersive and involving.
Sydney Russell writes: “These photographs were taken in 1976 in Brazil. We eventually obtained minimum radio carbon datings for levels covering the paintings from approximately 3750-2500 BCE. They originate from the rock shelter sites of Sucupira, (Lagoa Santa) and Lapa do Cipo (Santana do Riacho), near Minas Gerais and Quadrillas (Montalvania), Bahia.”
There are many other delights in the Spire section of Touch’s Bandcamp page. Please check them out: theeternalchord.bandcamp.com
Buy “Mutatis Mutandis” on Bandcamp
IHVH (Mark Van Hoen and Zachary Paul)
“The Agnostic”
COL031
CD and digital. All titles composed and performed by Mark Van Hoen and Zachary Paul. Buy “The Agnostic” on Bandcamp. Artwork: Colin Herrick.
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In Permanence
2.
This Most Excellent Canopy
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Heat Rhythm
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Eyn Sof
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Sister Ferdinande (Kolkata)
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Benedictum
7.
Black Angels Part I & II
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Moondog Devotional
9.
The Backwaters
10.
The Night
A new collaboration project between Touch artists Zachary Paul and Mark Van Hoen makes it’s debut release this Friday September 4th. Zachary’s violin is multi layered and processed, often rendered unrecognisable - with minimal ghostly and decayed electronics added by Mark. Most of the tracks were recorded in an improvisation session at Mark’s studio in Los Angeles. Two of the pieces, “Black Angels” and "Sister Ferdinande (Kolkata)”, were recorded at film sound maestro Charlie Campagne’s studio, and feature him on double bass as well as Katt Newlon of LA’s Sonic Open Orchestra on cello.
Available on limited CD and digital download at markvanhoen.bandcamp.com. A lathe cut edition also available via Time Released Sound.
Buy “The Agnostic” on Bandcamp
“Long Wave”
Series 10
Mike Harding’s “Long Wave” radio show on Dublab continues next Friday 11 September 2020, starting the 10th season with new co-host, Bana Haffar. Airing at 2PM PDT on the second Friday of each month, all the shows are archived on Dublab.
Gabie Strong and Ian Wellman now have their own show, “Zone Mapping”, which seeks to create a connection between social justice, environmentalism, and sound. Gabie Strong and Ian Wellman bring diverse music in the industrial, noisy, and free jazz spectrums to create stories based on topical issues. Occasional guests will be brought on to bring new ideas and concepts to the episode.
“Touch: Isolation”
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“Touch: Isolation” – 28 new and exclusive tracks recorded by Touch artists: Jana Winderen, Chris Watson, Bana Haffar, Mark Van Hoen, Richard Chartier, Zachary Paul, fennesz sakamoto, farmersmanual, ELEH, Anthony Moore, Daniel Menche, Geneva Skeen, Simon Scott, Oren Ambarchi, UnicaZürn, Bethan Kellough, Strafe F.R., Yann Novak, Howlround, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Philip Jeck, Rosy Parlane, OZMOTIC, Claire M Singer, Heitor Alvelos, Sohrab, Fennesz and Charlie Campagna. Photography by Jon Wozencroft, Hampstead Heath, March to May 2020.
The cancellation of gigs and festivals has already severely impacted our artists creatively and financially. In addition it has denied you, our audience, the opportunity to see them play and support them. The notion of ‘independent music’ might, in effect, be pushed deeper into the self-isolation mode it is already struggling to break free from. We don’t need studios to the same extent, but we do need a stage, a physical reference and if not, a mental space with which to question the drive to online existence.
We set out to respond to these challenging times in a creative and helpful way. From March to May we published new pieces twice weekly every Monday and Thursday – a new exclusive track from one of our artists, each with a bespoke photograph/cover image. All the income received is collected from sales and put in a kitty, the proceeds of which are then divided up between the contributing artists.
We trust you will see this as a whole work; it’s never too late to catch up. We view it as a narrative hoping that ecology and the future of this earth is going to win through against the dreadful political and mediated mendacity that can only worsen the situation.
“Touch: Isolation” is now available to purchase as a complete album, so there is still time to support independent music, its artists and its fragile support systems. Thank you to everyone who has taken the plunge.
Buy from touchisolation.bandcamp.com
Guerrilla Audio
Guerrilla Audio is a 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 122…
Guerrilla Audio
www.simonfisherturner.com
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