The 13th Happy New Ears “festival de musique nouvelle” in Courtrai, Belgium runs from 13 September – 28 September 2008. Touch artists in performance include Philip Jeck, appearing on 20 September. The weekend before, on 13 September, there is a performance of Labyrinthitis by Jacob Kirkegaard. Jacob is also a member of the freq_out collective who present their freq_out 7 installation during the festival and also perform on the 13 September as THE FREQ_OUT ORCHESTRA.
Touch: Displacing
Following Touch: Isolation which covered the first lockdown period in the UK, Touch: Displacing as a full album is now available; the focus falls on longer-form compositions, originally released on a monthly basis over 2020-2021 and featuring artists for whom duration is a key feature of their work.
Touch: Isolation
Full album now available - 28 exclusive tracks recorded by Touch artists,
with the final track delivered on 25th May 2020. A photographic counterpoint by Jon Wozencroft, the view from Hampstead Heath during the London lockdown.