Track list:
Side One:
Geelgalayah
Side Two:
1. Who
2. Wind Carved My Face
3. Lying In The Desert
4. The Humble Man
5. Heart
Percussion, mixed & recorded by Z’EV
Tape: A.M. McKenzie
Voice: Doro Franck
Catalogue
TO:10 – Mother Tongue “Open in Obscurity”
TO:9 – The Hafler Trio “A Thirsty Fish”
Track list:
Side One:
1. A Thirsty Fish
2. The Dirty Fire
3. A Loud Egg
Side Two:
1. The Blind Table
2. A Hungry Stone
3. The Rubber Ice
Side Three:
1. A Deaf Stick
2. The Closed Bread
Side Four:
An Elderly Testament
Artwork by Jon Wozencroft & Neville Brody
Photography – Ben Ponton/Charrm
TO:7 – Soliman Gamil “The Egyptian Music”
Track list:
1. Melody Of Nile
2. The Sinsimia
3. Melody of Love
4. Inshâd
5. Rhythmic Dialoque
6. Promenade On The Nile
7. Sufi Dialogue
8. Valley Of Kings And Queens
9. Sacred Lake
10. Collecting The Harvest
11. Pretence And Destiny
12. The New Nubia
13. Solo Kanoun
Audio notes:
Recorded in Cairo. Thanks to Suraya Moyine, The Egyptian State Information Service. Cover by P. & S. Charrington. This release was also issued on vinyl [TO:7LP] & MC [TO:7C]
T33.6 – The Hafler Trio – “Protection”
LP Vinyl only – 7 tracks
Track list:
Side One: Triptych
1. The Blue Wind
2. 4 Doors
Vocals – Silverstar Amoeba
3. Painted Faces
Side Two: Bedroom Scene With Hooks
1. Bedroom Scene With Hooks
2. Making Desperate Sign Language From The Funeral Pyre
3. The Birthday
Vocals – Silverstar Amoeba
4. IPKR
TO:6 – Strafe Für Rebellion “Santa Maria”
Track list:
Side One:
1. For Mao, Folk And Religion
Bass – Ka Marion Wedrich
Violin [Cambodia Violin] – Hans Josef
2. In Egypt In The Month Of May
Bass – Axel Grube
Flute – Delia Gee
Voice – Moira Kirstin Boyd
3. Luna
Guitar [Spanish], Castanets [Castañetas] – Ka Marion Wedrich
Voice – Moira Kirstin Boyd
Side Two:
1. Dien Bien Phu
Guitar – Ka Marion Wedrich
2. Not For Radio
Bass – Alex Grube
3. Niet Voor Blanckes — Afrikaans
Flute – Delia Gee
4. Santa Maria
Arranged by Strafe Für Rebellion
Flute – Delia Gee
Voice – Laureen Chambers
(Traditional)
TO:5 – The Hafler Trio “The Sea Org”
Track list:
Side One:
1.An Introduction To Go
Side Two:
1. Of The Building Of Forms By Vibrations
2. The Howney Stone
Artwork by Dr. Edward Moolenbeek
Artwork by Jon Barraclough & Jon Wozencroft
Booklet Edited by Jon Wozencroft
Performer – Andrew M. McKenzie, Christopher R. Watson, Dr. Edward Moolenbeek
Notes: Thanks to Ema Maynard.
Includes 20pp booklet featuring the “acoustic painting” of Dr. Edward Moolenbeek.
Cover & inserts from “Alternation, Perception and Resistance – A Comprehension Exercise”, a film by Lois Stone and The Hafler Trio.
Texts recorded in interview, 21-6-86, and by postal correspondence, May-July 1986. Other excerpts from an interview with Martin Gunther at Robol Sound Recordings (UK), 1-8-82, reprinted by permission
A1 ends with a repeating groove of audience clapping. B1 ends with repeating groove of tonal noise. To hear B2 it is necessary to manually move the tone-arm to that track.
Run-out groove messages:
(side A) THERE IS TROUBLE IN TOILET WITH THIS ITALIAN “NAMED WINSTONI BEING OVER FRIENDLY WITH A HANDFUL OF TERRIBLES CE.
(side B) FOR ADAIR WITH LOVE ENSCRUTABLE DRINKS WITH EXPRESSIONS A GA GA.
TOC:1 – The Hafler Trio “Redintegrate”
Track list:
1. Redintegrate
NO IS FOR NOISE REDUCTION
Since 1953, The Hafler Trio has continued to implement the disuputed findings of the acoustic researcher Robert Spridgeon. ‘Redintegrate’ is a compendium of details taken from recordings made since that time, many of which are included more extensively than on [the above releases]. Each bears out Spridgeon’s deposition: ‘Until man can learn to set himself from himself, what he is from what he does, there can be no real hope of creation’.
Redintegrate was sponsored by EDGAR RODGERS and The Bureaux Clothing Group, established in 1982. The cassette, which was packaged in a Magnam Products Microcase, contained a folded card [see above] and, separately, with 3 postcards by Panni Charrington. Design: Jon Wozencroft
1. Symbolising Kundalini
2. Symbolising Tantra
3. Symbolising the Elements
TO:3.2 – Panni Bharti “Silent Tongues”
Details:
a spiritual journey
A Film by Panni Charrington
SILENT TONGUES is a work of art exposing a world of beautiful images and symbols which reveal and express the journey towards an inner truth. It is a rich tapestry of sound and images which are bound together by texts from some of the oldest teachings in the world, the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.
SILENT TONGUES is a poetic and spiritual journey through India featuring her ancient and devotional practices, especially those of the Sadhus and Yohis. For thousands of years, Indian society has recognised and valued the need for union within the divine. The divine spirit is worshipped in many extraordinary forms and the path to the spiritual goal is many and varied, often intense and profound, sometimes dangerously extreme.
The film took 13 years to make.
Musicians featured in the soundtrack include Zia Fariduddin Dagar and Ritwik Sanjal, Kadir Durvesh, Bajuli Shrivastav, Tarun Bhattacharya and Rolo McGinty.
The cosmic dance is performed by Unni Krishnan.
“Like the sharp edge of a razor, the sages say, is the path. Narrow it is and difficult to tread”.
© 1988 Panni Bharti
T33.5 – The Hafler Trio “Brain Song”
Track list:
Side One:
1. “Blanket” Level Approach
2. Captation #7 – “Transilient Membranes”
Side Two:
1. Buggy Whip Flings
2. Captation #9 – “Sareköbe”
3. Strata Definition Test #10
T9:45 – Last Few Days “Too Much is Not Enough”
Track list:
Side One:
1.Too Much Is Not Enough
Side Two:
1. Solemn Warnings
2. If The Bonds Are Not To Burst
T5:45 – Last Few Days “Too Much Is Not Enough” c_w S/Z “Terrified of Soap”
Track list:
Side One:
1. Too Much Is Not Enough
Side Two:
1. Solemn Warnings
2. If The Bonds Are Not To Burst
T5 – Ritual: Magnetic North
Track list:
x face
Within Living Memory
Regular Music – Purcell Manœuvres
Margaret Sambell – Metal Harmonics
S/Z – Call It Power
Gilbert And George – The World Of…
Biting Tongues – Feverhouse
Einstürzende Neubauten – Das Letzte Biest Am Himmel
Kent and Sayer – Memory Ground
The Nocturnal Emissions – Um Eh Eh Eh
Renaldo And The Loaf – Extracting the Re-Re
Kill Ugly Pop – One Minute Of Pure Venom
Strafe Für Rebellion – Rauperaha (Song Of The Maori Rebellion)
Fast Forward – Mamba
David Cunningham – Two Different Places
Touch 33 – North Star
y face
Autocue
The Residents – Theme For An American TV Show
Gilbert And George – Shadowed Valley
Camberwell Now – Daddy Needs A Throne
Wolfgang Wiggurs – Casting Of The Skin
Cabaret Voltaire – Diffusion
Gregorio Spini – Passing
Japanese For Monks
Last Few Days – Too Much Is Not Enough
Zazou And Bikaye – Signorina
Val Denham/tape treatments by A.M.McKenzie – I Touched The Memory
Gilbert And George – Another World Of…
Ricardo Mandolini – Canción De Madera Y Agua (Song Of Wood And Water)
Greater Than One – Urban Psychology
S/Z – Who Is The Author
Touch 33 – Greenhouse Effect
Silent Tongues – Sadhu Ritual Chant
Edited by Jon Wozencroft; Published by M Harding; Designed by Panni Charrington. Thanks to Rob Keyloch for editorial and production directions on mastering the cassette in April and November 1985.
Typesetting by The Printed Word, London. Printed by Sprinting. Colour reproduction by The Clifton Studio and Patina. Texts set in Albertus , Bodoni, Garamond, Futura, Zapf, Perpetua and Plantin.
A cassette-only version of the above was released in 1986 as:
TOUCH: RITUAL [T5c]
The celebrity is a person tuned into an abstract. Their status has little to do with their achievement (or lack of it) but everything to do with their ability to fit in with the demands of the new mass media ritual. This involves availability, accessibility, pliability and respectability – ‘shocking’ people are carefully dropped in to add spice or to populate ghettos. As they parade across the surface of the electronic media, celebrities become symbols (and, occasionally, victims), members of the televisual elite encouraging emulation and aspiration – the modern call to prayer. [Jon Savage]
Audio content and notes: T5c = T5
T5c – Ritual: Magnetic North
Track list:
x face
Within Living Memory
Regular Music – Purcell Manœuvres
Margaret Sambell – Metal Harmonics
S/Z – Call It Power
Gilbert And George – The World Of…
Biting Tongues – Feverhouse
Einstürzende Neubauten – Das Letzte Biest Am Himmel
Kent and Sayer – Memory Ground
The Nocturnal Emissions – Um Eh Eh Eh
Renaldo And The Loaf – Extracting the Re-Re
Kill Ugly Pop – One Minute Of Pure Venom
Strafe Für Rebellion – Rauperaha (Song Of The Maori Rebellion)
Fast Forward – Mamba
David Cunningham – Two Different Places
Touch 33 – North Star
y face
Autocue
The Residents – Theme For An American TV Show
Gilbert And George – Shadowed Valley
Camberwell Now – Daddy Needs A Throne
Wolfgang Wiggurs – Casting Of The Skin
Cabaret Voltaire – Diffusion
Gregorio Spini – Passing
Japanese For Monks
Last Few Days – Too Much Is Not Enough
Zazou And Bikaye – Signorina
Val Denham/tape treatments by A.M.McKenzie – I Touched The Memory
Gilbert And George – Another World Of…
Ricardo Mandolini – Canción De Madera Y Agua (Song Of Wood And Water)
Greater Than One – Urban Psychology
S/Z – Who Is The Author
Touch 33 – Greenhouse Effect
Silent Tongues – Sadhu Ritual Chant
The celebrity is a person tuned into an abstract. Their status has little to do with their achievement (or lack of it) but everything to do with their ability to fit in with the demands of the new mass media ritual. This involves availability, accessibility, pliability and respectability – ‘shocking’ people are carefully dropped in to add spice or to populate ghettos. As they parade across the surface of the electronic media, celebrities become symbols (and, occasionally, victims), members of the televisual elite encouraging emulation and aspiration – the modern call to prayer. [Jon Savage]
T33.4 – Ritual: Lands End
Track list:
North
ritual +
Cross purpose
PINK ELLN – Lice Skitt Frög
Traffic Noise
Screaming Leaf
NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS – Metal Frames
A short jingle by SUDDEN SWAY
praise company
ELLIOTT SHARP – Black Rain
Greater Faith Cathedral Broadcast
SOVIET FRANCE – Ram
LOL COXHILL – 3/4
DET WIEHL – Play Sandwich
South
Satsumaimo man
SUNS OF ARQA – Sanskrit Hymn
GRAEME MILLER – Ash wei-ei-wah, Ash wei-ei-wah (Invocation of Past)
Snake Charmer
FRANK RICOTTI & BRIAN GULLAND – Pillow Under
GILBERT & GEORGE – Twisted and Aggressive
REGULAR MUSIC – Music For Film
WOLFGANG WIGGERS – Alluvium
Gregorio
T33.3 – Drumming For Creation
Track list:
Side a
Jaliya Musicians – ALLA L’AA KE
The Bagamoyo Group – 9 string ISEZE
Walo Shatan Gwari – FARMING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OCCUPATION TODAY
Dundun – ARO/SEKERE
The Bagamoyo Group – DRUM CHIME
Side b
The Bagamoyo Group – 13 string ISEZE
Walo Shatan Gwari –
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TODAY, TRY AND ENJOY IT, FOR TOMORROW YOU MAY NOT BE ALIVE TO DO SO
Walo Shatan Gwari – LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER
Dundun – DRUMMING FOR OBATALA
The Bagamoyo Group – DRUM & VOICE
Jaliya Musicians – KAIRA
Audio notes:
This tape and texts offers just a few examples from an event that encompassed drumming sessions and instrument making workshops, the West African pop of Sir Warrior and the London based Ochestra Jazira. Amongst the recordings available through specialist record shops is ‘Tanzania Yetu’, recorded by The Bagamoyo musicians in London for Triple Earth Records, and containing information that need not be duplicated here. Of the literature available, John Miller Chernoff’s ‘African Rhythm and African Sensibility’ is recommended (University of Chicago Press). The Gwari songtitles are literal translations as indicated in the Nigerian troupe’s programme notes. Thanks to the Arts Department of the Commonwealth Institute and the National Sound Archive for their time, support and resources. Tape encoded with Dolby B noise reduction. Cassette © Touch/Commonwealth Institute
Jaliya Musicians of the Gambia: Mawdo Suso (voice & balaphon), Mamadu Suso (voice & kora), Mamanding Kouyateh (singer)
The Bagamoyo Group are from Tanzania
Walo Shatan Gwari: The ensemble, led by Malam Walo, belongs to the Gwari people of Niger State.
Drumming for Creation was edited by J.Wozencroft and M.Harding. Design by Panni and Mooie Charrington
TO:3 – Panni Charrington “Second Sense”
Details:
Plates:
PRESERVATION DESTRUCTION CREATION
ACTIVE DYNAMIC PRINCIPLE
TOWER STRENGTH/RITUAL RISE
HOMAGE CROSSING/PILGRIM LIMIT
CONTEMPLATING HORIZON/MUSICAL ELLIPSE
MANIPULATOR
PAST IS PROLOGUE
SPACE: CONFLICTS OF OPINION/SPHERES OF ENDLESS RAGE/WARM NOW THE SUN THE ICE IS SLOWLY MELTING
BREATH: THE SECRET
PRESERVING DECAY
BURDEN OF DREAMS
SOUL TOUCH CHANT
aniMOTION
AWAKENED LANGUAGE and LIGHT
PATTERNS OF SOUND SHIFTING DUST
CYCLES OF CHANGE
TARGET THE OPEN EYE
Images © Panni Charrington
Copy Printing: Dennis Norwak
Thanks to Quicksilver
Published by Touch 1984 – all rights reserved
Contact: Touch PO Box 139, London SW18 2ES, UK
TO:3 “no puzzle, just difficult truth”
The paradox so puzzling to conventiona ways of thinking is the product of language that we have to use to communicate senses which by their very nature transcend linguistics.
TO:1 – Sayno Productions “Waterglass”
Track list:
[Each cassette inlay card also contained a colour photo from North Wales taken by Simon Tassano – a different one each time, from hundreds of gloss ‘snappy snaps’, cut in half at the printers]
Side One
Waterglass Part 1
Side Two
Waterglass Part 11
Audio notes:
Mixed at Elephant Studios 7-84. Tracks written by Sayer/Tassano
Design: Jon Wozencroft
TO:2 – General Strike “Danger in Paradise”
Track list:
Side One
Interplanetary Music
The Fatal Glass
Next Day
Babycart to Hell
Snowdrops
The Barkless Dog
Guided Missiles
Side Two
My Other Body
Bamboo House of Dolls
Interplanetary Dub
We Travel the Spaceways
Friendless Animals
Sea Hunt
Danger In Paradise
Audio notes:
DAVID TOOP: guitar, prepared guitar, bass percussion, flute, alto flute, glockenspiel, vocals, tape noises, rhythm tracks. STEVE BERESFORD: bass, piano, glockenspiel, Farfisa organ, trumpet, Prophet, flugelhorn, toy piano, euphonium, percussion, vocals, melodica, noises, rhythm tracks
with guests: Lol Coxhill, tenor saxophone on guided missiles and soprano saxophone on interplanetary music + dub. Dawn Roberts, vocal on my other body. Maartje Ten hoorn, violin on interplanetary music.
Composed in Brixton, Stoke Newington, Clapham, Venezuela by Toop & Beresford except: interplanetary music, we travel the spaceways – SUN RA – Dub Sun Ra Toop Beresford Cunningham & guided missiles – THE CUFF LINKS. Thanks to Yoshiaki Kinno, Dave Ramsden, Whirled Music, Lloyd Bridges.
Photographs a-i taken by Martin Proctor in Cairo & Giza; Cadiz, Valencia, Jerez & roundabout; Janta Manta, Jaipur; The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem. Package arranged by Jon Wozencroft & designed by Panni Charrington. Thanks to Richard Cook.
The package contained a postcard [see above]
T4 – Touch Travel
Track list:
Side One
Eithne Ni Bhraonain – An Ghaoth O’n Ghrian (The Solar Wind)
Scene Two
General Strike – My Other Body
Clockface
Brian Gulland & Frank Ricotti – Journey
Swastika Bells
1000 Mexicans – Trans-Astrakhan (Seeing The World)
Body Talk
Old Silk Route – Pig Slaughter
3 Mustaphas 3 – Bam/Tsifteteli
Quimantu – Interview
Yanomamo Shamanism featuring David Toop
Köln Peals
Old Silk Route – Mule Bells
Eithne Ni Bhraonain – Miss Clare Remembers
Side Two
33 – Notes From The Underground
Scratch
Andrew Poppy – But Does Winston Own A Straw Hat (Part 2)
General Strike – Snowdrops
Quimantu – Despedida De Salta
Jon Keliehor & The Percussion Research Ensemble – The Trance Formations
Piedro Insipiedo – Creature Loves Sun
Corrugated Rain
Cremation Gamelan – Fires In Peliatan
Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart – Tribal
Mind The Gap
Produced by Harding/Mouat/Wozencroft. Design: Garry Mouat and Neville Brody.
Cassette production directed by Rob Keyloch. Master tapes supplied by The Playback Studios.
Contributors: Peter J. Bach, Neville Brody, Mooie Charrington, Panny Charrington, Kasper de Graaf, John England, John Forsyth, Yvonne Forward, Malcolm Garrett, Carrie Greenaway, Mike Harding, Rob Keyloch, Ben Mandelson, Norrie MacLaren, Andrew McKenzie, Chris Moretone, Garry Mouat, Jill Mumford, Ben Murphy, Fachtna O Ceallaigh, Tony Reason, D. Styme, Sheila Rock, Kevin Ward, Damian Wayling & Jon Wozencroft.