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Touch

Profile:Since its first release in 1982, Touch has created sonic and visual productions that combine innovation with a level of care and attention that has made it the most enduring of any independent music company of its time. As Boomkat said in April 2008, when Touch's archive became available for download:

"This is what we’ve been waiting for – the chance to finally present the epic Touch catalogue in digital format. The UK label has long been a favourite of ours and it’s hardly surprising with the sheer volume of quality releases, they almost seem infallible even, with rarely a dud record emerging from their hallowed company. Established in 1981 and adorned with some of the most gorgeous cover-art ever to grace a sleeve, Touch became widely known for its look, fashioned in part by the photography of Jon Wozencroft (who co-runs the label). These simple but devastatingly effective images became synonymous with their respective releases and the label became just as widely appreciated in the art world as in the world of experimental music. It's the music itself though that has set Touch apart from so many other similar labels, and their roster still speaks for itself; Fennesz, Biosphere, Hafler Trio, Oren Ambarchi, Philip Jeck, Rosy Parlane, Jóhann Jóhannsson, BJ Nilsen, Chris Watson, Mika Vainio, Ryoji Ikeda – it reads like a veritable who’s who of contemporary experimental music. Many of these artists seem to have gravitated towards Touch to create their finest works – Fennesz with the seminal ‘Venice’ or Oren Ambarchi with the genre-bending ‘Grapes From the Estate’ whereas others simply found a home they could grow with over many albums; Philip Jeck and Chris Watson for instance, but it is to Touch’s credit that they have managed to build a team of worldwide recording artists this flawless. To conclude, the Touch catalogue is a selection of work we have deep respect for and somehow manage to keep going back to again and again, it’s just that good. Take the time to explore deeper and you won’t be disappointed…"

From the start Touch never considered itself to be a record label, but more an audiovisual arts publishers releasing anything that interested the founders: manifestos, literature, visual art etc. Jon Wozencroft speaking about Touch, *surface magazine, Autumn 2000: "When we launched it, we envisioned Touch as the world’s first 'audiovisual' label. We repeat, endlessly, 'Touch is not a Record Label!'. We depend more or less on a long-developed support system with the artists with whom we work and the key people who act as our antennae. It’s all based around collaborations. We publish music and artworks in small editions just as a printmaker or photographer might make an edition of their work to sell in a gallery. Except we have to put up with the vagaries of the distribution system open to us, and its perception of where we should 'fit' – or not."

In 2006, the label commenced its Touch 25 celebrations. Having survived for 25 years makes Touch one of the oldest active UK 'indie labels'.
Sublabels:.Absolute. [London], Ash International, OR
Contact Info:info@touchmusic.org.uk
URLs:http://www.touchmusic.org.uk
http://www.touchradio.org.uk
http://www.touchshop.org
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Discography:
freq_out 1 freq_out Dreamlands (File, MP3, 320) 2009
Spire 1 Spire Ensemble, The Organology (File, MP3, 320) 2009
SPL:1 Hafler Trio, The A Bag Of Cats (CD, Album) 1990
SPL:2 Hafler Trio, The & Willem De Ridder Snuff (CD) 1992
T1 Various Feature Mist (Cass) 1982
T2 Various Meridians 1 (Cass, Comp, C60) 1983
T3 Various Meridians 2 (Cass) 1983
T4 Various Touch Travel (Cass, Comp) 1984
T5 Various Ritual: Magnetic North (Cass) 1985
T33 Various Touch 33 (Cass) 1983
T33.2 Touch 33 Islands In-Between ◄ (2 versions) 1983
T33.3 Various Drumming For Creation (Cass) 1985
T33.4 Various Ritual: Lands End (Cass, Comp) 1985
T33:5 Hafler Trio, The Brain Song (12", Ltd) 1986
T33.6 Hafler Trio, The Protection (LP) 1987
T33.7 Various Narodna (Cass, Comp) 1988
T33.8 Various GLAS - Choral Music Of The USSR (Cass) 1989
T33.9 Behzad Myth (Cass) 1989
T5.45 Last Few Days / S/Z Ritual: Magnetic North (7") 1985
T7:45 Touch 33 / Various Departing Platform 5 / Touch Ritual - Radio Cut-Up (7") 1988
T9:45 Last Few Days Too Much Is Not Enough (12") 1986
T33.11 Various There Where The Avalanche Stops - Music From The Gjirokastra Folk Festival, Albania, 1988, Volume One (CD, Album) 1990
T33.13 Sweet Exorcist Spirit Guide To Low Tech (CD, Album) 1994
T33.14 Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson Children Of Nature (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1996
T33.15 Soliman Gamil A Map Of Egypt Before The Sands (CD, Album) 1997
T33.16 Oren Ambarchi Insulation (CD) 1999
T33.17 Ken Ikeda Tzuki (Moon) (CD) 2000
T33.18 Oren Ambarchi Suspension (CD, Album, Dig) 2001
T33.19 Ken Ikeda Merge (CD, Album, Dig) 2003
T33.20 Jacob Kirkegaard Eldfjall (CD, Album) 2005
T33.13-12 Sweet Exorcist Spirit Guide To Low Tech (2xLP) 1994
TO: 1 Sayno Productions Waterglass (Cass, Album) 1984
TO: 2 General Strike Danger In Paradise (Cass, Album) 1984
TO: 4 C Nocturnal Emissions Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss (Cass) 1986
TO: 4 CD Nocturnal Emissions Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss (CD, Album, RE) 1992
TO: 5 Hafler Trio, The The Sea Org ◄ (2 versions) 1986
TO: 6 Strafe Für Rebellion Santa Maria (LP) 1986
TO: 7 Soliman Gamil The Egyptian Music (LP) 1987
TO: 7 C Soliman Gamil The Egyptian Music (Cass, Album) 1987
TO: 7 CD Soliman Gamil The Egyptian Music (CD, Album) 1987
TO: 9 Hafler Trio, The A Thirsty Fish (2xLP) 1987
TO:10 Mother Tongue Open In Obscurity (LP) 1988
TO:11 Hafler Trio, The Ignotum Per Ignotius (CD, Album) 1989
TO:12 Strafe Für Rebellion Vögel (CD, Comp) 1989
TO:13 Z'EV 1968-1990: One Foot In The Grave (2xCD, Comp + Box) 1991
TO:14 Soliman Gamil Ankh (LP) 1990
TO:14 C Soliman Gamil Ankh (Cass) 1990
TO:14 CD Soliman Gamil Ankh (CD) 1990
TO:16 Étant Donnés Aurore (CD, Album) 1990
TO:17 John Duncan & A. M. McKenzie* Contact (CD, Album) 1990
TO:18 Hafler Trio, The Mastery Of Money (CD, Album) 1992
TO:19 Strafe F.R.* Lufthunger (CD, Album) 1991
TO:20 John Duncan Send (CD, Album) 1993
TO:21 Sandoz Digital Lifeforms (CD, Album) 1993
TO:22 Hafler Trio, The & Sons Of God, The Resurrection (CD, Album) 1993
TO:23 Sandoz Intensely Radioactive (CD, Album) 1994
TO:24 Hafler Trio, The How To Reform Mankind (CD, Album) 1994
TO:25 Indicate (2) Whelm (CD) 1995
TO:26 Philip Jeck Loopholes (CD, Album) 1995
TO:27 Chris Watson Stepping Into The Dark (Album) ◄ (3 versions) 1996
TO:28 Sandoz Every Man Got Dreaming (CD, Album) 1995
TO:28 LP Sandoz Every Man Got Dreaming (2x12", Album) 1995
TO:29 Scala Beauty Nowhere (CD, Album) 1997
TO:29 LP Scala Beauty Nowhere (LP) 1996
TO:30 Ryoji Ikeda +/- (Album) ◄ (3 versions) 1996
TO:31 Mark Van Hoen The Last Flowers From The Darkness (CD, Album, Car) 1997
TO:32 Rehberg & Bauer Faßt (CD, Album) 1997
TO:34 Mika Vainio Onko (CD, Album, Dig) 1997
TO:35 Evan Parker & Lawrence Casserley Solar Wind (CD, Album) 1997
TO:36 Philip Jeck Surf (CD, Album) 1999
TO:37 Chris Watson Outside The Circle Of Fire (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1998
TO:38 Ryoji Ikeda 0ºC (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1998
TO:39 Rehberg & Bauer Ballt (CD, Album) 1999
TO:40 Fennesz plus forty seven degrees 56' 37" minus sixteen degrees 51' 08" (Album) ◄ (3 versions) 1999
TO:41 Richard H. Kirk Darkness At Noon (CD) 1999
TO:43 Mika Vainio Kajo (CD, Album) 2000
TO:44 Ryoji Ikeda Matrix (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 2001
TO:45 Rehberg & Bauer Passt (CD, Album) 2001
TO:46 Biosphere Cirque (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 2000
TO:46 LP Biosphere Cirque (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 2001
TO:47 Chris Watson Weather Report (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 2003
TO:48 Rafael Toral Violence Of Discovery And Calm Of Acceptance (CD, Album, Ltd) 2001
TO:48 Rafael Toral Violence Of Discovery And Calm Of Acceptance (CD, Album) 2001
TO:49 Phill Niblock Touch Works, For Hurdy Gurdy And Voice (CD, Album) 2000
TO:50 Biosphere Substrata² (CD, Album, RM + CD, Album) 2001
TO:51 Locust Wrong (2xCD) 2001
TO:52 Jóhann Jóhannsson Englabörn (CD, Album) 2002
TO:52LP Jóhann Jóhannsson Englabörn (LP) 2009
TO:53 Fennesz Venice (CD, Album, Dig) 2004
TO:54 Mika Vainio In The Land Of The Blind One-Eyed Is King (CD, Album) 2003
TO:55 Biosphere Shenzhou (CD, Album) 2002
TO:56 Philip Jeck Stoke (CD, Album, Dig) 2002
TO:57 Philip Jeck 7 (CD, Album, Dig) 2003
TO:58 Rosy Parlane Iris (CD, Album) 2004
TO:59 Phill Niblock Touch Food (2xCD, Album) 2003
TO:60 Ryoji Ikeda Op. (CD, Album, Dig) 2002
TO:61 Oren Ambarchi Grapes From The Estate (CD) 2004
TO:62 Biosphere Autour De La Lune (CD, Album, Dig) 2004
TO:63 Z'EV Headphone Musics 1-6 (CD) 2004
TO:64 Jóhann Jóhannsson Virðulegu Forsetar (CD, Album + DVD-A, Album) 2004
TO:65 BJ Nilsen* Fade To White (CD, Album) 2004
TO:66 CD Biosphere Dropsonde (CD, Album, Dig) 2006
TO:66 LP Biosphere Dropsonde (LP, MiniAlbum) 2005
TO:67 Philip Jeck Sand (CD, Album, Dig) 2008
TO:68 Rosy Parlane Jessamine (CD, Album, Dig) 2006
TO:68DS Rosy Parlane Willow (File, MP3, 320) 2009
TO:69 Phill Niblock Touch Three (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 2006
TO:70 Hildur Guðnadóttir Without Sinking (CD, Album) 2009
TO:70DS Hildur Guðnadóttir Iridescence (File, AAC) 2009
TO:71 Robert Hampson Vectors (CD, Album, Dig) 2009
TO:74 KK Null* Fertile (CD, Album) 2007
TO:75 BJ Nilsen* The Short Night (CD, Album, Dig) 2007
TO:76 Fennesz Black Sea (CD, Album) 2008
TO:76D Fennesz Saffron Revolution (File, MP3) 2008
TO:76 LP Fennesz Black Sea (LP) 2008
TO:78 Oren Ambarchi In The Pendulum's Embrace (CD, Album, Dig) 2007
TO:23-12 Sandoz Intensely Radioactive ◄ (2 versions) 1994
TOC:1 Hafler Trio, The Redintegrate (Cass) 1986
TOC:2 Hafler Trio, The Kuklos (Cass, Album) 1990
TO:CDR1 Philip Jeck 20_02_00 Live at ICC, Tokyo (CDr) 2000
TO:CDR2 S.E.T.I. Light Shift - Live In Brussels Twe-Gc. Ten Weyngaert, 29 April 00. (CDr, Album, Car) 2000
TO:CDR3 Fennesz Live At Revolver, Melbourne 03_02_00 (CD, EP, Ltd) 2000
TO:CDR4 Rafael Toral Engine - Live In Paris (CD) 2003
TO:CDR5 BJ Nilsen* Hazard 06_12_03 Generator Festival, Konzerthaus Wien (CDr) 2004
Tone 1 Hafler Trio, The Masturbatorium (CD, Album) 1991
TONE 2 Etant Donnes* Royaume (CD, EP) 1991
Tone 3 Hafler Trio, The FUCK (CD, Album) 1992
Tone 4 Sandoz Dark Continent (12") 1993
Tone 4CD Sandoz Dark Continent (CD, Album) 1996
Tone 5 wir3O The First Last Number (12") 1995
Tone 6 Various Step Write Run - Alphaphone Vol. 1 (2xCD) 1996
TONE 7 New Order Video 5-8-6 (CD, Single, Dig) 1997
Tone 8 Wir Vien (CD, Maxi) 1997
Tone 9 Scala Compass Heart (CD, Album) 1998
Tone 10 Sandoz In Dub Chant To Jah (CD, Album) 1998
Tone 11 John Duncan Tap Internal (CD, Album) 2000
Tone 12 Richard H. Kirk LoopStatic (Amine ß Ring Modulations) (CD, Album, Car) 2000
Tone 13 Hazard | Fennesz | Biosphere Light (CD, EP) 2001
Tone 14 Various Ringtones (CD, Album, Comp) 2001
Tone 15 Philip Jeck = Jacob Kirkegaard Soaked (CD, Album) 2002
Tone 16 Fennesz Field Recordings 1995:2002 (CD, Comp, Dig) 2002
Tone 17 Hazard Land (CD, Album, Dig) 2002
Tone 18 Chris Watson / Various Star Switch On (CD, Album, Dig) 2002
Tone 19 Organum | z'ev Tinnitus Vu (CD, Maxi, Ltd) 2004
Tone 20 Various Spire - Organ Works Past, Present & Future (2xCD, Comp) 2003
Tone 21 Various Spire Live In Geneva Cathedral St. Pierre (2xCD) 2005
Tone 22 FenneszSakamoto* Sala Santa Cecilia (CD, EP) 2005
Tone 23 Fennesz Live In Japan (LP, Ltd) 2007
Tone 24 K.K. Null _ Chris Watson _ Z'EV Number One (CD, Album, Dig) 2005
Tone 25 Various Touch 25 ◄ (2 versions) 2006
Tone 26 Jacob Kirkegaard 4 Rooms (CD, Album) 2006
Tone 27 Chris Watson ¬ BJ Nilsen* Storm (CD, Album, Dig) 2006
Tone 28 Various Spire Live - Fundamentalis (2xLP) 2008
Tone 29 Philip Jeck Suite: Live In Liverpool ◄ (4 versions) 2008
Tone 30 Marhaug* | Asheim* Grand Mutation (CD, Album) 2007
Tone 31 Lawrence English Kiri No Oto (CD, Album) 2008
Tone 32 Fennesz, Sakamoto* Cendre (CD, Album, Dig) 2007
Tone 34 Gavin Bryars Alter Ego (9) Philip Jeck The Sinking Of The Titanic (CD, Album) 2007
Tone 35 Jacob Kirkegaard Labyrinthitis (CD, Album, Ltd) 2008
Tone 36 Jana Winderen Heated: Live In Japan (CD, MiniAlbum, Ltd) 2009
Tone 36DS Jana Winderen Submerged (File, AAC) 2009
Tone 37 Nana April Jun The Ontology Of Noise (CD, Album, Dig) 2009
Tone 38 Biosphere Wireless - Live At The Arnolfini, Bristol (CD, Album, Mixed) 2009
Tone 7.1 New Order Video 5-8-6 (12") 1997
Tone 7.2 New Order Video 5-8-6 (CD, Single) 1998
Tone 12-12 Richard H. Kirk LoopStatic (Amine ß Ring Modulations) (12") 2000
TouchRadio 1 BJNilsen Land Of Lions (TouchRadio Edit) (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 2 Carl Michael Von Hausswolff As Quiet As A Campfire Or Analogue Motoric And Electro-Magnetic Silence Disturbed By Intuitive Slumber C/W Mingling Or Dodekaphonic Drones Interfered By Known And Unknown Digital Phenomena (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 3 Fennesz / Nagl* Live At Amann Studios (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 4 Z'EV Untitled (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 5 Chris Watson The Galapagos Islands - An Audio Diary (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 6 Philip Jeck From The Archives (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 7 Toshiya Tsunoda Appearance Of Physical Vibration (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 8 Peter Rehberg Paris Qui Dort (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 9 K.K. Null Radio-Animus/Anima (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 10 People Like Us The Bits In Between - Mic Break Outtakes On WFMU (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 11 Stephen O'Malley / Dylan Carlson Devolution/Evolution: Stephen O'Malley Interviews Dylan Carlson (File, MP3) 2005
TouchRadio 12 Jacob Kirkegaard Eldfjall Live At Observatori Festival, Valencia, 6th November 2005 (File, MP3) 2006
TouchRadio 13 Leif Inge Nææ... (File, MP3) 2006
TouchRadio 14 Ivar* / Grutle* / Stephen O'Malley / Oren Ambarchi / Attila Csihar / Aaron Turner Press Conference / Panel At Roskilde Festival 010705 (File, MP3) 2006
TouchRadio 15 Stephan Mathieu Radio One (File, MP3) 2006
TouchRadio 16 Jana Winderen Live At Ash 13, Fylkingen 26.02.06 (File, MP3) 2006
TouchRadio 17 Brandon LaBelle CD=Text (Psycho-Acoustical Speech) (File, MP3) 2006
TouchRadio 18 Chris Watson Alcedo Volcano (File, MP3) 2006
TouchRadio 19 Fennesz / Peter Rehberg / Rafael Toral & João Paulo Feliciano Live At Vila Nova de Foz Côa, May 29th 1999 (File, MP3) 2006
TouchRadio 20 Daniel Menche Apostate (File, AAC) 2006
TouchRadio 21 Skull Defekts, The Live At Fylkingen (File, MP3) 2006
TouchRadio 22 Scott Taylor Silver (File, MP3) 2007
TouchRadio 23 Leif Elggren Live In London (File, MP3) 2007
TouchRadio 24 Steve Roden 9-Sided Room (File, MP3) 2007
TouchRadio 25 Chris Watson The Sound Of Islay: A Report From The Hebrides (File, MP3) 2007
TouchRadio 26 Lasse Marhaug Into The Pandemonium (File, MP3, 194) 2007
TouchRadio 27 Gudni Franzson* Notturno (File, MP3) 2007
TouchRadio 28 Jana Winderen Utvær (File, AAC) 2008
TouchRadio 29 Novi_sad Dramazon (File, MP3) 2008
TouchRadio 30 Enrico Coniglio Sapientumsuperacquis (File, MP3) 2008
TouchRadio 31 Simon Fisher Turner Lifesounds (File, AAC, 96k) 2008
TouchRadio 32 Tom Lawrence Donadea Forest (File, AAC, 192) 2008
TouchRadio 33 AER Without Number (File, MP3, 128) 2008
TouchRadio 34 Diane Hope Elk Song (File, AAC, 192) 2008
TouchRadio 35 Freq_Out Orchestra, The The Freq_Out Orchestra (File, MP3, 192) 2008
TouchRadio 36 Will Montgomery Submarine (File, MP3, 192) 2008
TouchRadio 37 Pascal Wyse Barbialla (File, AAC, 192) 2008
TouchRadio 38 Philip Marshall Ost (File, MP3, 192) 2009
TouchRadio 39 Paulo Raposo | João Silva (2) The Book Of Hours (File, MP3, 320) 2009
TouchRadio 40 Edwin Pouncey R'Occult 'n' Roll (File, MP3, 192) 2009
TouchRadio 41 Honey Bees Of Cherry Garden Farm, The The Act Of Being Stung (File, MP3, 192) 2009
TOUCH SEVEN.1 Various Your Summer Recordings (CDr, Promo) 1998
TS 01 Fennesz – Jeck* – Matthews* Amoroso (7", Single, Ltd) 2008
TS 02 Chris Watson Oceanus Pacificus (7", Single, Ltd) 2007
TS 03 AER Project (7", Single, Ltd) 2008
TS 04 Fennesz Transition (7", Single, Ltd) 2008
TS 04D Fennesz On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By (File, AAC) 2007
TS 05 Oren Ambarchi Destinationless Desire (7", Single, Ltd) 2008
TS 06 Mika Vainio Behind The Radiators (7", Single, Ltd) 2008
TS 07 Jim O'Rourke Despite The Water Supply (7", Single, Ltd) 2008
TS 08 People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz Withers In The Waking (7", Single, Ltd) 2008
T_ZERO_0 Various Touch 00 (CD, Comp) 2000
T_ZERO_1 Various Touch. Sampler (CD, Comp) 1995
T_ZERO_2 Various Touch Sampler 2 (CD, Comp) 1997
T_ZERO_3 Various Touch Sampler.3 (CD, Comp) 1998
T_ZERO_4 Various Touch 4our (CD, Smplr) 2003
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