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Touché Records was founded in 1994 by Alex Dijksterhuis (Jamez) & Gaston Steenkist (Dobre). Their first output was on Robin "Jaydee" Albers First Impression Label. But they wanted more participation in their music to carry out their own vision. One of their staring points was that they wanted to combine techno with house. Alex for the Techno and Gaston for the House. It was the perfect combination. In the mid-nineties the label was very succesfull with it's transatlantic sound. A mixture of American House and European Techno. When the succes came, dj's like Carl Craig, Booka Shade, Orlando Voorn and Slam Dj's released on the label as well. The label was most succesfull in the USA and was played by dj's like Danny Tenaglia & Deep Dish. But also Darren Emerson was a big fan. Although the UK claims to be the one who have produced the first Tech-House record, it was the Dutch Touché who were the first with their second release 51 Days - Paper Moon. At the end of the 90's Touché was voted for best label of the year in germany. This happend without any big promotion actions.
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Nijverheidsweg 38-2
2031 CP Haarlem
The Netherlands

T: +31.(0)23.512.6900
F: +31.(0)23.534.4505

E-Mail: info@unitedrecordings.com
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Discography

Releases:
08 27954 20 Trancesetters The Search Ends (12", Ltd, Promo) 1996
TOU 0038 51 Days Feel So High (12") 2000
TOU 0039 Tatoine Music (12") 2000
TOU 0040 Tata Box Inhibitors Freet / Dreams (2 versions) 2000
TOU 0042 Unknown Artist Unknown (Vinyl, Promo)  
TOU 0141 Loophole Supa Thang / Tirany (12") 2001
TOU 0142 Trancesetters Synergy (12") 2001
TOU 0143 Tetraflux Forever / From The Past Into The Present (3 versions) 2001
TOU 0144 Trancesetters The Saga (12") 2001
TOU 0245 P.A. Presents* Entangled (12") 2002
TOU 0246 Tatoine Summerwind (12") 2002
TOU 0247 P.I.M.P. Why? (12") 2002
TOU 0348 Loophole Situations (I Love You) (12") 2003
tou 0349 Villanord Impact (12") 2003
TOU 0350 P.I.M.P. Ekkovibe (12") 2003
TOU 0451 Tetraflux Okinawan / Dreamglider (12") 2004
TOU 0452 Trancesetters Beat Freak (Martijn Ten Velden Edit) (12") 2004
TOU 9401 Jamshed Women And Whiskey (12") 1994
TOU 9401 Jamshed Women And Whiskey (12", Promo, W/Lbl) 1994
TOU 9402 51 Days Paper Moon (3 versions) 1994
TOU 9403 R Factors Upstream Sequences (12") 1994
TOU 9404 Tata Box Inhibitors Plasmids (2 versions) 1994
TOU 9405 Kamasutra Night Walk (12") 1994
TOU 9406 P.I.M.P. The Light (12") 1994
TOU 9407 Brersoul Joy (12") 1994
TOU 9407 CDS Brersoul What To Say (What To Do) (CD, Maxi) 1994
TOU 9408 Trancesetters Drive (12", EP) 1994
TOU 9509 Tetraflux The Untold Story (12") 1995
TOU 9510 Dope Dog Keep House Unda'Ground (12") 1995
TOU 9511 Carl Craig Presents Paperclip People The Climax (12") 1995
TOU 9512 Tata Box Inhibitors Protein (12") 1995
TOU 9513 Amfibian Pa Relax (12") 1995
TOU 9514 Felix Da Housecat The Chaos Engine (12") 1995
TOU 9515 R Factors Endogenous Rhythms EP Vol 1 (12") 1995
TOU 9516 Booka Shade Kind Of Good (12") 1995
TOU 9517 Trancesetters The Search (12") 1995
TOU 9518 Loophole Floating (12") 1995
TOU 9619 Laidback Luke Act The Fool (12") 1995
TOU 9620 Various Touché Remixes (2 versions) 1996
TOU 9621 P.I.M.P. First Encounter (12") 1996
TOU 9622 Booka Shade Silk (12") 1996
TOU 9623 R Factors Vis-à-vis (2 versions) 1996
TOU 9624 Trancesetters The Search (Remixes) (12") 1996
TOU 9625 Paperclip People The Floor (12") 1996
TOU 9625R Paperclip People The Floor (12") 1996
TOU 9626 Loophole Fakeland (12") 1996
TOU 9627 Deviance Spectrums (12") 1996
TOU 9628 Tata Box Inhibitors Insane / Ribosomal (12") 1996
TOU 9629 Laidback Luke Concrete On Vinyl (12") 1996
TOU 9630 Various Preview (12") 1996
TOU 9701 Various Touché Compilation 2 (Sampler) (12") 1997
TOU 9701 CD Various Touché Compilation 2 (CD) 1997
TOU 9731 Tata Box Inhibitors Ribosomal Remixes (12") 1997
TOU 9731 51 Days Feel So High (12", W/Lbl) 1997
TOU 9732 Loophole New Primitivsm (12") 1997
TOU 9833 Laidback Luke Music's Always On My Mind (12") 1998
TOU 9934 Laidback Luke Psyched Up - The Early Works '96 - '98 (2xLP, Album) 1999
TOU 9934-3 Laidback Luke Psyched Up - The Early Works '96 - '98 (CD, Album, Dig) 1999
TOU 9935 Trancesetters Roaches (12") 1999
TOU 9936 R Factors Rendez Vous (12") 1999
TOU 9937 Loophole Driven By Dreams (12") 1999
TOU 96014 Various Touché Compilation 1 (2x12") 1996
TOU96015 Various Touché Compilation 1 (CD, Comp, Dig) 1996
TOU 96019 Various Touché Compilation 1 (CD, Jew) 1996
TOU 96243 Trancesetters The Search (CD, Maxi) 1996
TOU 9701 3LP Various Touché Compilation 2 (3xLP) 1997
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by Swinger Jul 12, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
Touché is the label set up by Jamez & Dobre an excellent label with some groundbreaking releases. They mostly release their own productions but also artists like Carl Craig, Booka Shade and Orlando Voorn have released on Touché. They also release solo but their best output is when they produce as a duo like Trancesetters or Tata Box Inhibitators. Under each alias they produce different kinds of music. 51 days is deep house, Tata Box Inhibitators is Acid House and Trancesetters is Tech-house. Tracks like The Saga, Paper Moon, Plasmids, The Search are some of their best known releases. At the end of the 90’s the label Touché was voted for best label of the year in germany. This happened without the help of any big german record labels promoting them. Just purely with the quality and strength of the music.

In the dictionary Touché means: Used to acknowledge a hit in fencing or a successful criticism or an effective point in argument. Well their releases "hit" me "successfully" in the right spot.