''Touch the Sound'' is a

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by Scottish percussionist

Evelyn Glennie Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish people, Scottish percussionist. She was selected as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015. Early life Glennie was born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire in Sco ...

of the 2004 documentary film ''

Touch the Sound ''Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie'' is a 2004 German documentary film directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer about profoundly deaf Scottish classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie. In the film Glennie, who won a Grammy Award in ...

'' by German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer about Glennie, who is

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. It was released on CD in 2004 by German record label, Normal. The soundtrack consists of

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s by Glennie, solo and with other musicians, including English experimental musician

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. Glennie and Frith were filmed improvising in an abandoned sugar factory in

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, Germany, and six of the tracks on the soundtrack were recorded in the factory. In 2007 Frith and Glennie released an album, ''

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'' which used material from those sessions.

Reception

In a review at

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, Stephen Eddins gave the soundtrack four stars out of five, and said that "This is not a recording in which Glennie's virtuosity is on display, but one that showcases her sensitivity to the world around her, and that's a wonderful thing to hear."

Track listing

Source: Soundtrack liner notes.

Personnel

– bass guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals *

– drums, snare drum, marimba, percussion, sheet metal, tom-tom, waterphone, wind whistle *

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– drums *

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– drums, taiko *Misa This – piano *Saikou This – violin *Jason "The Fogmaster" – foghorns *Roxane Butterfly – tap dancing Source:

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Production

*Location sound engineering by Gregor Kuschel and Marc von Stuerler *Sugar factory recording (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 19) by Jörg T. Schnabel and Patrik Höderrath *Sound Editing by Christoph von Schoenburg *Mixing by Hubertus Rath *Produced by Filmquadrat Munich and Skyline Edinburgh *Liner notes by Thomas Riedelsheimer Source:

References

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