Touch (sometimes mistakenly written 'Touch Records' and sometimes written Touch Music, which is technically the publishing side of the company) is a British audio-visual organisation, operating the Touch label. Touch was founded in 1982 by

Jon Wozencroft Jon Wozencroft (born 1 June 1958, in Epsom, England) is a graphic designer, author and instructor. Wozencroft founded Touch Music, Touch, an independent multimedia publishing company. Between 1982 and 1986 Touch "released around 15 products, conce ...

and Mike Harding.

Activities

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, Jasmin Blasco,

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, Philip Jeck,

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, BJNilsen (alias Hazard), Yann Novak,

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, Simon Scott,

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, Chris Watson (''

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'') and Jana Winderen on their roster. Since January 2005 Touch's project Touch Radio has broadcast monthly programmes of varying lengths by artists including Niblock, Watson, and Jeck. In 2011 the Touch Radio archive was added to the

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Labels

Owned labels: * Touch * Ash International * Spire

References

External links

Interview with founder Jon Wozencroft, and Michael Harding from 1992 on

Touch - official site
News, artists, catalogue, reviews, etc.
Discography of Touch
at

Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the ...

Touch Radio archive at the British Library Sound Archive
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