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 and Mike Harding.
Activities
Touch Music is the main arm of the London-based multimedia publishing company Touch, established in 1982 with such composers as
Oren Ambarchi,
Jasmin Blasco,
Christian Fennesz,
Soliman Gamil,
Hildur Guðnadóttir,
Philip Jeck
Philip Jeck (1952 – 25 March 2022) was an English composer and multimedia artist. His compositions were noted for utilising antique turntables and vinyl records, along with looping devices and both analogue and digital effects. Initially com ...
,
Phill Niblock,
BJNilsen
Benny Jonas Nilsen (born 1975), alias BJ Nilsen, BJNilsen, and Hazard, is a Swedish sound artist based in Amsterdam.
His work primarily focuses on the sounds of nature and how they affect humans. Recent work has explored the urban acoustic real ...
(alias
Hazard
A hazard is a potential source of harm
Harm is a moral and legal concept.
Bernard Gert construes harm as any of the following:
* pain
* death
* disability
* mortality
* loss of abil ity or freedom
* loss of pleasure.
Joel Feinberg giv ...
), Yann Novak,
Rosy Parlane,
Zachary Paul,
Peter Rehberg,
Simon Scott,
Claire M Singer,
Carl Michael von Hausswolff
Carl Michael von Hausswolff (born 1956) is a composer, visual artist, and curator based in Stockholm, Sweden. His main tools are recording devices (camera, tape deck, radar, sonar) used in an ongoing investigation of electricity, frequency, ar ...
,
Chris Watson
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(''
El Tren Fantasma'') 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
British Library Sound Archive.
Labels
Owned labels:
* Touch
* Ash International
* Spire
References
External links
Interview with founder Jon Wozencroft, and Michael Harding from 1992 onTouch - official siteNews, artists, catalogue, reviews, etc.
Discography of Touchat
Discogs
Touch Radio archive at the British Library Sound Archive
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British independent record labels
1982 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1982