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Since its founding in 1982, Touch (based in London) has created audio-visual productions and live events that combine innovation with a level of care and attention that has made it the most enduring of any independent company of its time.

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Touch @touch33.net · 1d

In this clip from an interview with The Cusp Magazine, Sound Recordist Chris Watson, best known for his collaborations with David Attenborough, explains why recorded ambient sound evokes 'the spirit of a place'.

thecuspmagazine.substack.com/p/cutting-ro...

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Touch @touch33.net · 6d

Out Now For #BandcampFriday: "Italian Wire Suites" by Jiyeon Kim

ashinternational.bandcamp.com/album/italia...

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Touch @touch33.net · 8d

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Touch @touch33.net · 13d

Bernd Friedmann's long out-of-print 1996 ambient classic "Leisure Zones" is now finally available as a digital download.

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"...[A]s definitive a piece of non-participatory sonic art as anything done by BE himself". [i/e, USA]

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Touch @touch33.net · 16d

Now Available to Pre-Order: "Earthbound" by Ipek Gorgun / ipekgorgun.bsky.social.

ipekgorgunreleases.bandcamp.com/album/earthb...

Touch # TO:128 CD + DL

Earthbound, by Ipek Gorgun

11 track album

ipekgorgunreleases.bandcamp.com

Touch @touch33.net · 17d

"Clairaudience": A Sound Seminar by Jon Wozencroft, Theme Studios, Camden, 16/10/25. Tickets here: tinyurl.com/3dtffr2h

Touch @touch33.net · 24d

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Touch @touch33.net · Sep 1

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Touch @touch33.net · Aug 18

★★★★ review of Jacaszek's "Idylla":

www.chaindlk.com/reviews/13026

'"Idylla" reminds us that paradise is not a place but a moment, already slipping away even as we hear it. It is music poised between lament and wonder, a meditation on the impossible task of holding nature still..'

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Touch @touch33.net · Aug 15

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Touch @touch33.net · Aug 1

Out Now for #BandcampFriday: "Long Decay and New Earth" by Jiyeon Kim. DAT#29 was originally released on 5 June 2020 by The Tapeworm as TTW#129. Composed, performed and recorded by Jiyeon Kim. Performance venue: Cafe Unplugged, Seoul. Illustration: Lim Jin-kwang.
datworm.bandcamp.com/album/long-d...

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Touch @touch33.net · Aug 1

Support our artists by picking up new and recent releases this #bandcampfriday (no fees!): all CLEARED CDs are in stock now and Philip Jeck + 'rpm' is coming very close to the end of its limited edition DCD run. Plus Claire M Singer's 'Triage' on vinyl! Links to everything: linktr.ee/touch33

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Touch @touch33.net · Aug 1

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Touch @touch33.net · Jul 31

Out Now: "Live at Daa Theatre House, Tehran July 3rd 2024" by Arshan Najafi

ashinternational.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

Photo by Fariba Norouzi.

'The recording of what may be one of my most memorable live performances in an exceptional setting with an audience reception beyond imagination.

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Touch @touch33.net · Jul 21

"Realisationism: A Sound Seminar by Jon Wozencroft", Thursday 24.07.25 at Theme Studios, Camden. Ticket link in bio.

Touch @touch33.net · Jul 15

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Touch @touch33.net · Jul 1

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Touch @touch33.net · Jun 28

Out Now: "Idylla" by Jacaszek

jacaszekreleases.bandcamp.com/album/idylla

"It's peculiar, uniquely fascinating material that takes a genuinely novel approach to field recording... Haunting, honestly." - Boomkat

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Touch @touch33.net · Jun 21

To mark the summer solstice, BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ have commissioned Chris Watson to compose a 90 second piece for 21st July programme at 0820h BST

"Radio 4 Summer Solstice Soundscape"

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

Listen live to BBC Radio 4 on BBC Sounds

www.bbc.co.uk

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Touch @touch33.net · Jun 15

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Touch @touch33.net · Jun 5

Now available to pre-order: "Idylla" by Jacaszek
jacaszekreleases.bandcamp.com/album/idylla
'Idylla consolidates Jacaszek’s work as being amongst the most essential of any contemporary composer, its symphonic quality matched by its beauty and detail above and beneath...'

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Touch @touch33.net · Jun 4

Out Now - "Live at KET, Athens" by venoztks: venoztks.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

Touch @touch33.net · Jun 1

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Touch @touch33.net · May 24

Out Now - "Idylla" by Jacaszek: jacaszekreleases.bandcamp.com/album/idylla

Idylla, by Jacaszek

8 track album

jacaszekreleases.bandcamp.com

Touch @touch33.net · May 15

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