Tauhid Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 CD - 4 tracks - 70:16Edition of 1000 oversized digifiles 4 tracks - DLP - 70:16Gatefold full colour sleeve with black innersLimited edition of 1000 Compiled, edited, mixed and produced by Mike Harding & Jon WozencroftMastered by Denis Blackham at Skye, 26th October 2012 Tracklist: 1 - 16:58 Touch 33 - Pont SaesonFennesz - 55 Cancri eBruce Gilbert - ApisRosy Parlane - AwhituOren Ambarchi - Merely A Portmanteau 2 - 17:15 The Book DepositoryELEH - Over WovenBJNilsen - The cackle of dogs and laughter of deathNana April Jun - High And Low And Mid Plane Mass 3 - 18:14 Chris Watson - Brussel-NordMika Vainio - ErstwhileCarl Michael von Hausswolff - Cleansing of the Cruel Tyrants ChamberJana Winderen - In a Silent Place 4 - 17:49 Philip Jeck - Saint PancrasFrancisco López - untitled#286Z'EV - the inreadablesHildur Gudnadottir - Just ThisSenescentBiosphere - Gryfici "30 years and counting is an echo of a time when the world was in a critical condition, and potentially about to blow itself into oblivion at the tail end of the Cold War. As such the title is a wry reflection on the situation we find ourselves in today, where the final curtain is less likely to close, but the stakes somehow seem to be more extreme and polarised than ever. As far as Touch is concerned, it is an expression of our youthful relationship to the work. Mike Harding and Jon Wozencroft invited each of the Touch artists to contribute a glimpse of their current practice to what is effectively a group show rather than a compilation. The brief was not only to celebrate a situation, but to remind each other why we are doing it, and make a kind of documentary realism. Some artists responded quickly with significant twists and returns to their signature sound and others left it to the last minute. The net result was that Mike and Jon mastered the LP/CD more or less as live performance in the cutting room, Transition, as an expression of the vitality of the project rather than some pre-ordained historical item. The history is built into the cover with two images of the first computer, the ‘Colossus’, built in Bletchley Park during the early 1940s as a means of cracking the Enigma codes… Here the pressure of time is at its most compressed. Two contra-punctal images were shot only recently, backstage moments of Touch 30 situations which as historical events, pale in comparison – they are just personal, memories in a flash. 30 years and counting is a filmic/time-based response from a collective of artists who have made a distinct impression on contemporary music and the way things go. Fennesz, Eleh, Hildur Gudnadottir, Chris Watson, Philip Jeck, Biosphere… We should really list everyone. That’s what they try and do on hip-hop albums. We started with cassettes; this project commenced as a dedication to vinyl rather than digital, a question concerning the art of recording. 30 years and counting is a manifesto after all these transformations. It is available on CD and download. The vinyl flares with the crackle of the present." Jon Wozencroft, November 2012 FLAC download available later in December… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kichiguy Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Amazing! Nice to see new Nana April Jun. Will be picking this up for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Of course I'm gonna bloody buy it! Can't believe it's been 10 years since the last compilation I bought from them. Time moves fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I like Touch, and this will probably be good, but this press release... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Anything with new Hildur Gudnadottir or Jana Winderen stuff is an automatic purchase for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhid Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Yeah I'll be picking this up as well. Interested to see what Rosy Parlane is up to, and Fennesz, Philip Jeck, Hildur, and Chris Watson always deliver the goods. Still need to go through Jana Winderen's work. I hope the Biosphere track is nothing like what was on N-Plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khov Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Of course I'm gonna bloody buy it! Can't believe it's been 10 years since the last compilation I bought from them. Time moves fast. Well, that was Touch25, 5 years ago. For lovers of the Touch family, there is this fascinating Fairy Tales DVD with the whole bunch (more than 2 hours of new music), sold at their site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Of course I'm gonna bloody buy it! Can't believe it's been 10 years since the last compilation I bought from them. Time moves fast. Well, that was Touch25, 5 years ago. Oops, you're right ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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