Touch Newsletter #169


Welcome to Touch Newsletter #169 - celebrating The Tapeworm’s 100th edition.

TTW#100 is A Can of Worms. On 29 September 2017 The Tapeworm celebrates its centennial edition with a concert and a cassette. Appearing on-stage at IKLECTIK Art Lab in London are Dale Cornish and Phil Julian, Howlround, Simon Fisher Turner, Marta De Pascalis, Laura Agnusdei, rough music and Parker. Tickets are on sale now. TTW#100 itself is a C120 mixtape starring 36 of your favourite worms, each serving an exclusive, previously unreleased track for your pleasure. Ticketholders for the IKLECTIK show will receive a free copy. Also on sale in the TouchShop.

The Tapeworm is also pleased to announce releases by Damo Suzuki’s Network featuring Château Laut, Pharoah Chromium and Laura Agnusdei – all three now on sale in the TouchShop – full details on all the above, below…

You can also buy all 4 new tapes at a nice price with a TouchShop special offer – click here to purchase.

Finally, The Tapeworm is now on Instagram – @the.tapeworm




29.09.17 | “A Can of Worms” at IKLECTIK Art Lab, London

On 29 September 2017 The Tapeworm celebrates its centennial edition with a concert at IKLECTIK Art Lab. Tickets are on sale now. Illustration – SavX

“One More Night” – in performance: Dale Cornish and Phil Julian, Simon Fisher Turner, Howlround, Marta De Pascalis, Laura Agnusdei, rough music and Parker.

IKLECTIK Art Lab
Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane
London SE1 7LG

(corner of Royal Street, next to Archbishop’s Park)

Doors: 20h00. Tickets: £10: includes the “A Can of Worms” C120 mixtape.




Buy tickets for “A Can of Worms” and get a free mixtape
“A Can of Worms” event on Facebook
“A Can of Worms” at Resident Advisor
Download flyer [.pdf]
More information on www.tapeworm.org.uk




TTW#100 | “A Can of Worms”

On 29 September 2017 The Tapeworm celebrates its centennial edition with a C120 mixtape in an edition of 150 copies only.

Illustration – SavX

The cassette itself is a C120 mixtape starring 36 of your favourite worms, each serving an exclusive, previously unreleased track for your pleasure.

For those who can, buy a concert ticket and get a free copy of this cassette. For those who can not, get a ticketless tape at touchshop.org










A Can of Worms – 1: Achim Mohné “A Can Of Worms”, 2: Simon Fisher Turner “Crow Sculpture”, 3: Laura Agnusdei “Laurisilva”, 4: Howlround “Untitled (080417 Demo 4)”, 5: Hanno Leichtmann “E.N.L.”, 6: Cristian Vogel “StochWalk Seed 0.13755”, 7: Autodigest “Can Boots Reboot? (A Tentative Jaki Tribute)”, 8: Andrew Poppy “X Track Hex”, 9: Othon “Limitless”, 10: “Esprit Critique”, 11: SGR^CAV “Fight For Light”, 12: Tearsov “Prescription”, 13: Saturn and the Sun “Bad Vibes In Rural Environment”, 14: Château Laut “Moby’s Meat” (Live at Schokoladen, 20.ii.09), 15: Derek Jarman in conversation with Richard Torry “Punks”, 16: Jasmin Blasco “Sunrise on the Black Sea”, 17: Marta de Pascalis “Free Sempre”, 18: Kumo “Me, Myself, I” (Excerpt), 19: “One-Two”, 20: Parker “Lullaby (Demo)”

B Can of Worms – 1: Stefan Goldmann “Intrinsic”, 2: Carl Michael von Hausswolff “Matter III” (Version 0.1), 3: John Butcher “Monk Hum”, 4: Henry Rodrick “Isle Of Dogs”, 5: Leslie Winer “Don’t Be Tempted”, 6: Watkins/Peacock “Two With Three Of Six”, 7: Jay Glass Dubs “Honorary Worm Dub”, 8: Mark Van Hoen “The Voice Of Many Waters”, 9: Philip Marshall “Tyro”, 10: Le Forbici di Manitù “Krohn (1988)”, 11: Christos Chondropoulos “Disco Venduno”, 12: Acid Fountain “Dznce”, 13: Paul H Williams “Flying”, 14: “168”, 15: Offerings For The Cannibal Gods “The Opposing Forces Of Memory And Oblivion”, 16: Leif Elggren “Fee Five Foo Fun”, 17: Nigel Wrench “ZA87” (Excerpt), 18: Phil Julian “Tempo Wreath”, 19: Dale Cornish “One Hundred”


Buy “A Can of Worms” C120 mixtape in the TouchShop
Buy tickets for the London show at IKLECTIK on 29 September and get a free copy
More information on www.tapeworm.org.uk




TTW#99 | Damo Suzuki’s Network featuring Château Laut “Ausland”

Cassette only – limited edition of 150 copies. Shipping 29 September 2017.

Illustration – SavX

Damo Suzuki in performance with Château Laut, recorded at Ausland, Berlin, 30.iv.2010 by Stephan Laackman. Mastered for cassette format by Mark Van Hoen.

Château Laut’s Stefan Fähler writes: “I contacted Damo in 2009. He didn't reply immediately and at one point I just forgot about it… So, it was a huge surprise when he replied, exactly a year to the day later, explaining his email’s calendar was weird and he had only just now received my mail. Quickly, we arranged all details for our concert-to-be.

We first met a couple of months later, at the airport. We picked him up in the morning and were stoned just an hour later in our kitchen. The energy for the whole day was so peaceful and warm. On the way to soundcheck we saw barricades and police vans on the streets in readiness for 1 May – a date famous in Berlin for rioting and protest. We joked about this “predictable riot”, marked in calendars for all to see.

The gig at Ausland proceeded organically. We shared many beautiful moments, both on and off stage. Damo was so much into the atmosphere and the crowd that, after our main set, we went on-stage a second time. Afterwards, we crashed at our place, downing a couple of whiskeys before going to sleep, happy.

We kept in touch. He became something close to a spiritual mentor for me. He gave us contacts around the globe for travels and put me in touch with many nice people. He once said to me, one of the most important things in life is to travel. We were glad he stopped by our place on his journey.” – Stefan Fähler, Berlin, 23.viii.2017


Buy Damo Suzuki’s Network featuring Château Laut “Ausland” in the TouchShop
More information on www.tapeworm.org.uk




TTW#98 | Pharoah Chromium “Tokyo Sex Destruction”

Cassette only – limited edition of 75 copies. Shipping 29 September 2017.

Butoh photo – Rahel Preisser


Track List
A: Tokyo Sax Destruction
B1: Tokyo Sex Destruction
B2: Wall Free Jericho


Pharoah Chromium, named after a song by the band Chrome, is a project by German-Palestinian musician and sonic performer Ghazi Barakat. He has released albums on labels such as Grautag, Deep Distance and Labelle69 and has collaborated with Günter Schickert, Vincent Epplay and Osman Arabi among others.

The material included on this tape is based on a live Korg MS-20 recording session for his 2016’s “Gaza” album, a sonic deconstruction of the war waged in the summer of 2014 in Palestine. In the beginning of 2017 Barakat added layers of a woodwind instrument, the rauschpfeife. These recordings stem from an admiration for Japanese artists C.C.C.C. and deceased saxophone player Kaoru Abe.


Buy Pharoah Chromium “Tokyo Sex Destruction” in the TouchShop
More information on www.tapeworm.org.uk




TTW#97 | Laura Agnusdei “Night/Lights”

Cassette only – limited edition of 75 copies. Shipping 29 September 2017.

llustration – Emilie Josso


“Night” side
A1: Midnight Bug
A2: Growing Cold

“Lights” side
B1: Comet Rising
B2: Silver Lining


All tracks composed and performed by Laura Agnusdei. Mixed by Laura Agnusdei and Daniele Fabris. Mastered by Beto Machado.

Laura Agnusdei is a classically trained saxophone player from Bologna, currently based in The Hague, where she is studying at the Institute of Sonology. Her electroacoustic compositions feature the saxophone as the main voice within sonic landscapes that shift between melodies and textures, the song form and improvisation, fusing acoustic, digital and analogue sound sources to create emotional states that change from track to track. Agnusdei is a former member of neo-psych quintet Sex with Giallone and now is playing around Europe with cult psych-rock band Julie’s Haircut. “Night/Lights” is her debut solo release.


Buy Laura Agnusdei “Night/Lights” in the TouchShop
More information on www.tapeworm.org.uk




Guerrilla Audio

Guerrilla Audio is a new series of audio raids by Simon Fisher Turner.

guer·ril·la
ɡəˈrilə/
noun
noun: guerilla
a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces.

Each audio edit will be posted for 14 days and then removed from the site, although the information about each guerrilla activity will be archived, but without the audio. There will be two postings per month with the first (also featuring Klara Lewis & Rainier Lericolais) on 1st August 2015, so please check in regularly to listen to the latest offering.


Guerrilla Audio
www.simonfisherturner.com




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