Welcome to the Touch Newsletter #208. Ahead of its two London shows next week – Thursday 26 Septenber, The Tapeworm x Iklectik and Sunday 29 September, The Tapeworm x Café OTO – The Tapeworm announces three new tapes to pre-order.
“Interminable Conniption” by Aaron Turner and “Hallraum” by Swantje Lichtenstein & Jono Podmore are available on The Tapeworm’s Bandcamp, shipping 4 October. “XYZ (an ABC of The Tapeworm as Mixed by Dale Cornish)” is initially available exclusively at the two London shows and online at stellage.store
Now shipping: a limited edition CD titled “The Memory Room”. An Ash International/Meakusma co-production, it was recorded at Hautes Fagnes Eifel Nature Park for Meakusma 2018, Eupen, Belgium by Steffen Bennemann, Jasmin Blasco, Peter Caeldries, Meike Effenberg, Mike Harding, Maxim Hoebreckx, Pepa Ivanova, Louise Le Du & Chris Watson, 7-9th September 2018. Further details below…
TTW#117 | Swantje Lichtenstein and Jono Podmore “Hallraum”
Cassette only – limited edition of 100 copies. Artwork: Sayako Sugawara.
Tracklist:
A: Part 1
B: Part Two
Improvised site-specific performance accompanying and responding to the sights and sounds of Worringerplatz, Düsseldorf, Germany, 10 August 2018. Swantje Lichtenstein: voice, electronics. Jono Podmore: electronics. Additional recording: Kai Winter. Mixed by Jono Podmore.
Jono Podmore writes… “After the release of our 7" single ‘Miss Slipper’ / ‘Lewes’ on Psychomat Records in 2017 it was time for another release in keeping with our spirit of adventure and interrogation of established forms. We'd played a few improvised shows which lead us to think of combining the anvil of the audience with the hammer of recording. A plan was hatched to create an event that would lead to an artefact – both an open recording session and a recorded event: a site-specific incident and a time-specific document. A number of venues between our homes and workplaces in London, Köln and Düsseldorf were mooted. Suddenly Swantje found herself in possession of the keys to the Hallraum…” [continue reading…]
Pre-order Swantje Lichtenstein and Jono Podmore “Hallraum” on Bandcamp
More information on www.tapeworm.org.uk
TTW#118 | Aaron Turner “Interminable Conniption”
Cassette only – limited edition of 200 copies. Illustration: SavX.
Tracklist:
A1: I Can See What’s Coming
A2: And Though Resistance is Mighty
A3: Its Arrival’s a Certainty
(programme repeats on B-side)
Interminable Conniption finds avant metallurgist Aaron Turner ruminating on the aberrant possibilities of solo electric guitar. Herein Turner focuses on psychoemotional atmospherics built from the sonic detritus of a full-stack and a few effects pedals. The resultant tracks are minimally-layered spontaneous performances interweaving quivering drones, distended melodies, and saturated dissonance into an immersive architecture of burbling turbulence and uneasy quietude.
Besides his solo works, Aaron Turner is renowned for his participation in the bands SUMAC and ISIS. His other projects include Old Man Gloom, Mamiffer and House of Low Culture, as well as collaborations with other artists such as Tashi Dorji, Daniel Menche, Keiji Haino, and Circle. He is the founder of Hydra Head Records and co-founder of SIGE Records.
Pre-order Aaron Turner “Interminable Conniption” on Bandcamp
More information on www.tapeworm.org.uk
TTW#123 | “XYZ (an ABC of The Tapeworm as Mixed by Dale Cornish)”
Cassette only – limited edition of 150 copies. Illustration: venoztks.
Initially available exclusively at stellage.store (also on sale at The Tapeworm's XWORM 10th anniversary shows)
A scrambled ABC of The Tapeworm, as mixed by Dale Cornish. Featuring, not in alphabetical order… A is for Laura Agnusdei, B is for Blood Music, C is for Dale Cornish, D is for The Dead Mauriacs, E is for Michael Esposito, F is for Le Forbici Di Manitù, G is for Stefan Goldmann, H is for Howlround, I is for Iceman Junglist Kru, J is for Jay Glass Dubs, K is for Kostis Kilymis, L is for Davide Luciani, M is for Achim Mohné, N is for NYZ, O is for OUT, P is for Marta de Pascalis, Q is for Quietitude, R is for Rishaug Marhaug, S is for Steinbrüchel, T is for Tears|Ov, U is for UnicaZürn, V is for Wouter Van Veldhoven, W is for Paul H Williams, X is for X-Ray Sally, Y is for Yol and Z is for Ziúr x Château Laut.
Pre-order “XYZ (an ABC of The Tapeworm as Mixed by Dale Cornish)” at stellage.store
More information on www.tapeworm.org.uk
Mea028/Ash 12.8 | “The Memory Room”
CD in digipak with 28pp booklet, edition of 300 / DL
An Ash International/Meakusma co-production
Recorded at Hautes Fagnes Eifel Nature Park for Meakusma 2018, Eupen, Belgium by Steffen Bennemann, Jasmin Blasco, Peter Caeldries, Meike Effenberg, Mike Harding, Maxim Hoebreckx, Pepa Ivanova, Louise Le Du & Chris Watson, 7-9th September 2018
Mixed at The Dungeon, Los Angeles, October-November 2018. Design by Philip Marshall.
The region around Eupen, in the east of Belgium towards the border with Germany was once part of another country and was annexed after hostilities in 1919. It has the feel of both border territory and hinterland simultaneously, not seeming to belong to any one place or region. No hard border here. There are ghosts; the region was heavily fought over in both major western European conflicts of the twentieth century, but now it is a still place, thrown over to managed habitats for forestry and wildlife. It is here, in the Eifel Nature Park, that Meakusma commissioned Chris Watson and Mike Harding to organise and lead a field recording workshop and, in the given time, adopt a suitable approach to developing a ‘sound painting’ to describe the ambience of the area. Seven in the group with skills ranging from beginner to advanced were shown how to manifest the hidden sonic world available to them with contact microphones; how to patiently set up a recording zone within a smaller area and, most important of all, how to listen actively and simply be in that place. Sessions pre-dawn and post-sunset encouraged an unusual perspective. This is animal time: dark and strange, and sound carries. Under a flightpath from Liège airport the recordists were confronted with a familiar challenge; how to allow industrial noise (noise here defined as any unwanted sound) into our increasingly enclosed world of headphones and hush…
Eifel Nature Park is part of Natura 2000, stretching over 18% of the EU’s land area and almost 6% of its marine territory. It is the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world, offering a rich haven to Europe’s most valuable and threatened species and habitats. Natura 2000 is a network of core breeding and nesting sites and some rare natural types of habitat which are protected in their own right. It stretches across all 28 EU countries, both on land and sea. The aim of the network is to ensure the long-term survival of Europe’s most valuable species and habitats which are listed under both the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive. Natura 2000 is not a system of strict nature reserves from which all human activity would be excluded; while it does include strictly protected nature reserves, most of the land remains in private ownership. The approach to conservation and sustainable use of the Natura 2000 areas is much wider, largely centred on people working with nature rather than against. However, EU Member States must ensure that the sites are managed in a sustainable manner, both ecologically and economically.
Buy “The Memory Room” on Bandcamp
26.9.19 | XWORM – The Tapeworm x Iklectik
Blood Music
Zeno van den Broek
Dale Cornish
Ken Hollings x Howlround
People Like Us
SavFrost
Tears|Ov
Thursday 26 September
Doors 7.30pm / £8 advance / £10 on the door
Buy tickets from tickettailor.com
On Thursday 26 September, The Tapeworm celebrates its tenth birthday at Iklectik — AV performances from Zeno van den Broek and Blood Music, plus a People Like Us short. Splendid trio Tears|Ov premiere their forthcoming album on The Wormhole, ‘A Hopeless Place’. Savage Pencil and Barbara Frost launch their new Bookworm paperback, ‘Cuckoo Head Cool Dog’ with a book singing. Collaborating for the first time, The Howling is a Ken Hollings/Howlround soundclash. To end it all, Dale Cornish will be banging out a ‘Dale on 45’ megamix of his greatest worms.
Further details at iklectikartlab.com
Buy tickets from tickettailor.com
28.9.19 | Touch presents… Live at Cafe OTO
Philip Jeck
Bill Thompson
Mark Van Hoen
Jana Winderen
Saturday 28 September
Doors 7.30pm / £10 advance / £8 Cafe OTO members / £12 on the door
Buy tickets from cafeoto.co.uk
Touch is delighted to present live at Café Oto, London on 28 September 2019. In no particular order, playing live will be Jana Winderen (a rare UK performance), Philip Jeck, Bill Thompson (making his debut) and Mark Van Hoen, freshly over from Los Angeles. Full details can be found on the Cafe OTO website.
Further details and tickets at cafeoto.co.uk
29.9.19 | XWORM – The Tapeworm x Cafe OTO
Laura Agnusdei
Stefan Goldmann
Jay Glass Dubs
Philip Jeck x Jana Winderen
Marta de Pascalis
Simon Fisher Turner
Zerocrop
Sunday 29 September
Doors 6pm / £13 advance / £11 Cafe OTO members / £15 on the door
Buy tickets from cafeoto.co.uk
On Sunday 29 September, The Tapeworm celebrates its tenth birthday at Cafe OTO — Jay Glass Dubs plays live, with a new tape titled ‘Two Devotional Songs for Spaceman 3 in the Style of Love Inc.’ available exclusively on the night. Philip Jeck and Jana Winderen will perform as a duo for the first time ever. Splendid saxophonist Laura Agnusdei premieres her forthcoming album on The Wormhole, ‘Laurisilva’. Marta de Pascalis will blow your mind, while Stefan Goldmann is gonna go all acousmatic. Simon Fisher Turner is playing piano and life-sounds. The interim minstrel will be Zerocrop.
Further details and tickets at cafeoto.co.uk
TO:111 | Claire M Singer “Trian”
2xLP, Gatefold Sleeve
Artwork & photography by Jon Wozencroft
Cut by Jason @ Transition, April 2018
The double vinyl edition is now available to pre-order.
Sides 1 to 3: “Solas” – Solas and Wrangham were recorded by Iain Berryman at Union Chapel, London, 26-27th February 2016 on the organ built by Henry Willis in 1877. Mixed at Bennachie Studios, Aberdeen and EMS Goldsmiths, London. Violin extracts on Eilean from “Land of the Standing Stones” composed and performed by Paul Anderson. Eilean was commissioned by Aberdeenshire Council. Special thanks to Union Chapel, University of Aberdeen and Goldsmiths College.
Side 4: “Fairge” – Recorded by Clare Gallagher at Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 12th June 2017 on the transept organ built by Ahrend & Brunzema (1965). Fairge was commissioned by Oude Kerk. Special thanks to Jacob Lekkerkerker and all at Oude Kerk.
Pre-order Claire M Singer “Trian” on Bandcamp
Guerrilla Audio
Guerrilla Audio is a new series of audio raids by Simon Fisher Turner, 64 and still working.
guer·ril·la
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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. We are well into the 3rd year and have just posted episode 100…
Guerrilla Audio
www.simonfisherturner.com
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