t o u c
h 0 0
Touch 2000,
T_Zero_0 CD
Track: Sun-baked
a t r
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r d i n g s. c o m / f r e e y ou r e a r
s
/ v o l. 1
atrecordings.com
2000,
ATR2000-001
Track: When I Leave
a b s o l u t
e z
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Charrm 2000, CHARRM
28
Track: Superfluid
"To
celebrate the
Japananese
dancer Saburo Teshigawara´s first UK tour for 10 years, and to
accompany
the piece´s worldwide touring, a number of international sound
artists
were invited to respond to the theme "absolute zero", with new
compositions.
This CD brings together eight artists whose work shares with
Teshigawara´s
sensibilities of concept, aesthetic and innovation. From Biosphere to
:zoviet*france:,
the contributing artists are at the forefront of electronica, their
sounds
sketching subtle approaches to the absolute."
With exclusive
tracks from
Biosphere, :zoviet*france:, Monolake, Hallucinator, Jiri Ceiver,
Disinformation,
Hazard and Gescom.
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g
c h i l l: e n c h a n t e d 02
The Big Chill Label
2000,
FACTOR 5
Track: Heights of
the
Depths
compiled and
sequenced by
Pete Lawrence
uk distribution :
Kudos
uk release date :
6/11/00
It's been
a busy summer
for
The Big Chill, with another Enchanted Garden sell-out and a momentous
week
in Naxos - our first Greek island excursion.
The label too has
been
busy
- following the success of last autumn's 'Enchanted 01' comes more in a
familiar formula - exclusives and hard to find tracks from artists who
are regulars at The Enchanted Garden.
Amongst the
exclusives -
a new Biosphere track (recorded with Jony Easterby and Ansuman Biswas),
the debut release by The Bays, recorded live and featuring Tom
Middleton
and Mark Pritchard joined by Andy Gangadeen and Jamie Jimpster amongst
others, as well as a brand new Kirsty Hawkshaw track and live Big Chill
contributions from Baby Mammoth and Victor Davies. Add in DJ Food, Amon
Tobin, Blue States, Tim 'Love' Lee, Hexstatic and many more and you
have
a double CD package chock full of goodies.
c o m m e r c i a
l
b r e a k s
Beechwood Music
2001,
COMBCD01,
2xCD
Track: Novelty Waves
m g r s r m x
s
MIGROS 2001,
ROLI-0023,
2XLP
Track: Die
Luftseilbahn
info
With
exclusive tracks
from
Ovuca, Atom™, Zor-el & Alura, Marcus Schmickler, Biosphere,
Monolake,
Richard H. Kirk, Bang_goes, Thomas Brinkmann, Mo, Isolée, Mika
Vainio,
Cylob, Fischerspooner. MP3 files of every track are located at: http://www6.migros.ch:8001/kulturprozent/kulturbeutel/platte.htm
l i g h t
TOUCH 2001, TONE 13
Tracks: When I
Leave
[Finely
Tuned Mix]
Algae & Fungi
[Candelaria
Mix]
This CD
is released in
conjunction
with the forthcoming Touch 2001 Tour of the UK in May. All the tracks
were
recorded specifically for this CD. Hazard and Fennesz are new tracks,
Biosphere's
two contributions are remixes of tracks from the album Cirque.
k r y d s f e l
t
n o r d p o l
Resonance RCD03,
2001
Track: Vi kan tenka
digitalt,
vi kan tala digitalt
Contains
exclusive
tracks
from Opiate, Fuzzy/B9, Jonas Olesen, Hans Hansen, Jacob Kirkegaard,
Runar
Magnussen and Biosphere.
Since its opening
in 1991,
the Museum for Contemporary Art in Roskilde has focused on new music,
sound
art and the classical Avantgarde. In the museum´s collection it
is
possible to absorb video, sound works and different forms of written
and
photographic material throwing light on time based art - i.e. art forms
without a lasting nature such as performance, dance, spatial
installations,
experimental concerts, etc.
Krydsfelt was
founded in
1998 on the initiative of curator Hans Sydow in collaboration with the
museum´s director Marianne Bech in order to widen the focus the
museum
already had brought in with regard to the sonic art scene. From
November
1999 to October 2000 krydsfelt has thus arranged a series of happenings
where artists from the Nordic countries have produced new and original
sound works at the museum on computer; and presented them for an
audience
at the same place afterwards. The aim was to carry out a musical and
journalistic
investigation of the Nordic electronic music and sound art, across
borders
and genres.
On the CD
'krydsfelt-norpol'
you can listen to seven of the works - new sound from Denmark, Norway
and
Iceland - and furthermore, the enclosed booklet contains statements
from
the artists taking part as well as two fresh articles by Jakob Weigand
Goetz and Rune Søchting, aiming at pinning down the roots and
substance
of the new digital music.
Have a pleasant
journey
to the poles in the Nordic soundscape! And thanks to The Ministry of
Culture
Development Fund, the Danish Musicians Union and the Danish Music
Council
who have contributed to the realisation of the journey.
Marianne Bech
(Director
The Museum for Contemporary Art, www.mfsk.dk)
Hans Sydow (Curator
krydsfelt,
www.krydsfelt.dk )
S t a r S w i
t c
h O n C D
Touch 2002, Touch
Tone 18
Track
listing:
1.
Mika Vainio: Outside the Circle of Fire
2.
Philip Jeck: Capriole
3.
Hazard: Debugged
4.
Chris Watson: Cassarina
5.
Fennesz: Pannonique
6.
AER: Goat Behaviour no.3
7.
Biosphere: Night & Dawn
8.
Chris Watson : Wolves
Every two years or so, Touch has produced a sampler giving an overview of our current activities and affiliations. Following Touch 00 (2000), and even prefiguring its release, we wanted to make something that reflected the increasing reliance on the already recorded, whilst suggesting a more lateral approach to the use of source material. This first tendency is manifest everywhere, from tribute bands, to remixes, to updates or clones of earlier sound successes (Oasis and Blur vs. The Beatles and The Kinks, and so on). Another syndrome has developed whereby sounds are transformed by various software programmes, and what seems to be an innovation soon reveals itself to be generic.
"Star Switch On" is not an answer to such questions, but it is a reflection of the current obsession with ‘mapping’, ‘storing’ and ‘modulating’. We were interested in what would happen when artists were given a 'carte-blanche' to work with recordings that had a definite and undeniable subject, location and atmosphere - the wildlife sound recordings of Chris Watson published on “Stepping Into the Dark” (TO:27) and “Outside the Circle of Fire” (TO:37) ? imagining a perverse take on library music, sampling, remix, all inadequate in denoting the soundscapes we hoped such a brief would encourage.
"Star Switch On" features two new recordings by Chris Watson, alongside Biosphere, Fennesz, Hazard, Mika Vainio, Philip Jeck and AER.
Chris
Watson, former
member
of Cabaret Voltaire and The Hafler Trio, has many credits to his name,
not least the series of wildlife programmes made by David Attenborough
to which he contributed. In 2000, “Outside the Circle of Fire” won a
distinction
for ‘Digital Music’ at Ars Electronica. Currently, he is on location in
Kenya working on a new series of the BBC’s “Big Cat Diary”.
X - R a t e
d: T h
e E l e c t r o n i c F i l e s 2 x C D
Boudisque BOU 8,
2002
Track: Valchirie
Exclusive
new tracks by
Banabila,
Biosphere, Kim Cascone, Coil, Scanner, Vidna Obmana & Michael Wells.
E n q u é t
e
s u r L e M o n d e I n v i s i b l e C D
Universal Music
Jazz
France
2002
Tracks: Kobresia,
Silene,
Trasparenza, Lounge, Field, The Rotunda (with H.I.A)
Un film
de Jean Michel
Roux
Tracks by
Biosphere, The
Residents, Hector Zazou, Mick Harris, a.o.
M o n e y w i l
l
r u i n e v e r y t h i n g 2 x CD + hardback book
Rune Grammofon
2003, RCD
2032
Exclusive Biosphere
track:
Colpa Mia
Rune
Grammofon
celebrate
5 years and some 30 albums with a real treat. "Money Will Ruin
Everything"
is an exquisite 96 page hardback book designed and edited by Kim
Hiorthøy
with 2 cds of mostly exclusive tracks from the likes of Supersilent,
Biosphere,
Jaga Jazzist, Food, Deathprod, Arve Henriksen, Alog, Phonophani, Nils
Økland,
Fe-mail, Information, Lasse Marhaug, Maja Ratkje, Martin Horntveth and
many more. The book also has essays by The Wire editor Rob Young and
design
writer Adrian Shaughnessy as well as an interview with RG´s Rune
Kristoffersen.
S p i r e - organ
works
past present & future 2 x CD + booklet
Touch 2004, Tone 20
Exclusive Biosphere
track:
Visible Invisible
buy
CD
The thought of producing a
compilation where the tracks were all either
inspired by or more directly influenced by the organ had been
frequently aired over the years. The conversations were always animated
and expansive. The organ works of Arvo PSrt, those performed by
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, a pupil of Richard Rodney Bennett at the
Royal Academy of Music in London, and others, have reached a wider
non-classical audience. Eventually Benny Nilsen arranged to visit St.
Mary's Church, Warwick and work with one of England's finest, Charles
Matthews. Crawling around inside the instrument, positioning
microphones most appropriately in the Church, or 'capturing' the psalms
composed by Marcus Davidson, Nilsen explored the possibilities with all
the familiar lust of the avant-garde. As the brief widened, so did the
responses... some contributors referred to earlier versions of the
organ and its often highly political usage, others explored aged
instruments themselves. Some studied the effects of the sounds produced
on the physique and the psyche, others conceptualised the brief and
either built their own or recorded natural or man-made phenomena which
utilised the same basic process, wind through pipes. The organ
represents the marriage between acoustic complexity and ritualised
space. It is impossible not to be drawn upward, towards the spire of
the church or cathedral, or to the huge and daunting forest of pipes
themselves. The organ dwarfs all comers, and unlike other instruments,
it is this non-musical element which makes the organ stand apart.
Track Listing:
CDOne
12 tracks - 52:10.21
1. Leif Elggren – Royal Organ
2. Z’EV – if only that love lets letting happen (organ music for organs)
3. Philip Jeck – Stops
4. Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson – Details of a New Discovery
5. Zephyr
6. Marcus Davidson – Organ Psalm V
7. Scott Minor/Fennesz - dwan
8. Finnbogi Pétursson – Diabolus
9. Biosphere – Visible Invisible
10. Toshiya Tsunoda – Layered
11. Tom Recchion – Shut-Eye Train
13. Lary Seven & Jeff Petersen - Disorganised
CDTwo
5 tracks - 53:55.54
Track listing:
1. BJNilsen - Breathe
2. Scott Taylor - Droner
3. Jacob Kirkegaard- Epiludio Patetico: a tribute to Rued Langgaard
4. Ambarchi/Recchion - Triste Remake
5. Chris Watson - Askam Wind Cluster
m i n d t h e g a p 50
Gonzo Circus 2004, GC056, 2xCD
Track: Reef
www.gonzocircus.com
h ö r e n s a g e n
GNM Münster 2005, LC 05245 BERLSTON 105 01 18 2 x CD
Track: Dissolving Clouds
Info
p e t s h o p b o y s - b a c k t o m i n e 2 x CD
DMC / Back To Mine 2005, BACKCD20
Track: Microgravity
buy CD
It’s double celebrations all round as not only has Back to Mine reached its 20th release but the Pet Shop Boys are celebrating 20 years as recording artists together and to mark the moment we have joined forces and bring to you the first ever Pet Shop Boys compilation album.
One off double CD featuring a mix from both Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Neil Tennant’s idea when compiling the CD was “To create a sequence of music late-night listening, sequencing electronic, ambient, classical and pop music”. Chris Lowe on the other hand has chosen “Songs about love, friendship, sex, religion, hope and despair” Starting with early 80’s electro through Italian disco, rock, gospel and ending of course with classic Dusty.
The artwork has been created by PSB long standing designers Farrow and despite looking very PSB it also maintains Back to Mine’s illustrated theme. Special anniversary package has also been designed to house both CD’s.
TRACKLISTING
CD ONE CHRIS LOWE
1. SAVAGE ‘DON’T CRY TONIGHT’
2. MR FLAGIO ‘TAKE A CHANCE’
3. KLEIN & MBO ‘DIRTY TALK’
4. THE FLIRTS ‘PASSION’
5. MATIA BAZAAR ‘TI SENTO’
6. JUSTICE vs. SIMIAN ‘NEVER BE ALONE’
7. QUEEN ‘THE SHOW MUST GO ON’
8. CELESTIAL CHOIR ‘STAND ON THE WORD’
9. CARL BEAN ‘I WAS BORN THIS WAY’
10. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD ‘I’D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I’M IN LOVE’
CD TWO NEIL TENNANT
1. FAIRMONT ‘TRAUM’
2. HAROLD BUDD ‘PULSE PAUSE REPEAT’
3. BISOPHERE ‘MICROGRAVITY’
4. VLADIMIR MARTYNOV ‘COME IN! 2’
5. VLADIMIR COSTA ‘PROMENADE SENTIMENTALE’
6. ETIENNE DAHO ‘LA BAIE’
7. VESSEL ‘TINY’
8. CRAIG ARMSTRONG ‘LAURA’S THEME’
9. DETTINGER ‘ONE TWO THREE NO GRAVITY’
10. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD ‘GOIN’ BACK’
11. HANS JOACHIM ROEDELIUS ‘LUNZ’
12. BARBIROLLI NEW PHILL ORCH ‘ELGAR’S ‘SOPIRI’
13. WWW.JZ-ARKH.CO.UK ‘DD RHODES’
14. VIDEO KID ‘VIDEO KID’
15. LOBE ‘MOVEMENT’
16. JOHN SURMAN ‘AT DUSK’
17. EMILE GILELS ‘GRIEG’S ‘LYRIC PIECES’
t h e a r t o f c h i l l 2 2 x CD
Platipus PLATCD130, 2005
Track: Kobresia
buy CD
THE ART OF CHILL 2 is a diverse synthesis of classic hard to find gems like Aphex Twin's 'Tha','Ulrich Schnauss's 'Monday - Paracetemol', Justin Robertson's 'Love Movement' and the contemporary craftsmanship from tracks including Brian Eno's 'And Then So Clear,' Imogen Heap's 'Hide & Seek' and Jakatta's 'The Other World.' Hopkins approached the mix of this album with the personable touch and finesse he brings to his own mixes and productions.
When Sunday stretches out ahead, a whole sleepy day of nothing much to do, THE ART OF CHILL 2 is your only companion.
t h e f i r e s o f o r k :
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e n
t c o o k b o o k I I
Fax +49-69/450464
PKPWPS6,
4xCD ltd.1000
Track: In Heaven