Description:	Ltd 7" on Touch
	Format:	7" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Experimental / Abstract
	Label:	Touch
	Price:	£5.19
	Availability:	Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average).

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...according to our Ant on 01 February 2008.

This Chris Watson 7" on Touch is a strange one. I like listening to his field recordings but on a 7" it is a bit weird. 'Oceanus Pacificus' is a recording of the underwater currents of the Humboldt around the Galapagos islands. Brian reckons it sounds like he's drunk 8 pints of Guinness and then swallowed a microphone. Phil says you may as well go and buy the Blue planet DVD. But I guess the point is focusing purely on the sound without the imagery. I watched Chris Watson being interviewed on that Sound Of Sheffield DVD and he came across as a lovely man. I find his passion for the sound of the natural world inspiring. I like this a lot.

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What their label says...

Touch # TS02
7" vinyl only - not available for digital download
Limited edition of 1000

Track Listing:

1. 3m
2. 10m

Locked grooves on both sides...

Artwork & Photography by Jon Wozencroft | Cut by Jason @ Transition

The voices and rhythms of the Humboldt current around the Galapagos Islands recorded April 2006 using a pair of Dolphin Ear Pro Hydrophones onto a NAGRA ARES-Pll digital audio recorder.

Chris Watson, originally from Sheffield but now resident in Newcastle, England, is the world's leading wildlife sound recordist. After co-founding Cabaret Voltaire with Richard Kirk and Stephen Mallinder, he left in 1981 to work for Tyne Tees Television and he also joined The Hafler Trio. He then left to become the sound archivist for the Royal Society for Protection of Birds. He is now working full time as a freelance sound recordist.