Touch the Sound is a soundtrack by Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie of the 2004 documentary film Touch the Sound by German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer about Glennie, who is profoundly deaf. It was released on CD in 2004 by German record label, Normal.[1]
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| Released | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Experimental music, free improvisation | |||
| Length | 60:06 | |||
| Label | Normal (Germany) | |||
| Producer | Filmquadrat (Munich), Skyline (Edinburgh) | |||
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The soundtrack consists of musical improvisations by Glennie, solo and with other musicians, including English experimental musician Fred Frith. Glennie and Frith were filmed improvising in an abandoned sugar factory in Dormagen, Germany, and six of the tracks on the soundtrack were recorded in the factory.[2][3] In 2007 Frith and Glennie released an album, The Sugar Factory which used material from those sessions.[4]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
In a review at AllMusic, Stephen Eddins gave the soundtrack four stars out of five, and said that "This is not a recording in which Glennie's virtuosity is on display, but one that showcases her sensitivity to the world around her, and that's a wonderful thing to hear."[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Performer | Length |
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| 1. | "Warm Up" (Glennie/Frith) | Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Tam Tam Wave" (Glennie/Frith) | Glennie, Frith | 3:06 |
| 3. | "New York Sounds" | –recorded sounds– | 2:08 |
| 4. | "Tapdance" (Glennie) | Glennie, Roxanne Butterfly | 1:25 |
| 5. | "Airport Rhythm" | –recorded sounds– | 0:57 |
| 6. | "Central Snare" (Glennie) | Glennie | 2:11 |
| 7. | "Arriving" (Glennie/Frith) | Glennie, Frith | 1:32 |
| 8. | "Sound Check" (Glennie/Frith) | Glennie, Frith | 4:03 |
| 9. | "Silence" | –recorded sounds– | 2:32 |
| 10. | "Breath" (Glennie) | Glennie | 0:58 |
| 11. | "Taiko" (Glennie/Ondekoza) | Glennie, Ondekoza | 4:50 |
| 12. | "Tokyo Voices" | –recorded sounds– | 0:57 |
| 13. | "Metal" (Glennie) | Glennie | 1:50 |
| 14. | "Drums 'N' Guitar" (Glennie/Frith) | Glennie, Frith | 3:25 |
| 15. | "Tokyo Night" | –recorded sounds– | 2:01 |
| 16. | "Chopstick Solo" (Glennie) | Glennie | 1:02 |
| 17. | "Marim-Bar" (Glennie/Misa/Saikou) | Glennie, Misa This, Saikou This | 2:13 |
| 18. | "Memories" (Glennie/Frith) | Glennie, Frith | 2:36 |
| 19. | "A Little Prayer" (Glennie/Frith) | Glennie, Frith | 5:53 |
| 20. | "Seaside" (Glennie/Jason) | Glennie, Jason "The Fogmaster" | 2:56 |
| 21. | "In The Womb" (Glennie) | Glennie | 1:11 |
| 22. | "Hell's Kitchen" (Glennie/Hernandez) | Glennie, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez | 3:11 |
| 23. | "The Way" (Abe) | Glennie | 5:35 |
Source: Soundtrack liner notes.[1]
Personnel
edit- Fred Frith – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals
- Evelyn Glennie – drums, snare drum, marimba, percussion, sheet metal, tom-tom, waterphone, wind whistle
- Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez – drums
- Ondekoza – drums, taiko
- Misa This – piano
- Saikou This – violin
- Jason "The Fogmaster" – foghorns
- Roxane Butterfly – tap dancing
Source: AllMusic,[5] Discogs[3]
Production
edit- Location sound engineering by Gregor Kuschel and Marc von Stuerler
- Sugar factory recording (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 19) by Jörg T. Schnabel and Patrik Höderrath
- Sound Editing by Christoph von Schoenburg
- Mixing by Hubertus Rath
- Produced by Filmquadrat Munich and Skyline Edinburgh
- Liner notes by Thomas Riedelsheimer
References
edit- ^ a b Riedelsheimer, Thomas (2004). Touch the Sound (CD). Evelyn Glennie. Normal.
- ^ a b c Eddins, Stephen. "Touch the Sound". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ^ a b c "Touch the Sound". Discogs. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "The Sugar Factory". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ^ a b "Touch the Sound credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-16.