Touch (sometimes mistakenly written 'Touch Records' and sometimes written Touch Music, which is technically the publishing side of the company) is a British audio-visual organisation, operating the Touch label. Touch was founded in 1982 by Jon Wozencroft and Mike Harding.

Activities

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'') and Jana Winderen on their roster. Since January 2005 Touch's project Touch Radio has broadcast monthly programmes of varying lengths by artists including Niblock, Watson, and Jeck. In 2011 the Touch Radio archive was added to the

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Labels

Owned labels: * Touch * Ash International * Spire

References

External links

Interview with founder Jon Wozencroft, and Michael Harding from 1992 on

Touch - official site
News, artists, catalogue, reviews, etc.
Discography of Touch
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Touch Radio archive at the British Library Sound Archive
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