Touch the Sound (soundtrack)

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]

Touch the Sound
Soundtrack album by Evelyn Glennie
Released	2004 (2004)
Genre	Experimental music, free improvisation
Length	60:06
Label	Normal (Germany)
Producer	Filmquadrat (Munich), Skyline (Edinburgh)
Evelyn Glennie chronology
Shadow Behind the Iron Sun (1999) Touch the Sound (2004)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

No.	Title	Performer	Length
1.	"Warm Up" (Glennie/Frith)	Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith	3:34
2.	"Tam Tam Wave" (Glennie/Frith)	Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith	3:06
3.	"New York Sounds"	–recorded sounds–	2:08
4.	"Tapdance" (Glennie)	Evelyn Glennie, Roxanne Butterfly	1:25
5.	"Airport Rhythm"	–recorded sounds–	0:57
6.	"Central Snare" (Glennie)	Evelyn Glennie	2:11
7.	"Arriving" (Glennie/Frith)	Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith	1:32
8.	"Sound Check" (Glennie/Frith)	Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith	4:03
9.	"Silence"	–recorded sounds–	2:32
10.	"Breath" (Glennie)	Evelyn Glennie	0:58
11.	"Taiko" (Glennie/Ondekoza)	Evelyn Glennie, Ondekoza	4:50
12.	"Tokyo Voices"	–recorded sounds–	0:57
13.	"Metal" (Glennie)	Evelyn Glennie	1:50
14.	"Drums 'N' Guitar" (Glennie/Frith)	Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith	3:25
15.	"Tokyo Night"	–recorded sounds–	2:01
16.	"Chopstick Solo" (Glennie)	Evelyn Glennie	1:02
17.	"Marim-Bar" (Glennie/Misa/Saikou)	Evelyn Glennie, Misa This, Saikou This	2:13
18.	"Memories" (Glennie/Frith)	Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith	2:36
19.	"A Little Prayer" (Glennie/Frith)	Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith	5:53
20.	"Seaside" (Glennie/Jason)	Evelyn Glennie, Jason "The Fogmaster"	2:56
21.	"In The Womb" (Glennie)	Evelyn Glennie	1:11
22.	"Hell's Kitchen" (Glennie/Hernandez)	Evelyn Glennie, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez	3:11
23.	"The Way" (Abe)	Evelyn Glennie	5:35

Source: Soundtrack liner notes.[1]

Personnel

• 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

• 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

Source: AllMusic,[5] Discogs[3]

References

1. Riedelsheimer, Thomas (2004). Touch the Sound (CD). Evelyn Glennie. Normal.
2. Eddins, Stephen. "Touch the Sound". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
3. "Touch the Sound". Discogs. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
4. Jurek, Thom. "The Sugar Factory". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
5. "Touch the Sound credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-16.