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: Artist......: Touching
: Album.......: I Can Be Two People At Once :
: Label.......: Head In The Sand Records .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Indie :
Catnr.......: HSRD030 .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2024-05-16
Str.date....: 2024-03-27
Quality.....: 256kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://wearetouching.com '
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1. It's So Hard To Change A Lie 2:47
2. Ocean Of Smiles (feat. Olive Louise) 3:07
3. Geoff's Twitter Account 3:29
4. Blue Shoes aka David Duchovny's Dirty Linen 4:52
5. Feeling Swell 5:23
6. Cauldron 4:03
7. Rickshaw... And Gone 3:00
8. Jitterbug 3:12
9. Scattershot 3:31
10. Stand Aside 3:57
11. Oil + Water 5:11
12. Harvest In The Time Of Children 4:15
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,: Touching (aka Michael Falk) has turned the tables on his :,
: previous work, taking inspiration from a broad range of new :
:' sources, transforming his artistic path with the new album I ':
,: Can Be Two People At Once. :,
: :
:' The album was mixed by BC-based Mounties & Limblifter ':
,: musician/producer Ryan Dahle. Ryan s recent collaborations with :,
: jazz adventurer Donny McCaslin and pop/rock heritage (Mother :
:' Mother, k-os, Hot Hot Heat) were he perfect match to bring ':
,: Michael s ambitious vision for this new album to the finish :,
: line. :
:' ':
,: While in the pre-pandemic role of Artistic Director for Jazz :,
: Winnipeg, Michael fell in love with some of modern jazz s more :
:' adventurous offshoots. He saw a fair amount of punk rock spirit ':
,: in some of the reckless abandon deployed by artists like Donny :,
: McCaslin, Shabaka Hutchings, Pino Palledino, and Portishead s :
:' Third. So his new goal was simple: do everything the exact ':
,: opposite of how he used to. :,
: :
:' A self-taught musician and songwriter, Michael challenged ':
,: himself to see if there was a path that could take these new :,
: musical influences and funnel them through his love of :
:' overdriven synths, dramatic arrangements, and introspective, ':
,: story-telling lyrics. Together with Alasdair Dunlop (bass), Sean :,
: Irvine (sax), Sandy Fernandez (drums), Dave Quanbury (keys) and :
:' Micah Erenberg (engineer), they went into No Fun Club recording ':
,: studio and laid down beds for 6 songs. :,
: :
:' The rest of the songs gradually took shape through periodic ':
,: sessions at Volcano House until it was time to sing. The :,
: previously prolific Falk hit a wall. Perhaps not surprisingly, :
:' given the new task at hand, but it caught him off guard. His ':
,: solution? Turn to his talented friends to help forge new melodic :,
: pathways. :
:' ':
,: He engaged Rococode s Laura Smith and Andrew Braun to :,
: contribute, giving a push to Feeling Swell, Cauldron and Blue :
:' Shoes aka David Duchovny s Dirty Linen. He invited New York ':
,: singer Olive Louise into the process, bringing Ocean Of Smiles :,
: to life. Longtime friend and acclaimed New York-based jazz :
:' drummer Curtis Nowosad (Braxton Cook) soon joined the fray. ':
,: :,
: Nowosad s contributions to the album include drums and :
:' percussion on several songs, the arrangement of Oil + Water, ':
,: but also fuel for a big experiment. Touching have manipulated :,
: and re-worked Curtis song Water Protectors into their own: :
:' Harvest In The Time Of Children. Taking micro-samples of ':
,: Curtis multitrack, they created entirely new synthetic :,
: instruments out of his waveforms and written a new piece of :
:' music. Part remix, part sampling experiment, part entirely new ':
,: composition: this process kickstarted the album s journey, in :,
: partnership with longtime collaborator Alasdair Dunlop. :
:' ':
,: To fulfill the vision, Michael turned to mix engineer & musician :,
: Ryan Dahle. The two quickly become symbiotic partners, sharing a :
:' similar ethos towards the creative process open-ended, ':
,: connective, trusting of the special spirit that can weave :,
: through an artist, if they can get out of the way and let the :
:' music lead. ':
,: :,
: The result is something oddly raw and special. I Can Be Two :
:' People At Once pokes, prods, scalds, hints, and warms its way ':
,: through 12 songs charting whimsical courses through the canyon :,
: between jazz and indie rock. :
:' ':
,: In 2021, Touching released littleworlds, and lead single Tony :,
: Called The Muscle went to #1 on the CBC Radio 3 chart. It :
:' featured three thematic videos around a boxing ring, directed ':
,: by Michael at the Burton Cummings Theatre. In 2020 Touching :,
: released their debut, Isolation Blues, with a pandemic art :
:' project of 10 improvised one-shot music videos in collaboration ':
,: with actress Ali Tataryn and filmmaker Tyler Funk. In summer :,
: 2023 Touching launched a new block party called Hatch. :
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