The 10th Spire will take place in Riga on May 23rd 2009
Sound Forest Festival
St. Saviour's Anglican Church, Riga, Latvia
Philip Jeck
Jana Winderen
Charles Matthews
Hildur Gudnadóttir & Elín Hansdóttir
Charles Matthews & Mike Harding - The Eternal Chord
The Spire Ensemble - Organography
Photos can be seen here
A full programme of the festival can be downloaded here
Spire 1 - Jon Wozencroft A3 print / The Spire Ensemble - "Organology"
A3 print + digital download now available from the TouchShop
A3 print
Features an image (depicted to the right) by Jon Wozencroft, output onto high quality heavyweight matte paper.
Digital download
320 kpbs MP3, available only when purchasing the Spire print...
The Spire Ensemble - "Organology" 14:14
Recorded at Norheimsund Church, Norway during the Hardingtonar Festival, 21st June 2008. [2008 was the centenary of the birth of Geirr Tveitt, whose work was celebrated at this festival.]
Featured artists: Marcus Davidson - Grand Piano | Mike Harding - Conductor | Philip Jeck - Casio SK1 Keyboard | Charles Matthews - Organ BJNilsen - Electronics | Jana Winderen - Electronics
Fundamentalis review in Mojo | October 2008
The Touch label's Spire project is all about restating the sonic power of the church organ in the modern age, pushing this awesome instrument to its terrifying limits. This majestic collection of live tracks, recorded in churches and cathedrals across Europe, unites organ maestros like Charles Matthews with such Touch-endorsed electronic explorers as BJ Nilsen, Fennesz and Philip Jeck, to create a euphoric drone of power, calm and beauty, that, played loudly enough in a far-away room, will soothe the chattering clamour of the urban brain.
Spire Lego by Albert Jenssen
Albert Jenssen, son of Biosphere's Geir Jenssen, kindly allowed us to post these photos of his Lego design of a church for a spire concert...
Spire Live - Fundamentalis | Autofact 12/Touch Tone 28 | Wire Review
An excellent review of Spire Live - Fundamentalis can be read here
Spire Live at The HardingTonar Festival | 21.06.2008
To mark the centenary of the birth of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt, The Hardingtonar festival has invited Spire to contribute various works based on his compositions.
BJNilsen | Philip Jeck | Charles Matthews | Jana Winderen | Marcus Davidson et al. will take part in a live event at various times on 21st June 2008 in Norheimsund, Norway.
You can read more in Ballade here
A programme in English can be found here
A full programme can be downloaded here and tickets can be bought here
Spire Bootleg
Yes we have been bootlegged! Here you can find out more. Its from Ars Electronica 2006...
Spire Live - Fundamentalis | Autofact 12/Touch Tone 28
Spire Live - Fundamentalis
Autofact FACT 12/Touch Tone 28
Double LP Vinyl only
Art Direction & Design by Jon Wozencroft
This release will be available in April 2008 from the TouchShop here
Continue reading: Spire Live - Fundamentalis | Autofact 12/Touch Tone 28
New Website for Charles Matthews
Charles Matthews, curator, pianist and organist for Spire, has a new website here
Spire Music Usage | MTV - Room 401
MTV are using tracks from 'Spire - organ music past present and future' [Touch # Tone 21], for a show:
BJNilsen - Breathe
Philip Jeck - Stops
Biosphere - Visible Invisible
The name of the show is “Room 401”. The episode number is #104. The Touch tracks appeared in the Bus Crash segment within #104.