Format: 3CD, 3LP
Label: Two Acorns
Catalog: 2A34
Release date: 3/15/24
Track list:
1 A Once And Meaningful Life
2 Remaining Stretches
3 Separations And Reactions
4 Doubts Of Words
5 Unless They Were Beautiful
6 In the Bright the Days
7 If Disabuse Is So Hard, Then
8 What Our Mouths Make Them
9 Hanging Herself On The Lonely Fifth Column (Gramophones That Remind Us Of What Sounds Once Were)
10 Openings Of Love (Fireworks)
11 Extended Sways Of Silence
12 A Once And Meaningful Life (Original single disc version)
13 Remaining Stretches (Original single disc version)
14 Separations And Reactions (Original single disc version)
15 Doubts Of Words (Original single disc version)
16 Unless They Were Beautiful (Original single disc version)
17 What Our Mouths Make Them (Original single disc version)
18 Hanging Herself On The Lonely Fifth Column (Gramophones That Remind Us Of What Sounds Once Were) (Original single disc version)
19 Openings Of Love (Fireworks) (Original single disc version)
20 Extended Sways Of Silence (Original single disc version)
Release description:
Originally released on CD in 2009, Engaged Touches has been expanded from the original recordings for a 3LP edition, spanning 5 sides of vinyl, and a 3CD edition of the same expanded version, as well as the original single disc version. All have been remastered by Stephan Mathieu for this special limited edition.
Press reviews:
African Paper
Nach “Cursory Asperses” bringt das renommierte Ambient- und Klangkunst-Duo Celer eine weitere, diesmal um umfangreiches Bonusmaterial erweiterte Fassung eines ihrer klassischen Alben, “Engaged Touches” (2009), heraus. Die auf fünf Seiten verteilte 3LP-Edition ist die erste Vinylauflage des Albums, neben einer identischen 3CD-Edition ist auch eine Neuauflage der Original-CD erhältlich, die wie die beiden anderen Editionen von Stephan Mathieu neu gemastert wurde. Eindrucksvolle, ethnografisch anmutende Feldaufnahmen, die bisweilen kantige Seiten zeigen, halten sich hier die Waage mit einer wellenförmigen, melancholisch eingefärbten Dröhnung. Das Release erscheint beim hauseigenen Label Two Acorns.