Name: El Tren Fantasma
Brand: Chris Watson

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The Orchard/SPV (Membran)

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Release date

2011-11-14

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TO42

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5027803144224

Artist

Chris Watson

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Touch

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Electronic

Touch is a UK label that was founded in 1982. They have a diverse range of sub labels such as Touch Tone, T33, and Spire, which are reflected in the catalogue numbers of their releases. It's important to note that Ash International, OR, The Tapeworm, and others are not sub labels of Touch but rather administered by the organization with their own stand-alone identity. Additionally, TouchRadio is not a label but a streaming platform.

Christopher Richard "Chris" Watson is a Sheffield-born British musician and sound recordist specializing in natural history. He is a former member of Cabaret Voltaire and The Hafler Trio, and has worked on numerous TV and radio documentaries for BBC. Watson has also released solo and collaborative records on the Touch label, which are derived from his location recordings.

With a passion for capturing the sounds of nature, Chris Watson's work as a sound recordist has taken him to various locations around the world. His expertise in recording natural environments has been showcased in his collaborations with renowned artists and musicians.

In addition to his contributions to television and radio documentaries, Watson has released several albums that offer listeners an immersive experience into the beauty of our planet's diverse landscapes. These records, often released through the esteemed Touch label, feature meticulously crafted compositions using field recordings captured by Watson himself.

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'el tren fantasma', (the ghost train), is chris watson's 4th solo album for touch, and his first since 'weather report' in 2003, which was named as one of the albums you should hear before you die in the guardian. a radio programme was broadcast on bbc radio 4 on saturday 30 oct, 2010, produced by sarah blunt, and described as "a thrilling acoustic journey across the heart of mexico from pacific to atlantic coast using archive recordings to recreate a rail passenger service which no longer exists. it's now more than a decade since fnm operated its last continuous passenger service across country. chris watson spent a month on board the train with some of the last passengers to travel this route. as sound recordist he was part of the film crew working on a programme in the bbc tv series great railways journeys. now, in this album, the journey of the 'ghost train' is recreated, evoking memories of a recent past, capturing the atmosphere, rhythms and sounds of human life, wildlife and the journey itself along the tracks of one of mexico's greatest engineering projects.about the author... chris watson is one of the world's leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena, and for touch he edits his field recordings into a filmic narrative. for example. the unearthly groaning of ice in an icelandic glacier is a classic example of, in watson's words, putting a microphone where you can't put your ears. he was born in sheffield where he attended rowlinson school and stannington college (now part of sheffield college). in 1971 he was a founding member of the influential sheffield-based experimental music group cabaret voltaire. his sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined tyne tees television. since then he has developed a particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and atmospheres from around the world. as a freelance recordist for film, tv &amp; radio, chris watson specialises in natural history and documentary location sound together with track assembly and sound design in post production.

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