Contact –
Instagram: mscharding
About –
b. 1957 Devizes, England
Curator & Producer ● Lecturer & Publisher ● Author & Editor ● occasional exhibitions/installations/ performances…
After University (Durham, Modern History), worked at ZigZag. He has been running the audio-visual label Touch for 44 years and counting, and in this period has acquired much experience and information on disseminating cultural sounds to a wider audience – see also Touch Radio and Long Wave (see opposite)
He also curates Ash International
Also –
UK Ambassador of The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland [KREV] ● freq_out & THE FREQ_OUT ORCHESTRA ● Field ● The Eternal Chord ● venoztks
Mike Harding supports GOBUGSGO!
Curator/Producer (since 1982)
Touch 1982-2022+ [including Touch Radio and Touch.30 & Touch.40 events] – see list here ● Spire 2004-2025+ with Charles Matthews ● Contributing curator to LA Philharmonic for ‘Sound Windows’, Los Angeles, November 2024 ● Slow Sound as part of Sleepless, Los Angeles, July 2018 ● KREV X with Thomas Nordanstad, Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm, May 2002 ● Listening Post with Thomas Liljenberg, The Royal Academy, Stockholm, March 2002 ● A Swedish Feast ● with Jerome Remy, Les Borealis, Caen, November 2001 ● HISS with Thomas Nordanstad, Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm, May 2001
Courses/Workshops (since 2001)
with BJNilsen, 2011-3+ The Art of Listening, Transmedia, Brussels ● with Chris Watson, 2012 Wildeye, Norfolk ● with Jana Winderen, 2011 Phonofemme, Vienna ● with Jana Winderen, 2010 Anyangcheong, Seoul ● with Chris Watson, 2008 Atmospheres, London ● with Christian Fennesz, 2005 Guildhall, York ● with Christian Fennesz, 2004 EMS, Stockholm ● with Chris Watson, 2002 Vooruit, Gent ● with Chris Watson, 2001 & 2002 Kungliga Konsthogskolan, StockholmLectures (selected)
The London College of Printing ● The School of Fine Art, Caen ● Konsthogskolan Valand, Göteborg ● KTH, Uppsala ● EMS and Konstfach, Stockholm ● NOTAM, Oslo ● Norberg Festival 2006 ● University of York, [Music Masters degree course] ● Ravensbourne College (with Chris Watson) ● University of Lincoln ● Projektskolen, Oslo (with Jana Winderen) ● Saii & The British Council, Seoul ● Atelierhaus der Akadamie der bildenden Künst Wien, Vienna ● KHM, Cologne ● Madeiradig, Madeira ● Leeds Metropolitan University ● Noises Festival @ b-05, Montabaur ● University of California, Santa Barbara ● Northwestern University, Chicago ● Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles ● Humboldt University, Berlin ...and many others...TV & Radio (since 2007)
Interviews worldwide for Touch.30 throughout 2012 ● Future Places [Radio Futura, Portugal 2010] ● The Suffolk Symphony [BBC, England 2009] ● Sound Stories [RTE, Ireland 2008] ● Ström [SR, Sweden 2008] ● Music Design for Instinct [ITV, England 2007] …and various radio shows in Italy, UK, USA over the years... Mike has a regular monthly show on Dublab, "Long Wave". BBC Radio 6 – Thursday 15th September 2023 Sound Travels curated by Mike Harding Freak Zone, BBC Radio 6Writings (selected)
Fairy Tales [BFI DVD liner notes], England 2012 ● Conexions [MIC magazine], Norway 2012 ● Botanic Sounds [Festival catalogue], Sweden 2009 ● Ringtones [CD notes, Touch # Tone 14], England 2002 ...and for many other websites, magazines, pamphlets and productions...Recordings
Mike is a member of drøne with Mark Van Hoen, roughmusic with Jasmin Blasco, freq_out and Life Everlasting, Amen
TS13 Repaired/Replaced [7" vinyl, Touch 2012] • TTW#07 Souls on Board [K7, The Tapeworm 2011]
Contributions to various compilation releases: Tone 33 Touch. 30 years and counting [CD and DLP, Touch 2012] • BFIDVD529 Fairy Tales [3 tracks with Michael Esposito] • End ID [DCD, Digital Narcis 2000] • Antitrade [CD, Ash International 1999] • RRR500 [Vinyl, RRR 1998] • The Acoustic City [Book + CD, jovis Verlag, 2014] • FYLOOP [LP, Fylkingen FYLP 1033]
Contributions to various TouchRadio episodes
He has various nom d'enregistreur: Mike Harding • MSCHarding • Mike Hardin • venoztks or VENOZTKS (sometimes written as Venoz TKS) • Souls on Board • Curare and other anonymous ones...Banner photos
by venoztks
Long Wave Archive