A Touch of Despair is a field recording and sound art project from 1986. While the album was released that year, it languished in obscurity since. This reissue combines the two-part, 45-minute title track with an additional 20-minute piece, Entrance. The Tapes consisted of Giancarlo Drago, possibly with some assistance from unnamed collaborators. He recorded … Continue reading AMN Reviews: The Tapes – A Touch of Despair (1986 / 2024; Unexplained Sounds Group)