Blue Touch Paper - the latest physical incarnation of the unique musical architect that is Colin Towns. Touring on back of their acclaimed latest album Drawing Breath
Blue Touch Paper, released their debut album 'Stand Well Back' in the UK during March 2012, turning heads and prompting ecstatic reviews. Formed in 2010 with German and UK musicians, the writing/recording took two years to complete. Their new album 'Drawing Breath', released October 2013, continues the Blue Touch Paper soundscape, with elements of jazz, rock, electronic and classical music once again demonstrating an adventurous, visionary and powerful way forward.
BLUE TOUCH PAPER
COLIN TOWNS : COMPOSER , KEYBOARDS, VOICE
BENNY GREB (Peter Wölpl, Ron Spielman) : DRUMS
STEPHAN MAASS (Kruder & Dorfmeister, Randy Brecker) : PERCUSSION
EDWARD MACLEAN (Peter Fox, Nils Wülker) : BASS
MARK LOCKHEART (Polar Bear, Loose Tubes) : SAXOPHONES
CHRIS MONTAGUE (Troyka, Kit Downes) : GUITARS
"attention grabbing combination of jazz language and rock edge" All About Jazz
"powerful fusion jazz...one would urgently like to hear the band live" Financial Times (Germany) 'Jazz CD of the Week'
Blue Touch Paper has no barriers "rarely does a piece of music demolish the well known conceptions of sound and structure" (Jazz thing magazine).
