TouchXtone

About Me

TouchXtone
TouchXtone was formed in November of 2003 as a collaboration between electronic artists Michael Thomas Roe and Jim Combs.
Their sound is ambient/space/drum'n'bass/down-tempo/chillout which they performed live with a combination of synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, sequencers, hand percussion, and the occasional melodica. They strove to never repeat ourselves live, and you can be sure you never heard the same song twice.
In their short history, TouchXtone released 12 CDs, and were named Best Local Electronic Act in the Atlanta Creative Loafing Best Of Atlanta 2005 issue. They performed in Georgia (Eleven 50, Java Monkey, Agnes Scott College's Delafield Planetarium, Miro's Garden, Brandyhouse), Chapel Hill (Nightlight), and Philadelphia (electro-music 2005 Festival).
TouchXtone music has been played on WDIY, WVKR, KXCI, WMUH, and Still Stream internet radio. They've received reviews in the U.S. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Creative Loafing, ATL:: Magazine, Electroambient Space), U.K. (Sequences Magazine, Melliflua), Netherlands (Alpha Centauri Magazine, E-dition Magazine, Electronic Shadows), and Canada (Ping Things).
TouchXtone music is available at CD Baby: TouchXtone Music
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Member Since: 11/26/2005
Band Website: touchxtone.com
Band Members: Michael Thomas Roe (Mi.T.)- Keyboards, Percussion, Sound Design
Jim Combs- Keyboards, Percussion, Sound Design, Melodica
Influences: The Orb, Orbital, William Orbit, Vangelis, Eno, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schultze, Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Kluster, Cluster, Conrad Schnitzler, Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone, Bill Nelson, Electrobunny.
Sounds Like: The Orb, Orbital, Meat Beat Manifesto, Eno, Ulrich Schnauss, Underworld, and nothing like you've ever heard before.
Record Label: TouchXtone
Type of Label: None

My Blog

If you've been jonesing for some live TouchXtone music and haven't been able to see one of their shows in and around the Atlanta area, help is on the way.The ALMOST LiVE MUSiC SERiES is an internet ra...
Posted by TouchXtone on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:23:00 PST

TouchXtone Space Music & Planetarium show this Friday night

Just a reminder that TouchXtone is performing for the Equinox at the Agnes Scott College Delafield Planetarium this Friday night, Sept 22, 2006, promptly at 8pm.It's a free show.This is our 4th time t...
Posted by TouchXtone on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:18:00 PST

Thanks Roguefest!

We had a great time at Roguefest last night. One of our best shows, a definite high water mark. Thanks to all who gave us a listen and bought a CD. We'll be back at EyeDrum on July 21st opening for am...
Posted by TouchXtone on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 08:34:00 PST

Review of our 5/26 Java Monkey show

TouchXtone's first show of 2006 was a great success and par normal, the Java Monkey cafe was the site of the festivities. It was a warm night for the Art Walk, the night before the Decatur Arts Festiv...
Posted by TouchXtone on Sun, 28 May 2006 07:53:00 PST

TouchXtone @ Roguefest/Eyedrum July 7/8, 2006

TouchXtone will be one of the bands performing on the second stage at Roguefest this year. EyeDrum in Atlanta, GA is the venue for the festival and it will be Friday and Saturday, July 7th & 8th. Ther...
Posted by TouchXtone on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:05:00 PST

TouchXtone @ JavaMonkey Fri. 5/26/06 & Fri. 6/23/06

TouchXtone is playing at Java Monkey on Friday, May 26 and June 23, 2006. This is our first gigs since December '05 and they'll be lots of new sounds and beats to kick back on the patio with. We love ...
Posted by TouchXtone on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:36:00 PST

Great gig!

Wow, huge crowd last night at our TouchXtone gig at the Java Monkey. Thanks to everyone who made it and turned it into a real party. I'm always amazed how many people can squeeze into the patio space....
Posted by TouchXtone on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 08:52:00 PST

Edits

Worked all day on getting all of our session material into shape to see how much music there is to deal with. That meant having to spend most of the day editing. So far, we've got 101 minutes of music...
Posted by TouchXtone on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:40:00 PST

TouchXtone on MySpace!

TouchXtone has gotten it together and got our MySpace thing happening. We'll have some tunes posted shortly. Cool! We're working on a new CD at the moment and hope to have that out early next year....
Posted by TouchXtone on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:02:00 PST