Blog: Finbar O’Hanlon. interviewing the Touch Guitars® team

Stefan Huth did an interview with Finbar O’Hanlon from Australia talking about his influences, Touch Guitars, working with Markus Reuter , his bands and a lot more. Markus Reuter has also  just been invited to Taptown. Check him out talking about teaching, music and instruments. Both are killer episodes, don’t miss it.

Blog: new video “Guitar Innovation & Composition” with Warren Huart

Warren Huart is the owner of Spitfire Studio in Los Angeles, California, and runs a DIY YouTube Channel called “Produce Like a Pro”. A while ago Markus Reuter has been invited to his channel for an amazing interview including insights of King Crimson pieces and Markus’ production techniques.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV7Cv1iY68U

Release: Stephan Thelen – Fractal Guitar 2

The making of this album, the successor to the first Fractal Guitar album, has been quite an adventure during quite a unique time in history. The journey started (although I didn’t know it at the time) on November 2, 2019 in Oakland, California, when Henry, Chris, Andy and I were recording tracks at MegaSonic studio. […]

Release: Anchor and Burden – Kosmonautic Pilgrimage

Anchor and Burden – the genre transcending progressive avant-garde doom-jazz post-metal group comes back with their most intense release so far: KOSMONAUTIK PILGRIMAGE. The album is a bold artistic statement and features the band’s unique style of uncompromising instant compositions. The 9 pieces shift seamlessly from atmospheric scifi phases, over cerebral virtuous guitar work to […]

Release: Stick Men – Tentacles

This 30-minute EP is the first new STICK MEN music in 6 years. Jam packed with musicality, its grooves and high energy are truly infectious. You won’t hear this kind of music from any other band! Tony Levin: Chapman Stick, Touch Guitars® U10, Vocoder Pat Mastelotto: Acoustic and Electronic Drums & Percussion Markus Reuter: Touch […]

Markus Reuter

Markus Reuter (b.1972 in Lippstadt, Germany) is a composer, record producer, performing musician, educator and psychologist whose career has received international recognition. Reuter played several instruments as a child and began composing at the age of thirteen. In his teens, Reuter studied music history, theory, and analysis with Karlheinz Straetmanns, a composer in the lineage […]

U8 Custom Swirl

This U8 Custom has been build for the Devin Townsend Empath Tour in Europe. An amazing piece of art swirled by Richard Fay in the UK.

Stick Men US Tour 2019

We are happy to announce that Markus Reuter is touring with Stick Men and his U8 Deluxe in the US again. These are the dates: JULY 30, TUE – ARDMORE, PA (Ardmore Music Hall)JULY 31, WED – NEW YORK, NY (The Iridium) (two shows)AUG 1, THU – NEW YORK, NY (The Iridium) (two shows)AUG 2, […]

Touch Guitars® Introduction Videos

Check out the latest videos Markus Reuter and Stefan Huth did. Markus explains the History and first steps in creating these awesome instruments and Stefan did some sound demos. The Channel will also be expanded regularly. Please subscribe if you are interested.   https://www.youtube.com/user/touchguitars