TOM VEK (B.1981, LONDON) SIGNED TO SMALL LONDON BASED INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL TUMMY TOUCH (fig. 1) IN 2001 HAVING SPENT SOME 8 YEARS WRITING AND RECORDING WITH A MINIMAL TRADITIONAL ANALOGUE STUDIO SETUP IN HIS PARENTS GARAGE IN SUBURBAN SOUTH WEST LONDON. DURING THIS TIME HE HAD GRADUALLY TAUGHT HIMSELF THE INSTRUMENTS HE WANTED TO USE IN HIS MUSIC (ESSENTIALLY THE TRADITIONAL ROCK BAND INSTRUMENTS). WHILE FINISHING A GRAPHIC DESIGN DEGREE AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, TOM'S RECORDINGS OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS AND EXTRA RECORDING, MIXING AND PRODUCTION WITH PRODUCER TOM RIXTON ON STOLEN TIME IN OTHER UK STUDIOS COMPLETED DEBUT ALBUM "WE HAVE SOUND" MID-2004. SCHEDULED FOR A RELEASE LATER IN THE YEAR THE ALBUM CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF LEGENDARY LABEL GO!BEAT (fig. 2) (PORTISHEAD, DAVID HOLMES), NOW PART OF THE ISLAND RECORDS GROUP (fig. 3). THE UNTOUCHED ALBUM WAS LICENSED AND RELEASED THROUGH GO!BEAT/ISLAND IN 2005, AND SUBSEQUENTLY LICENSED THROUGH UNIVERSAL TO STARTIME INTERNATIONAL (fig. 4) FOR NORTH AMERICA AND CANADA.