Prikosnovénie is a
French independent record label founded in
Nantes in
1990 by Frédéric Chaplain and Sabine Adélaïde who moved to its current home in the medieval city of
Clisson in 2001. Prikosnovénie, whose name in
Russian roughly translates to “light touch”, specialises in promoting
darkwave,
neoclassical, medieval, and heavenly voices bands that incorporate a fusion of ambient and romantic cultural sounds around from the world. The label is best known for its promotion of fairy and elven-styled music and art, which is often described as art inspired by fantasy stories such as
The Lord of the Rings.