MuhMur Radio Nocturnal Emissions Wireless Broadcast 26 August 2018.

                                             Chris Booth, Nigel Ayers + Tony Whitehead.

For a few weeks every summer SoundArt Radio closes it's doors to live broadcasting so it can have a tidy up, clean the spittle from the microphones, buff the sliders and re-solder the wiring ... but there seems to be time for a summertime special. Last year was the wonderful SoundArt Radio live "DroneFest" and a couple of years before that MuhMur Radio presented a live 4 hour DJ Set from Harbinger Sound mainman Steve Underwood.
This year MuhMur Radio proudly presented a live performance from Nigel Ayers (Nocturnal Emissions) + 'In Conversation' with Tony Whitehead from Very Quiet Records. Tony also has his own radio programme on SoundArt Radio called "Radio Warblers" .. well worth listening in.
http://soundartradio.org.uk/programmes/radio-warblers/

The broadcast starts with (roughly) two hours of sound from Nocturnal Emissions and related releases starting with The Pump who were Nigels first band alongside his brother Daniel and Caroline K. The Pump released 3 cassettes in 1980 - mainly sold in Rough Trade Records (London) before morphing in to Nocturnal Emissions. The two Pump tracks here are from the 2009 CD anthology on Klanggalerie. I then try to follow the progression of Nocturnal Emissions by playing releases in chronological (ish) order. I put in a couple of releases on Recloose Organisation because of Nigel's close friendship with Simon Crab and their involvement in The Ambulance Station, a squatted fire station on The Old Kent Road in London. Occupied between 1984 and 1986 it became a centre for live bands and home to political organisations such as 'Stop The City'. I have always associated the work of Recloose with Nocturnal Emissions although I don't think Nigel ever released on that label.

The programme has been archived on MixCloud in two parts for ease of listening ... The second part includes the live performance and conversation.
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-nocturnal-emissions-special-part-one-26082018/
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-nocturnal-emissions-special-part-two-26082018/

                                                Nigel & Tony. (Photo by Alice Kemp).

                                                                     Nigel Ayers.

Playlist:
01: The Pump : Take Off All Your Clothes (Klanggalerie) 2009.
02: Nocturnal Emissions : Backwards Man Regressive Music (Sterile Records) 1980.
03: The Pump : Inner Riot Cola (Klanggalerie) 2009.
04: Nocturnal Emissions : Sperm Count (Dark Vinyl Records) 1992.
05: Nocturnal Emissions : Delgado Monkey Torture (Illuminated Records) 1983.
06: Nocturnal Emissions : Too Many Wounded (Illuminated Records) 1983.
07: Nocturnal Emissions : Body Count (Illuminated Records) 1983.
08: Nocturnal Emissions : Wee Wee Wee (Illuminated Records) 1983.
09: Nocturnal Emissions : Suffering Stinks (Illuminated Records) 1983.
10: Nocturnal Emissions : Going Under (Third Mind Records) 1983.
11: Nocturnal Emissions : No Separation (Concrete Productions) 1986.
12: Caroline K : Tracking With Close Ups (Earthly Delights) 1987.
13: Nocturnal Emissions : Metal Frames (Sterile Records) 1985.
14: Nocturnal Emissions : Rusting Shells (Sterile Records) 1985.
15: Bourbonese Qualk : 100 Years (Recloose Organisation) 1986.
16: I.B.F. : Why The Confusion? (Recloose Organisation) 1986.
17: Nocturnal Emissions : No Sacrifice (In Love & Revolution) (Sterile Records) 1985.
18: Nocturnal Emissions : Vegetation Flesh (Earthly Delights) 1987.
19: Nocturnal Emissions : Vegetation Narration (Earthly Delights) 1987.
20: Nocturnal Emissions : Shankini Nadi (Earthly Delights) 1987.
21: Nocturnal Emissions/Psilocybeast : World Peace Mix (Insofar Vapor Bulk) 2002.
22: Nocturnal Emissions : Electric Horizon (Earthly Delights) 1993.
23: Nocturnal Emissions : Earroo (Earthly Delights) 1990.
24: Bourbonese Qualk : Duas Lingus (Regelwidrig) 1991.
25: Nigel Ayers : Wireless Broadcast 26 August 2018.
26: Nigel Ayers/John Everall/Mick Harris : Mesmeric Enabling Device #2 (Soliellmoon Recordings) 1999.
27: Nigel Ayers + Tony Whitehead : In Conversation. (26 August 2018).
28: Nocturnal Emissions : The Rapture (Dark Vinyl Records) 1992.
29: Nocturnal Emissions : Bird Position (Earthly Delights) 1987.

* Track 10 is from the compilation cassette "Rising From the Red Sand Volume 3".
* Track 11 is from the compilation album "Funky Alternatives Volume 1" and is produced by ex-Moody Boy and 400 Blows member Tony Thorpe.
* Track 16 is I.B.F. I played bass guitar and backing vocals on this track. Simon Crab (Bourbonese Qualk) played the Moog Synth.
* Track 28 (and Track 2) are from the CD reissue of "Befehlsnotstand" and are exclusive to the CD.

                                                                        Nigel Ayers.

                                                       Nigel & Tony 'In Conversation'.

                                                                       Alice Kemp.

                                                    Nigel Ayers (Photo by Alice Kemp).

MuhMur Radio will return in September. Lined up for this month is an exclusive piece from Thorsten Soltau and a retrospective of EE Tapes (including some 'unheard' material) ... stay tuned!

MUHMUR RADIO SUMMERTIME SPECIAL : 26 AUGUST 2018.

The MuhMur Radio Summertime Special will commence at around 14:00 (GMT) on Sunday August 26. It will feature an 'in conversation' with Nigel Ayers & Tony Whitehead and a live performance by Nocturnal Emissions. I shall also be spinning some NE + related sounds throughout the afternoon.
Tune in on 102.5 FM if you're anywhere near Totnes or listen to the live stream via the SoundArt Radio website. http://www.soundartradio.org.uk

MuhMur Radio Broadcast August 16 2018.

And so to the final Thursday night broadcast of the summer. SoundArt Radio is now closed until the second week of September. I am uncertain when the next MuhMur Radio broadcast will be ... but I am fairly confident it will be back in the Autumn!
On August 26 there is a MuhMur Radio Summertime Spectacular happening. Times have yet to be decided but it will be in the afternoon. Details will appear before the end of the week ....
And so to tonight's broadcast.
Nurse With Wound start the sounds with a track from the CD "Zero Mix" that came with the book "Images / Angry Electric Finger". The book contains 100 individually hand painted discs using recycled paint found in a landfill site in Southern Ireland. The discs were then exhibited in Galway and Portland (Oregon...not Dorset). It's quite a beautiful and impressive collection. I think all discs were sold to fund future Nurse With Wound projects.

                                                                 Nurse With Wound.

The MNEM piece is from the new 'art box' edition of "Hegonon" on Sentimental Productions. As well as the LP, the box contains a C20 cassette, 7" single and various prints / artwork. "Vestigia Version 2" is from the cassette. To find a copy go to : https://sentimentalproductions.bandcamp.com

                                                                           MNEM.

The next 23 minutes or so are taken with the compilation album "Mask". A single sided album featuring artists from the German underground. The mysterious and secret Unknown Singing Objects are the only "band" I know of on the album but as I am a collector of their output I had to find and buy this record. All tracks are cover versions, leading me to think that maybe a 2 hour programme of covers is on its way in the Autumn. The LP is limited to 100 and was not for sale on release ... I found a copy via Discogs.

                                                                           MMask.

The Nocturnal Emissions piece was recorded live in Berlin at Naherholung Sternchen on June 8 2012. Contact Nocturnal Emissions here : http://www.earthlydelights.co.uk
On This day in 1980 Swell Maps released the second and final album "Jane...From Occupied Europe" on Rough Trade Records. The track here is from the LP. The programme finished with two pieces from the excellent Mark Vernon tape "Orphaned Works".
Please take a listen here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-16-august-2018/
One thing I have noticed is that now on the MixCloud page a full trackless for the broadcast appears. It's a great addition.
For this programme I had my son Oscar help out on 'the decks'. Spinning Ramleh + The Swell Maps.

                                                                   Oscar Cammack.

Playlist:
01: Nurse With Wound : "Zero Mix #1" (Beta-Lactam Ring) 2008.
02: MNEM : "Vestigia Version 2" (Sentimental Productions) 2018.
03: The Eleccent People : "House With No Door" (m.m.label) 2015.
04: Damien Bartok : "Steh Auf" (m.m.label) 2015.
05: Unknown Singing Objects : "Riders On The Storm" (m.m.label) 2015.
06: Whitey Hudson : "Na Na Na" (m.m.label) 2015.
07: Weiss : "Red White & Blue (Weiss Remix)" (m.m.label) 2015.
08: Nonson : "Lve Without Sound" (m.m.label) 2015.
09: Xocolatlit : "Sonora Before" (m.m.label) 2015.
10: Nocturnal Emissions : "Spinal Correction Shred" (Earthly Delights) 2012.
11: Mitsuru Tabata : "Wormhole Is My Wilderness" (Brainticket Death) 2018.
12: Ramleh : "Black Moby Dick" (Shock) 1991.
13: Swell Maps : "The Helicopter Spies" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.
14: Mark Vernon : "Decades Of Unlearning" (Research Laboratories) 2018.
15: Mark Vernon : "Sentient Dust (Go Thou Must)" (Research Laboratories) 2018.

Thanks for listening ...

Dieter Müh Live Performances.

(Seeing that Dieter Müh have some live performances lined up in the UK, Germany & Switzerland for later in the year (first live performances since 2016) I thought I would document the performances and add to the list of previous gigs. This list first appeared on the MuhMur Blog but seeing as I can't seem to access that at this moment in time it seems to make sense to put them here).


01: York : Bonding Warehouse. 20/10/94. (with Sähkö Crew).
02: Nottingham : The Narrowboat. 17/12/94. (with Putrefier & Ramleh).
03: Bradford : The 1 In 12 Club. 21/01/95. (with Zoviet*France).
04: Bradford : The 1 In 12 Club. 25/08/95. (with Scorn).
05: York : Fibbers. 29/08/95. (with R:M:D).

All the above were Dieter Müh as : Tim Bayes, Steve Cammack & Dave Uden.

06: Lincoln : Grafton House. 12/06/98. (with Cacophony '3.3').
07: Nottingham : The Old Vic. 08/07/98. (with M:S:B:R & Government Alpha & Ashtray 
                                                                     Navigations & SSHE Retina Stimulants).
08: Sint-Niklaas : The OJC Kompas. 31/10/98. (with Troum & Konstruktivists & LD50).
09: London : The Red Rose. 05/08/99. (with Inade & The Grey Wolves & AntiChildLeague
                                                                 & Con-Dom).
10: Leeds : The Fenton Arms. 08/08/99. (with Inade & The Grey Wolves).
11: Nottingham : Bunkers Hill. 04/11/99. (with Das Synthetische Mischgewebe).
12: London : The Brixton Windmill. 13/11/99. (with Das Synthetische Mischgewebe & Colin Potter
                                                                             & Putrefier & Nomex).
13: London : The Red Rose. 12/05/00. (with Dual & Ora & Joshua Norton Cabal).
14: Jyväskyla : Ilokivi Restaurant. 01/06/00. (with Putrefier & Sefahat).
15: Mantsala : The Seurojentalo. 03/06/00. (with Putrefier & Temple Of Tiermes & Strom E.C. &
                                                                        Grunt w/ Cloama).
16: Dresden : A.Z. Conni. 11/06/00. (with Putrefier & Ultra Milkmaids).
17: Leipzig : Club Zoro. 12/06/00. (with Putrefier).
18: London : The Red Rose. 09/02/01. (with The Digitariat & Knifeladder & Bad Sector).
19: Stockholm : The Fylkingen. 17/11/01. (with Treriksröset & Vibrasåg & Cotton Ferox).
20: London : The Red Rose. 10/05/02. (with Cthonic Force & Mimetic).
21: London : The Elektrowerkz. 21/08/02. (with Arkkon & The Knives & Knifeladder).
22: London : The 291 Gallery. 05/12/02. (with Cotton Ferox & Karl Blake & Penny Rimbaud).
23: Exeter : The Cavern. 15/12/02. (with King Mob Collective & Germseed & Concrete Cancer).
24: Cleckheaton : The Mead Hall. 04/07/03. (with The Ceramic Hobs).
25: Augsburg : Das Kantine. 23/11/03. (with Derniere Volante & Genocide Organ).
26: London : The October Gallery. 05/12/03. (with Cotton Ferox & Amal Gamal Ensemble &
                                                                           Current 93).
27: London : The Horse Hospital. 13/03/04. (with Barry William Hale).
28: London : The Slimelight. 24/07/04. (with Knifeladder & Naevus).
29: Manchester : The Retro Bar. 01/10/04. (with The Grey Wolves).
30: Bristol : The Cube Microplex Cinema. 29/10/04. (with Stimulus & Putrefier).
31: London : The Fringe. 15/05/05. (with The Groop & Tropics Of Cancer).
32: Bristol : The Full Moon. 04/06/05. (with Anenzephalia & Anti-Valium).
33: Nottingham : The Old Angel. 17/04/06. (with Burning Star Core & Consumer Electronics &
                                                                       Bologna Pony & Prurient).
34: Leipzig : Der Anker. 06/06/06. (with Propergol & Apoptose & Land:Fire & Novy Svet).
35: London : Bardens Boudoir. 01/08/06. (with Cutting With Pink Knives & Hair Police).
36: Exeter : The Cavern. 25/03/07. (with Mark Durgan & Astral Social Club).
37: Exeter : The Cavern. 13/03/08. (with The Durds & Nocturnal Emissions).
38: London : St Giles In The Field Church. 18/04/09. (with Skullflower).
39: London : Conway Hall. 14/06/09. (with Threshold House Boys Choir & The Anti Group &
                                                               Aethnor & Pestrepeller).

All the above were Dieter Müh as Steve Cammack & Dave Uden.
Pete Bright performed vocals at #18 + 24. Steve Underwood played Bass Guitar at #24. Gaya Donadio performed vocals at #22 and Lon Milo DuQuette provided vocals on #26 + #31.
All performances below Dieter Müh is Steve Cammack. (Michael Parker played Balalaika at #48).

40: London : The Ivy House. 19/03/10. (with Plurals & Rajinder & Lion Lies Down).
41: Exeter : The Cavern. 03/08/10. (with Silver Apples).
42: Paris : Le Yono. 10/09/10. (with Praying For Oblivion & Bulanz Orgabar & Pentothal).
43: London : The Others. 09/12/10. (with BBBlood & Aqua Dentata & Cheapmachines).
44: Helsinki : Malmitalo. 13/04/11. (with Grey Park).
45: London : The Brixton Windmill. 07/09/11. (with Z'ev & Kylie Minoise & Andrew Perry).
46: Nottingham : The Chameleon Arts Centre. 11/03/12. (with Cheapmachines & John Wiese &
                                                                                     These Feathers Have Plumes & Con-Dom).
47: Stockholm : The Fylkingen. 28/04/12. (with Contrastate & Kristian Olsson & Dusa & White).
48: Berlin : NK Projekt. 15/02/13. (with Feine Trinkers Bei Pinkels Daheim & Allseits).
49: Berlin : Marie-Antoinette. 15/06/13. (with Trepaneringsritualen & Anemone Tube & Ke/Hil &
                                                                   Post Scriptvm).
50: Bremen : Der Elefant. 12/10/13. (with BºTong & Tarkatak).
51: Hamburg : Gangeviertel. 13/10/13. (with BºTong & Fiene Trinkers Bei Pinkels Daheim &
                                                                  1000 Schoen & Der 2te Freund).
52: Dartington : Studio 20. 13/11/13. (with Germseed & Shokku & The Oima Orchestra).
53: London : The Elektrowerkz. 26/04/14. (with Black Light Ascension & M.A.O. ).
54: Lille : El Diablo. 29/11/14. (with Cent Ans De Solitude & Le Syndicat).
55: London : Café OTO. 20/03/16. (with DJ Thurston Moore & Aaron Dilloway & Vicky Langan).
56: Plymouth : KARST Gallery. 14/09/18. (with Kostis Kilymis).
57: Lausanne : Galerie Humus. 11/12/18. (with BºTong).
58: Sankt Georgen : Global Forest Gallery. 12/12/18. (with Grodock & Joan Jordi Oliver).
59: Offenbach : Waggon Am Kulturgleis. 13/12/18 (with Materialeinschüchterling & Grodock &
                                                                                     BºTong).
60: Karlsruhe : AKK. 14/12/18. (with Grodock & BºTong).
61: Tuttlingen : Abteil 42. 15/12/18. (with Grodock & Die Hunde).
62: Freiberg : El Haso. 16/12/18. (with Grodock & BºTong).

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 2 August 2018.

Another hot summers night. Another hot summers MuhMur Radio Broadcast.
I got to befriend Howard Stelzer through 'social media', a couple of years ago he was putting sections of his record collection up for sale ... and I wanted some of it. At this time I hadn't heard of Howard's work so I began to explore and found it all on the 'noisier' side of experimental electronic music. File under Wiese or Marhaug. Good stuff but not necessarily what I want to listen to at this moment in time, but I found the addition of the name Frans De Waard on his latest collaborative release intriguing. Now I find out that this is their umpteenth collaborative release in the past 26 years, I'm going to have to spend time hunting for tapes on Discogs.
Their new collaborative release is the cassette "The Rebels Fold Scratchy, Relaxed Meanings Into Their Smallest Actions" on Park 70. The tape is built of component sounds from all past Stelzer / De Waard collaborations from 1996, and it is an incredibly intricate and masterfully built sonic building held together by musique concret. I was pleasantly surprised on first listen and now it's a firm favourite here at MuhMur HQ.
I got a package of sounds through from Sirenwire. Sirenwire is the label run by artist Susan Matthews.

Operating since 2005 the label has seen some great releases by Susan and her prolific collaborative works with the likes of Tony Wakeford (as Window Tappers), Thorsten Soltau, Alistair Crosbie, The Dead Mauriacs, Rainier Lericolais and Clint Newton (as Harme) to name a few. It was through her collaborative releases with The Dead Mauriacs and Thorsten Soltau that I became aware of her work.
In June and July of this year Susan exhibited at the King Street Gallery, Carmarthen (Wales). The exhibition was called "Transference" and was a collection of her "Graphic Scores". Susan invited various artists to interpret her 'scores' and this played as soundtrack for the exhibition. "Strange Variations" is a collection of these sounds and was released as a CD in July. The Thorsten Soltau piece "A Sheer For Fallen Kings" is part of this compilation. The CD (with booklet) is available here : https://sirenwire.com/portfolio/strange-variations/
In the past few days I have been rediscovering and revisiting some old records, hence the inclusion of Five Or Six and The Transmitters. The Transmitters track is on the 1981 album "And We Call That Leisure Time" on Heartbeat Records. I discovered The Transmitters in a backwards kind of way, first hearing this LP in 1981. I probably bought it because it featured ex-Glaxo Babies singer Rob Chapman. I certainly didn't buy it for the cover.

Working backwards I bought the 1979 Step Foward Records 12" EP "Still Hunting For The Ugly Man". This is a great record ... well recommended. I then made the mistake of buying the 1978 album  "24 Hours" on Ebony Records. I think I found it for 20p in "Mary's Records" on Broadgate in Lincoln circa 1984/85. Bland and tame as I remember. I don't have a copy now as it sells for around the 40 bob mark and that still is too expensive. In 2006 Elsewhere Records released a collection of The Transmitters on CD, unfortunately not from the Heartbeat Records period but from their Ebony/Step Forward days. Called "I Fear No-One" it is worth getting for the hard to find 12" tracks and a B-Side track called "0.5 Alive".
Dirty Swords are the new project of Marky Loo-Loo and Andy Jarvis. Marky + Andy were founder members of seminal UK noise group Dogliveroil along with Ashtray Navigator Phil Todd back in the early 1990's. Marky went on to be part of Target Shoppers with Phil Todd and Tea Culture whilst Andy joined forces with Filthy Turd to become Vile Plumage as well as releasing solo work for Sheepscar International, First Person and Fencing Flatworm labels (to name but a few). And now they are back together as Dirty Swords. Their releases can be found here :
https://dirtyswords.bandcamp.com/music

In December this year I shall be performing as Dieter Müh once again in Switzerland and Germany. My first live performances since last years Dronefest at Space Studios in Darlington Hall. On the 14th I shall be in Freiburg with BºTong and Grodock. The Grodock piece here is from the album "CD 2 - Verwerfungen" on the US label Obsfucated Records. It's a reinterpretation of "Lady In The Radiator" song from "Eraserhead". I remember seeing Bauhaus use the original as an intro tape a few times back in the early '80's. (Useless Information as Chris & Cosey would say).
The Tarkatak and Contrastate pieces are from the new compilation "Troum Transformation Tapes : The 20th Anniversary Celebration 1997 - 2017" double CD on Transgredient Records. I had planned to play them on the last programme but left the CD back in the player at MuhMur HQ!

The Altar Of Flies track is from the split 7" with Darksmith on Hästen & Korset Records. Over the past 12 years of listening to Mattias Gustafsson's project he has never disappointed.
The programme ends on some kind of 'post-punk' revision with two tracks from the 1983 album "For A Reason". Lifetones were the project of Charles Bullen after the crumbling of This Heat. Recently US label 'Light In The Attic' have re-issued the album on CD. The second of August 1982 saw the release of the Modern English single "I Melt With You". It's about the last decent Modern English single ... I stopped following them around this time. The track here is from the album "After The Snow". I don't know if it's a different version to the single. Like The Transmitters I have a fear that they are still treading the boards. The programme finishes with a classic B-Side from The Bush Tetras. Please take a listen to the programme here :
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-august-2-2018/

Playlist :
01: Howard Stelzer & Frans De Waard : "The Rebels Fold Scratchy Relaxed Meanings Into Their Smallest Actions (Side 2)" (Park 70) 2018.
02: Susan Matthews : "End Of The Want" (Sirenwire) 2018.
03: Throbbing Gristle : "AB/7A" (The Grey Area) 1991.
04: Chris & Cosey : "Useless Information" (Wax Trax! Records) 1990.
05: The Conet Project : "2 Letter N U" (Irdial Discs) 1997.
06: Thorsten Soltau : "A Sheer For Fallen Kings" (Sirenwire) 2018.
07: Five Or Six : "Consider This" (Frizz Bee) 1982.
08: The Transmitters : "The Beat Goes On" (Heartbeat Records) 1981.
09: Dirty Swords : "Touching The Apex" (Death Slap) 2018.
10: M.O.W.E. : "Vom Leben Ins Tod" (90% Wasser) 2001.
11: Tarkatak : "vs. Brinnan" (Transgredient Records) 2018.
12: Grodock : "Lady In The Radiator" (Obsfucated Records) 2013.
13: Altar Of Flies : "Brittle Bones" (Hästen & Korset) 2011.
14: S.P.K. : "Another Dark Age" (Side Effekts Records) 1983
15: Susan Matthews + Rainier Lericolais : "On Solomon's Mountain" (Sirenwire) 2008.
16: Contrastate : "The Silent Fish" (Transgredient Records) 2018.
17: Mark Vernon : "Love In The Form Of A Personal Attack" (Research Laboratories) 2018.
18: Lifetones : "For A Reason" (Light In The Attic) 2016.
19: Lifetones : "Good Side" (Light In The Attic) 2016.
20: Modern English : "I Melt With You" (Sire Records) 1983.
21: Bush Tetras : "Das Ah Riot" (Fetish Records) 1981.

The next broadcast will be on August 16 and then there will be the official SoundArt Radio summer hiatus where they wipe all the spit off the microphones and solder some wires back together for the new schedule starting in September. Unfortunately the mighty Dave Mutch won't be with me on the next broadcast as he will be in Aberdeen, but he'll be back in September.

                                                              Dave and the tea trolley.