MuhMur Radio Broadcast 12 March 2020

The programme ends and starts with a piece by Thomas LaRoche. Thomas has been pretty prolific of late with his releases via Chocolate Monk and Royal Sperm as well as on his own label Research Laboratories. Thomas is also part of the PE duo Active Denial and has a hand in the Creep Of Paris project. The piece here is from the latest CDR release by Research Laboratories called "Solo Babes". It's a split release with Cromlech Shadow and Vile Plumage dresser Andrew Jarvis.

As all Research Laboratories output the CDR is ultra limited, but write to Thomas, get on the mailing list and (maybe) he'll start releasing in larger numbers. https://researchlaboratories.tumblr.com

I have recently rediscovered the Robin Storey + Nigel Ayers collaborative album "Perfidious Albion" and in my naivety discovered it was part of a trilogy released in 1999 by the US label Soleilmoon. This made me grab the Nigel Ayers + Randy Grief CD "Build A Poison Fire". The third part of the trilogy is between Randy Grief + Robin Storey, hopefully I will be playing some of that album in the near future.

Soviet France & Fossil Aerosol Mining Project LP was released in a distressed laser etched steel sleeve making it one of the heaviest albums I have. Released by the Newcastle based Alt. Vinyl label in 2014 the release is long sold out although it may be worth getting in touch to see if it is avaiable as D/Load? https://altvinyl.bandcamp.com
As mentioned in the 'blog' about the last programme I have been rediscovering the sound of O Yuki Conjugate and recollected times from my youth when we played together (on the same bills) as burgeoning young post-punk industrialists making a racket and having fun! From the ashes of Subway Razor (and I think Menticide) came Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis only released one vinyl LP "Great Babel Gives Birth" and a  cassette "Conception 1982" on the wonderful Flowmotion label. Gary Levermore's label Third Mind Records re-issued the LP in 1984 although I am lead to believe that it is a totally different version to the original. Can anyone confirm and expand on this please?

The Philip Sanderson track is from his latest album "Rumble Of The Ruins". The album is available as download only from here : https://snatchtapes.bandcamp.com/album/rumble-of-the-ruins
The Neutral piece is from the Helen Scarsdale Agency 10xTape Box "On Corrosion". Helen Scarsdale Agency is the label run by Jim Haynes and MuhMur Radio is in the process of organising a live performance by Jim alongside Nigel Ayers and Alice Kemp in the studio in Dartington this coming June. Ticket details will follow ....

It is always a pleasure to hear the mind and works of Stuart Chalmers. "The Heart Of Instinct" is a CD made of seven instincts released by (new name to me) TQN-Aut Records. The CD is available for only a fiver here : https://stuartchalmers.bandcamp.com/releases

Last month saw the release of "Red Sky", a live double CD recorded on the 2017 Japan tour. I decided to play the.whole of CD#2. It was early 1980's when I first came across the work of John Duncan, first as a performance artist and then as a recording artist - at the time I was reading ND Magazine and (probably) KATA (the Come Organisation magazine) and found his work fascinating. Dan of ND used to mail tapes like "Creed" and "Riot" .. I still have them. I find Johns' transformation in to an almost "lounge" singer as intriguing as it is brilliant and his choice of songs bring out a darker side of the original (If that makes sense)?

The broadcast can be heard here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-march-12-2020/
Thoughts and comments are always welcomed ...

Playlist:
01: Thomas LaRoche : "Platinum Silicone From Hong Kong (Edit)" (Research Laboratories) 2020.
02: Nigel Ayers & Randy Greif : "Hyperbolic Umbilic" (Solielmoon Recordings) 1999.
03: Soviet France + Fossil Aerosol Mining Project : "Lyra Turned" (Alt.Vinyl) 2014.
04: Soviet France + Fossil Aerosol Mining Project : "Fire In The Snow" (Alt.Vinyl) 2014.
05: Metamorphosis : "Great Babel Gives Birth #3" (Third Mind Records) 1984.
06: Metamorphosis : "Great Babel Gives Birth #4" (Third Mind Records) 1984.
07: Neutral : "Enhet" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
08: Robin Storey & Nigel Ayers : "Spiritually Appraising Things" (Solielmoon Recordings) 1999.
09: Philip Sanderson : "Broken Morning" (Snatch Tapes) 2020.
10: MyTrip : "I Stood Still" (Drone Records) 2018.
11: Stuart Chalmers : "Instinct 9" (TQN-Aut Records) 2020.
12: Stuart Chalmers : "Instinct 4" (TQN-Aut Records) 2020.
13: John Duncan : "Mass Production" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
14: John Duncan : "The Intruder" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
15: John Duncan : "Smell My Scent" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
16: John Duncan : "Reach Out" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
17: John Duncan : "She's Not There" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
18: John Duncan : "Final Solution" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
19: John Duncan : "Dark" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
20: John Duncan : "Red Sky" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
21: Metamorphosis : "Great Babel Gives Birth #10" (Third Mind Records) 1984.
22: Thomas LaRoche : "Platinum Silicone From Hong Kong" (Research Laboratories) 2020.

Due to a hectic lifestyle, kids at various clubs or going away to sleep with sharks in Plymouth and working within the NHS - at this moment in time is getting pretty chaotic - I had to get Tamsin (aka Mrs MuhMur) to drive me to and fro the studio this week and we had to bring the 2 boys along with us ... still I kept them busy and involved. The voice you here is that of Oscar introducing John Duncan!

Please note Tamsin asleep in the background! Dave will be back with us next time. March 26 with an 8 o' clock kick off ... barring UK Lockdown!