MuhMur Radio Broadcast 25 June 2020

It had been a while since I'd heard some new Aaron Dilloway sounds so I bit the bullet and paid the US postal price and ordered a few tapes from Hanson Records (the label and shop run by Aaron). Extracts from two of the tapes I got are in this broadcast. Christian Mirande's "Exercise" and the full side (A) of the collaboration release with C. Lavender called "Secret Destroyed Instantly"

C. Lavender is a New York sound artist, healing practitioner and educator. In the past she has worked with Pauline Oliveros and released on labels like Ecstatic Peace, Editions Mego and Spleencoffin Records. This collaboration is my first exposure to her sound but I think it deserves exploring. More information on her work can be found here : http://www.clavender.net
The tape is still available here : https://hansonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/secret-destroyed-instantly

The MNEM track is from their latest album (and MuhMur HQ favourite) "Elyktrion".
Back at the turn of the century Finnish trio Aavikko played some live dates in America, their West Coast performances were seen by Peter Conheim of Mono Pause & Negativland. The plan was hatched to release a split single of each project covering one of each other's songs.

Mono Pause cover "El Cebo" an Aavikko track from their 1997 debut LP "Derek!" and Aavikko play "Of Stomping Men" from the 1999 LP "Peeping Through the Listen Hole". Like C. Lavender Mono Pause are a new name to me ... this single came recommended by Jim Haynes (another Aavikko fan).

M. Bryo & D.M.T. was the project created by Belgian artist Mark Burghgraeve in the late 1970s. Based in Antwerp (Belgium) M. Bryo released a split tape with Etat Brut on Club Moral's own label as well as appearing on a handful of compilations. In 1982 Mark formed the EBM band The Klinik, and carried on recording (but not releasing as M. Bryo & D.M.T.). In 2018 the French label Nuit Et Brouillard released the double album "Things I Was Due To Forget" a collection of unreleased material from 1979 to 2005.

Throughout the 1980s Mark worked with Belgian bands such as Vomito Negro, Insekt and Hybrids. Another project he created in the late 1970s was Somnambulist, in 2011 the Belgian label Walhalla released their album "The Withered Land".
The LP can be found here ; https://nuitetbrouillard.bandcamp.com

The two Panansonic remixes are from the 12" EP of remixes by Soviet France and Muslimgauze. The tracks were recorded in 1995 and recently found in the Sähkō archives.
The Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus are based in Liverpool. I was sent a tape of their debut album back in the early 1990s. Nature & Organisation were on the other side and I have always associated the two bands ... TRAOTIJ have their new album released by Exeter based label Occultation Recordings. "Songs Of Yearning/Nocturnes" is a double CD available direct from the label. https://www.occultation.co.uk When the pandemic is over and it is safe to do so I plan on knocking on the door of Occultation Recordings (Exeter is just 'down the road') and grabbing some more RAOTIJ albums. (Saves on postage)!

Now we (MuhMur Radio) are back semi-live so is the "feature" 'On This Day'. 25th June 1980 was the release date for the debut 7" by In Camera. In Camera encapsulated the 4AD sound of 1980 with the likes of Mass, The The, Dance Chapter and Bauhaus.

In 1982 (on this day) Bauhaus released the single "Passion Of Lovers", by this time they had left 4AD Records and signed to the mini-majors Beggars Banquet.
I managed to get a package through from Somnimage last month. They have just released a batch od CD's by the artists Mikael Boyd, Drekka and Timber Rattle and slipped in the jiffy was a 2019 CD by City Of Djin. Unfortunately the track here skipped a few beats ... I'll put another City Of Djin track in a forthcoming broadcast ... It did give me an opportunity to play two tracks by Fote though ... every cloud and all that ...
Furious Pig (so the story goes) are from Totnes in Devon. SoundArt Radio studios are situated a couple of miles outside Totnes. They only released the one 12" EP before transforming in to the bands Lights In A Fat City and Het. Dominic Weeks (one half of Furious Pig) is now in the band Dial, featuring ex members of UT and All Quiet.

Fote are from the same time as Furious Pig. A trio featuring Sema mainman Robert Haigh as well as future Monochrome Set member Trevor Reidy. The two tracks here are from a new compilation album of previously released singles on Robot Records. http://www.robotrecords.com/releases/rr49/

In 2006 two ex A Band and Smell & Quim members joined forces to release the 8" lathe cut EP "Live At RRRecords" on the Newcastle based Alt. Vinyl label. In 2020 Sticky Foster + Neil Campbell have now let an ultra limited cassette called "Theme From Resonatache" escape. The tapes are long gone but a digital download is available here : https://theneilcampbell.bandcamp.com/album/split-cane-enabled-theme-from-resonant-ache

You can listen to the broadcast here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-25-june-2020/

Playlist :
01: Aaron Dilloway & C. Lavender : "Secret Destroyed Instantly" (A) (Hanson Records) 2020.
02: MNEM : "Stimulus Hauler" (Verlautbarung) 2020.
03: Mono Pause : "El Cebo" (Seeland) 2002.
04: M. Bryo & D.M.T. : "Let's Go To War" (Nuit Et Brouillard) 2018.
05: M. Bryo & D.M.T. : "The Lab" (Nuit Et Brouillard) 2018.
06: Aavikko : "Of Stomping Men" (Seeland) 2002.
07: Panasonic : "Untitled #2 (Muslimgauze Mix)" (Sähkō) 2020.
08: Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus : "Ave Maria" (Occultation Recordings) 2020.
09: Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus : "Opening"  (Occultation Recordings) 2020.
10: Panasonic : "Untitled (Soviet France Remix)" (Sähkō) 2020.
11: Christian Mirande : "Exercise" (Hanson Records) 2020.
12: In Camera : "Final Achievement" (4AD Records) 1980.
13: City Of Djin : "Hakawati" (Somnimage Recordings) 2019.
14: Bauhaus : "Passion Of Lovers" (Beggars Banquet) 1982.
15: Furious Pig : "The King Mother" (Rough Trade Records) 1981.
16: Fote : "Perfect Sense" (Robot Records) 2019.
17: Fote : "Lost Toy" (Robot Records) 2019.
18: Sticky Foster & Neil Campbell : "Theme From Resonatache" (Not On Label) 2020.

All being good the next broadcast will be on July 9th with a 9pm (GMT) kick off time.