MuhMur Radio Broadcast 4 February 2021.

 Robert Curgenven is a sound artist based in Cork, Ireland. I first came across his sounds / work at a festival he organised called "Open Provocation" that took place at a village hall in the small Cornish hamlet of Polruan in 2013. It was a three day event that also featured Nicholas Bullen, Nigel Ayers and Matt Davis. I formed a correspondence with Robert but his hectic and nomadic lifestyle made it very difficult to keep in touch. 

Robert has been releasing his sounds via his label Recorded Fields since 2007. Also releasing on other labels such as The Tapeworm, Line and Kaon. The opening piece here is from last years cassette release on the Irish Fort Evil Fruit label "Ar Ais Aris". This cassette compiles works from limited edition releases, installations, reworking and unreleased material. It was recorded in seven countries over the last fifteen years. Copies are still available : https://fortevilfruit.bandcamp.com/album/ar-ais-ar-s More information on Robert's work and contact is here : https://www.recordedfields.net

Stuart Chalmers has been putting out his mix of ambient imaginations and experimental drones for over ten years. This broadcast features tracks from two of his most recent releases. "Exterminating Angel" is from the album "Self Destruction". Originally released in 2017 on the Reverb Worship label it has been re-issued as a CDR on the Electromagnetic Compact Discs imprint. The track "Dome Of Visions" is from the  ongoing collaborative project with Claus Poulsen. "When There Were Birds" is the third collaborative release and appears on the Blue Tapes label. "Dome Of Visions" was recorded live in Leeds in 2019. Copies are available on the Stuart Chalmers Bandcamp page : https://stuartchalmers.bandcamp.com/album/when-there-were-birds-blue-thirty-six

10 Decimal Place is a cafe / meeting place / music venue situated on the corner of Burton Road and Occupation Road in Lincoln. In the past the place has hosted live shows by the likes of Grey Frequency, Yumah and MyTrip. The track "Occupation Road" by Rovar 17 Vs. Xpldnglke was recorded here in 2020. Rovar 17 are Hungarian, other than that I know next to nothing about them. The CD came courtesy of Idwal Fisher. Between 199 and 2001 I lived in a flat in the grounds of The Lawn in Lincoln and my garden backed on to Occupation Road, a shame the venue didn't exist back then. 

This programme features an extended "On This Day" feature and starts with Lemon Kittens classic 7"EP "Spoonfed And Writhing". 

This EP was the debut release from Lemon Kittens, back in 1979 they were a trio featuring Gary Thatcher, Karl Blake and Nick Mercer. Karl recruited Danielle Dax through the small ads in "Industrial News" (the in house TG fanzine), and they became a two-piece. The artwork of the EP is by Danielle Dax.  After a successful live tour of the East Coast of America Factory Records issued the 12" EP "Do The Du(Cause)" by A Certain Ratio on the new Factory US label. 

One of the most influential albums of all time has to be Throbbing Gristle's "Second Annual Report".  Released in November 1977 on Industrial Records - I bought it on February 4 1979 from a record shop in Doncaster (The Fetish Records re-issue that is) ... https://www.negativeinsight.com/niblog/tgfetishrecords Gustaf Dickson is Blöd. Not to be confused with the band with the same name from the same country that released power electronics based noises on Xerxes and Segerhuva at the turn of the century, but the solo artist who has been releasing ambient Nordic folk and slightly obscure music on Förlag För Fri Musik and I Dischi Del Barone for the past five or six years. The track here is from the LP "Tusen Bitar", I like the LP a lot, it conjures incidental music from children's TV programmes from the 1970's. 

I managed to pick this album up from the Gothenburg based record shop Discreet Music. Discreet Music also operate a compact and bijou label called Förfall. They have released CDRs by Joachim Nordwall, Are & Miljö, Sewer Election and Blöd amongst others ... worth keeping and eye on. http://www.discreetmusic.se

The Jane track is from the excellent compilation album "Edward Not Edward". A collection of songs written by Edward Barton. Jane had a chart hit back in 1983 with the song "It's A Fine Day" written by Edward. All things Barton can be found here : http://www.edwardbarton.com Back in the 1980's I used to live in a flat above Edward when he was in a band called The Old Men - this was in Hulme, Manchester ... then a few years (and many moves) later I found myself living a few doors down from Edward. We appeared in a James video together. AntiChildLeague track is from the new CD album "Entrenched Extreme". Copies available here : https://hagshadow.wixsite.com/antichildleague Since the appearance on the 2019 compilation "On Corrosion", the 10xCassette box released by Helen Scarsdale Agency I have been looking out for releases by Himukalt. Himukalt is the project created by American noisician Ester Kärkkäinen. The track here is from the CD album "Come October" and is a reinterpretation of the Nurse With Wound track "I Was No Longer His Dominant" who in turn appropriated the text from Harold Pinter, 

Going back to the "On This Day" feature, Arista Records released the compilation LP "Celebration" by Simple Minds in 1982. I think by this time Simple Minds had left Arista and just about to hit the big time via Virgin Records. "Life In A Day" was included on this LP and also appeared on their first album. Also on this day in 1980 Not Sensibles released the LP "Instant Classics" on the Bent label.

Not Sensibles were from Burnley in the North West of England. Formed in 1978 and lasting for a few years they split in 1982 only to reform again in 2005. Crawling Chaos are from the North East of England., from Ashington in Northumberland to be precise. They recorded an album and single for Factory Records in the early 1980's. "Berlin" was the single. They are still an active recording project releasing great albums on the Belgian EE Tapes label. Information can be found here : https://crawlingchaos.co.uk

After bad time keeping on the four hour festive feast live broadcast on December 29 I had to leave tracks by Magazine and Hunting Lodge off the playlist so here they are at the end of tonights broadcast. Magazine "In The Dark" is the B-Side on the 12" EP "About The Weather" and the Hunting Lodge track is pulled from the CDR that comes with the vinyl LP "Shack" and is previously unreleased. 

Please take a listen to the broadcast here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-4-february-2021/ Thoughts and comments always welcomed. 

Playlist :

01: Robert Curgenven : "Wisla Reorientations" (Fort Evil Fruit) 2020.

02: Stuart Chalmers : "Exterminating Angels" (Electromagnetic Compact Discs) 2020.

03: Rovar 17 Vs. Xpldnglke : "Occupation Road" (Unsigned) 2020.

04: Lemon Kittens : "Lycanthrorhene" (United Dairies) 1980.

05: Lemon Kittens : "Chalet D'Amour" (Step Forward Records) 1979.

06: A Certain Ratio : "Son And Heir" (Factory US) 1981.

07: Throbbing Gristle : "Industrial Introduction" (Industrial Records) 1977.

08: Throbbing Gristle : "Slug Bait - ICA" (Industrial Records) 1977.

09: Throbbing Gristle : "Slug Bait - Live At Southampton" (Industrial Records) 1977.

10: Throbbing Gristle : "Slug Bait - Live At Brighton" (Industrial Records) 1977.

11: Throbbing Gristle : "Maggot Death - Live At Rat Club" (Industrial Records) 1977.

12: Throbbing Gristle : "Maggot Death - Studio" (Industrial Records) 1977.

13: Throbbing Gristle : "Maggot Death - Southampton" (Industrial Records) 1977.

14: Claus Poulsen & Stuart Chalmers : "Dome Of Visions" (Blue Tapes) 2020.

15: Pär Thörn & TR Kirstein : "Dold Mätning" (Topos) 2020.

16: Blöd : "Friehetens Musik" (Förlag För Fri Musik) 2020.

17: Jane : "I Slap My Belly" (Wooden Records) 1989.

18: Muckrackers + Igor!!!M + Flutwacht : "À Froid" (LFA) 2020.

19: AntiChildLeague : "Paranoid" (Obsessive Fundamental Realism/Phosgen Records) 2020.

20: Himukalt : "No Longer Her Dominant" (Found Remains) 2018.

21: Simple Minds : "Life In A Day" (Arista Records) 1979.

22: A Certain Ratio : "Do The Du (Casse)" (Factory US) 1981.

23: Not Sensibles : "Little Boxes" (Bent Records) 1980.

24: Crawling Chaos : "Berlin" (Factory Records) 1980.

25: Magazine : "In The Dark" (Virgin Records) 1981.

26: Hunting Lodge : "96 Tears" (S/M Operations/Easy Listening Records) 2020. 

Thanks for listening - back again at the same SoundArt Time on the same SoundArt Channel - February 18th.