MuhMur Radio Broadcast August 31 2023.

 

Hello Again ... 

Back from a few weeks away (en Francias) and getting to grips with a new computer and it's (or my) capabilities and understanding ... here we go.

The broadcast begins with three pieces from the new CD on Sentimental Productions 'Tomorrow Is A Big Distance'. The CD is limited to 300 copies and includes Mark Vernon, Altar Of Flies, Jim Haynes and Modelbau (all featured in this programme) as well as Edward Sol, Howard Steltzer, Francisco Merino, Joachim Nordwall, Norbert Moslang and Lasse Marhaug. 

All profits from the CD go towards helping humanitarian causes in Ukraine (zoos / vets) and it's available from :https://sentimentalproductions.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrow-is-a-big-distance. 

Over the past few programmes I have been playing sounds by my favourite French artists ... I promise that'll slow down now, but I couldn't resist playing Propergol. Propergol was the project of Jerome Nougaillon, active from the late 1990's to (around) 2012. 'Tormentor' is a 7" on Nuit Et Brouillard. 

Propergol also released on Tesco Organisation, Malignant Records and Hermetique. I was fortunate to play with Propergol, a Tesco Organisation evening as part of the 2006 Wave Gothik-Treffen Festival in Leipzig. I can't see / find any link to Propergol, but they have stuff available at Discogs. I have no idea who Operation Segerpil is / are. I have my thoughts, their second CDR 'The Art Of Manliness' is on the Forfall label, a label operated by Gustaf Dicksson of Blood and distributed by the Gothenburg label Discreet Music. Limited to 50 copies. https://discreetmusic.myshopify.com.

I do get a lot of things from Discreet Music. One of the latest purchases was the Greek magazine 'Emvoes' (it's Greek for Tinnitus). The magazine is put together by Manolis Pappas and edited by Kostis Kilymis and features a lengthy interview with Christian Schiefner the man behind the cassette label Falt. Starting in 2016 to release material by Christian's project Chemiefaserwerk Falt has been releasing essential sounds by the likes of Phil Maguire, Modelbau, Kazuya Ishigami, Juice Machine and Philip Sulidae to name but a few. Each cassette is wrapped in a printed A4 sheet containing Christian's artwork. Falt is German for Fold. As mentioned, it's a great interview and the magazine (which also features a lengthy interview with Alice Kemp) is available https://issuu.com/emvoes/docs/emvoes_met_gray_pages here. One of Falt's latest releases is the cassette 'Circulation Of Subtleties' by Matt Atkins + Jonathan Deasy. 'Waltz For Marguerite' is from the cassette available as download or as a physical item from Falt at : https://falt.bandcamp.com/album/circulation-of-subtleties. 

Fletina is a Scottish sound artist and field recordist who creates abstract, raw audio collages using found objects, room sounds, environmental noises, household items mechanical devices and various electronic manipulation techniques. Released on the New York (Brooklyn) based label Here Free Press 'Causal EP' is limited to 15 copies and available from https://herefreepress.bandcamp.com/album/here-15-fletina-causal-ep or digitally from https://fletina.bandcamp.com/album/causal-ep. Fletina is based in Forres (near Findhorn) in North East Scotland. The piece I play here 'Needless Guise' reminds me of the ambient sound, almost menacing sound, of shifting tones of gas and water used by David Lynch and Alan R Spelt in the film 'The Elephant Man'. (I watched it recently to try and get my daughter Iz into David Lynch films). The CD is mastered at a very low volume. 

Whilst in France I did manage to get in some vinyl shopping. We (the familie MuhMur) visited the big cities of Niort and Toulouse on our way to the remote ville of Pouech (find that on a map)! Niort has a great shop called 79Tours. It's beneath the market on Rue Brisson if you're ever in the area. 

                                               Just bagged some Factrix & The Passage vinyl.

A visit to Toulouse means a visit to Croc Vinyl. This place never fails ... it has a great secondhand section (downstairs), and a great post-punk / experimental / industrial section. I can spend hours in this shop, and a lot of €. Amongst the booty this time was the Current 93 album 'The Stars On Their Horsies', released in  2018 on The Spheres label. I play both sides with a Philip Jeck & Chris Watson track in-between (I had to turn the disc over). The Jeck & Watson track is from the CD 'Oxmardyke'. 

On this day in 1979 Glaxo Babies (or Gl*xo Babies as they are called on the sleeve .. legal shenanigans if I remember correctly) released their second single 'Christie Keeler'. 

Glaxo Babies were formed in November 1977 in Bristol by Dan Catsis (later of The Pop Group), Tom Nichols and Geoff Alsopp in Bristol. Dan Catsis and vocalist Rob Chapman left in 1979, 'Christine Keeler'  being his final vinyl appearance. Then Glaxo Babies went more 'experimentall' and 'jazz-influenced' with the addition of saxophonist Tony Wrafter and drummer Charlie Llewellin (who later joined Maximum Joy). Rob Chapman went on to the singer in The Transmitters. 'Nova Bossanova' is the B-Side. Also on this day in 1982 Ludus released their third LP 'Danger Came Smiling' on New Hormones. Ludus existed between 1978 and 1984 and entered around vocalist / artist Linda Sterling. Ludus drummer Graham Dowdall (aka 'Dids') also played with Eric Random & The Bedlamites. 'Danger Came Smiling' has been re-issued by LMT on CD. https://www.ltmrecordings.com. 

Another Discreet Music (Gothenburg) purchase recently was the 7" 'Figment Of Your Imagination' by Linda Smith. I play the flip side here ... I have become interested in the work of Linda after hearing here 2022 cassette 'Workshop Meditation' on Saga House. https://lindasmith2.bandcamp.com/music for more information. 

Playlist :

01: Mark Vernon : "The Years Simply Dissolved" (Sentimental Productions" 2023.

02: Modelbau : "The Art Of Peace" (Sentimental Productions) 2023.

03: Jim Haynes : "Subvariant, Number Eleven" (Sentimental Productions) 2023.

04: Propergol : "Tormentor" (Nuit Et Brouillard) 2003.

05: Operation Segerpil : "All Roads Lead To Him" (Forfall) 2023.

06: Matt Atkins + Jonathan Deasy : "Waltz For Marguerite" (Falt) 2023.

07: Fletina : "Needless Guise" (Here Free Press) 2023.

08: Current 93 : "Stars On Their Horsies (A)" (The Spheres) 2018.

09: Philip Jeck & Chris Watson : "Coop" (Touch) 2023.

10: Current 93 : "Stars On Their Horsies (B)" (The Spheres) 2018.

11: Glaxo Babies : "Nova Bossanova" (Heartbeat Records) 1979.

12: Ludus : "Invasion Of A Compulsory Sex-Morality" (LTM) 2002.

13: Ludus : "I Stabbed A Sheep" (LTM) 2002.

14: Linda Smith : "Ideal View Of The Ideal City" (Almost Halloween Time) 2022.

15: Altar Of Flies : "Peace Is Not An Awful Lot To Ask" (Sentimental Productions) 2023.

Well, I don't know how I did it ... but I did it! I have archived the programme on my MixCloud profile that (I thought) had ceased to exist in 2021 when I had the first computer meltdown. Ah well ... please take a listen here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-31-august-2023/.