MuhMur Radio Broadcast 9 November 2023.

 'When The Cat's Away The Mice Will Play' is the B-Side to LiLiput's single 'Eisiger Wind' released on Off Course Records in 1980. Rough Trade re-issued it in 1981. 

Bianca Warlord is Nicolas Henry. The track here is from his latest tape on Le République Des Granges. https://larepubliquedesgranges.bandcamp.com/album/selection-de-8-moments. The cassette is called "Selection De 8 Moments" Information on Bianca Warlord and Nicolas is hard to find. I recommend the cassette. 

'Muuntaja' is from the album "Metri" by ∅ (aka Mika Vainio). It's an early release on the Finnish Sähkō Recordings label. The first ever live performance by Dieter Müh was in 1994 at the Bonding Warehouse in York. Fortunately the Sähkō Collective were in the UK at that time and inbetween gigs in Glasgow and London, their night off so to speak, the offered to come to York and be our 'support act'. The Sähkō Crew on the night were Ilpo Väisänen, Jarui Lehtinen (Jimi Tenor), Tommi Grönlund and a guy whose name I couldn't pronounce and can't remember. Mika was unfortunately ill back in Finland. The evening was filmed by an American film / documentary maker who was travelling with Sähkō at the time. Tommi handed me the CD. The outer card packaging of the CD was the inspiration behind Dieter Müh's "Black Square" CD and all MoUtH Recordings releases. 

*JOHN PEEL MOMENT*. I have one now and again. I play the first few seconds of the Alog 12" at the wrong speed. At least I played the right side! Alog were the Norwegian duo Dag-Are Haugen and Espen Sommer Elde. The piece played is from a split 12"EP with Astral Social Club.

'On This Day' in 1979 Scritti Politti released the 12"EP "4 'A' Sides" on Rough Trade Records. The final release Scritti Politti released as a three-piece, and in my mind their finest release. Another track from the EP 'Doubt Beat' ends the programme. 

Nigel Ayers is the man behind Nocturnal Emissions. He has also in the past been involved in collaboration work with the likes of Randy Greif, Robin Storey, John Everall, Mick Harris and Andrew Liles. September saw the release of 'This Home Stands On Ancient Bones' a new collaborative work with PBK (Phillip B. Klinger) and Allan Zane (Wyrm/The Haters). The album is on the Japanese VLZ Produkt label. https://www.vlzprodukt.com. 

I have been working on a playlist for the December 7 broadcast, it's what become known as the "birthday broadcast' as it falls on the eve of my 61st. Digging through a box of old releases I came across the excellent 4xCD + Book 'Infernal Proteus', released in 2002 by The Ajna Offensive. I was searching for tracks by Ah Cama-Sotz, the Belgian sound artist also known as Herman Klapholz. Herman was part of the Hybryds in the 1990's. 'Morning Glory' is from 'Infernal Proteus'. 

I recently read the book 'Neumusik', a collection of issues of the 1980's magazine. I wrote about here : http://remuhmuration.blogspot.com/2023/09/neumusik-book.html. In this piece I mentioned I had never seen a live picture of Metabolist before ... Metabolist in action as were. Reading about Metabolist also made me dig out their first vinyl album. 

Released in 1980 on their own Drömm Records label. Metabolist were a four piece that existed between 1978 to 1981. They were heavily influenced by Magma, inventing their own language. 

After writing that I hadn't seen a 'live' picture of Metabolist before Richard (The New Blockaders) kindly sent me the above piece. Shifts is the solo project of Frans de Waard. Shifts were created in 1995 to allow Frans to work with and discover 'guitar ambient' music. In the summer the German label Grisaille released the cassette 'What Remains' by Shift. All untitled pieces the track I play here is a remix (that nobody wanted) of The Stars Of The Lid. https://grisaille.bandcamp.com/album/what-remains for a copy. 

Eyeless in Gaza speaks for itself.

In September the Cafe OTO hosted an evening in memory of Jacques Beloiel. A friend and comrade. 

Jacques worked with Adi Newton, mastering the album 'Newtones' released in April last year. The piece 'For Those That Are Gone' is from this album and seems appropriate. I follow this with a Clock DVA classic from the 'Buried Dreams' LP. Staying in Sheffield with Hula and a track from their 1986 12" EP 'Freeze Out'. 

Aerosol Constellations are the Canadian duo Bill Batt and Jeremy Van Wyck. Based in Vancouver they also run the labels Isolated Now Waves and Thankless. The track here is from the split 12" with fellow Canadian Born Without Bones (aka Colin Kennedy of Money Money). I am uncertain whether Aerosol Constellations are still active but they have a bandcamp page https://aerosolconstellations.bandcamp.com/album/dark-side-of-the-sun.

Thank you for listening. The archive to this broadcast can be found at :

Playlist :

01: LiLiput : "When The Cat's Away" (Kill Rock Stars/For Us Records) 2001.

02: Bianca Warlord : "23022023" (La République Des Granges) 2023.

03: ∅ : "Muuntaja" (Sähkō Recordings) 1994.

04: Alog : "Every Word Was An Animal" (Fat Cat Records) 2009.

05: Scritti Politti : "P.A.'s." (Rough Trade Records) 1979.

06: Nigel Ayers/PBK/Allan Zane : "Cyngoroni" (VLZ Produkt) 2023.

07: Ah Cama-Sotz : "Morning Glory" (The Ajna Offensive) 2002.

08: Metabolist : "Alien On Sunday" (Drömm Records) 1980.

09: Shifts : "What Remains IV" (Grisaille) 2023.

10: Eyeless In Gaza : "Drumming The Beating Heart" (Cherry Red Records) 1983.

11: Adi Newton : "For Those That Are Gone" (Rizosfera) 2022.

12: Clock DVA : "The Unseen" (Interfisch Records) 1989.

13: Hula : "Not A Second Glance" (Red Rhino Records) 1986.

14: Nigel Ayers/PBK/Allan Zane : "Psychenkinetic" (VLZ Produkt) 2023.

15: Aerosol Constellations : "Tab Cabby" (Isolated Now Waves/Thankless) 2007.

16: Scritti Politti : "Doubt Beat" (Rough Trade Records) 1979.