Finally, after a long winter break MuhMur Radio returns for the spring, now a monthly four hour live broadcast ...
Whilst away a few things have arrived at Hartop Towers, including the double CD "Samling" by Arv & Miljö on the Irish Krim Kram label. The album is a collection of tracks / pieces that have appeared on compilation releases from 2010 to 2015. The album was originally released back in 2016 on the Italian / German noise label Archivio Diafònico label. There are two tracks included that are from the Arv & Miljö album released on cassette by I Dischi Del Barone in 2017. Marked (*).
1: Hur Altin Sjöonk I
2: Hur Altin Sjöonk II
3: Mästerligt Bruk Knölpäk
4: Hur Altin Sjöonk III
5: Någonting Har Gòtt Förlorat
6: Bellevue I
7: Bellevue II
8: Bellevue III
9: Förnimmelse I
10: Tag Som Aldrig Släpps (*)
11: Balanskonsten I Att Överleva Här Nere (*)
12: 2415 Dagar
All things Arv & Miljö can be found at :
https://discreetmusic.se/arvmiljo.html "Samling" can be found at :
https://www.krimkram.com. It's really good to be back with some exclusive sounds from The Dead Mauriacs. Exotique Musique Concret & DaDaesque sounds from Le Havre based sound artist Olivier Prieur. Also a joy to play as March 31 is Olivier's birthday. The exclusive piece is called
"An Italian Garden, With A Spy In The Background" and is delivered in four parts. Two sides of The Hafler Trio & B.C. Gilbert double album
"Idiots" follow. I read somewhere that somebody said that '
this album was thought of, therefore, it had to be made'. I like that. I like that a lot. Has a
salon approach feel. The album, I think, is a bad pressing it is awfully quiet in parts and probably not good for the radio .... but it is SoundArt!
Who is Manuel Padding? Undoubtedly a pseudonym and probably Dutch. Earlier this year I managed to get a copy of Steffan de Turck / Manuel Padding split cassette 'The Weights Of Babylon' on the Dutch Silver Ghosts label. Since hearing the Steffan de Turck's 'For Charlie Mopps' cassette (a collaboration with Howard Stelzer) I have tried to get all his releases. There's a Manuel Padding cassette on Silver Ghosts called 'We Don't Live Here Anymore' released in 2013 that sounds essential! "Fighting Weakness With Perseverance" is from the split with de Turck. Last month saw the release of "D-Generation", issue one of a magazine and CD dedicated to the work of Genesis P-Orridge and all that orbited around him.
The magazine and CD is the work of Frank (Vinyl On Demand) and Yuen (Ultra Mail Prod). I found the magazine interesting with great writing by Lawrence Burton, Jordi Valls, Jack Sargeant, Chris Low and Carl Abrahamsson, the album surprised me too with tracks by artist I didn't think I liked. Retirement Community is Lawrence Burton. "
Friendship Is Magic" is their only release to date (as far as I am aware). Jordi Valls writes a piece on the making of the Psychic TV video for "
Catalan" directed by Derek Jarman. It's not on the CD, but I thought I'd play it anyway ... it's a favourite PTV track of mine. Val Denham is one of those artists I have never been able to get my ears around but the track "
Grey Rabbit" (on the CD) is fantastic. Instant hit. I don't know if the magazine is still available (limited to 400) but I think there's a digital version available.
https://ultramailprod.bandcamp.com . To celebrate a gig in Stockport in December last year Regional Bears and All Night Flight released the cassette '
Lambkin, Walker, Harrison". "
Brightonian Vistas" is from this cassette. I have said it before and I will say it again, Duncan is a genius ... as is Francisco Meirino. "
Fathers (Purgatory-Causality-Self)" is an example. It's from the CD '
A Perpetual Host' on Misanthropic Agenda. Whilst playing this in the studio, Alice Kemp and myself swapped Francisco stories, of nights in Lausanne and visiting the Librarie Humus. Cranioclast sandwich two pieces by Grey Frequency. "
Panopticon I + II" are from the cassette of the same name on Human Geography Recordings. A South-West label operated by Andrew Burge. The sounds are created from field recordings taken at, in, on and around the Panopticon wind sculpture in Burnley. The Cranioclast pieces are from the recent release '
Artic Salon' on Aug Abwegen.
Nurse With Wound follow. "Sappho 1900" is a 3" CD on the Lenka Lente label and comes with the book 'Le Christ' by Renée Vivien.
Alice Kemp popped in to the studio and brought a copy of her latest album 'Skinned Alight', a collaboration with Rudolf Eb.er. Two tracks "Skinned Alight" and "Head Skin Stretched Over Stone" are played here. When MuhMur Radio was live between 2012 and 2020 Alice would be a regular at the studio ... it was great to see her again.
The broadcast ends on "Auf Wiedersehen Pet" by Am Not.
The programme is split in to two parts for easy consumption.
Again thanks to Chris for being there and producing the programme, to Tamsin for the transport and to Alice + Dave for popping in and supporting the show. It was like having the old gang back together!
Myself, Alice, Dave and Chris.
MuhMur Radio returns on April 28th at 18:00 hours GMT.
