MuhMur Radio Broadcast #292 : April 12 2026.

Broadcast #292 kicks off with Saint Abdullah. Circumstances drew me to the double CD "Visions Of Darkness (In Iranian Contemporary Music)" released by Cold Spring Records and Unexplained Sounds Group in 2017. Saint Abdullah are two brothers, Mohammed and Mehdi Mehrabani-Yeganeh. Their sounds are associated with Shia Islam.  

Fourth Dimension Records have re-released "Morality" as a double CD set. Originally released on Broken Flag in 1985 as a C90 cassette, the new release features extra pieces by John Duncan. Extracts from 'The Prostitution Tapes'. Pacific 231 (named after a 1923 symphony by Arthur Honeggar) is the solo project of French sound artist Pierre Jolivet. Pacific 231 were one of those projects that back in the mid 1980s were difficult to find out about. I remember reading about them in magazines like ND but finding their releases was very hard. Still active (which I did not know, and based in Dublin). Other artists on the 'Morality' compilation include ; Un-Kommuniti, Le Syndicat, Croyners, Next, Ankh, Controlled Bleeding and Toll. 

Available from Richo at : https://fourthdimensionrecords.bigcartel.com.

Staying in the world of re-issues from the mid 1980s, I dug out my copy of the "Nekrophile Rekords" box set on Vinyl On Demand released in 2022. 10 albums, 2 seven inch singles and a book. 'There Is No God But Man' is from t he album 'Thoum Aesh Neith' by Italian project LAShTAL. Originally released in 1986. LAShTAL was a mysterious project, I always thought it was Zero Kama related, probably a pseudonym for Michael DeWitt (information didn't come cheaply back then like it does now we're in the internet age). LAShTAL is Andrea Da Costa (aka Freire 23). 

A couple of Muslimgauze pieces on this broadcast. Firstly 'Empty Quarter (Pt 1)' from the 12"EP "Hunting Out With An Aerial Eye" released in 1984 on Muslimgauze's own Limited Editions label. The second piece is an untitled remix of sounds by Panasonic. In 2020 Sähkö released a three track 12"EP with Panasonic remixed by Soviet France and Muslimgauze. All remixes were recorded in 1996. 

Eric Random + The Bedlamites, one of the many projects of Manchester musician Eric Random. Eric played guitar in The Panik whose 1977 7"EP "It Won't Sell!!" is a favourite at MuhMur HQ. Eric is now playing live with the resurrected Cabaret Voltaire. The two pieces here are from the 1984 'Time-Splice' album released on Cabaret Voltaire's own Doublevision label. The Bedlamites on this album included Lynn Walton, Wayne Worm, Dids (Ludus) and Cliff Saffer (Swamp Children). 

April 10 was the opening of a new Brion Gysin exhibition at Le Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris. To celebrate the exhibition French label Wewantsounds released the album "Dreamachine". Available in the UK via Juno and Rough Trade Records. The Dream Machine soundtrack (to) can also be found on the 1993 CD album "Self-Portrait Jumping" on the Belgian label Made To Measure. Extra tracks on the CD feature "Kick", the song made 'famous' by Monte Cazazza on his "Something For Nobody" 7"EP released by Industrial Records in 1980. The version on 'Self-Portrait Jumping' was recorded in Paris in 1983 and features Don Cherry on Trumpet and Backing Vocals. The Gysin exhibition runs until July 12 2026. 

MNEM have released a new album. 'Tropos Of Entropy' on the Satatuhatta label. MNEM are a Finnish two-piece who have been producing / releasing quality experimental sounders / noise since 1997. I first heard their sound on the cassette compilation 'The Members Ov Sonic Cults'. Last December I exclusively played the track "Hydrox Communion", I don't know if the album track is the same version ... "Tropos Of Entropy" is available at https://satatuhatta.bandcamp.com/album/tropos-of-entropy. MNEM have no internet presence ... and indeed why should they ... 

Mailcop is Roel Meelkop, Dutch sound & visual artist. In the early / mid 1980s Roel was part of Club Rialto, releasing cassettes on Midas Tapes and Delftsch Wormen Tapes before forming the off shoot project THU20 with Guido Doesborg, Jan Van Bussel, Jos Smolders and Peter Duimelinks. Mailcop was a solo project and name used by Roel up until 1990 when he moved to a more electronic abstract and minimalist sound. He also plays in Goem with Frans de Waard and Peter Duimelinks. It was whilst playing the 'Harsh Ears Now!!' triple cassette compilation I heard "Nyd" - a quiet masterpiece. I think Nyd is Scandinavian for 'Enjoy', so .... 

March issue of the 'Electronic Sound' magazine was dedicated to Cabaret Voltaire, great interview and pictures and a 7" including live recordings from the recent shows in Sheffield and London. Sickly / lurid green vinyl and a terrible sleeve but a great record. My copy came warped ... I didn't know whether to use it as an ashtray or play it and seeing that I don't smoke I decided on the latter and it seems to play OK. I did get an invite to see Cabaret Voltaire at the ICA, but turned the offer down. I saw them live a few times, last time was when they did an impromptu set at The Leadmill in Sheffield (1984). It was a "Support The Miners" event with Test Dept, Chakk and Hula also playing. A great night out. I recently heard a recording of the ICA gig and regret my choice! 

Sutcliffe Jugend are another project that became dormant, restless and re-emerged stronger and more powerful. Originally formed as a solo project by Kevin Tomkins in 1982, Sutcliffe Jugend's first release was a 10xCassette called "We Spit On Their Graves" on the Come Organisation label. (Naturally re-issued on vinyl by Vinyl On Demand in 2023). Kevin then joined Whitehouse, the classic Tomkins / Best / Bennett line-up. Sutcliffe Jugend reformed in 1994 with ex-Bodychoke guitarist Paul Taylor. In May 2016 Sutcliffe Jugged played the third Epicurean Escapism Festival at the Tiefgrund, Berlin (alongside Last Dominion Lost, Alfarmania, Budrūs and Gerechtigkeits Liga amongst others). 'Amuse-Bouche' is from the CD/DVD released by The Epicurean as document to the event. The Epicurean label release can be bought from : https://epicureanescapism.bandcamp.com.

Local hero TQ9. In 2019 Jim Haynes' label Helen Scarsdale Agency released the 10xCassette called "On:Corrosion" featuring Neutral, Relay For Death, Kleistwahr, Pinkcourtesyphone, Francisco Meirino, Fossil Aerosol Mining Project, G*Park, She Spread Sorrow, Himukalt and Alice Kemp. Slowly Jim is re-issuing the material as stand alone vinyl releases, the latest of which is "9 Dreams Of Erotic Mourning" by Alice Kemp. 

Recorded between 2015 and 2019 'Here, we are collected, cleaned, prepared, serenaded, adorned, fucked, adored, devoured, abandoned, and released into the back of beyond'. Alice can be contacted via : https://alicekemp.net. Helen Scarsdale Agency is at : https://www.helenscarsdale.com. Alice will be performing at the 'Colours Out Of Space #9' Festival in Brighton between April 17-19. Go to https://colouroutofspace.org for more details ..... Dilloway is playing too!!!

A few days ago I heard the news that Andrew Perry had passed away. It saddened me as it does when I hear of someone I know ceasing to be, then I discovered it was a completely different Andrew Perry. A journalist for The Daily Telegraph and Select magazine. By this time I had dug out my Andrew Perry collection and given it a spin, and (re) discovered what a great 7" single "The Victory EP" is. A collaboration with Scottish experimentalist Dead Wood (aka Adam Baker). I played a gig with Andrew at The Windmill in Brixton in September 2011. Fascinating chap, we chatted, drank and enjoyed each others company. Great night. Kylie Minoise and Z'ev were also on the bill ... 

The single is on the Dirtydemos label but I don't think the 7" is available anymore. It is a lathe-cut release. 

Contact Dirtydemos at : https://dirtydemos.bandcamp.com/music. If anyone knows what Andrew is doing these days, please get in contact. 

The broadcast ends with an on this day from The Monochrome Set with the B-Side to their "Strange Boutique" 7" single. 

The broadcast can be found on MixCloud :

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-292-april-12-2026/

Playlist :

01: Saint Abdullah : "Unforgotten Promises" (Cold Spring Records/Unexplained Sounds Group) 2016.

02: Pacific 231 : "Set & Thot" (Fourth Dimension Records) 2026.

03: LAShTAL : "There Is No God But Man" (Vinyl On Demand) 2022.

04: Muslimgauze : "Empty Quarter (PT 1)" (Limited Editions) 1984.

05: Eric Random & The Bedlamites : "Second Sight" (Doublevision) 1984.

06: Eric Random & The Bedlamites : "No-Man-Trash" (Doublevision) 1984.

07: Brion Gysin : "Kick" (Made To Measure) 1993.

08: The Conet Project : "555 Konec" (Irdial Discs) 2013.

09: Panasonic : "Untitled Muslimgauze Remix II" (Sähkö Recordings) 2020.

10: MNEM : "Tropos Of Entropy" (Satatuhatta) 2026.

11: Mailcop : "Nyd" (Midas Music) 1987.

12: MNEM : "Swamping" (Satatuhatta) 2026.

13: Cabaret Voltaire : "Spies In The Wires (Live)" (Electronic Sound) 2026.

14: Sutcliffe Jügend : "Amuse-Bouche" (The Epicurean/Silken Tofu) 2016.

15: MNEM : "Hydrox Communion" (Satatuhatta) 2026.

16: Alice Kemp : "A Small Act Of Violence" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2026.

17: Alice Kemp : "Alles Ist Wie Es Ist" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2026.

18: Andrew Perry/Dead Wood : "The Victory EP (A)" (Dirtydemos) 2010.

19: MNEM : "Clausa Caput" (Satatuhatta) 2026.

20: The Monochrome Set : "Surfing S.W.12" (Dindisc) 1980.

Thanks for listening - the broadcast includes a wrong speed episode and forgetting to turn the turntable monitors down .. other than that, I think we got away with it!

Thanks to Chris + Tamsin.

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