This is MuhMur Radio Broadcast #282.
I am not familiar with Martin Ware's work post Human League, I have read his autobiography so know he went in to pop production and had chart hits with Heaven 17 etc .. but I never followed his work. I heard "A Call To Water" on David Warmer's Institute Of Spectra-Sonic Sounds' radio broadcast and liked it so much I had to hear the whole album. The album (CD) is titled "It's Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea' and is on Cold Spring Records. It's music for an installation of the same name, composed for 3D Ambisonic sound. https://coldspring.co.uk for more information.

Dave Phillip's CD "Nothing's Wrong" was released towards the end of last year, and I have just managed to grab myself a copy ... Recorded in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2022. It is hardly surprising that Francisco Meirino is also involved. https://flagdayrecordings.bandcamp.com for more information. Flag Day Recordings seems an interesting label worth exploring, I have their release by The Dead Mauriacs but I am now just discovering their catalogue ... "Harnregentraufe" is the latest cassette single from Michael Barthel. It translates as urine drip tray and is a collection of poetri for a full bladder. It was strange as just as the cassette was finishing we had a visit from Alice Kemp whose voice features on the cassette. Michael can be contacted via http://www.recordingsforthesummer.de. We are both hoping for some live UK performances later in the year from Michael.
Michael Barthel 'Harnregentraufe'
On This Day in 1980 Industrial records released the 7" single "Meat Processing Section" by S.P.K. (at that time meaning Surgical Penis Klinik). "Slogan" and "Mekano" first appeared on the 1979 "Mekano" 7"EP released in Australia by Side Effects.
In March Discreet Music of Gothenburg released the final album by Arv & Miljö, simply titled "Arv & Miljö". (Not to be confused with the 2016 "Arv & Miljö" on Förlag För Fri Musik). I have been following Arv & Miljö since 2013 when playing at the Fylkingen in Stockholm I was handed the CD 'Orientering I Denna Värld'. "Rost" is from that album. "Balanskosten I Att Överleva Här Nere" is from the cassette "Arv & Mljö". (The 2017 reissue on I Dischi Del Barone). Thank you for the sounds Matthias. I am hopeful that a new project will emerge.
Two pieces from the latest album "Aluxes" by Sequences, the solo project of Niels Geybels.
"In 2022 I embarked on a cycling trip through the south of Mexico, for more than 120 days I cycled from south to east, from north to west, along the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. As a 'peregrino' (as they call it over there) I went from one site of Maya ruins to the next, through jungle, mountains and desert. Notebook, camera and audio-recorder always on hand. Two wheels, a tented always searching for something to eat. Alone or with other travellers looking for paths less trodden.
On the lookout for ancient lay-lines while composing a spiritual autobiography. The field recordings I collected ended up on all of the tracks of this album, alongside processed sounds from guitar, tape loops and modular synthesizer. The result is 'Aluxes', a found catalogue of memories.
All music by Sequences. Recorded and mixed in 2024 at De Steeg in Antwerp, Belgium. All field recordings on 'Aluxes' recorded while travelling through the states of Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas in Mexico between November 2022 and March 2023".
In 2019 Helen Scarsdale Agency released the 10xCassette box set "On:Corrosion". The box set features full cassettes by Neutral, Alice Kemp, Himakult, Kleistwahr, Pinkcourtesyphone, Francisco Meirino, Fossil Aerosol Mining Project, G*Park, She Spread Sorrow and Relay For Death. Since 2021 Helen Scarsdale Agency has been rereleasing the cassettes on record, with Kleistwahr, Pinkcourtesyphone and She Spread Sorrow albums already out the latest is Neutral's "Lågliv".
Neutral are Dan Johansson (Sewer Election, Organ Of Corti, White, Amateur Hour) and Sofie Herner (Enhet För Fri Musik, Leda, Källarbarnen). I did ask Alice when he cassette "9 Dreams Of Erotic Mourning" is due for release and she said it would be in the next five years ... probably.
The second On This Day release is from 1981 and Anthony More's "World Service" 7" ... the single from the album of the same name.

Another artist I discovered through Helen Scarsdale Agency is Craig Varian and his 400 Lonely Things project. In 2020 they shared a split cassette with Fossil Aerosol Mining Project. Highly recommended if you can find a copy. After a couple of years releasing on Cold Spring Records this year sees him releasing the album "Subdivisions" on the Italian labels Dissipatio and Unexplained Sounds Group. All things 400 and Lonely can be found here
https://400lonelythings.bandcamp.com/.
Secret Science is the occasional project from Max Kuiper (Les Horribles Travailleurs) and Jacob Deraadt (Sterile Garden). Their latest release is a cassette single dedicated to the memory of Shane Bartlett.

As I have mentioned previously I am re-cataloguing my collection, it's taking time as I am playing sounds I haven't heard in a while and this included the work of Duncan Harrison. Playing old self released cassettes and CDRs by Duncan lead me to dig out my Plurals records and tapes (etc), and I really enjoy the album "Bugenès Melissae" from 2014. I am not too sure if Duncan had left the Plurals by the time this was recorded but it is a mighty fine album. It is dedicated to bees and bumblebees and all profits went to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust. I remember playing with Plurals in 2010 at a strange pub in Peckham Rye, after a few minutes their equipment failed ... a very short set. A year or so laterI saw them play at Wattsfest in Uffcombe, Devon and were magnificent. One of my favourite live performances of all time.

AMPH were Andreas Malm and Peter Henning from Malmö, Sweden. They were active between 2010 and 2018. Andreas went on to create Skeppet and Eternal Music Society and Peter was part of Backasvinet. "Polar" is, what we call at MuhMur HQ, a classic.
Recently I was talking to my friend Tim and he mentioned that the track "Zeitense" by Inade featured a tape sample from the Budd Dwyer public suicide on January 22 1987. I have had this track in my collection for over 20 years and never realised. In 1987 I released the cassette "Budd Dwyer's Cleaning Bill" on Carnifex Recordings as <<A;A;K>>. The story has always fascinated me. If you do not know then please read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer. One thing I did not know until Alice told me is that it appears on one of the VHS editions of "Faces Of Death". I am certain the clip can be found on YouTube ...
NNJA Riot + Paradox Encounter Group are Lisa McKendrick and Paul Harrison. I played an extract from their recent cassette "Dissent Particles" on last month's broadcast, so, here's a couple more. I recommend highly
https://nnjariot.bandcamp.com to grab a copy on cassette, download or CDR.
I always keep an ear out for new releases on the Helsinki based Hyster Tapes run by Heikke from Nolls / Grey Park. His latest is a CDR by BuffaloMckee + D.D. Dobson. D.D. Dobson is also known as Jim Goodall. I first came across the name Jim Goodall when he played in Whitehouse 1993 with William Bennett and Peter Sotos. I had a VHS copy of the gig with Jim in a 'hippy' shirt and neck beads and a late 1970's Kevin Keegan haircut. What's not to like. I don't know why he has chosen the moniker of D.D. Dobson. BuffaloMckee is a Japanese noise artist. You can contact and Hyster Tapes via
https://www.pcuf.fi/~plaa/hyster.html.
After 2021's "Brain Waves" cassette AntiChildLeague return with a trio of cassette releases. Gaya Donadio's project has been active since the late 1990s. "Dejavu Glitch" and "Captivated" are from 'Retro Guard', a more exploratory experimental sound. 'Suicidal Tolerance' and 'Resist Or Submit' stay firmly in the industrial / power electronic field. The cassettes are on Gaya's own Hagshadow label and can be contacted through
https://antichildleague.bandcamp.com.
Norway's Origami Republika, the collective that brought Origami Arktika, Origami Replika, Origami Angelika, Origami Anarchika and Origami Galaktika. Tore Honoré Boe and Benny Braaten seem to be mainstays of the Origami projects although it is hard to tell as they went under many aliases and numbers. "Punane Kuu" is from the double LP 'Eesti Lilled Silmad Süda'. The album was recorded at The Order Of Cosmic Chaos Spazestation PP4 in the spring of 1996.
Sad to hear of the passing of Dave Thomas, the mainman behind Pere Ubu. Formed in 1975 from the ashes of Rocket From The Tombs in Cleveland, Ohio. I discovered Pere Ubu through listening to John Peel's radio programme in 1978. He played "Chinese Radiation" from the first Ubu album "The Modern Dance" and it was like a bolt from the blue. I had never heard anything so beautiful, I was hooked. I was fortunate to see David Thomas and Pere Ubu live supporting Gang of Four with Delta 5 on the bill too ... I can't remember the year though (probably 1979).
Last year Joke Lanz did a mini-tour of the UK.

As he toured the country he made field recordings of the journey. The Results have been released as a limited cassette on Michael Barthel's Recordings For The Summer label, each with individual covers. There's a few voices on there, but I don't think I recognise mine! I don't usually buy Record Store Day releases, they're usually re-issues of albums or EPs I already have and they are always over-priced. I can't get my head around paying £28 or so for an album is the norm. But ... Mute Records brought out an album of Swell Maps John Peel Sessions simply called 'The John Peel Sessions'. Three sessions recorded between 1978 and 1980. It was the 1980 session I was desperate for and especially the one minute track "Bleep & Booster Come Round For Tea". I remember loving this little vignette, having it on cassette at the time but after losing all my tapes in 1983 I had never heard it since...... So, £28 it had to be. The track is as good as I remembered it, it bleeds into the track "Secret Island". Unfortunately the LP is on red vinyl and differentiation between tracks is hard to find and I lined the track up wrong .. I'll try and get it prepared better and play the masterpiece on next month's broadcast.

RIP Dave Thomas.
The broadcast can be heard here:
Part One :
Part Two : (From 400 Lonely Things) :
Playlist:
01: Martin Ware/Charles Stooke/Gabriel Ware : A Call To Water (Cold Spring Records) 2025.
02: Dave Phillips : Nothing's Wrong (Flag Day Recordings) 2024.
03: Michael Barthel : Harnregentraufe (Recordings For The Summer) 2025.
04: S.P.K. : Slogan (Industrial Records) 1980.
05: Arv & Miljö : Rost (Ljud & Bild Produktion) 2012.
06: Arv & Miljö : Balanskosten I Att Överleva Här Nere (I Dischi Del Barone) 2017.
07: Sequences : Momentum (Pool Of Light) (Audio, Visual, Atmosphere) 2025.
08: Neutral : Enhet (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2025.
09: Neutral : Röda Sten (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2025.
10: Neutral : Sömngång (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2025.
11: Neutral : Punkt (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2025.
12: Anthony More : World Service (Do It Records) 1981.
13: 400 Lonely Things : Beclouded (Unexplained Sounds Group/Dissipatio) 2025.
14: Secret Science : Requiem For Shane (r/a/w/f/o/r/m/s) 2025.
15: Plurals : Behaved Like Mercury (Oaken Palace Recordings) 2014.
16: Secret Science : Sepia Waves (r/a/w/f/o/r/m/s) 2025.
17: Sequences : Pain Of Miracles (Audio, Visual, Atmosphere) 2025.
18: AMPH : Polar (Sprachlos Verlag) 2013.
19: Inade : Zeitense (Tesco Organisation) 1997.
20: NNJA Riot + Paradox Encounter Group : Concrete Concerto (Fusion Audio Recordings) 2025.
21: NNJA Riot + Paradox Encounter Group : Resisting State Silence (Fusion Audio Recordings) 2025.
22: Buffalomckee + D.D. Dobson : The Chill Of Ecstasy (Hyster Tapes) 2025.
23: S.P.K. : Mekano (Industrial Records) 1980.
24: AntiChildLeague : Dejavu Glitch (Hagshadow) 2025.
25: AntiChildLeague : Captivated (Hagshadow) 2025.
26: Origami Galaktika : Punane Kuu (Speeding Across My Hemisphere/Pain Art/KomKol Autoprod/ Dunkel Prod) 1998.
27: Pere Ubu : Chinese Radiation (Mercury Records) 1978.
28: Joke Lanz : UK Field (Recordings For The Summer) 2025.
29: Swell Maps : Secret Island (Mute Records) 2025.
30: Pere Ubu : 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (Radar Records) 1978.
Next broadcast will be on Sunday June 8. Listen on SoundArt Radio 102.5FM, available in the Totnes / South Hams area of Devon and streamed live over internet
https://soundartradio.org.uk from 18.00 (GMT). Thanks for listening, and thanks as ever to Tamsin and Chris Booth and Alice for popping in.
Tamsin, Chris and Alice.
Pesky red vinyl!!!