MuhMur Radio Broadcast #293. May 10 2026.

 A broadcast playlist built around two things ... well, maybe three when I come to think about it. Let's stick with three. 

I : The programme begins with Modelbau and their 2026 cassette release for the Japanese Neus-318 label entitled 'Roundabout'. Built of two 14 minute(ish) pieces with numerical titles the whole piece brought to mind the introduction to Cupol's 'Kluba Cupol' track from the 1980 12" 'Like This For Ages'. There is also a Modelbu cassette release called 'Turnaround' released around the same time which continues on this 'theme'. Both cassettes were released in issues of 23 and 25 respectively. Visit http://www.neus318.com for further information about 'Roundabout' and Moonside Tapes at https://moonside.space for information on 'Turnaround'. I am certain digital downloads are available. 

                                                             Roundabout & Turnaround.

                                                         Cupol "Like This For Ages" 12".

Cupol were a one-off project for B.C. Gilbert and Graham Lewis. A topping for their collaborative Dome project (maybe). Originally released in 1980 on the 4AD Records label, the 12" has been recently re-issued by the San Francisco based label Dark Entries. B.C. Gilbert and Graham Lewis's ' Hung To Dry Whilst Building An Arch' follows. This is the B-Side to the 1981 7" single 'Ends With The Sea' also on 4AD Records. 

II : Hula are one of my favourite bands and I was very excited to read last January that Sheffield label Safety Pin Magazine were releasing 7" of unreleased Hula material from the 1982 'Black Pop Workout' recording sessions made at Western Works. Chris Watson engineering. 

"This 7" single features two unreleased stereo files found on cassette which were recorded at Western Works studio and represent the early stages of Hula's output. Three other tracks were recorded and mixed during that session for Hula's first release, Black Pop Workout, a 12" EP on Red Rhino Records".

                                                                        Hula 'Spiral' 7".

I can usually remember where and when I bought my records / tapes / CDs etc ... but I can't quite remember where I bought Hula's "Black Pop Workout" 12". Perhaps I heard a track from it on John Peel's show (?), or maybe I was grabbed by the title (?). "Black Pop Workout" was released in 1982, back then I was buying my stuff from Virgin and Selectadisc in Nottingham, Tracks in Lincoln and the odd jaunt to Rough Trade Records in London. From the first hearing I was hooked on Hula. I love the vocals, the lyrics, the sloganeering with heavy beats and funk bass. It reminds me of my time in Sheffield, of Fon, of the Leadmill and Rare & Racey Records. 

I lived in Sheffield for 6 months in 1985, I had friends and acquaintances who lived there from 1983 onwards and used to visit to see gigs at the University and Leadmill, but in a desperate attempt to escape life in Hulme, Manchester I moved to Sheffield, to a house with a garden. Again, I can't remember how but I got to know Simon Crump, probably drinking in the locals of Meersbrook and the Leadmill (?). Simon was a member of Hula, he did the artwork for their sleeves and played saxophone live. 

When I left Sheffield to return to Hulme I lost contact with Simon. A shame, a fascinating chap with a great collection of pre-WWII radios and too many jazz records. I did see Hula live on many occasions, down at the Leadmill mainly supporting bands such as Test Department (1984) and Severed Heads (1985) and playing a few times with fellow Sheffield 'funksters' Chakk. I play some live Hula. Tracks from the 1986 double album "1000 Hours". These tracks were recorded at The Milkweg in Amsterdam 24/02/1985. 

III : This broadcast ends with songs that were all recorded at Cargo Recording Studio between 1977 and 1985. When I started buying 7" singles in the late 1970's I did notice the regularity of studios such as Cargo in Rochdale, WMRS in Leamington Spa (WMRS stood for Woodbine Mobile Recording Studios, run by John A. Rivers and used a lot by Swell Maps and Eyeless In Gaza). Spaceward Studios in Cambridge (Run by Mike Kemp and used a lot by Bauhaus, Modern English and Tubeway Army). In 2010 I stayed a few days in Cambridge. I was there to see the 'Past Present Future Space-Time' festival at the Wysing Arts Centre in a village just outside Cambridge called Bourn. Disinformation, Preslav Literary School, Astral Social Club and Ashtray Navigations were all performing. T'was a great event. The only time I, as a member of the audience, have been heckled by a performer. Peter Um took a dislike to me because of my Aaron Dilloway 'Mask' T-Shirt and wouldn't stop picking on me. Whatever happened to Peter Um? Anyway, whilst in Cambridge I went on a search for Spaceward Studios but couldn't find it. Another studio that popped up a few times on the back of the 7" sleeve was Studio Playground in Wragby (Lincolnshire). Run by Andy Dransfield and Rick Woolgar and used by bands such as Sinking Ships, Waves O' Shave, Fatal Charm, B Movie and The Cigarettes. I reckon all the Lincoln punk / new wave bands used Studio Playground. I went there with the band Collide to record a 4-track demo. I wasn't a member of the band per se I just went along for support and encouragement. I think the engineer was a guy called 'Tramp' who also worked at Sanctuary Records in Lincoln ... I could be wrong though. 

Anyway, back to Cargo. Chris Connell has written an excellent book simply called "Cargo - The Book". it includes the history of the studio and its owner John Brierley. The bulk of the book is an A-Z of all the bands and artists that recorded there with recollections from the users and some great pictures. Bands such as The Fall, Gang of Four, Joy Division, Crispy Ambulance, Frantic Elevators, Visitors, A Certain Ratio and Basczak. One of there bands that do appear in the book are The Defectors (from Hull), they recorded their 1980 7"EP 'Target Baby' at Cargo. A little nugget of information that I did not know is that The Defectors were formed by ex- COUM Transmissions member Tony Menzies. Tony plays on Throbbing Gristle album 'Second Annual Report'. I assume it is on the 'Cease To Exist' soundtrack ... Tony left to form the band My Silent War who I saw open the Futurama 3 Festival at Stafford Bingley Hall in 1981. If only I knew then. I do have a track by them that appears on the compilation album "Household Shocks", a gathering of Humberside / Lincolnshire bands from 1980. (The album also includes Sinking Ships, One Gang Logic, Product Of Reason and Fault 151 amongst others). All tracks on this album were recorded at Studio Playground. I shall play The Defectors 7"EP on next month's broadcast. (and probably some other tracks recorded at Studio Playground). I shall also be playing some more bands / artists that recorded at Cargo.

The book is self published and only available from Chris at : https://www.cargostudios.co.uk/cargo-the-book/. More information via : https://www.cargostudiosbook.com.

The programme is archived at Mixcloud.

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-10-may-2026/

Playlist : 

01: Modelbau : "202507187" (Neus-318) 2026.

02: Cupol : "Kluba Cupol" (4AD Records) 1980.

03: B.C. Gilbert & G. Lewis : "Hung To Dry Whilst Building An Arch" (4AD Records) 1981.

04: Hula : "Spiral" (Safety Pin Magazine) 2026.

05: Hula : "Feeding The Animal" (Red Rhino Records) 1982.

06: Hula : "Ignoring The Famine" (Red Rhino Records) 1982.

07: Hula : "That Other Place" (Safety Pin Magazine) 2026.

08: Hula : "Sacred Serials (Circuits On Full Gush)" (Red Rhino Records) 1982.

09: Hula : "Junshi" (Red Rhino Records) 1982.

10: Hula : "Invisible (Live)" (Red Rhino Records) 1986.

11: Hula : "Ambient ◻︎ 2 (Live)" (Red Rhino Records) 1986.

12: Hula : "Tear-Up (Live)" (Red Rhino Records) 1986.

13: Hula : "The Trouble With Benny (Live)" (Red Rhino Records) 1986.

14: The Fall : "Flat Of Angles" (Step Forward Records) 1979.

15: Blue Orchids : "The Flood" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.

16: Joy Division : "Digital" (Factory Records) 1979.

17: Deutsch-Amerikanische-Freundschaft : "Kebabtraüme" (Mute Records) 1980.

18: Crispy Ambulance : "The Presence" (Factory Benelux) 1981.

19: The Durutti Column : "Thin Ice (Unedited Version)" (Les Disques Du Crépuscule/Factory Benelux) 2021.

20: Eric Random : "DOW Chemical Company" (New Hormones) 1981.

21: A Certain Ratio : "Thin Boys" (Factory Records) 1979.

22: Disease : "Psychobin" (Aardvark) 1980.

                                                4 'classic singles' recorded at Cargo Studios.

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.

Back on Sunday May 10.

Ritual Fever : SoundArt Studios. Spring Equinox 2026.

March 21 2026, Spring Equinox and Water Is The Sun performed a live ritual at the SoundArt Radio Studios inside the Dartington Hall Estate, Devon. The evening was to promote their new album "Ritual Fever" on Trome Records. 

Over the last 2 MuhMur Radio broadcasts I have been playing tracks from this album, now available from Trome Records at https://tromerecords.bandcamp.com. 

Water Is The Sun is comprised of Mkl Anderson (Drekka/Tremble With Joy) and Adam Parks (Timber Rattle). "Ritual Fever" is available from their Bandcamp page https://wateristhesun.bandcamp.com. A recoding of the live ritual can be found at;

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/water-is-the-sun-live-at-soundart-studios/.

Support on the evening came from Al Fresco Skronk Squadron. Al Fresco is the project of The Durds vocalist/songwriter Dan Cray. Al Fresco liver performances are usually performed outdoors. I first came across the sound of Al Fresco Skronk Squadron when he was wandering the High Street of Yeovil with a cake trolley filled with amplifiers, effects boxes and electronic devices ... and cupcakes (of course). This was during the Wyrd Wild West Festival of 2023. This performance / ritual featured recordings made around the Dartington Estate using contact mics, hydrophones and field recordings of the Deer Park and steam trains. 

https://alfrescoskronksquadron.bandcamp.com/music for more Al Fresco Skronk Squadron sounds. The evenings performance / ritual can be found at:

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/al-fresco-skronk-squadron-live-soundart-radio-studio-spring-equinox-2026/

I am (unfortunately) having problems with my computer so I am keeping this 'report' short, but thanks to all that came to see the bands and experience SoundArt Radio, hopefully more MuhMur Radio / SoundArt Radio live collaborations will appear in the coming months .. 

Big thanks to Mkl, Adam, and Dan.

P

 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast #291 15 March 2026

 

To Mom On Mother's Day .... 

'You Think That I'm Strung Out On Smack,

And I Don't Have Underwear, 

You Think I Had A Lawnmower Attack On My Bottecellesque Hair,

I Haven't Got Down In A Month,

I Tried To Get A Job,

I Hadn't Turned A Trick For Days, I Haven't Joined The Mob.

You See I'm Trying Very Hard To Live The Rules You Taught Me,

I'm Sorry Because Of My Heavy Jones,

I Hocked All The Stuff You Bought Me. But, Life Is Hard On The Boulevard, With Rinky Dinks Galore,

It's Money, Guns, And Dope Or Lies, Lesbian Or Whore.

A Bag Of Boy, A Spoon Of Girl, A Nickel For A Blow. 

But I Am Still Your Baby Boy. It's In Your Blood, You Know'.

Welcome to the 291st broadcast of MuhMur Radio. Over the last few days (great band) I have been dipping in and out of the new book "Electronic Cottage" published by Korm Plastics. It is a collection, a compendium of the magazine 'Electronic Cottage' produced / edited by Hal McGee between 1989 to 1991. Six editions all beautifully reproduced and bound in hardback. 

Hal McGee operated the Cause & Effect label (alongside Deborah Jaffe) releasing titles by his own project Dog As Master as well as Controlled Bleeding, If Bwana, The Haters and Viscera amongst others. His magazine celebrated the DIY / Cassette Culture of the late 1980s / early 1990s with writings by Dave Prescott, Chris Phinney, Jeph Jerman, Al Margolis and Daniel Plunkett... amongst others. It was Chris Phinney's overview and interview with Jac Van Bussel of Midas Tapes / Midas Music that made me dig

out my copy of "Harsh Ears Now! !" a triple cassette released in 1987 (I think) featuring Club Rialto, S. Core, Kapotte Muziek, DVA Met DVA Nichts, Odal, Tools You Can Trust and Arvid Tuba amongst many many others. "Remember" by Marcel v.d. Zwet opens the programme and "I Still Haven't Found The Cure" by The Dwarf Farm ends it all. I did ask Frans (de Waard) for information on Marcel but he had none apart from Marcel releasing the cassette "Ten Remedie Tegen Zwakke Zenuwen" on Midas Tapes in 1986. Of course if anyone has a copy they want to offload then please get in contact). The Dwarf Farm was the solo project of THU20 and Club Rialto member Guido Doesborg. He also released a couple of C10 cassettes on Midas Tapes. https://www.kormplastics.nl/electronic-cottage/ to get a copy of the book. 

The past few MuhMur Radio broadcasts seem to feature sounds from books that I am reading at the moment. Like the collection of 'Just Glittering/Idwal Fisher' magazines and the 'Third Annual' the 'Electronic Cottage' book is a great read to dip in and out of ... I am still reading Jerry Kranitz's 'Cassette Culture' .. but a trip to the charity shops of Newton Abbot brought me "Room 100" by Jesse Pollack. It was only a pound! And I am engrossed ... it is subtitled 'The Night Punk Rock Died' which I always thought was the night Marc Riley left the Fall, but this is all about the last few days (great band) of Sid & Nancy. 

The two tracks by Muckrackers are from their 2008 album "[UKANGE_4]" album. I recently managed to find a copy ... and I am always trying to fill the gaps in my Muckrackers library. Great industrial sounds that can be found at https://www.muckrackers.org.

The latest edition of the magazine "Electronic Sound" features a great article on the history of Clock DVA. From their early formative years through to the recording and release of their 1981 album "Thirst". It also comes with a 7" single featuring "4 Hours" from the 'Thirst' album and a 2026 reworking of the track "Sensorium". 

The magazine also features a piece on the 1979-1983 Futurama Festivals. A trip down memory lane for me. The issue is still available from https://www.electronicsound.co.uk. System 01 were a techno project from the late 1980s / early 1990s formed by ex-Clock DVA member Paul Browse and Johnny Klimek. "Paralysed Force" was their first 12" from 1990. 

Whilst planning what to play on tonight's broadcast I read that it was Jaz Coleman's birthday. So, I played a couple of Killing Joke tracks from their eponymous debut album. I also found out about the passing of Scott Foust. 

Scott was the mainman behind Idea Fire Company and the label Swill Radio. As a small and inconsequential tribute to his genius I play a few of his tracks from lesser known projects he was involved with. XX Committee were formed in 1980 by Scott and Chris Scarpino. 'Damarc' is from the album "Network" released in 1983 on the Thermidor label. UK label Harbinger Sound re-issued the album in 2014. In 2012 Scott and Chris got together to record for Frans de Waard's My Own Little Label as Y-Front. The Tobacconists were Scott and Frans. 

'The Dark Secrets Of Doctor Perati" is a 7" from 2009 and 'Polarization Techniques' is from the 1997 "Futurismo EP" released by the great Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers label. The New Peculiars were Scott and former Idea Fire Company founder Karla Borecky. Frans wrote quite a moving piece about his memories of working with and friendship with Scott. https://substack.com/home/post/p-188873255.

On the 21st of March, Water Is The Sun will perform a live ritual at SoundArt Radio Studios. All are welcome. Live music, DJs and a bar .... all for 10 pounds ... https://www.totnespulse.co.uk/event2/ for more information. 

Psychic TV (featuring Monte Cazazza + John Gosling) and Inade pieces keep in with the ritual music theme .... 

I always get Blackhumour and Blackhouse mixed up. Back in the mid 1980s I was living in Hulme, Manchester and my main record shopping was always done at The Record Peddler (Opposite The Band On The Wall), Piccadilly Records or Virgin (at the bottom of the Arndale). It was around 1986 / 1987 that a lad from Bolton called Martin started a record stall on the top floor of Affleck's Palace stocking industrial records and tapes. He used to get in great imports from America, stuff like Negativland, Dry Lungs compilations on Placebo, Cause & Effect releases ... and Blackhumour and Blackhouse releases. Their sounds are completely different  but for some reason I always get the two mixed up. I remember getting the Blackhouse LP "Pro-Life" from Martin. Blackhouse were a faux Born Again Christian Industrial outfit formed by Brian Ladd of Psyclones fame. Blackhumour was the project of sound artist Frazer Hall. Martin (btw) went on to create 'The Legendary' Hit Squad and 808 State and his top floor at Affleck's stall moved downstairs to become quite hip and trendy. (Hit Squad parties w/ MC Tunes in the basement of Affleck's Palace are a great memory).

'The Beautiful Accident' is from the 1990 Blackhumour album "Romance" on Frans de Waard's Korm Plastics label. 

Thanks for listening. See you Saturday if you're coming to the Water Is The Sun live performance, if not .. the next MuhMur Radio Broadcast will be on April 12th. 18:00 hours GMT. 

Take a listen here : 

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-15-march-2026/

 

Playlist :

01: Marcel v.d. Zwet : "Remember" (Midas Tapes) 1987.

02: Monte Cazazza : "To Mom On Mother's Day" (Industrial Records) 1979.

03: Muckwrackers : "Konkasser" (LFA) 2008.

04: Muckwrackers : "Mono_Industrial_Mechanism" (LFA) 2008.

05: Clock DVA : "Sensorium (DVAtion Rework 2026)" (Electronic Sound) 2026.

06: System 01 : "Paralysed Force (Mix II)" (Interfisch Records) 1990.

07: Killing Joke : "Requiem" (Editions EG/Malicious Damage) 1980.

08: Killing Joke : "Wardance" (Editions EG/Malicious Damage) 1980.

09: XX Committee : "Damarc" (Harbinger Sound) 2014.

10: The Tobacconists : "Hidden" (Minor) 2016.

11: The Tobacconists : "The Dark Secrets Of Doctor Perati" (Swill Radio/Plinkity Plonk Records) 2009.

12: The New Peculiars : "Polarization Techniques" (Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers) 1997.

13: Psychic TV : "Culture" (Cold Spring Records) 2011.

14: Water Is The Sun : "Jhonn Ghoul" (Trome Records) 2026.

15: Water Is The Sun : "Landscape Is Body, Is Light" (Trome Records) 2026.

16: Water Is The Sun : "Tremors Of A Miracle" (Trome Records) 2026.

17: Water Is The Sun : "Night Claims" (Trome Records) 2026.

18: Water Is The Sun : "A Place The Water Can Be Cold" (Trome Records) 2026.

19: Inade : ":Kwa-Non-Seh:" (LOKI Foundation) 2003.

20: Psychic TV : "Themes 3 Live (Excerpt)" (Cold Spring Records) 2011.

21: Marcel v.d. Zwet : "Blanks" (Midas Tapes) 1987.

20: Blackhumour : "The Beautiful Accident" (Korm Plastics) 1990.

21: The Dwarf Farm : "I Still Haven't Found The Cure" (Midas Tapes) 1987.

                                                         Last Few Days (great band).

                                                       The Night Punk Rock Died (allegedly).

MuhMur Radio Broadcast #290 15 February 2026.

 

The best laid plans of mice and moles. 

Broadcast #290 is dedicated to the book "Cassette Culture : Homemade Music And The Creative Spirit In The Pre-Internet Age" by Jerry Kranitz. Originally published by Vinyl On Demand back in 2020, I have just managed to grab a copy of the second edition on Monger Publications. (I'm in the UK so grabbed a copy from Waterstones. It's the best place to buy books on the Internet. Avoid Amazon!). The book is divided into 3 chapters : I. The Cassette Recorder : YOU Too Can Be An Audio Artist. II. The Global Network Emerges .. And Flourishes. III: Cassette 'Culture'? I am at the moment finding it a fascinating read. So, this broadcast is from tracks pulled from cassette releases old and new ... 

The Nails Ov Christ tracks are from the 1986 release 'Dark Night Of The Soul". Released in the US on the Sound Of Pig label and in Europe on Disabuse Transmissions. Trev Ward (aka Nails Ov Christ) also put it out on his Zeal SS imprint. Earlier this year Disabuse Transmissions reissued the cassette as a   downloadable file https://disabusetransmissions.bandcamp.com/album/dark-night-of-the-soul. It is a 'pay what you feel' download. 

Two Daughters were a mysterious duo based in London in the early 1980s. "Kiss The Cloth/Gloria" was originally released on their own Anthony & Paul label. United Dairies reissued the cassette in 1987. This the cassette I have but here I play the reissued vinyl version that Vinyl On Demand put out in 2019. It's a lot clearer and my cassette has been played quite a few times over the years. 

I was hoping to play this Contagious Orgasm cassette on the last broadcast, but unfortunately the Royal Mail let me down. "Abandoned Prayer Place" is from "The Chaotic March Of Pagans" album released in the first week of this year. https://sssm.bandcamp.com. It was whilst playing this cassette I noticed that the sound was slipping / dropping ... only for a split second but still enough to disrupt the listening and for this I apologise and was where the playlist was altered. Apologies also to Kazuya Ishigami and Mattias Gustafsson whose pieces I had lined up to play ... 

The "Cassette Culture" book features a piece on the cut-up works of Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs. 

'What we did on our own was to play around with the very limited technology and wattage we had in the old Beat Hotel. 40-Watts a room was all we were allowed. There is something to be said for poverty, it makes you more inventive, it's more fun and you get more mileage of what you've got plus your own ingenuity. When you handle the stuff yourself, you get the feel for it" (Brion Gysin).

William S. Burroughs "Inching" comes from the 1981 LP "Nothing Here Now But The Recordings" on Industrial Records. The album has been re-released a few times over the years but strangely enough never on cassette. 

                           

History's Bunkum.

I was 'involved', if not involved then 'part of' the cassette culture. In 1980 I created the label "Don't Dance ... Collide Tapes". I was making noises with my friend Dave (Uden) under the banner of So Commercial. (Yeah, I know it's a shite name but there were reasons) and I was buying cassettes from the likes of Industrial Records, Deleted Records, Fuck Off Records amongst others so I thought. .. why not? Don't Dance ... Collide Tapes released one cassette. A compilation. A C60 featuring 15 minutes of punk c/o The Exitz, 15 minutes of abstract noise c/o ESP Disk-rd (the new and not so shite name for So Commercial) and 30 minutes of Agitprop Punk trio Collide. I did put on an evening of Don't Dance ... Collide sounds at a school hall in North Hykeham (hometown), but none of the bands on the cassette played. By this time both The Exitz and Collide had split and ESP Disk-rd just weren't ready. The gig did feature Collide's PA, but Sinking Ships, The Void and The Cigarettes played through it! The cassette sold well. Advertised through the music weekly and Zig-Zag magazine, and a mention in the 'International Discography Of New Wave : Volume Two - 1982-83' by B. George & Martha Defoe. By the start of 1982 ESP Disk-rd also gave up, so no more releases. 

Jumping ahead five years and a couple of friends visited from Manchester and told me that they were starting a label called "Carnifex Organisation". The idea was to release cassettes, tracts, posters and (live) events. They wanted to put out cassettes of my then active project (along with Tim Bayes) <<I.B.F.>> . A year later and I was living back in Manchester (Hulme) and giving my full energies towards Carnifex Organisation. In 1987 and after a few cassette releases and live events we planned to release a Carnifex Organisation sampler (on cassette, a C90). For one reason or another, this never happened but years later Tim did manage to put some of the contributions onto a CDR. The Muhviertel tracks and Schuster piece are from this (unreleased) CDR. 

Small Cruel Party are prolific when it comes to cassette releases. In the late 1980s Small Cruel Party released a handful of cassettes on their own Retching Wrecks label. Small Cruel Party (aka Key Ransone) appeared on a host of compilation cassettes at the start of the 1990s. The two tracks here are from "Methods Of Achieving Satisfaction In A Goal-Orientated Society" (Apraxia 1992) and Nature Morte 2" E'ostrate 1992). Both pieces appear on the Harbinger Sound 3xCD collection of Small Cruel Party's work "An Accident In Substance" released in 2012. 

And this is where the gods were smiling upon us ... 

Chris brought a CDR copy of the upcoming album by Water Is The Sun. Water Is The Sun is the new project from Mkl Anderson (Drekka) and Adam Parks (Timber Rattle). The album will be 'launched' at a live performance of Water Is The Sun at SoundArt Radio Studios, Dartington Hall Estate on March 21. It will be available on vinyl via Trome Records and on cassette via the Italian label Trocco Magico. All are very welcome. Support will be from Al Fresco Skronk Squadron and I might even be spinning a few discs! Water Is The Sun will also be playing UK dates in Sheffield, Norwich, Wellington (Somerset) and London (New River Studios). I will be providing more information about the live event later, or find out now at : https://soundartradio.org.uk/events/water-is-the-sun-al-fresco-skronk-squadron/. 

One of the first cassettes I bought (in the new wave era) was the 1980 album "The Graveyard And The Ballroom" on Factory Records, 'Do The Du' ends the broadcast.

The programme is archived on MixCloud. Please take a listen here :

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-15-february-2026/

Playlist :

01: Nails Ov Christ : "Dark Night Of The Soul (VIII)" (Disabuse Transmissions) 2025.

02: Two Daughters : "Gloria (I - V)" (Vinyl On Demand) 2019.

03: Contagious Orgasm : "Abandoned Prayer Place" (SSSM) 2026.

04: William S. Burroughs : "Inching" (Industrial Records) 1981.

05: Muhviertel : "Kugel Aktion (Studio Version)" (Carnifex Organisation) 1987.

06: Small Cruel Party : "Even The Lives Of Our Grandfathers" (Harbinger Sound) 2012.

07: Small Cruel Party : "Some Movements" (Harbinger Sound) 2012.

08: Water Is The Sun : "Inward She Turns Her Feathered Hand" (Tocco Magico) 2026.

09: Water Is The Sun : "Western Grave" (Tocco Magico) 2026.

10: Water Is The Sun : "Peace, My Constant Prayer" (Tocco Magico) 2026.

11: Water Is The Sun : "Charmed Of Lesser Beasts" (Tocco Magico) 2026.

12: Nails Ov Christ : "Dark Night Of The Soul (V)" (Disabuse Transmissions) 2025.

13: Muhviertel : "Muhswaan" (Carnifex Organisation) 1987.

14: Schuster : "The Cat's Algebra (Edit)" (Carnifex Organisation) 1987.

15: A Certain Ratio : "Do The Du" (Factory Records) 1980.

Thanks as ever to Chris and Tamsin for taking me there, being there, and bringing me back again.

                                             I made it on the SoundArt Radio DJ 'wall of fame'!

Murmur Radio returns on March 15. 18:00 GMT. 

              

MuhMur Radio Broadcast #289 : January 18 2026.

 

This will be the final live 4 hour broadcast, on February 15 MuhMur Radio will become a live monthly 2 hour broadcast. 

Today's broadcast was a mixed bag of what I have been listening to over the festive month and after compiling it seemed to have a birth, death and terminal illness theme running through. 

I received a few books over the past few weeks and there's nothing more I love to do than stick on a cassette and/or CD, sit back and listen to sounds whilst reading. If you're like me then I recommend the Conjecture album "Hydra" released in 2021 on the Zoharum label. Conjecture is the project of Athens based sound artist / industrialist Vasilis Angelopoulus. https://conjecture-project.bandcamp.com.

                                                                 Clock DVA. (2025).

The Clock DVA track "The Connection Machine" is the B-Side to the 12" single "The Hacker". On the last broadcast I played Trikorder 23 version of the Trio song "Da Da Da", highly enjoyable so I thought I would play a couple more cover versions. "Tom's Diner" by Heatsick and "Eight Days A Week (Babel Remix)" by Alexandre Babel. Both tracks are from cassettes released by Edizioni Passarotto in 2013 and 2015 (respectively). 

Mark Vernon's latest release is the CD album "A Yellow Minute" on Flag Day Recordings.

"A Yellow Minute is built around a collection of sound effects and spots sounds originally recorded for a horror film that in the end never got made. Severed from their original purpose I revisited the ambiguous sounds over a decade later, combining them with more current experiments employing found tapes, bottled feedback, crude electronics and processed field recordings. The result is a darkly surreal, nightmarish soundscape haunted by malevolent entities, unknown spirits and spectral presences".

Contact Mark at https://markvernon.bandcamp.com or Flag Day Recordings via their Bandcamp page : 

https://flagdayrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-yellow-minute-2.

It was sad to read of the passing of Christian Schöne aka Carla Submit from Fetisch Park. Releasing albums in the early 1990s on the Cranioclast run CoC label, I did at the time think both projects were one and the same. "I Could" is from the double CD compilation "Aufabwegen #50 - Ausgewählte Geräusche". I also play a couple of tracks by Siouxsie & The Banshees in the memory of Kenny Morris who passed away earlier this month. At the start of the year I also was sad to hear of the health of Raye Calouri. I first heard of Raye's work when he was releasing under the name of Third Door From Left. In the mid 1980s his 'Face The Firing Squad' cassette was a favourite, I think it was the 1985 Cthulhu re-release .. The name Third Door From The Left often was mentioned on flyers and ephemera that used to come with stuff back in the days when mail order and tapes in Jiffy bags were the norm. The project did not last for long, co conspirator Kevin Thorne created We Be Echo and (as far as I thought) Raye (Raymond Georgeson) disappeared. October 2014 I was asked to DJ at the 'Harbinger Sound @ The 100 Club' event in London. The sound guy, the man that ran the show was Raye Calouri. I expressed my deep fondness for Third Door From The Left (to his surprise) and we became friends ... he liked my DJ set too! A funny aside. On the first day I was wearing my Process Church Of The Final Judgement T-Shirt which upset Raye and he told me that I was NOT wearing that shirt in HIS club. I think I grabbed a Sudden Infant shirt from their merch' table. Raye then went on to be the sound guy for Sleaford Mods as well as holding down the job at The 100 Club. 

Raye has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, a benefit at The 100 Club was held for him at the beginning of the month with Sleaford Mods and Steve Ignorant performing. "Under Attack" is from "Face The Firing Squad" album, beautifully re-issued in 2008 by Vinyl On Demand. I have seen copies floating around on the Internet.

The German label Geräuschmanufaktur released some festive output for the season. Unfortunately I got them too late to include in the December (4 sleeps before Christmas) broadcast so I have included them here. The Dead Mauriacs "Les Miroirs Trompés (Babel Radio Session)" and Jan Warnke's "Divine Northern Lights".

Also last month there was a release from Edward Sol. Edward is based in Lychanka in Ukraine. "Sloppy Harmonics" is released on his own Village Tapes label. Edward also runs the Quai Pop label and Sentimental Productions. The release made me listen to quite a bit of Edward's back catalogue

including the excellent collaboration with Christian Renou (aka Brume) from 2015. Edward can be contacted at https://edwardsol.bandcamp.com. 

I noticed that Contagious Orgasm had released a new cassette "The Chaotic March Of Pagans" on SSSM. Hopefully it will arrive before next month's broadcast. I haven't heard any 'new' Contagious Orgasm for a while .. Many moons ago Steve Underwood (Harbinger Sound) gave me a test pressing of the "Impregnate Mannequin" album he was about to release and I have been hooked from then. At this time Contagious Orgasm was just Hiroshi Hashimoto, but later releases seem to have an extended line-up. A story that always makes me smile ... back in the 90's Steve was promoting / organising a short UK tour for Contagious Orgasm, one of his requests for his backline was a car door to be used for percussive purposes, so Steve had to travel up and down the UK with a car door ... but not any old car door, it had to be from a Datsun! In anticipation of the new cassette I dug out some old Contagious Orgasm. Hiroshi's stuff can be found at the SSSM Bandcamp page. (SSSM = Seeking Sensation Scale Music). 

The broadcast kicks off with Conjecture's 'Atlas' which made me think of Dome's track of the same name, which then lead me to playing all 4 Dome albums (a lot of reading done there), that is Dome I - IV. I don't have a copy of the "Yclept" album. Which lead to me listening to a lot of Wire, Wir, Colin Newman and Duet Emmo. 'Or So It Seems', 'Keep It', 'Take It' ... I had to play The Tights 'It' single. Classic. And whilst mentioning classics, there was only one "On This Day" release I could play and that's Crass "Feeding The 5000" 12"EP but unfortunately there is a no swearing policy at SoundArt Radio so ... I went for January 15 1980 when John Foxx released his "Metamatic" album and a year earlier Throbbing Gristle put out "D.O.A. Third & Final Report" on their Industrial Records label. 

In 1978 I saw Ultravox! on their "Systems Of Romance" tour. Lincoln AJ's, Doncaster Outlook and a venue in Hull with I think was called 'Tigers'. Robin Simon on guitar .. it was not the same. Anyway, on the tour they played some new material. "Touch & Go" and "He's A Liquid", both songs ended up on John's "Metamatic" album. 

So, on to the 'Births' section. January 18 is Dave Phillips birthday. https://davephillips.ch/about. Happy Birthday Dave. 

One of the books I received over the festive reason that I read whilst listening to sounds was Frans de Waard's book "We Know How To Hate". It is the story of his short lived cassette label Opus Dei Society.

https://remuhmuration.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-know-how-to-hate-opus-dei-society.html. It's a brilliant / fascinating book. There is now a bandcamp page where you can download all Opus Dei Society releases with the original artwork. All releases have been remastered by Peter Nijland. If you want a physical reissue there is an address you can email at : https://opusdeisociety.bandcamp.com/music. Also around the same time as Opus Dei Society, Kapotte Muziek member Christian Nijs created his Disabuse Transmisions cassette label, releasing cassettes by projects also on ODS. Nails Ov Christ, Factor 6 and Kapotte Muziek. The three Kapotte Muziek pieces here are from the cassette "Rock n' Roll (And Other Nice Hollywood Muzick)" released in 1986. The download files are pay what you can at :

https://disabusetransmissions.bandcamp.com/music.

The next broadcast will be on February 15. 18:00 hours GMT and will be a two hour live programme. MuhMur Radio is reverting to the 2 hour broadcast, still remaining monthly. 

March 21 Water Is The Sun a new project from Mkl Anderson (Drekka) and Timber Rattle will be performing live at SoundArt Radio Studios. It is the launch for their debut album "Ritual Fever" on Trome Records. Details of times and admission will follow, please come along and support. I am the DJ!

https://wateristhesun.bandcamp.com.

The broadcast has been archived on MixCloud. Split into 2 parts for easier aural digestion. Part 2 begins with Edward Sol's "New Age Unfulfilled". I hope you enjoy. 

Part One:

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-289-january-18-2026-part-i/

Part Two:

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-289-january-18-2026-part-ii/

Playlist:

01: Conjecture : "Atlas" (Zoharum) 2021.

02: Clock DVA : "The Connection Machine" (Interfisch Records) 1988.

03: Conjecture : "Chimera" (Zoharum) 2021.

04: Heatsick : "Tom's Diner" (Edizioni Passarotto) 2013.

05: Mark Vernon : "An Unintentional Initiation (Terralla's Lament)" (Flag Day Recordings) 2025.

06: Mark Vernon : " A Discrete Diaspora Of Mould" (Flag Day Recordings) 2025.

07: The Dead Mauriacs : "Les Miroirs Trompés (Babet Radio Session)" (Geräuschmanufaktur) 2025.

08: Alexandre Babel : "Eight Days A Week (Babel Remix)" (Edizioni Passarotto) 2015.

09: Fetisch Park : "I Could" (Auf Abwegen) 2016.

10: Mark Vernon : "A Mattress Of Worms (Seeking A New Host)" (Flag Day Recordings) 2025.

11: Dome : "Atlas" (Uniton Records) 1982.

12: We Be Echo : "Out Of Time" (Ultra Mail Prod.) 2025.

13: Third Door From The Left : "Under Attack" (Vinyl On Demand) 2008.

14: Edward Sol : "Pink Jungle" (Village Tapes) 2025.

15: Edward Sol : "In Relative Safety" (Village Tapes) 2025.

16: Edward Sol : "Forgotten Song" (Village Tapes) 2025.

17: Brume & Edward Sol : "Solid Food" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

18: Brume & Edward Sol : "Scoured Membrane" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

19: Brume & Edward Sol : "Doldrums State" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

20: Brume & Edward Sol : "Cosmonaut Toilet" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

21: Brume & Edward Sol : "Rotting Flesh Ornament" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

22: Jan Warnke : "Divine Northern Lights" (Geräuschmanufaktur) 2025.

23: Edward Sol : "New Age Unfulfilled" (Village Tapes) 2025.

24: Edward Sol : "Short Necks" (Village Tapes) 2025.

25: Contagious Orgasm : "Earache Floor" (Speeding Across My Hemisphere) 1999.

26: Contagious Orgasm : "SS Slave Market" (Praxis Dr. Bearmann) 1996.

27: Duet Emmo : "Or So It Seems (II)" (Mute Records/Vogue) 1982.

28: Dome : "Keep It" (Dome Records) 1980.

29: Wir : "Take It (For Greedy)" (Mute Records) 1991.

30: The Tights : "It" (Cherry Red Records) 1978.

31: Ultravox! : "He's A Liquid (Live In Boston, USA. March 1979)" (Not On Label) 1979.

32: John Foxx: "He's A Liquid (Alternative Version)" (Edsel Records) 2007.

33: Throbbing Gristle : "AB/7A" (Industrial Records) 1978.

34: Siouxsie & The Banshees : "Hong Kong Garden" (BBC Worldwide/EMI Records) 2011.

35: Siouxsie & The Banshees : "Nicotine Stain" (Trikont). 2004.

36: Schimpfluch Affiliated Music : "Untitled (II)" (Tochnit Aleph) 2019.

37: Dave Phillips & John Wiese : "At A Loss For Words (B)" (Blossoming Noise) 2006.

38: Dave Phillips : "Walk Out" (Aaltra Records) 2014.

39: Kapotte Muziek : "Rock n' Roll Part I" (Disabuse Transmissions) 2025.

40: Kapotte Muziek : "Rock n' Roll Part VI" (Disabuse Transmissions) 2025.

41: Kapotte Muziek : "Rock n' Roll Part VII" (Disabuse Transmissions) 2025.

As always thanks go to Chris at SoundArt Radio and Tamsin (Mrs. MuhMur) for being there. As mentioned the next programme is on Feb 15 at 18:00 GMT and will be 120 minutes!