For a few weeks every summer SoundArt Radio closes it's doors to live broadcasting so it can have a tidy up, clean the spittle from the microphones, buff the sliders and re-solder the wiring ... but there seems to be time for a summertime special. Last year was the wonderful SoundArt Radio live "DroneFest" and a couple of years before that MuhMur Radio presented a live 4 hour DJ Set from Harbinger Sound mainman Steve Underwood.
This year MuhMur Radio proudly presented a live performance from Nigel Ayers (Nocturnal Emissions) + 'In Conversation' with Tony Whitehead from Very Quiet Records. Tony also has his own radio programme on SoundArt Radio called "Radio Warblers" .. well worth listening in.
http://soundartradio.org.uk/programmes/radio-warblers/
The broadcast starts with (roughly) two hours of sound from Nocturnal Emissions and related releases starting with The Pump who were Nigels first band alongside his brother Daniel and Caroline K. The Pump released 3 cassettes in 1980 - mainly sold in Rough Trade Records (London) before morphing in to Nocturnal Emissions. The two Pump tracks here are from the 2009 CD anthology on Klanggalerie. I then try to follow the progression of Nocturnal Emissions by playing releases in chronological (ish) order. I put in a couple of releases on Recloose Organisation because of Nigel's close friendship with Simon Crab and their involvement in The Ambulance Station, a squatted fire station on The Old Kent Road in London. Occupied between 1984 and 1986 it became a centre for live bands and home to political organisations such as 'Stop The City'. I have always associated the work of Recloose with Nocturnal Emissions although I don't think Nigel ever released on that label.
The programme has been archived on MixCloud in two parts for ease of listening ... The second part includes the live performance and conversation.
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-nocturnal-emissions-special-part-one-26082018/
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-nocturnal-emissions-special-part-two-26082018/
Playlist:
01: The Pump : Take Off All Your Clothes (Klanggalerie) 2009.
02: Nocturnal Emissions : Backwards Man Regressive Music (Sterile Records) 1980.
03: The Pump : Inner Riot Cola (Klanggalerie) 2009.
04: Nocturnal Emissions : Sperm Count (Dark Vinyl Records) 1992.
05: Nocturnal Emissions : Delgado Monkey Torture (Illuminated Records) 1983.
06: Nocturnal Emissions : Too Many Wounded (Illuminated Records) 1983.
07: Nocturnal Emissions : Body Count (Illuminated Records) 1983.
08: Nocturnal Emissions : Wee Wee Wee (Illuminated Records) 1983.
09: Nocturnal Emissions : Suffering Stinks (Illuminated Records) 1983.
10: Nocturnal Emissions : Going Under (Third Mind Records) 1983.
11: Nocturnal Emissions : No Separation (Concrete Productions) 1986.
12: Caroline K : Tracking With Close Ups (Earthly Delights) 1987.
13: Nocturnal Emissions : Metal Frames (Sterile Records) 1985.
14: Nocturnal Emissions : Rusting Shells (Sterile Records) 1985.
15: Bourbonese Qualk : 100 Years (Recloose Organisation) 1986.
16: I.B.F. : Why The Confusion? (Recloose Organisation) 1986.
17: Nocturnal Emissions : No Sacrifice (In Love & Revolution) (Sterile Records) 1985.
18: Nocturnal Emissions : Vegetation Flesh (Earthly Delights) 1987.
19: Nocturnal Emissions : Vegetation Narration (Earthly Delights) 1987.
20: Nocturnal Emissions : Shankini Nadi (Earthly Delights) 1987.
21: Nocturnal Emissions/Psilocybeast : World Peace Mix (Insofar Vapor Bulk) 2002.
22: Nocturnal Emissions : Electric Horizon (Earthly Delights) 1993.
23: Nocturnal Emissions : Earroo (Earthly Delights) 1990.
24: Bourbonese Qualk : Duas Lingus (Regelwidrig) 1991.
25: Nigel Ayers : Wireless Broadcast 26 August 2018.
26: Nigel Ayers/John Everall/Mick Harris : Mesmeric Enabling Device #2 (Soliellmoon Recordings) 1999.
27: Nigel Ayers + Tony Whitehead : In Conversation. (26 August 2018).
28: Nocturnal Emissions : The Rapture (Dark Vinyl Records) 1992.
29: Nocturnal Emissions : Bird Position (Earthly Delights) 1987.
* Track 10 is from the compilation cassette "Rising From the Red Sand Volume 3".
* Track 11 is from the compilation album "Funky Alternatives Volume 1" and is produced by ex-Moody Boy and 400 Blows member Tony Thorpe.
* Track 16 is I.B.F. I played bass guitar and backing vocals on this track. Simon Crab (Bourbonese Qualk) played the Moog Synth.
* Track 28 (and Track 2) are from the CD reissue of "Befehlsnotstand" and are exclusive to the CD.
MuhMur Radio will return in September. Lined up for this month is an exclusive piece from Thorsten Soltau and a retrospective of EE Tapes (including some 'unheard' material) ... stay tuned!
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