And so it is the most wonderful time of the year, the time for the 4th annual MuhMur Radio Four Festive Feast Of Fun on SoundArt Radio.
It was great to follow the live sounds of the Wildlife Disco broadcasting their first Solstice Special.
Anji Cheung starts the proceedings, the label Aurora Borealis have just released a "Solstice Tape" featuring Anji and Burial Hex. Anji's side "Seven Are The Veils" is in three parts, whereas the Burial Hex side "Thaw" is in five parts. The cassette is limited to 100 copies only, a few are still available from the label : https://auroraborealisrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-3
And then the madness begins. The Tactile track wasn't meant to be played. In six years of MuhMur Radio I do not like playing the same track twice - only on very rare occasions - and I played the Tactile song in 2014. Not only that...it starts at the wrong speed ... followed by Nocturnal Emissions. Here I played the wrong side too! Ah well, at least it was at the right RPM. Rosa Mundi brings the playlist back on track. Rosa Mundi is a collaboration between John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Rose McDowall. As far as I know this was their only release (the split 7" with Tactile).
It was my birthday early in December and Frans de Waard kindly mailed a piece called "Voor Steve".
2018 and three of the finest 7" singles of the year have been released by Swedish label 'I Dischi Del Barone'. Leda, Monokultur and Komare. I know very little about all three projects although I am lead to believe that Monokultur and Komare are both from the UK. I have just bought the Komare eponymous cassette release from IDDB distribution so expect to hear more in 2019. All IDDB singles are available and highly recommended from here : http://www.iddb.se
December 31 saw the official release of Dieter Müh "The Bjorn Tapes" LP on French label Force Majeure. Originally released as a cassette back in 1999 on Yoshida Yasutoshi's Xerxes label, the tape was only available via mail order from the label (I can't remember any European or American distributor picking it up). In 2004 the Italian label Blade Records released a CDR limited to 80 copies. Unfortunately these copies were on inferior CDRs and have been unplayable for many years. My own copy has 'surface noise', and other folk have complained with similar problems. Force Majeure have now released a vinyl version. Copies available direct from http://www.nuitetbrouillard.com - although it will be widely available from other distribution outfits later this month. The artwork to the LP is a direct copy of the tape sleeve in textured silkscreen cover.
The track played is "Aghor" - originally titled "Aghori' Yoshida mis-read our sleeve notes at the time.
To find out more : https://qrius.com/aghori-sadhus-culturally-driven-community/
2018 saw the first album in 13 years from Finnish electronic duo MNEM. MNEM have been active since 1997. Juri & Weno have kept a low profile in that time, no internet or 'social media' presence and no live performances. The piece here comes from the 'art box' version of their "Hegonon" album. The bonus 7" (side A). I have a feeling 2019 will bring more releases from MNEM.
One of the most favourite nights of my life was back in 2012 when Dieter Müh played the Fylkingen in Stockholm with Contrastate, Kristian Olsson, White & Dusa. It was when I got to meet some great people and discover a whole new seam of Swedish underground music. I got to meet the guy behind Proiekt Hat, he kindly gave me a handful of tapes and Dan Johansson of Ljud & Bild who handed me a few CD releases, one of which was by Arv & Miljö of whom I have try to get everything since and have never been disappointed. The three tracks here are side 2 of the latest LP "Svensk Sommer I Stella Frid". Released on the Gothenburg free jazz label Omlott. http://www.omlott.se
A good contender for album of the year (if you like that kind of thing ... I have always avoided such lists etc as it (seems to me) to make it all in to a competition. This record is better than that record situation) must be "Buddhist Nihilism" by Sudden Infant. Since landing on the MuhMur doormat last October I think this LP has had the most spins. Another powerful release from UK's finest label Harbinger Sound. Artery were one of the finest sounds of the early 1980's. One of the little known 'Sheffield' bands. Fortunate to pick up the "Diamonds In the Mine" 12"EP earlier in the month whilst shopping in Karlsruhe.
The Dead Mauriacs track was posted to me by Olivier Prieur. A Christmas Card for 2018. An honour to play on MuhMur Radio.
Early in December I (as Dieter Müh) went on a six day tour of Switzerland and S.W. Germany (+ Der Schwarzenwald). Four of those dates were with the magnificent BºTong. The track here is from the split CDR with French project Beyond The Elipse Of Time. Hopefully 2019 will see more European dates with BºTong. Keep in touch with all activity here : http://www.btongmusic.com
Whilst in Basel I managed to pick up a couple of great records. Lose is the solo project of Flipper vocalist Bruce Loose. As far as I am aware he only put out the one 7", this is side A. The TuxedoMoon tracks come from there compilation LP "Can You Hear Me" recorded live at The Deaf Club in San Francisco in 1979.
The broadcast finishes on three pieces by Buzzcocks. Like everyone I know I was surprised and saddened with the news of Pete Shelley's passing. I did meet Pete once .. just the once, I never got to see Buzzcocks live. I once turned down a lift to see them in Sheffield being supported by Joy Division - one of the most stupid things I've never done! Anyway. I think it was 1984 and I was living in Hulme, Manchester and Thirst and Eric Random were playing the PSV Club (formerly the Russell Club) which at the time was spitting distance from where I was living. It was the debut gig of Thirst, a short lived project of Martin Brahmah after he disbanded Blue Orchids (for the first time). There was also a 'street dance' troupe from Moss Side which featured Take That member Jason Orange but I don't really remember them .. anyway, I went along with a friend who was pally with a chap called James Young. He was playing keyboards with Pete Shelley at the time and Pete and his band all came to the gig after their rehearsals. The bass player was Derek Thompson who I knew from the days of SPK so we all went and sat at the same table, finding myself between Derek and Pete. Things took a surreal turn when Tony Wilson and Bob Geldof walked in and sat at the same table (all whilst Eric Random was playing live). Sounds like a dream sequence ... but, it happened. Pete Shelley RIP.
The broadcast is split in to 2 parts and can be found here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-four-hour-festive-broadcast-part-one/
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-four-hour-festive-broadcast-part-two/
Playlist:
01: Anji Cheung : "Seven Are The Veils" (Aurora Borealis) 2018.
02: Tactile : "Greif" (Divine Frequency) 2005.
03: Nocturnal Emissions : "Nightscapes #2" (Small Voices) 2006.
04: Rosa Mundi : "The Snowman" (Divine Frequency) 2005.
05: Modelbau : "Voor Steve" (Not On Label) 2018.
06: Burial Hex : "Thaw" (Aurora Borealis) 2018.
07: Komare : "Got To Stop Me" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2018.
08: Dieter Müh : "Aghor" (Force Majeure) 2018.
09: Minamata : "Tsunaminamata" (Force Majeure) 2017.
10: MNEM : "Prodrome Asthenosis" (Sentimental Productions) 2018.
11: Komare : "Hot Tarmac" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2018.
12: Arv & Miljö : "Kvar Blands Jordens Grus" (Omlott) 2018.
13: Arv & Miljö : "Hjärteregn, Rinn Oförmärkt" (Omlott) 2018.
14: Arv & Miljö : Stormat Ut I Vidöppen Värid" (Omlott) 2018.
15: Sudden Infant : "100 Word Mantra" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
16: Artery : "Diamonds In the Mine" (Golden Dawn) 1984.
17: John Cooper-Clarke : "Psyche Sluts" (Rabid Records) 1980.
18: Michael O'Shea : "Anfa Dåsachtach" (Dome Records) 1982.
19: Dead Mauriacs : "Live 13 24 12 NN" (Not On Label) 2018.
20: Psychic TV : "Dead Cat (Long Version)" (Cold Spring Records) 2018.
21: BºTong : "Sacred Chant And Ritual" (Makabre Sinister Kabaret Productions) 2013.
22: Beyond The Elipse Of Time : "The Mechanics Of Trauma" (Makabre Sinister Kabaret Productions) 2013.
23: Lose : "Whats Your Name" (Subterranean Records) 1983.
24: TuxedoMoon : "19th Nervous Breakdown" (Optional Music/Walking Dead Records) 1980.
25: TuxedoMoon : "In Heaven" (Optional Music/Walking Dead Records) 1980.
26: Buzzcocks : "I Look Alone" (NME/Rough Tapes) 1981.
27: Buzzcocks : "Orgasm Addict" (United Artists Records) 1977.
28: Buzzcocks : "Time's Up" (Mute Records) 2000.
It was great to have Tamsin and the kids in the studio for the latter half of the broadcast, listen carefully and you can hear Oscar do a voice ident (as we say in the trade) before the Psychic TV track. Not too sure when the next 2 hour programme is ... it'll be in January ... keep your eyes and ears open ... check the MuhMur Radio FB page or the SoundArt Radio web page :
http://www.soundartradio.org.uk
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