Back in 2005 (maybe 2006) I decided to promote the sound of Dieter Müh on MySpace, I think it was to make folk aware of the Dieter Müh & Lon Milo DuQuette collaborative LP "The Call" ... I don't usually like putting my head above the parapet so to speak but we were releasing the LP ourselves and I felt it needed a presence .. anyway .. during the Dieter Müh MySpace years (it ended in 2009) I heard the band Teingmouth Electron. At first I thought that they were (probably) from Teignmouth (the Devonshire coastal town that is about 10 minutes down the road from me) and would like to do a gig or something local .. but it turned out that they were from Brighton (about five and a half hours away and what we call "the far North") and had no connections to Teignmouth.
I lost contact with the project when I left MySpace, so I was pleasantly surprised a few weeks ago when I discovered that the great UK label Research Laboratories label were about to put out a cassette by Teignmouth Electron. Limited to 20 copies the tape is called "Disappointment" and comes wrapped in William Morris wallpaper. I now know that Teignmouth Electron is the solo project of Massachusetts born and Brighton based artist Maureen Hallomas. Maureen is also a member of the post-punk band Structure. As a strange co-incidence I met Maureen last year without knowing she was Teignmouth Electron, we both danced at Steve Underwood's wedding in Bexhill-On-Sea. Small world, eh? Anyway ... hopefully more is to come from this great project.
I was reading Frans De Waard's "Vinyl Weekly" blog the other month and was interested in his Blacktop_Audio review. Blacktop_Audio were a three piece experimental tape noise group from New York that existed between 1980 to 1983. There were other players involved (The Blacktop_Audio Family), but the main members were Penny Chapman, Eric Chapman and Rebecca Anderson. Last year Blake Edwards of Vertonen put out a compilation CDR on his Ballast NVP label. The CDR is enclosed in a 30 page tract that includes a full discography and a transcript of a phone cal between Penny and Jeph Jerman. It's limited to 50 copies only, but maybe still available (I got a copy). Try contacting Blake at http://ballastnvp.blogspot.com
Another great 'find' a few weeks ago was the sound of 3 Teens Kill Four. Again a New York based band that existed from 1980 to 1984. Very much grouped in to the "No Wave" movement of that time the name (and sound) was completely new to me. US re-issue label Dark Entries put out their only LP "No Motive" a couple of years ago. The LP comes with flyers and a small booklet. Recommended.
Berlin based experimental pop band Schwund have just released their third album "Technik Und Gefühl". It's a collaborative released between German label Phantom Records and UK's Harbinger Sound. There are two versions; vinyl and cassette with the cassette version having bonus tracks ... Grab a copy here : https://derschwund.bandcamp.com/album/technik-und-gef-hl
Peter Simpson is the singer / guitarist with Circuit Breaker. He has just put out a self released eponymously titled mini album comprised of six songs. It's quite an eclectic sound but Pete's voice and story-telling like arrangements draw you in to his world. "Albert Angelo" is played here as example. To my (old) ears it has the sound of Be Bop Deluxe and Jethro Tull in there but is still distinctly Peter Simpson. The mini album is produced by John Hannon a name I recognise from working with Tim Holehouse in the past. https://petersimpson.bandcamp.com
This programmes "On This Day" section features three great records. Firstly Bill Nelson's "Do You Dream In Colour?" 7", then Jah Wobble's "Betrayal" album and finally The Fall's "Totale's Turns" LP. All released in 1980. A great day! I bought all three records on release from Sanctuary Records in Lincoln.
Ukranian sound artist Edward Sol is no stranger to MuhMur Radio. 2019 is becoming quite a prolific year for his sounds ... he recently put out a split cassette with Altar Of Flies as well as the cassette EP "Teen Sharp". The track "Guts To Ears" is from the "Teen Sharp" release. Edward now has a band camp page for all his releases and sounds he puts out on his great Sentimental Productions label. Well worth discovering. https://edwardsol.bandcamp.com
On last months MuhMur Radio I played a couple of exclusive pieces by Hairs Abyss. Unfortunately the sound quality on the first track was pretty poor so Paul Harrison (one half of Hairs Abyss ... and all of Expose Your Eyes) kindly mailed a superior quality version on CDR (as opposed to the lo-fi cassette) and gave it the title "Anonymous Paradox".
Out soon on the Harbinger Sound label is the debut album from Catalonian power trio Dead Normal. Dead Normal are Mario, Oriol Rosell and Zoë Valls.
The Clock DVA track is from the third and final anthology "Horology 3". A four album box set put out by Vinyl On Demand. Over the past seven years VOD have released 15 albums and a 7" EP in the Horology series. It's an essential over sight and documentation of (probably) on one of the greatest and important bands of our times.
I played a couple of tracks by D.A.F. to compliment the sounds of 1980. "Co Co Pino" is from their second album "Die Kleinen Und Die Bösen". The first LP on Mute Records. DAF were (initially) the support band to The Fall on their 1979/1980 tour to promote the "Dragnet" LP but because The Fall audience (at the time) were against the sound of German experimental electronic pop they spat at and threw objects at them, so they went back home to Germany. The Fall then chose 'local' groups to support them ... and it's how I got involved and supported The Fall at Retford Porterhouse on their "Dragnet" tour ... but that's another story ....
Please take a listen here : Comments always welcomed but not often published!
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-09-may-2019/
Playlist:
01: Teignmouth Electron : "Public Decay" (Research Laboratories) 2019.
02: Blacktop_Audio : "Blinker 2" (Ballast NVP) 2018.
03: 3 Teens Kill Four : "Tell Me Something Good" (Dark Entries) 2017.
04: Schwund : "Binär-Indianer" (Phantom Records/Harbinger Sound) 2019.
05: Schwund : "Gut Gefunden" (Phantom Records/Harbinger Sound) 2019.
06: D.A.F. : "Kebab-Träume" (Mute Records) 1980.
07: Bill Nelson : "Dada Guitare" (Les Disques Du Crépuscule) 1980.
08: Peter Simpson : "Albert Angelo" (Not On Label) 2019.
09: Bill Nelson : "Do You Dream In Colour?" (Cocteau Records) 1980.
10: Re-Clip : "Untitled" (Not On Label) 2015.
11: Edward Sol : "Guts To Ear" (Village Tapes) 2019.
12: Hairs Abyss : "Anonymous Paradox" (Not On Label) 2019.
13: Dead Normal : "Reasons To" (Harbinger Sound) 2019.
14: Dead Normal : "Not Love" (Harbinger Sound) 2019.
15: John Paul : "Man About Town" (Harbinger Sound) 2019.
16: Jah Wobble : "Betrayal" (Virgin Records) 1980.
17: The Anti Group : "Zulu" (Sweatbox) 1985.
18: Clock DVA : "Mass" (Vinyl On Demand) 2019.
19: Schwund : "Kassensturz" (Phantom Records/Harbinger Sound) 2019.
20: Doctor Mix & The Remix : "Hey Joe" (Acute Records) 2004.
21: D.A.F. : "Co Co Pino" (Mute Records) 1980.
22: The Fall : "Rowche Rumble (Live)" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.
23: The Fall : "Muzorewi's Daughter (Live)" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.
24: The Fall : "In My Area (Live)" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.
Next broadcast will be on Thursday May 23 at 20:00 hours GMT and will feature Scars in the "On This Day" section ... that's all I know.
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