This piece is written pre-broadcast. A few hours after the programme airs I will be on my way to France, going south to St-Girons. If anybody reading this is in the area for the next few days then please get in touch via the MuhMur Radio Facebook page and we can go for a beirre.
So, hopefully the live broadcast will stick to the playlist - not always achieved - but I'll give it a go.
Tonights programme features an exclusive piece from North London noise-maker Paul Watson (AKA BBBlood). Paul started creating noises back in the early noughties as Baron Bum Blood. (He is known around MuhMur HQ as "The Baron"), and releasing firstly on Nost8ment Music before creating his own Trans-Dimensional Sushi Recordings label. It was on this label that Paul released the first BBBlood album "Experiment 50" in 2007.
I first came across the sound of The Baron in 2009 and the split 7"EP with Al Qaeda. I saw a picture of the cover and was intrigued by both the image and the name, so I bought it and have been keeping an ear out for BBBlood ever since. The BBBlood track "Mental Funeral" is from this 7".
In 2011 I was fortunate to play live on the same evening as BBBlood at an ILL FM evening at the Others in Stoke Newington, London. Paul was entering his 'bubblewrap' phase where he was covering objects in bubblewrap and through contact microphones and a host of effects boxes was creating an uneasy wall of delicate collapse. There were moments of pure noise during the set but it was all held together by this crisp occult sound of chewing plastic. Fascinating.
BBBlood have released on such labels as Royal Sperm, Sound Holes, RRRecords, Small Doses and Beartown Records (amongst others) and has collaborated live and released split recordings with artists such as Tinnitustimulus, Aqua Dentata, Duncan Harrison, Umez and Lolita Vibrator Torture (amongst others). In 2014 Paul dropped the BBBlood moniker to perform live as Paul Watson and collaborate with Danish musician Claus Poulsen, the result being the 2014 CDR on Chocolate Monk records called "Blind Dates". Paul was moving more in to the improvised electronic/acoustic sound. It reminds me of a path followed by Phil Julian (Cheapmachines) and Mark Durgan (Putrefier).
(Speaking of which, in 2012 Paul and I followed The New Blockaders around Europe seeing them live in Nottingham, Berlin, Bristol and London).
On the 27th of July this year Paul created "Divorce (Proceedings) From Reality (MuhMur Mix)" for tonights programme. The title is a homage to a track from "Astral Glamour" by The Homosexuals and is planned for release (format unknown) before the end of 2019. Paul can be contacted through the BBBlood website : http://bbblood.blogspot.com
The broadcast begins with a track by Kadaitcha from their "Southern Phlegm" cassette EP. Kadaitcha are a Ukranian noise / industrial project that began in 2015. Comprised of Andrei Kojoohar and Yuri Samson. "Southern Phlegm" is their third release and available here : https://kadaitcha.bandcamp.com
The Anji Cheung and English Heretic piece comes from the new compilation CD + Book "Mysterium Lunae : A Requiem For The Invasion Of The Moon" released earlier this month by Aurora Borealis. The album also features Sutekh Hexen, Burial Hex, Tenhornedbeast, Hawthorn and Moon Mourning Earth. The piece played here by Cheung/English Heretic is called "Sancta". Here's a couple of extracts from the book that explain the piece
Both magick and imagery for 'Sancta' are rooted in the correspondences for the High Priestess tarot card. Viewed as the Keeper or Initiator into the mysteries behind the veil, in the Book Of Thoth, Crowley notes "She is the truth behind the veil of light" - an acknowledgement she is that which has been concealed, not only its Keeper.
Another element of the recording was taken from a time stretched fragment of an unexplained noise that was captured by Apollo 10 crew during the passage over the dark side of the moon in November 1969. Described as 'whistling' 'outer spacey' music by the astronauts, perhaps this is the most literal and occult lunar music ever captured.
The release is available here : https://auroraborealisrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mysterium-lunae-a-requiem-for-the-invasion-of-the-moon
This programmes Frans de Waard track comes from the double cassette/CDR "Siblants Repertoire". This release is a collaboration with Ukrainian sound artist Edward Sol. It's on Edward's own Sentimental Productions imprint and once again comes in standard and deluxe edition. It is the deluxe edition that contains the CDR. Recorded via mail in the summer of 2018 the pieces contain a global theme. With the deluxe edition, which is packaged in a wooden tool box, the music comes from The Netherlands and the Ukraine. The tapes are from the UK and the CDRs from Taiwan. The tape cases are from Canada and China and the wood for the boxes from South America. Paint is from the USA and waxes from the Ukraine, UK and Belgium and the paper is also from Belgium, France and the USSR. Both editions are ultra limited and available from : https://sentimentalproductions.bandcamp.com (Download option is available).
Recently acquired a copy of the 2015 Robert Turman album "Macro". Originally released on a C60 by Fabrica in 2012, the two tracks here are from the 2015 vinyl re-issue on Italian label La Délirante.
The more I am hearing from The Hearing Trumpet I am liking. The track here is from the 1997 split 7" with Canadian noise artist Knurl. The To Live And Shave In LA track comes from the new album on Hanson Records called "Spatters Of A Royal Sperm".
At some point in the early 1980's a friend of mine (Tim Bayes) returned from a visit to Dan Plunkett's house in Austin, Texas. He brought back with him a clutch of vinyl including the EP "High Pressure Days" by Units. I fell in love with this EP...and the Units. August 15 1980 saw the release of the first Units album called "Digital Simulation" on 415 Records. Unfortunately I don't have a copy (I do have the recent CD release of their 'unreleased' album "Animals They Dream About". produced by Bill Nelson), so the track here is from the Units compilation CD "History Of The Units - The Early Years 1977-1983".
The Memory Band are a group I know nothing about ... I read about the single "After Night" via Frans de Waard's "Vital" internet magazine, it sounded intriguing so I bought a copy. If you like It too you can catch up on them here : https://thememoryband.com
One of my favourite albums of the past couple of years is Trepaneringsritualen "KainsKult" on Tesco Organisation. "Nine Glistenimng Daggers" appears on the compilation cassette "More Omnibus 1" and does not disappoint. The compilation features a host of projects all new to MuhMur HQ and is sounding rather good. Industrial, Martial Percussive and Occult themed tracks all creating an hour of excellent listening. Unfortunately the cassette has sold out from the label (only 50 copies) but it can be obtained on a download from here : https://unholyaltar.bandcamp.com/album/mors-omnibus-i
This is the last MuhMur Radio broadcast for August as we take time out to enjoy the sun. I am heading towards the Midi-Pyrennes, hopefully take in the record shops of Toulouse ... but we shall see. Back in September to celebrate our 7th Anniversary. Please take a listen here :
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-15-august-2019/
Playlist :
01: Kadaitcha : "Vulpine Sacrifice" (Sentimental Productions) 2019.
02: BBBlood : "Mental Funeral" (Trans-Dimensional Sushi Recordings) 2009.
03: Anji Cheung & English Heretic : "Sancta" (Aurora Borealis) 2019.
04: Edward Sol & Frans de Waard : "Global Question" (Sentimental Productions) 2019.
05: Robert Turman : "Fiery Cock Dub" (La Délirante) 2015.
06: The Hearing Trumpet : "Marvelous Love" (Misanthropy) 1997.
07: BBBlood : "Flowers Of Flesh And Blood" (Small Doses) 2009.
08: Ubiquitous Meh! : "We Are The Funeral Band: (Damnsonic) 2019.
09: The Homosexuals : "Divorce Proceeding (From Reality)" (Black Noise) 1979.
10: To Live And Shave In LA : "Bad Couple" (Hanson Records) 2019.
11: Paul Watson/BBBlood : "Divorce (Proceedings) From Reality (MuhMur Mix)" (Not On Label)
2019.
(exclusive piece recorded and mixed for MuhMur Radio).
12: Units : "Cannibals" (Community Library) 2009.
13: Robert Turman : "Pushing Warp Amnesias" (La Délirante) 2015.
14: The Memory Band : "After Night" (Static Caravan) 2019.
15: BBBlood : "Breath In The Fumes" (So I Buried Records) 2012.
16: Dieter Müh : "Sphagnom" (Functional Organisation) 2002.
17: Trepaneringsritualen : "Nine Glistening Daggers" (Altar) 2019.
The more I am hearing from The Hearing Trumpet I am liking. The track here is from the 1997 split 7" with Canadian noise artist Knurl. The To Live And Shave In LA track comes from the new album on Hanson Records called "Spatters Of A Royal Sperm".
At some point in the early 1980's a friend of mine (Tim Bayes) returned from a visit to Dan Plunkett's house in Austin, Texas. He brought back with him a clutch of vinyl including the EP "High Pressure Days" by Units. I fell in love with this EP...and the Units. August 15 1980 saw the release of the first Units album called "Digital Simulation" on 415 Records. Unfortunately I don't have a copy (I do have the recent CD release of their 'unreleased' album "Animals They Dream About". produced by Bill Nelson), so the track here is from the Units compilation CD "History Of The Units - The Early Years 1977-1983".
The Memory Band are a group I know nothing about ... I read about the single "After Night" via Frans de Waard's "Vital" internet magazine, it sounded intriguing so I bought a copy. If you like It too you can catch up on them here : https://thememoryband.com
One of my favourite albums of the past couple of years is Trepaneringsritualen "KainsKult" on Tesco Organisation. "Nine Glistenimng Daggers" appears on the compilation cassette "More Omnibus 1" and does not disappoint. The compilation features a host of projects all new to MuhMur HQ and is sounding rather good. Industrial, Martial Percussive and Occult themed tracks all creating an hour of excellent listening. Unfortunately the cassette has sold out from the label (only 50 copies) but it can be obtained on a download from here : https://unholyaltar.bandcamp.com/album/mors-omnibus-i
This is the last MuhMur Radio broadcast for August as we take time out to enjoy the sun. I am heading towards the Midi-Pyrennes, hopefully take in the record shops of Toulouse ... but we shall see. Back in September to celebrate our 7th Anniversary. Please take a listen here :
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-15-august-2019/
Playlist :
01: Kadaitcha : "Vulpine Sacrifice" (Sentimental Productions) 2019.
02: BBBlood : "Mental Funeral" (Trans-Dimensional Sushi Recordings) 2009.
03: Anji Cheung & English Heretic : "Sancta" (Aurora Borealis) 2019.
04: Edward Sol & Frans de Waard : "Global Question" (Sentimental Productions) 2019.
05: Robert Turman : "Fiery Cock Dub" (La Délirante) 2015.
06: The Hearing Trumpet : "Marvelous Love" (Misanthropy) 1997.
07: BBBlood : "Flowers Of Flesh And Blood" (Small Doses) 2009.
08: Ubiquitous Meh! : "We Are The Funeral Band: (Damnsonic) 2019.
09: The Homosexuals : "Divorce Proceeding (From Reality)" (Black Noise) 1979.
10: To Live And Shave In LA : "Bad Couple" (Hanson Records) 2019.
11: Paul Watson/BBBlood : "Divorce (Proceedings) From Reality (MuhMur Mix)" (Not On Label)
2019.
(exclusive piece recorded and mixed for MuhMur Radio).
12: Units : "Cannibals" (Community Library) 2009.
13: Robert Turman : "Pushing Warp Amnesias" (La Délirante) 2015.
14: The Memory Band : "After Night" (Static Caravan) 2019.
15: BBBlood : "Breath In The Fumes" (So I Buried Records) 2012.
16: Dieter Müh : "Sphagnom" (Functional Organisation) 2002.
17: Trepaneringsritualen : "Nine Glistening Daggers" (Altar) 2019.
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