I am not a great fan of listening to 'music' through the computer (I am also not a great fan of downloads, dogs and baseball caps ... but that's by the by). I know that may sound hypocritical being that I post this radio broadcast on to an internet archive and promote the live streaming of the programme ... but I do understand that a lot of folk listen to stuff through their 'pooter devices. It's just not for me ... Saying that, I do enjoy weekend mornings pottering around Hartop Towers listening to 'The Institute Of Spectra-Sonic Sound', a weekly radio broadcast from Eugene. Oregon.
A couple of months back I heard (via David's radio broadcast) Juice Machine, I liked what I heard and wanted to hear more. I wrote to David for information only to discover that they were from Eugene, Oregon and that they were friends. A couple of weeks back a package came containing tapes and CDRs from Juice Machine alongside some tapes / CDR and vinyl by The Hearing Trumpet. To find out that David was half of the band after all these years is fantastic. Listening to what was sent ... I haven't played it all yet ... it's a wonder that a label hasn't picked up on the back catalogue, some Vinyl On Demand or Dais Records treatment is needed I think.
The broadcast opens with "Congestion" from the 1998 C90 cassette compilation "Tape Heads Five - Tape Heads Scandal" on Hal Tapes. (The tape also features Billy?, Origami Replika + Lasse Marhaug. Well worth hunting out).
Two faces of Frans DeWaard follow. Over the past few weeks his Modelbau project has become rather prolific. July saw the release of "Cosmic Twins", a split cassette with Antoine Panaché. The first Modelbau track is from this tape, "Mirror Image #3" is from the CDR of the same name also released last month on American label Hologram.
"Cosmic Twins" is available here : https://barreuhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-twins
"Mirror Image" is available here : https://hologramlabel.bandcamp.com/album/modelbau-mirror-image-2 (Both are available in physical and download format).
The Tobacconists are Frans and Scott Foust (XX Committee, Idea Fire Company, The Pickle Factory etc). "An Tone Four Giver" is from the LP "A Secret Place".
The Armedalite Rifles are a post punk trio from New York State. Formed at the turn of the century by James Pogo, they bring the freshness of 1980's art punk like Pere Ubu and Red Krayola mixed with sounds from Savage Republic and Bunnydrums and a heavy dose of late 1970's UK DIY bands like Swell Maps and Metabolist all with a singer who kind of sounds (sometimes) like Elvis Costello. Unique to say the least. "Turning Of The Spools" is from the 2017 LP " Revel In The Beauty Of The Sour Note". They still have a presence on MySpace!
A couple of months ago I managed to find a copy of the Savage Republic LP "Ceremonial" hiding in the racks of a secondhand record shop in Plymouth. "Mediterranea" is from this LP. I met Ethan Port once in London ... about seven years ago. It was at the Broken Flag festival in London and as we were talking it dawned on me that he thought that I was one of The New Blockaders. Seeing that they were/are a band 'of mystery' I didn't correct him.
The Philip Sanderson track is from the LP "One Of These Bends", the last programme featured a few tracks from this LP .. this track just didn't make the playlist due to time .. I have corrected this.
Juice Machine. Juice Machine are the live improvisational experimental electronics duo Heather Chessman and Roger H. Smith from Eugene, Oregon. Roger also records and releases under the pseudonym Chefkirk. The track here is from the CDR "Yachats", recorded live in Yachats, Oregon January 2019. It was a 'giveaway' release available to those who turn up for the live shows. Juice Machine do have a bandcamp page (a lot of their releases seem to be digital). Please visit : https://juicemachine.bandcamp.com/merch
Andrew Quitter, also of Eugene, Oregon has collaborated with Juice Machine in the past both as a solo artist and with his Regosphere project. The track here is from the cassette "Apotheosis Putrefactum", a collaboration with Nick Hoffman. It's a favourite listen at MuhMur HQ at the moment, I did play a piece from the tape a couple of broadcasts ago. The track put me in mind of Throbbing Gristle's "The Whistling Song" from the 'Live At Cryptic One Club' album. Hence ... I play some Throbbing Gristle (although there should never be an excuse to play Throbbing Gristle). The two tracks here are from the compilation CD "Live Volume 3, 1978-1979" that was part of the 4xCD Box that Mute Records/The Grey Area released in 1993.
This programme finishes with the whole of Side 2 of The Ceramic Hobs double album "Black Pool Legacy". The album is a comprehensive history of the sound of The Ceramic Hobs compiled and constructed to play like four mammoth opuses by Philip Best (Consumer Electronics/Ramleh). Philip has avoided the 'Side A starts with our early recordings from the late 1980's and Side D are some out-takes from our last ever session' type of compiling ... the album actually begins with the magnificent "33 Trapped Chilean Miners" single from 2012 .. what there is is a mixing of tracks / releases showing the determined path of Simon Morris and his collaborators to bring to issue what makes The Ceramic Hobs. The album comes with a comprehensive booklet explaining the course and meaning of the songs written by Chris Sienko of 'As Loud As Possible' magazine. It's essential. The four sides are entitled "Problematic" / "Triggering" / "Inappropriate" and "Pathologised". The broadcast finishes on "Triggering". Gatefold sleeve to take you back to the Seventies, bedside manners are extra at finishing school. It's well worth contacting Harbinger Sound to grab a copy. Please visit here : https://harbingersound.bigcartel.com/category/new-releases
Please take a listen to the broadcast here : (Thoughts, comments and food vouchers always welcomed) : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-august-1-2019/
Playlist:
01: The Hearing Trumpet : "Congestion" (Hal Tapes) 1998.
02: Modelbau : "Probe 7, Over & Out" (Barreuh) 2019.
03: The Tobacconists : "An Tone Four Giver" (A Giant Fern/Fabrica Records) 2014.
04: Tom Smith : "1980:03:05" (Hanson Records) 2019.
05: The Armedalite Rifles : "Turning Of The Spools" (Wrinkly Dink Records) 2017.
06: Savage Republic : "Mediterranea" (Independent Project Records) 1986.
07: Philip Sanderson : "E Is For Echo" (Séance Centre) 2018.
08: Modelbau : "Mirror Image #3" (Hologram Label) 2019.
09: Juice Machine : "Yachats #2" (Juice Machine Self-Released) 2019.
10: Andrew Quitter & Nick Hoffman : "Vacant Stairs" (Weird Ear) 2016.
11: Throbbing Gristle : "The Whistling Song" (The Grey Area) 1993.
12: Throbbing Gristle : "Industrial Muzak" (The Grey Area) 1993.
13: The Ceramic Hobs : "This Sore And Broken Blackpool Legacy" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
14: The Ceramic Hobs : "Rainbow Self Realisation Therapy" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
15: The Ceramic Hobs : "Wife Swapping Party" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
16: The Ceramic Hobs : "The Prowler" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
17: The Ceramic Hobs : "Blackpool Transport" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
18: The Ceramic Hobs : "Safe To Heaven" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
The next broadcast will be on August 15 at the regular time of 20:00 (GMT), the next day I head off to Saint Giron (France) so the blog might be a little later - unless I write it before hand ... but I'm not that organised!!
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