It was in the last two weeks that I saw a plethora of 'lists' mentioned across certain sites and pages whilst perusing the internet. The 'Best Of 2019' lists and 'Top Ten LP's Of 2019' lists ... and there's still another month to go! One great release and one of the best releases of all years, never mind 2019, is the 10xCassette compilation "On Corrosion" on the Helen Scarsdale Agency label. Unfortunately it won't hit any of this years all important 'top ten' or 'best of' lists because it came out in the latter half of November .. and we all know the lists are written at the start of October.
This broadcast features four artists who appear on the compilation.
The Fossil Aerosol Mining Project cassette is called "Hydration Desquilibrium", The Alice Kemp cassette is called "Nine Dreams In Erotic Mourning", the four tracks here make up side A. The Francisco Meirino cassette is called "A Collection Of Damaged Reel Tape Loops". Again I play side A of this tape and the Neutral cassette is called Lågliv", the two pieces here make up side B. Other artists / projects on this release are : Kleistwahr, Pinkcourtesyphone, G*Park, Ready For Death, She Spread Sorrow and Himukalt. The whole concept and curation of this release is by Jim Haynes. Expect to hear more over the coming broadcasts ...
The Cromlech Shadow track is from their new album, an eponymous split with Hairs Abyss. The CDR is available from Coma Kultur. https://comakultur.bandcamp.com/music
Still playing the new double CD from Metgumbnerbone. I have been asked questions about this release, availability, label, distribution etc and I am afraid to say that I have no idea. I have a 'promo' copy with very little information - just the track listings.
I imagine it will be listed on 'Discogs' soon and available in the UK via the likes of Cargo Records or Cold Spring Records. Speaking of Cold Spring Records, they have just re-issued two classic albums from the past thirty years. SPK's "Zamia Lehmanni - Songs Of Byzantine Flowers" from 1986 and Coil's "Stolen And Contaminated Songs" originally released in 1992. I am not a great Coil 'fan'. I did like the tape on Nekrophile and the "How To Destroy Angels" 12" when they were first released but I just could not get my ears around "Scatology" or "Horse Rotorvator" and by the time their version of "Tainted Love" came out I had given up completely. Some times I'd be at a friends house and some groovy sounds would be coming from the speakers and I would ask who we were listening to and be pleasantly surprised when "Coil" was the answer ... but I have never consciously bought a Coil release for quite a while. I am now enjoying listening to Coil again - especially the less dramatic late 1980's early 1990's material.
Being somewhat bowled over with the "On Corrosion" box set of tapes I went out and bought a Jim Haynes album. I always thought Jim was a member (if not the whole) of Fossil Aerosol Mining Project and after hearing the LP "Flammable Materials From Foreign Lands" I still think he might be.
The final piece is from an album Dave brought into the studio ...
Please take a listen here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-5-december-2019/
Playlist :
01: Fossil Aerosol Mining Project : "Only The Green, Blue And Black" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
02: Post Scriptvm : "Nausea Vortex" (Tesco Organisation) 2010.
03: Alice Kemp : "All Is Crushed All Is Perfect" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
04: Alice Kemp : "The Headless Saint" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
05: Alice Kemp : "A Gold Blade To The Back Of The Head" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
06: Alice Kemp : "Song For Unnamed Things" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
07: Cromlech Shadow : "To Be Anywhere The Pale Hand Glows" (Coma Kultur) 2019.
08: Francisco Meirino : "Untitled" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
09: Earzumba : "Blowing In The Weed" (Absurd) 2010.
10: Metgumbnerbone : "Black Middens" (Not On Label) 2019.
11: Coil : "Who'll Tell" (Cold Spring Records) 2019.
12: Neutral : "Ganska Lågt" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
13: Neutral : "Ooskå" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
14: Jim Haynes : "Electric Speech : Nadiya" (Elevator Bath) 2016.
15: W Bro. Frank Holmes : "Lullaby + Goodnight Set To Brahms" (Not On Label) 1975.
The next broadcast is set to be on December 19 but at this moment in time I cannot commit to that .. (family commitments taking a priority) but there will be a four or five hour festive feast to be broadcast on January 5. times to follow ... but if there is no broadcast on December 19 I am certain the mandarins of SoundArt Radio will broadcast something from the archives.
Finally I am often asked about the programme that precedes MuhMur Radio. It is called "Sgt Barnaby Combover" and presented by a chap called Gino. He has taken to playing some choice slices of Krautrock (old and new) for a half hour or so before I take over the decks ... always worth tuning in a few minutes early ...
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