MuhMur Radio Broadcast 12 March 2020

The programme ends and starts with a piece by Thomas LaRoche. Thomas has been pretty prolific of late with his releases via Chocolate Monk and Royal Sperm as well as on his own label Research Laboratories. Thomas is also part of the PE duo Active Denial and has a hand in the Creep Of Paris project. The piece here is from the latest CDR release by Research Laboratories called "Solo Babes". It's a split release with Cromlech Shadow and Vile Plumage dresser Andrew Jarvis.

As all Research Laboratories output the CDR is ultra limited, but write to Thomas, get on the mailing list and (maybe) he'll start releasing in larger numbers. https://researchlaboratories.tumblr.com

I have recently rediscovered the Robin Storey + Nigel Ayers collaborative album "Perfidious Albion" and in my naivety discovered it was part of a trilogy released in 1999 by the US label Soleilmoon. This made me grab the Nigel Ayers + Randy Grief CD "Build A Poison Fire". The third part of the trilogy is between Randy Grief + Robin Storey, hopefully I will be playing some of that album in the near future.

Soviet France & Fossil Aerosol Mining Project LP was released in a distressed laser etched steel sleeve making it one of the heaviest albums I have. Released by the Newcastle based Alt. Vinyl label in 2014 the release is long sold out although it may be worth getting in touch to see if it is avaiable as D/Load? https://altvinyl.bandcamp.com
As mentioned in the 'blog' about the last programme I have been rediscovering the sound of O Yuki Conjugate and recollected times from my youth when we played together (on the same bills) as burgeoning young post-punk industrialists making a racket and having fun! From the ashes of Subway Razor (and I think Menticide) came Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis only released one vinyl LP "Great Babel Gives Birth" and a  cassette "Conception 1982" on the wonderful Flowmotion label. Gary Levermore's label Third Mind Records re-issued the LP in 1984 although I am lead to believe that it is a totally different version to the original. Can anyone confirm and expand on this please?

The Philip Sanderson track is from his latest album "Rumble Of The Ruins". The album is available as download only from here : https://snatchtapes.bandcamp.com/album/rumble-of-the-ruins
The Neutral piece is from the Helen Scarsdale Agency 10xTape Box "On Corrosion". Helen Scarsdale Agency is the label run by Jim Haynes and MuhMur Radio is in the process of organising a live performance by Jim alongside Nigel Ayers and Alice Kemp in the studio in Dartington this coming June. Ticket details will follow ....

It is always a pleasure to hear the mind and works of Stuart Chalmers. "The Heart Of Instinct" is a CD made of seven instincts released by (new name to me) TQN-Aut Records. The CD is available for only a fiver here : https://stuartchalmers.bandcamp.com/releases

Last month saw the release of "Red Sky", a live double CD recorded on the 2017 Japan tour. I decided to play the.whole of CD#2. It was early 1980's when I first came across the work of John Duncan, first as a performance artist and then as a recording artist - at the time I was reading ND Magazine and (probably) KATA (the Come Organisation magazine) and found his work fascinating. Dan of ND used to mail tapes like "Creed" and "Riot" .. I still have them. I find Johns' transformation in to an almost "lounge" singer as intriguing as it is brilliant and his choice of songs bring out a darker side of the original (If that makes sense)?

The broadcast can be heard here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-march-12-2020/
Thoughts and comments are always welcomed ...

Playlist:
01: Thomas LaRoche : "Platinum Silicone From Hong Kong (Edit)" (Research Laboratories) 2020.
02: Nigel Ayers & Randy Greif : "Hyperbolic Umbilic" (Solielmoon Recordings) 1999.
03: Soviet France + Fossil Aerosol Mining Project : "Lyra Turned" (Alt.Vinyl) 2014.
04: Soviet France + Fossil Aerosol Mining Project : "Fire In The Snow" (Alt.Vinyl) 2014.
05: Metamorphosis : "Great Babel Gives Birth #3" (Third Mind Records) 1984.
06: Metamorphosis : "Great Babel Gives Birth #4" (Third Mind Records) 1984.
07: Neutral : "Enhet" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
08: Robin Storey & Nigel Ayers : "Spiritually Appraising Things" (Solielmoon Recordings) 1999.
09: Philip Sanderson : "Broken Morning" (Snatch Tapes) 2020.
10: MyTrip : "I Stood Still" (Drone Records) 2018.
11: Stuart Chalmers : "Instinct 9" (TQN-Aut Records) 2020.
12: Stuart Chalmers : "Instinct 4" (TQN-Aut Records) 2020.
13: John Duncan : "Mass Production" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
14: John Duncan : "The Intruder" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
15: John Duncan : "Smell My Scent" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
16: John Duncan : "Reach Out" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
17: John Duncan : "She's Not There" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
18: John Duncan : "Final Solution" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
19: John Duncan : "Dark" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
20: John Duncan : "Red Sky" (Ideal Recordings) 2020.
21: Metamorphosis : "Great Babel Gives Birth #10" (Third Mind Records) 1984.
22: Thomas LaRoche : "Platinum Silicone From Hong Kong" (Research Laboratories) 2020.

Due to a hectic lifestyle, kids at various clubs or going away to sleep with sharks in Plymouth and working within the NHS - at this moment in time is getting pretty chaotic - I had to get Tamsin (aka Mrs MuhMur) to drive me to and fro the studio this week and we had to bring the 2 boys along with us ... still I kept them busy and involved. The voice you here is that of Oscar introducing John Duncan!

Please note Tamsin asleep in the background! Dave will be back with us next time. March 26 with an 8 o' clock kick off ... barring UK Lockdown!

Jim Haynes / Nocturnal Emissions / Alice Kemp

MuhMur Radio with full co-operation of SoundArt Radio and Dartington Hall are hosting an evening of sound with Jim Haynes, Nocturnal Emissions and Alice Kemp.
I will announce ticket availability soon (Admission is £10) and provide a link to buy  although you can buy a ticket on the night  ...  there will be a bar.

MuhMur Radio Broadcast February 27 2020.

A few weeks ago I was having one of those conversations on social media about the upcoming bio-pic of Cosey Fanni Tutti based on her book "Art Sex Music". It turns out that the film will be directed by Andrew Hulme of O Yuki Conjugate fame ... I mentioned that I met Andrew on a few occasions in the late 1970's / early 1980's, the first time being at the "Waking Up Newark" festival at the Palace Theatre in Newark in 1980. Andrew was involved in one (if not some) of the bands playing. From Newark and the surrounds there was Subway Razor and Passive Resistance. Members of these bands did morph in to OYC. Another voice then joined the conversation ... Nick Cope who was also involved with Subway Razor and/or Passive Resistance. I saw Nick play the Ad Lib in Nottingham in 1981 either as 'Music From The Death Factory' or 'Tiab Guls' ... like a new dawn my memory fades. Nick went on to become 391 and then Metamorphosis.
In 1981 myself (with Dave Uden and Mark Collins) recorded two tracks for a compilation cassette that was to be issued with the last ever copy of Newark fanzine "Cautious Talk Seduces Young Children". We spent a day (again) at the Palace Theatre in Newark along with Passive Resistance, D+7 and Menticide who were also recording for the cassette. We recorded as E.S.P. Disk-rd and the tracks were called 'Radical Art' and 'Instrumental'. I am pretty certain the tape/'zine never came out ..

Anyway, this brief foray in to social media conversation made me dig out the O Yuki Conjugate 4xLP / DVD / 7" EP Box Set "Ambiguism 1983 - 1987" on the Vinyl On Demand label.

                                                                O Yuki Conjugate.

"Kyrie" is from the album "Scene In Mirage" released in 1984 on A-Mission Records. A-Mission Records was the label operated by Possession member Gordon Hope, he also put out the stunning Metgumbnerbone LP "Ligeliahorn". "In The Bog Garden" is from the LP "Rumours Of Music". This is an album of unreleased material from 1983-84. The track the programme finishes with, "Mute Calm" is from the LP "Soundtracks", again, another album of unreleased material.
I did dig deep in to my tape archives to see if I had any recordings from the 'Waking Up Newark' days but unfortunately the search proved fruitless ... however I did find a tape of old that featured the three minute opening track ... no idea who or what it is but it seemed a good track to open with.
I doubt whether Vinyl On Demand have any O Yuki Conjugate boxes left but copies can be picked for around £45-50 via Discogs. OYC themselves have recently resurfaced more information can be found here : http://www.oyukiconjugate.com

The Jim Haynes track comes from the LP "Flammable Materials From Foreign Lands". I am happy to announce that Jim will be playing live in June at the Dartington Space Studios (home to SoundArt Radio) along with Nocturnal Emissions and Alice Kemp. The date is Saturday June 6, details to follow. The two Mattias Gustafsson pieces are from his latest album "Frusen Musik".

                                                                   Robert Turman.

The two Robert Turman pieces are from the LP "Macro". Originally released as a cassette in 2012 on the American Fabrica label the album was re-issued on vinyl in 2015 on the Italian La Délirante label. Copies can be got here : https://ladelirante.bandcamp.comhttps://ladelirante.bandcamp.com
Dome seemed to fit afterwards so I played a track from Dome "3" for that reason.

This programmes "On This Day" section features The Desperate Bicycles and a track from their debut LP "Remorse Code" which they put out themselves on their Refill Records imprint in 1980. The Desperate Bicycles formed in 1977 and were more or less finished by the time "Remorse Code" was released. A staunch DIY / Independent group they released a quartet of 7" singles and one LP in 3 years of existence. I never saw them live, they hardly played live and certainly never made it to the East Midlands. They are a treasured band from my youth.

Sterile Garden is the project of Portland, Maine based sound artist Jacob Deraadt. The piece here comes from the split cassette with Les Horribles Travailleurs. "Urban Blight Catalog" is a collection of City sounds made during their 2019 European tour. The cassette is released by US label Basement Tapes and can be found here : https://leshorriblestravailleurs.bandcamp.com/album/sterile-garden-les-horribles-travailleurs-sound-and-city-split?fbclid=IwAR2RgifActPt6OvZXBYW65N-fQ19VHRY83Xv2NHGNLCJojbtlCWfG8r7UH8

Last November I ventured south to see Drekka live in Plymouth. Whilst chatting to Michael (Drekka) about his Bluesanct label he pointed me towards Timber Rattle and their "Phantoms Of Place" album. It has taken me a few months to 'get in to" this LP and the sound of Timber Rattle, but now I find it hard to get off the turntable, often suiting my 'post-work' mood. I know little about Timber rattle other than they are from California and have just finished a US tour with Drekka and Mykel Boyd. Bluesanct can be found here : http://www.bluesanct.com
Blood Rhythms are also from America, this time Seattle in Washington State. Blood Rhythms is the project of Arvo Zylo. The piece here is from the LP "Civil War". "Paris Window" also features noises from Bruce Lamont and Dave Phillips. The album itself is wonderfully packaged in a gatefold sleeve and comes with an art booklet with works by Bradley Kokay, Sarina Brewer and The Reverend Steven Leyba.

It is on Arvo's own No Part Of It label. https://nopartofit.bandcamp.com
The Kant track comes from a 7" I got a few years back when I bought a pile of 'Drone Records' from a chap on the Internet, he kindly threw in some extras as it made no difference to the postage and the Kant single was one of the extras. Information on the project is scant but Mykedroner is a Norwegian label ... so ...

I'm not a big fan of lathe cut singles. I have a few that simply don't play. Singles from Thorsten Soltau, Neil Campbell, Stephen Meixner, Colin Potter ... they either skip, pop and dance or the aperture isn't big enough to fit the spindle on my deck. I don't seem to have the same problem with lathe cut LP's ... just singles, and mainly 5" singles at that. But ... I could not resist the new 5" lathe cut from Modelbau! And it plays! Double-sided and on the American Humanhood label it is ultra limited. Still available as a file though : https://humanhoodrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/arcadia

The two pieces from Claus Poulsen and Stuart Chalmers are from the cassette "Fictions In The Age Of Reason" released by Bristol based boutique label Aphelion Editions. Released in an edition of 50 on cassette and 50 on CDR copies are available here : (Digital album also available) :
https://aphelioneditions.bandcamp.com/releases

Whilst playing sounds from the early 1980's at MuhMur HQ I dug out some Human League. This was the last decent record they released ...

..."Dreams Of Leaving" is from this album.
Please take a listen : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-27-february-
2020/

Playlist:
01: Unknown Artist(s) : "Unknown Title".
02: O Yuki Conjugate : "Kyrie" (Vinyl On Demand) 2010.
03: O Yuki Conjugate : "In The Bog Garden" (Vinyl On Demand) 2010.
04: Jim Haynes : "Of Blast And Beach" (Elevator Bath) 2016.
05: Mattias Gustafsson : "Inre Dialoger" (Careful Catalog) 2019.
06: Robert Turman : "Cold Hot Fire" (Fabrica) 2012.
07: Robert Turman : "From Nowhere" (Fabrica) 2012.
08: Dome : "An-An-An-D-D-D" (Dome Records) 1981.
09: The Desperate Bicycles : "Blasting Radio" (Refill Records) 1980.
10: Sterile Garden : "Urban Blight Catalog" (Basement Tapes) 2019.
11: Timber Rattle : "Skeleton Head" (Bluesanct) 2018.
12: Blood Rhythms : "Paris Window" (No Part Of It) 2019.
13: Bourbonese Qualk : "Dereliction" (Platform 23/Mannequin Records) 2020.
14: Kant : "Sol, Moll" (Mykedroner Records) 1996.
15: Modelbau : "Dreamland II" (Humanhood Recordings) 2019.
16: Claus Poulsen & Stuart Chalmers : "...Eclipse" (Aphelion Editions) 2019.
17: Claus Poulsen & Stuart Chalmers : "...Phantasmagoria" (Aphelion Editions) 2019.
18: Mattias Gustafsson : "Titthålt" (Careful Catalog) 2019.
19: The Human League : "Dreams Of Leaving" (Virgin Records) 1980.
20: O Yuki Conjugate : "Mute Calm" (Vinyl On Demand) 2010.

Next Broadcast on March 12. 8 0' Clock kick off ...