We move into phase 2, away from the posting of files and downloads on to the physical and the pre-recorded broadcasts ....
A big thanks goes out to the artists who mailed their files of exclusive material for broadcast and thanks to the label AMPLIFY 2020 for posting incredible sounds by incredible artists on their website for free. There was a sense of disconnect for me over the past few programmes as I was collecting files and mailing them over to Chris Booth (Head Honcho Ov SoundArt Radio) for him to compile and create a 2 hour broadcast ... Chris did great work and a big thanks goes to him ... so, now we have moved into phase two. The almost live - if we all kept quiet and pretended it was. - you'd believe it phase. (Like Radio 6Music on a bank holiday).
The broadcast begins with a 30 minute piece from French Musique Concret Exoticists The Dead Mauriacs. "Décors Cachés" was released on cassette back in February. Limited to just 20 copies it sold out quickly from the Mauriacs website but a few copies are still available via the GerauschManufaktur bandcamp page. https://geraeuschmanufaktur.bandcamp.com/album/d-cors-cach-s
On the 14th of March this year Genesis P-Orridge passed on. I had planned a whole G P-O / TG two hour tribute for the broadcast on 28th of March but unfortunately the world turned (became as sad as it seems) and the broadcasts ceased to exist for a while .. and now that MuhMur Radio is back on air I think I'll pass on that playlist and just slip in some classic G P-O from time to time ... The two tracks here are from the vinyl version of "TG Now" that came out in 2004.
Earlier on in the year I bought The Specials "Singles" album on CD to play in the car and declared to family & friends that "Girlfriend" was my favourite single by the band. (I believe it was their last). I saw The Specials live once - I think they were Special AKA back then - in 1978 at Lincoln AJ's Club. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised to find a version of "Girlfriend" on the new John Paul album. Great version too. The LP is called "Subjects" and is available here : https://www.musicglue.com/environmental-studies On the page there's also a link to download the track "Girlfriend" for free.
Another passing this year, the German artist / poet / actor / writer Jürgen Ploog. I first became aware of Jürgen's name in 1999 when he collaborated with Column One on the album "Simulation", the track played here is from that album. There is a great biography / obituary by Jan Herman here : https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2020/05/jurgen-ploog-r-i-p.html
In April Current 93 released the album "If A Star Turns Into Ashes" on their The Spheres label. It was released in two editions with the music being the same on each edition, but the images are different.
With being able to pre-record the programme now I am able to bring back the feature of "On This Day", and June 11 1978 saw the debut release by The Lines and their "White Night" 7". It was released on their own Linear Records label and re-released a year later on Illegal Records.
The Lines.
New Bristol label Spurge Recordings came into being last year, operated by Bristolian legend (Fat) Paul Horlick their raison d'être is to release vinyl only by "all girl bands". So far they have released albums by Slagheap and Slum Of Legs and have now collaborated with Harbinger Sound and Red Wig to put out Massicot's fourth album "Kratt". Copies can be found via Harbinger Sound here :
The Crawling Chaos track comes from the recent re-issue of the 1984 album "The Big C" on EE Tapes. I first came across Crawling Chaos in the early 1980's and their single "Sex Machine" on Factory Records, I must admit to not liking the follow up LP "The Gas Chair", and never really thought about them again, not until EE Tapes released their "Spookhouse" album in 2012. They remain (as they always were) a mysterious project, they could be a three piece and could hail from Tyneside (Sunderland) ... who knows? I am having to rediscover The Crawling Chaos.
In January this year Drekka, Timber Rattle and Mykel Boyd toured the USA. A commemorative CDR was released, limited to 66 copies. https://bluesanct.bandcamp.com/album/jan-2020-tour-complication As of writing the last 3 copies are available from the link above!
The Beequeen track is our usual MuhMur Radio Frans de Waard track ...
Please listen to the broadcast here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-11-june-2020/
Playlist:
01: Dead Mauriacs : "Décors Cachés" (GerauschManufaktur) 2020.
02: Throbbing Gristle : "X-Ray (Edit)" (Industrial Records/Mute Records) 2004.
03: Throbbing Gristle : "Splitting Sky" (Industrial Records/Mute Records) 2004.
04: John Paul : "Girlfriend" (Environmental Studies/Harbinger Sound) 2020.
05: Column One & Jürgen Ploog : "Second 3-D Picture" (Rendezvous Radikal) 1998.
06: Current 93 : "If A Star Turns To Ashes II" (The Spheres) 2020.
07: The Lines : "White Night" (Illegal Records) 1979.
08: Massicot : "Kubika Rubika" (Spurge Recordings/Harbinger Sound/Red Wig Records) 2020.
09: Crawling Chaos : "Gygno" (EE Tapes) 2020.
10: Beequeen : "With Anna You Get Eggroll" (Infraction) 2002.
11: Drekka : "Call To Slumber, Call To Being" (Somnimage/Bluesanct) 2020.
12: Val Dorr & Troy Schafer : "Nachtlaub" (Shifting Sands Congregation) 2014.
The next programme will be broadcast at 21:00 GMT on June 25th. (Please note the new kick off time).
back in the studio
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