The broadcast begins with Side A of the new cassette album from Modelbau. The sound is a slight departure from Modelbau's usual textured drones, ambient fields and noise releases. Here Frans de Waard creates a soundscape by layering and cutting, cross-fading and shuffling sounds from shortwave radio broadcasts. The cassette is released by Cologne based label Superpolar Taïps in a limited edition of 40 and available here : https://superpolar.bandcamp.com/album/aether-aleatorica
Leda is the solo project of Neutral guitar / synth player Sofie Herner. (Sofie is also part of the Gothenburg supergroup Enhet För Fri Musik). I first heard Leda about seven years ago with the excellent "City / Clear" 7" single on I Dischi Del Barone, this was followed a couple of years later by another classic 7" "Japanese Key" still on IDDB. The two tracks here are from the LP "Våren" a new re-issue on the US Grapefruit Records label. It's a vinyl re-issue of the eponymous 2014 cassette put out (and impossible to find) by Ingen Våg. Grapefruit records, operated by singer / songwriter Simon Joyner, seem to have tapped in to the Gothenburg underground sound with earlier releases / re-issues by Neutral and Blod. Long may it continue! I get my Grapefruit Records releases via the European distributor Discreet Music. Contactable here : https://discreetmusic.se Interested Americans can contact Simon and Grapefruit Records here : https://grapefruit1.bandcamp.com
A couple of weeks ago I celebrated the release of Dome's first album "Dome One". This made me dig out all my Dome Records releases but I couldn't find space for "Drop" a 7" by AC Maria AC. (A.C. = Angela Conway). Released in 1981 and played very very often here at Hartop Towers, please excuse the snap, crackle and pop.
Any release by Brighton based agent provocateur Duncan Harrison is worth an ear. Last year he put out "Slow Lightning", a split LP with Ian Murphy and it's a strong (very strong) contender for album of the year. Since leaving Plurals (in or around) 2013 Duncan has released a plethora of experimental soundscapes / Soundart and Musique Concret on labels such as Chocolate Monk, Sound Holes, Beartown Records, Sham Repro, Index Clean and Research Laboratories to name but a few. The new album is called "Fires.Serif" on Regional Bears. The piece "15" is from this tape. It's available direct from the label here : https://regionalbears.bandcamp.com/album/fires-serif
Hands up. Who has heard of Paul Chain before? "Paul Chain Is Dead Volume 1" came to me via the label Horn Of Plenty. Horn Of Plenty is a London based label run by Nick Hamilton. Nick used to run a label called Vittelli (who released "Nocturnes" a great LP by Matthew P. Hopkins) and have a show on Resonance FM. Horn Of Plenty have been releasing quality since 2018 and also run a small (and reasonably priced) mail order distribution. It's worth a look. https://www.horn-of-plenty.org . But back to Paul Chain ... Paul Chain is Italian musician / composer Paolo Catena. In 1977 Paolo formed the Doom Metal group 'Death S.S.'. Death S.S. is an abridgement of 'In Death Of Steve Sylvester'.
In 1979 Paul disbanded Death S.S. to concentrate on his solo work working under the banner of Paul Chain Group and Paul Chain Violet Theatre. In 1983 Paul started performing and recording as (simply) Paul Chain. "Paul Chain Is Dead Volume 1" contains tracks recorded between 1983 and 2003, some are unreleased pieces some being tracks not re-issued in thirty years. I have really 'gotten in to' this double LP over the past few weeks. Progressive Psychedelic Experimentalism as I call it.PPE, and that's something we can't get enough of these days. And to quote the promo blurb that came with the release:
"Paul Chain's story is one of spiritual and musical (mis)adventure, self-sabotage, and unwanted cult-status.All of this led Paolo to disown the Paul Chain catalogue when he announced the artistic death of Paul Chain in 2003"
In 2009 to ex Smell & Quim members (although I don't think they were ever in the group at the same time) joined brains to become Early Hominids. The project lasted until 2017 and now four years after their demise Paul Walsh and Neil Campbell have (self) released a CDR called "Circular Dredge / Plexus Vulgar". Available here : https://theneilcampbell.bandcamp.com/album/circular-dredge-plexus-vulgar
Two ex members of THU20, Frans de Waard and Joseph Smolders make up the project WaSm. "Twee Seven" is from their latest CD release "Twee". Released on the German Attenuation Circuit label copies are available here : https://emerge.bandcamp.com/album/twee . The Michael Esposito piece is from the 2013 release "L'enveloppe" a book by Guillaume Belhomme / "In The Silence Of A Watery Grave" a 3" CD by M. Esposito. It's part of the ongoing Lenka Lente series of books with accompanying sounds (soundtracks?) which has included artists such as Nurse With Wound, Andrew Lilles, Daniel Menche, Lee Renaldo and Vomir amongst others. The piece is subtitled EVP Case file 'PAW068', and this is what Michael says about it :
"The recording was captured on the fourth of July 2013 in Dyer (Indiana) during the last, fleeting trails of fireworks disappearing into the night. The voices that were accidentally picked up are not from this world and seem to angrily remind us that all celebrations must end and they have to be let go so they can be reborn in the next year".
Cold Spring Records have released recordings by William S. Burroughs and Brian Gysin on 12" vinyl. Originally released in 2012 on CD by the British Library, that album contains recordings and readings from 1963 through to 1982.
There is no digital version of this album and is available direct from Cold Spring Records. Click here for information. : https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/william-s-burroughs-brion-gysin-csr293lp
On July 8 1980 Talking Heads related the single "Cities" from the LP "Fear Of Music".
Playlist :
01: Modelbau : "Aether Aleatorica (Side A)" (Superpolar Taïps) 2021. *
02: Leda : "Fascistmusik" (Grapefruit Records) 2021.
03: A.C. Marias A.C. : "Drop" (Dome Records) 1981.
04: Leda : "Förskriveise" (Grapefruit Records) 2021.
05: Duncan Harrison : "15" (Regional Bears) 2021.
06: Paul Chain : "Tetri Teschi In Luce Viola" (Horn Of Plenty) 2021.
07: Paul Walsh + Neil Campbell : "Plexus Vulgar" (Not On Label) 2021.
08: WaSm : "Twee Zeven" (Attenuation Circuit) 2021.
09: Michael Esposito : "In The Silence Of A Watery Grave" (Lenka Lente) 2013.
10: Brion Gysin : "Kick That Habit Man" (Cold Spring Records) 2021.
11: Brion Gysin : "I Am That I Am" (Cold Spring Records) 2021.
12: Talking Heads : "Cities" (Sire Records) 1980.
Please take a listen to the programme here :
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-july-8-2021/
* the Modelbau track is composed of eleven pieces : "Jammer Firedrake / Cruise Email / Sound Of Hope / Adventist Weird Radio / Pendulum / Humpty Doo / Ash Cabat Aero / Asfaltstelegrafen / Carilon Wellbeing Radio / Laser Hot Hits / Amica Venetia".
The next broadcast is on July 22 at 20:00 GMT. Available on SoundArt Radio 102.5 FM if your in shouting distance of Dartington in Devon. ("Devon is a place ... a place where nothing .. nothing ever happens" to misquote Talking Heads) it will feature sounds from Francisco Meirino, Paul Chain, Muckrackers, Philip Sanderson, The Door And The Window and 391 amongst others. Or alternatively listen to it live via the SoundArt Radio streaming service at : https://www.soundartradio.org.uk Many thanks to Chris Booth at SoundArt Radio for letting this happen.
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