MuhMur Radio Broadcast 25 November 2021

 

On the 13th of September 2018 MuhMur Radio broadcast exclusive material / sounds by Thorsten Soltau x Comrades, included in the 'session', that also included solo work by Thorsten and collaborative work with Pharmakustik, Marina Stewart and Ragpole Reel, was a piece of collaborative work with German sound artist Emerge called "Kalk & Schiefer". The piece has now been released by Auf Abwegen on the CD "Acker Und Seche". "Postskriptum Eines Traumes" is also from the CD ... the closing piece. The album also includes a lengthy collaborative piece between Thorsten, Emerge and RLW (Ralf Wehowsky). Highly recommended. More information on this release can be found at Thorsten's excellent website : https://thorstensoltau.de. Over the past 12 months UK label Steep Gloss have put out volumes entitled 'Blank Tape Compilation'. Invited artists provide sound made purely from blank cassettes, it's a fascinating collection (three volumes so far) with contributions from Modelbau, Phil Maguire, Matt Atkins, Howard Stelzer, Grant Evans, Brandstifter and Karen Constance amongst others ... the Daniel Vujanic piece is from Volume Three. https://steepgloss.bandcamp.com.

Does anyone remember the Small Wonder records catalogue from the late 1970's? It's where I used to but my Film Cast singles from. The Film Cast, a mysterious project that only produced four 7" singles and all on their own True Friends Music label. I used to (and still do) liken them to bands such as Metabolist, A Popular History Of Signs and File Under Pop. "Life In A Film Cast was their second single. They also did a great cover version of "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted", well worth hunting for ...  Wieman is the duo Roel Meelkop and Frans deWaard. The one minute piece here is from a new 3" CD album "Casiotone Compilation #9" on Ao To Ao. The album is a collection of one minute pieces by various projects with the common link of Frans deWaard. Modelbau, THU 20, Shifts, Kapotte Muziek, Doc War Mirran ... you get the picture. All pieces use a Casiotone VL keyboard. Copies are available direct from the label here : https://aotoao.bandcamp.com/album/casiotone-compilation-vol-9

Camp Sophisto were Peter Hein (formrly of Mittagspause) and Michael König. In 1983 they released the great 7" "Obsession" on the Pure Freude label following a year later with the mini-LP "Camouflage" on Sneaky Pete Records. The track here is from the mini-LP. In 1984 they split with Michael playing in Asmodi Bizarr and Peter joining the pop group Family5. 

'On This Day' features two great records, firstly the 7" single "Afterwards" by Artery (b/w "Into The Garden"). Artery were one of those great bands of the late 1970's / early 1980's that were totally overlooked. I saw them live a few times and they were one of those bands where anything could happen .. and quite often did, the smashing of instruments, audience intimidation and if I remember rightly onstage pissing at The Gallery in Manchester (1984). "Into The Garden" is taken from their 1981 John Peel Session. Also on this day in 1980 The Fall released "Grotesque (After The Gramme)'" LP. 

"Zungsang" is the latest album by Joke Lanz. Released on cassette by the French label Vice De Forme. All the tracks here make up side 2. Inspired by subconscious memories and nightmares. Joke tells me that there'll be a new Sudden Infant album out in 2022 released by Fourth Dimension. Meanwhile ... grab this tape, limited to only 80 copies. : https://vicedeforme.bandcamp.com/album/zungsang

Grey Frequency are no strangers to the MuhMur Radio playlist. 2021 has been a busy year for Gavin Morrow (aka Grey Frequency) with the self-released album "Paranormal" and the two cassettes on Sensory_Leakage and their compact and bijou label Remote Viewing. Grey Frequency also appear on the compilation album "Stellar", the third in the 'Drone Series' on Eighth Tower Records. On the 25th of September 2021 Grey Frequency played as part of a "Weird Gardens" evening at Bristol's Rockaway Park venue. The track here is an exclusive listen of that evening's performance. It was the ending sounds of nature that brought to mind "Wu Wei" by Juice Machine. The track is from their CD album "Deep As A Depthless Pond" on the (new to me) Russian Besperch' label. It was hearing Juice Machine on David Warmbier's 'Institute Of Spectra-Sonic Sounds' that lead me into their world. Juice Machine are the improvisational duo R.H. Smith and Heather Chessman from Eugene, Oregon. A lot of their releases are self-released and files only so it's really good to have them physically on other labels. Contact Besperech' direct here : https://bsprch.bandcamp.com/album/deep-as-a-depthless-pond, or get in touch with Juice machine direct here : https://juicemachine.bandcamp.com. It seemed only natural to follow Juice Machine with the new CDR(EP) from Arv & Miljö.

"Jorden Först" is the latest release by Förfall, the CDR label operated by Gustaf Diksson. Limited to 70 copies it comes with a 12 page mini-booklet on how to train as an 'Earth First' activist. Contact for A&M can be found here : http://www.iddb.se/arvmiljo.html

Please take a listen to the broadcast here: 

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-25-november-2021

Playlist : 

01: Thorsten Soltau & Emerge : "Postskriptum Eines Traumes" (Auf Abwegen) 2021.

02: Daniel Vujanic : "Untitled" (Steep Gloss) 2021.

03: The Film Cast : "Life In A Film Cast" (True Friends Music) 1979.

04: Wieman : "VL-1" (Ao To Ao) 2021.

05: Camp Sophisto : "Am Rande Des Abgrunds" (Sneaky Pete Records) 1984.

06: Artery : "Afterwards" (Armageddon Records) 1981.

07: Joke Lanz : "Dirty Looks" (Vice De Forme) 2021.

08: Grey Frequency : "Live At Rockaway Park, Bristol. 25:09:21" (Not On Label) 2021.

09: Juice Machine : "Wu Wei" (Besperech') 2021.

10: Arv & Miljö : "Jorden Först" (Förfall) 2021.

11: Artery : "Into The Garden" (Armageddon Records) 1981.

12: The Fall : "W.M.C. - Blob 59" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.

13: The Fall : "Gramme Friday" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.

14: Joke Lanz : "Voices In My Head" (Vice De Forme) 2021.

15: Joke Lanz : "Crane Boy (Revisited)" (Vice De Forme) 2021.

Next broadcast will be on December 9, it's what is known as 'the birthday broadcast' as it's the day after my birthday (there's usually one on or around December 8) and will feature sounds from Flutwacht, Genocide Organ, Tantric Death and Aube amongst dance tunes from the 70's and 80's from The Cigarettes, B Movie, The Bleach Boys and The Bongos. Same time, same channel (as always). 

Here's a picture of my daughter Isabel on the balcony of SoundArt Radio the other day ... enjoying the sounds ... as always. 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 11 November 2021

 

If it had only clicked at the time of recording this programme I would have started with the B Movie single "Remembrance Day". Ah well, the broadcast kicks off with a track from the Howard Stelzer cassette "I've Told You Once (Suburban Observances Volume Two)". It's a cassette on the US Tribe Tapes label and (I guess) a follow up to Volume One that was released by UK label Chocolate Monk a few weeks ago. Tribe Tapes have European distribution through White Centipede Noise in Germany and Electric Knife Records / Industrial Coast and Tordon Ljud in the UK. Volume four in the Suburban Observances series is a double CD on Humanhood Records. Hopefully my copy will arrive soon ... 

A few weeks ago the new album by Blue Chemise came through and it has a track called "Chrysanthemum No.1" and that got me thinking ... I have a great piece by Aube called "Chrysanthemum" that is on the compilation "Infernal Proteus". Playing the DJ license card I play both tracks back to back. "Infernal Proteus" is a 4xCD release with the CDs being encased in a hardback book, it features artists including Aube, Apoptose, Troum, Yannick Dauby, Chaos As Shelter and Ultra amongst others. Released in 2002 I imagine copies are long sold out but Discogs have copies for sale  ... worth having. 

Blue Chemise is the project of Australian musician Mark Gomes. I first came across the sound of Blue Chemise through the excellent 7" "The Music Lesson" on the I Dischi Del Barone label. "Chrysanthemum No.1" is from the LP "Flower Studies". A collection of eight pastorales on strings and piano inspired by the photographs of Adolphe Braun (1812 - 1877).  Released on the Belgian B.A.D.D.M. label and limited to 444 copies. https://baadm.bandcamp.com/album/flower-studies

Always a treat to hear new sounds / material by Swedish sound-genius Mattias Gustafsson (aka Altar Of Flies). "Utan Titel" is from the new cassette "Piano And Tapeworks Volume II" on Mattias' own imprint Hästen & Korsett. Tordon Ljud and White Centipede Noise are doing the European distribution on this release. Again, worth having. 

Tesco Organisation have been busy with releases over the past few weeks. They have now put out Himukalt's 12th album "Dreaming Of A Dead Girl". Himukalt is the project of American industrial artist Ester Kärkkäinen. Tesco Organisation have also released "Asura" the new album from Linekraft. Linekraft is the project of Japanese noise artist Masahiko Okubo. 

"Asura" is the Hindu god of wrath as far as I can make out, the album has titles dedicated to political assassination and suicide ... it really is a breath of fresh air and it's great to hear well crafted and strutted power electronics again which I can also say about the new 7" single from Genocide Organ. "Khalsa" / "Operation Blue Star" is volume four in the 7" series 'Religious Extremism (Alternativism)' series by Genocide Organ. 

All titles can be bought direct from Tesco Organisation. https://tesco-germany.com/en/ . The track by Grey Frequency is from the cassette album "Essentia". The cassette was released by Remote Viewing on the 13th of August and only available via the labels Bandcamp page on that day. This seems to be a marketing ploy taken up by a few labels recently and I'm not 'a fan' of it. I can understand the point of labels, small labels who do home dubbing, can know the exact figure to copy so there's not a shoebox full in the attic gathering dust for years. But, surely the label will know it's minimum / maximum sales be it 10, 12, 30 or 300. Perhaps I am not keen on this selling technique as there are days when I don't go on the internet - for various reasons - or only get to pages late at night when releases are now "sold out". Remote Viewing is a sub-label of Sensory Leakage. https://sensoryleakage.bandcamp.com The Lee Riley track is from a new 3" CDREP available through the Soloman Tump Bandcamp page. https://solomantump.bandcamp.com. The EP is called "Spl // it" and is a joint release with Soloman Tump. (Two tracks each). The EP also comes as a free download if you buy issue #2 of Soloman Tumps magazine "Intrusive Signals" (mentioned elsewhere on this blog). http://intrusivesignals.limitedrun.com. Lee Riley is a musician / sound artist based in Oxford, back in 2018 he collaborated with Stuart Chalmers to release the cassette "Points Of Vital Differences" on Cruel Nature Records. Well worth hunting down. 

Over the past twelve months or so Stuart has been releasing a series of albums that all summon the heart of 'things'. Beginning with "The Heart Of Contemplation" (Wormhole Wood / Tavern Eightieth), followed by "The Heart Of Instinct" (TQ N-aut) and most recently "The Heart Of Nature" (Ikuisuus / Opal Tapes). The two pieces here are from the latest tape. Digital copies are still available from Stuart. Contact him at : https://stuartchalmers.bandcamp.com/music. No strangers to the MuhMur Radio Playlist, Hairs Abyss are Paul Harrison (Expose Your Eyes / Smell & Quim) and Chandor Gloomy (Cromlech Shadow / Feral Copse). "Looking" is the opening track from the CDR "Looking At The Land" on Brighton based label HREA'M Recordings. https://hream.bandcamp.com/releases. Hairs Abyss also have a CD out on the Baltimore (USA) based label SpleenCoffin. Called "Aposematic Displays" it's available from the label https://spleencoffin.com, or direct from Chandor at https://comakultur.bandcamp.com.

It's really good to hear new releases from Ukranian artist Edward Sol. "Go And Get Dressed" is his latest cassette on his own Quasi Pop Records label. The two Aube tracks "Scrub" and "Passive Attack" are from the 4x7" box "Quadrotation". Alex at Tordon Ljud was selling original copies recently. I am guessing that someone found a shoebox full gathering dust in their attic recently. It's an Aube release I missed out on back in the mid 90's, so it's great to have a copy ... at last. 

The programme ends with a track from the timeless album (mini LP?) "Hit The Pulse" by Portion Control. 

Please take a listen : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-11-november-2021/

As ever, comments are always welcomed. Contact me at muhmur.radio@gmail.com. The next programme will be on November 25th. 20:00 GMT on the FM Dial (102.5) or Live Stream via the SoundArt Radio webspace. https://www.soundartradio.org.uk

Playlist :

01: Howard Stelzer : "There Are Always Hands" (Tribe Tapes) 2021.

02: Aube : "Chrysanthemum" (The Ajna Offensive) 2002.

03: Blue Chemise : "Chrysanthemum No.1" (B.A.D.D.M.) 2021.

04: Mattias Gustafsson : "Utan Titel" (Hästen & Korsett) 2021.

05: Himukalt : "Sehr Empfindlich" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

06: Linekraft : "An Assassination In The Organic Universe" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

07: Linekraft : "One Kills One" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

08: Genocide Organ : "Operation Blue Star" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

09: Grey Frequency : "What We Become" (Remote Viewing) 2021.

10: Lee Riley : "Be Strange Not Afraid" (Not On Label) 2021.

11: Stuart Chalmers : "Wood" (Ikuisuus) 2021.

12: Stuart Chalmers : "Metal" (Ikuisuus) 2021.

13: Hairs Abyss : "Looking" (HREA'M Recordings) 2021.

14: Edward Sol : "Go And Get Dressed" (Quasi Pop Records) 2021.

15: Aube : "Scrub" (Self Abuse Records) 1996.

16: Genocide Organ : "Khalsa" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

17: Aube : "Passive Attack" (Self Abuse Records) 1996.

18: Portion Control : "Crash Weight Gain" (In Phase Records) 1983.