MuhMur Radio Broadcast March 31 2022.

 

The programme begins with the title track of the 2017 album "Notes Towards A Mental Breakdown" by Portuguese duo Iurta. Iurta are André Coelho and Johan Aernus. On the last broadcast I played a track by Metadevice which is the more recent solo project of Andrés'. Johan also records and performs under the banner of Wolfskin. "IURTA is a reflection upon the modern dystopia. Inspired by the works of J.G. Ballard and A. Tarkovski, IURTA's first full length album deals with the fragmentation of identity, of a mind forged by short-circuited information processes. It is a guided descent into an abstracted insanity, a sonic diary of the verge of a mental breakdown through soundscapes built upon cascading drones, harsh textures and minimal sonic oscillations. Neural dark ambient, at times punctuated by a cinematic tone exploring the limits of an inner space". To me it evoked the sound and imagery of work released by LOKI Foundation. Copies available from : https://www.cycliclaw.com. Johan also worked with the Portuguese artist Knwyn in the project Nerthiagh. The Nerthiagh track here is from the 4xCD compilation "Infernal Proteus". 

The regular listener to MuhMur Radio will know that when there is a new release by Modelbau I will be playing it ... or some of it at least. Frans de Waard (aka Modelbau) has been busy of late with three cassettes out around the same time. "Sway" on Sounds Against Humanity, "May Flower" on Grisaille and "Thermolite" on the Finnish Hyster Tapes label. Packaged as always on recycled material Thermolite" is six pieces of experimental electronics and drones with a slight sound shift in the use of analog synths and sequencers. Interesting stuff. Limited to only 44 copies contact Heikke at Hyster tapes here to grab a copy : http://www.pcuf.fi/~plaa/hyster.html. One of the best ways to get in touch with Frans is via his Vital Weekly website : http://www.vitalweekly.net.

File under classic albums of the 1990's. "Aldebaran" by Inade was released in 1996 on Cold Spring Records. Inade are the Leipzig based duo of Knut Enderlein and René Lehmann. They began in the early 1990's releasing cassettes on their own Loki Foundation label. In August 1999 I was fortunate to play with Inade at The Red Rose in London and The Fenton in Leeds. "Aldebaran" has been re-issued a few times, in 2017 Loki reissued it as a double album with extra mixes ... continuations of the original tracks. "The Crushing Of Earthly Foundations (Parts 1-3)" is from this album. 2017 also saw Inade and Loki Foundation release "Aldebaran Revisited 2016" a recording of the album performed live in Paris. Contact LOKI here : http://www.inade.de. 

Who are The Colander Studio Group? A label band for the Colander? According to their Discogs page "Pseudonymous solo works from a variety of contributors in the guise of an imaginary production music ensemble". Catalogued as Colander 7 "Material Outage" is a CD by ...... well, I can't say, I don't want to ruin the 'surprise' as were. A concept of whimsy, a very fine CD, that's all I'm saying. Colander (the label) can be found here : https://thecolanderstudiogroup.bandcamp.com.

Tendagruta is an older project from André Coelho, this time collaborating with a partner S.G. The cassette album "Ensalmo Do Sargaço" was released by Dissociated Records in 2016. It has a great '80's 'industrial feel' to the sound reminiscent also of the work Relay For Death and Himukalt are producing. As far as I know this was Tendagruta's only release. Copies are available on the Dissociated Records website : https://dissociatedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ensalmo-do-sarga-o. The Netzach track comes from the 1997 CD "Force & Fire". As mentioned in the last blog, I was struck with a bout of CV-19 and spent time rearranging boxes of tapes and CDs and listening to things I hadn't played in over 10 years. "Force & Fire" was one of those CDs. Originally released as a cassette in 1993  on Thurs Records. Netzach was Elke Bölling who also played in Column One and more recently RestBrigade. 

Solomon Tump has just released a 3"CDR called "Palimpsest". Recordings on and inspired by Dartmoor, Devon. Unfortunately the CD players at SoundArt Radio didn't want to know it and made it skip, hop & jump ... so apologies to Solomon. (I'll buy you a pint next time I'm in Bovey Tracy!). 

"Time Deferred" is the latest offering from Mark Vernon. It's released on Felix Knoth's Gagarin Records. I first came across the sound of Mark Vernon in 2018 when I was sent the cassette "Orphaned Works" on Thomas LaRoche's Research Laboratories label and everything I have heard since has not disappointed. I am slowly collecting his back catalogue so expect to hear more throughout 2022. Mark can be found here : http://meagreresource.com. He also has a Bandcamp page. Gagarin Records and "Time Deferred" are here : http://www.gagarinrecords.com. 

I don't usually play Dieter Müh but I was made to dig it out an old CD from the bargain bins at MuhMur HQ. At the start of the year Italian label Eighth Tower Records released the compilation album "Hauntology In UK". An album dedicated to the memory of Mark Fisher. The album features Rapoon, Deep Space Chamber Music, Howlround and Grey Frequency amongst others, one of the others being Michael Bonaventure and his "Mavisbank" piece. The piece reminded me of the old Dieter Müh track "Ibruksin" from the album "Mutus Liber" so I've played them side by side as were. "Mutus Liber" is an old cassette that we (Dieter Müh) put out in 1995. A cassette that we gave away to folk who showed an interest in what we were doing, at live gigs and such like. It wasn't released ... it escaped. EE Tapes re-issued the album on CD in 2019. http://www.eetapes.be. "Hauntology In UK" is available direct from Eighth Tower Records : https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com.

Killer is also known as Killerlady. Killerlady is artist Martin Kircher. In 2013 I was playing a gig in Bremen at Der Elefant with Tarkatak and BºTong. It was at the same time as a Killerlady & Peter Fengler exhibition at the Spedition Gallery so I went along and picked up the "No Music" 5" playable postcard. Released by Twisted Knister https://twistedknister.bandcamp.com copies are still available at €4. After the problems I had the other broadcast playing the new Current 93 postcard ... I thought I'd give this one a try. 

Playlist:

01: Iurta : "Notes Towards A Mental Breakdown" (Cyclic Law) 2017.

02: Nerthiagh : "Belladonna" (The Anja Offensive) 2002.

03: Modelbau : "Thermolite (Part Six)" (Hyster Tapes) 2022.

04: Inade : "The Crushing Of Earthly Foundations (Pts. I-III)" (Loki Foundation) 2017.

05: The Colander Studio Group : "Ident III" (Colander) 2022.

06: Tendagruta : "Urfuto Tripimivo" (Dissociated Records) 2016.

07: Tendagruta : "Motim Na Bouça" (Dissociated Records) 2016.

08: Netzach : "Captured (IX)" (Membrum Debile Propaganda) 1997.

09: Mark Vernon : "The Wrong Platform (Nothing Stops Here After 5)" (Gagarin Records) 2022.

10: Mark Vernon : "Athanasia" (Gagarin Records) 2022.

11: Dieter Müh : "Ibruksin" (EE Tapes) 2019.

12: Micheal Bonaventure : "Mavisbank" (Eighth Tower Records) 2022.

13: Modelbau & Pool Pervert : "Umbau #9" (Not On Label) 2021.

14: Killer : "No Music" (Twisted Knister) 2013.

Please take a listen here : 

https://www.mixcloud.com/tamsin-jane-cammack/muhmur-radio-broadcast-march-31-2022/

Thanks for listening. The next broadcast will be on April 14 where I will be celebrating the 41 year anniversary of the release of Swell Maps "Whatever Happens Next" album and the new book "Swell Maps 1972 - 1980" by Jowe Head. 

Also out this month is the latest edition of the Bulgarian magazine "Comfort Club" which features an extended interview with me where I talk about MuhMur Radio, Dieter Müh and family life in Devon. The magazine also features Takahiro Yorifuji, Lucia Udvardyova, Maltash and Vanity Productions amongst others, grab a copy : https://amekcollective.bandcamp.com/merch/comfort-club-3-zine.