"I'm Back, In Full Attack. Never Give In Until They Crack". (999).
The (Jim Jones) People's Temple Choir open the programme giving you a warm welcome. The track is from the 1973 LP "He's Able" that has been recently re-issued on cassette by the Kieh! Kieh! label. Go to : https://kiehkieh.bandcamp.com for more details.
In April The Anti Group (TAGc) released their tenth album "AMMA". AMMA further explores the TAGc work "Digitaria" inspired and based around the Dogon Cosmological beliefs documented in the book by Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen, 'Le Renard Pâle' (Paris 1965, Institut d'Ethnologie), utilising unreleased Archival tapes from the TAGc Digitaria recording sessions, ethnological recordings of the Dogon and astrophysical recordings from the star systems in the constellation of Canis Major. "Ogo Le Ranard Pâle" is from this album. Released by ArmComm Europe and Rizosfera, copies are available from : https://rizosfera.org/en/. At the same time Rizosfera also released the first solo album by Adi Newton called "Newtones". It's well worth hunting out.
"Time Ends - A Tribute To J.G. Ballard's Tetralogy Of Transformation" is a double compilation album featuring Desiderii Martinis, Troum, Martin Bladh & Karolina Urbaniak and Anemone Tube. Each artist has a side to explore, interpret and explain four of Ballard's works. Anemone Tube's "Road Of Suffering I - III" is a take on "The Crystal World" and is part of "Sea Of Trees". "Inspired by the visions of J. G. Ballard 'Sea Of Trees' aims to dissolve the alienated relationship between man and nature. In this vision the forest is a place of pilgrimage, offering a comprehensive healing processor man with the purpose of a repatriation to his actual innate nature". The album is a co-release between Auf Abwegen and The Epicurean (Anemone Tube's own label). I must admit to not knowing much of Ballard's work, I remember reading "Crash" and "The Atrocity Exhibition" (quite thin volumes as I remember) as a teenager in the 1970's, but I can't remember getting much out of them ... but, if there's a compilation album where both Anemone Tube and Troum get a side each .. I am going to have to take a listen. Go to either label's websites for more information. (It's also available as a CD) : http://the-epicurean.transformed.de and / or https://aufabwegen.bandcamp.com.
Memotone is the alias of experimental electronic artist William Yates. Earlier in the year I got the cassette "The Power Of The Witch" on Industrial Coast, a tape shrouded in mystery about who produced the sounds etc, I discovered it was William Yates so, wanting to hear more I dipped my ears in to the water (so to speak) and bought this Memotone 7" "Koma". I shall continue to get more Memotone sounds. Facit was another project who I found out about by delving into the works of Swedish musician Joakim Karlsson. Joakim is half of Treasury Of Puppies and has worked with Blod and Astrid Øster Mortensen in the past. (All favourites here at MuhMur HQ). Facit is the duo of Mai Nestor and Joakim Karlsson, with albums last year out on Förfall and Discreet Music. "Broschyr" is from the 2013 12"EP "Mat Åt Duvorna" on the New York based Cititrax label.
Just as I had finished the playlist for the last MuhMur Radio broadcast before the summer recess the 10 album and 2 7" single box set of Nekrophile Rekords history came through the door. A happy summer spent listening to all of Nekrophile's output. I still have a couple of original cassettes, the ones by Korpses Katatonik and LAShTAL, and I was never too keen on the Zos-Kia / Coil "Transparent" tape, but hearing it again after many many years I was pleasantly surprised .. it has its moments. The box set (which also includes a rather magnificent book full of history and memories) also includes the unreleased material by Coming To Now. "Closer To Silence" was recorded in 1984 but never made release. The same story applies to Metgumbnerbone's "For The Raven" album which also appears in the box. Coming To Now were Andy hale and Luther Howard. Their first release (under the pseudonym of Tibet 23) was the 1983 cassette "The Psychick Funcktion". A live recording, this was followed by "The Stifling Air" on the The Will To Power label. Shortly after the release of this cassette Luther left the group. The Coming To Now piece that appears on the Nekrophile compilation "The Archangels Of Sex Rule The Destruction Of The Regime" was a solo piece by Andy Hale. Recently Andy Hale has revived Coming To Now with downloads available on his Bandcamp page. : https://comingtonow.bandcamp.com.
On this day in 1981 Rough Trade US released the Throbbing Gristle album "Greatest Hits (Entertainment Through Pain)". "Distant Dreams (Part Two)" is not on this album. I think Rough Trade US missed a treat out there, it's one of my favourite TG tracks. Now, as a gentleman of leisure after retiring from what seemed like a lifetime working in the NHS, I find myself with time to read and this year I have been buying a few copies of the magazine "Electronic Sound". (I also pick up the odd "Record Collector" if it has an old punk band listed on the cover). I like the inclusion of the 7" single, in months past they have included pieces on and 7" singles by Thomas Leer & Robert Rental, Chris & Cosey, Cabaret Voltaire and John Foxx to name but a few. April this year the magazine featured Laibach with the 7" "Love Is Still Alive (Surfing Through The Universe)" and the July issue has an extended interview with Stephen Mallinder and the 7" "Contact". The track is from his latest LP on Dais Records called "Tick Tick Tick". It was through reading the interview that I discovered the project Mzylkypop. Mzylkypop is a Sheffield project operated by saxophonist Michael Ward (aka Michael Somerset) who was an ex-member of Clock DVA and Floy Joy. The 12"EP "Mzylkypop Presents Xzyles" features Stephen Mallinder alongside Adi Newton, Peter Hope, Karl D'Silva and Martin Archer amongst others. Sheffield legends to a man!
Haemoccult Recordings
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September 2022. I always knew I was going to retire in 2022, I didn't know which month but it was always a forgone conclusion. One of my retirement plans was to revive, resurrect, rejuvenate the label Haemoccult Recordings. Haemoccult Recordings was created in 2008 to release the Dieter Müh album "The Call" (HAEM 001). A few months after the release Dave Uden left Dieter Müh and label activities were put on Hiatus. 2015 and I released "Bethlehem Loop" (HAEM 002). This is a 5" lathe cut originally recorded for a Harbinger Sound project back in the early 00's. Steve (of Harbinger Sound) kindly sent me the 23 copies when the project was ceased. This release has never been for sale, I gave copies away to friends and to those who showed an interest. So, when I did finally hang up the NHS lanyard and scrubs in May I started asking folk if they were interested in a Haemoccult Recordings release. On September 24th (it was to be the 13th .. but for reasons I can't go in to right now) I released two 7" singles. Grey Frequency "Empyrean / Ritual" (HAEM 003) and The Dead Mauriacs "Cérémonie (Avec Congo En Flammes)" (HAEM 004).
There will be as yet untitled 7" single by Tony Whitehead released soon as well as a cassette by Finnish experimentalists Grey Park entitled "Think Space, Act Local (Volume 1)". It's a collection of Grey Park material from 1999 - 2003. (HAEM 005). At the time of writing this I haven't set up an internet presence, so it you want a copy just drop me a line on muhmur.radio@gmail.com and I'll help.
Degredation are the duo George Rayner-Law and Vinegar Tom. "Brainworm" is from the debut LP "Leadlined" on Brachliegen Tapes. Recently George has been making his radio work available via Bandcamp including the session he did for MuhMur Radio back in March this year. Grab a download here : https://georgeraynerlaw.bandcamp.com/album/pieces-for-muhmur-radio-march-2022.
2022 has been a busy year for Alice Kemp with live performances at 'Radiophrenia' in Glasgow and at the Supernormal Festival in a field in Oxfordshire. Alice has also provided the soundtrack to the film "I Have Seen Niagara" and provided artwork for the Rudolf Eb.Er + Will Guthrie project "Hilt" (released on Fragment Factory). She also had the misfortune of bumping in to me in a field on Dartmoor recently.
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