MuhMur Radio Broadcast 24 November 2022.

 

The programme starts with a small piece by Alexandra Spence. "Flora (For A Friend)" is from the 2019 album 'Walking She Heard The Fluttering' on the Room40 label. Alexandra is an Australian living and working in Sydney. She holds the belief that electricity might actually be magic. The voice on this piece is by Rebecca Bruton. More information on Alexandra's work can be found here : https://alexandraspence.net.

                                                                    Alexandra Spence.

Earlier in the year the American Cloister Recordings label reissued two Post Scriptvm albums on cassette. "Marginal Existence" (originally released in 2005 on the French Hermetique label) and "Chiaroscvro" (originally released in 2003 on the Italian Stridulum Recordings label). 

Post Scriptvm are a Russian duo based in New York City. The first time I heard Post Scriptvm was in 2014 when I played with them at the Marie-Antoinette Club in Berlin. I fell in love with their sound on that night! "Warped In Sickness" is from the "Marginal Existence" album. More information can be found here : https://vk.com/club13887033.

Also on the same night in 2014 were Ke/Hil. Ke/Hil were a duo formed of Brigant Moloch (of Anenzephalia) and Wilhelm Herich (of Genocide Organ). It was a truly fantastic evening. The Anenzephalia tracks here are from their first album "Fragments Of Demise" released in 1993 on Ron Lessard's RRRecords label. 

In April this year Tesco Organisation released the 30th Anniversary edition of the debut album released by Genocide Organ. "Leichenlinie" (roughly translates as 'Line of Corpses') was originally released in 1989. This LP features the 2009 remastering by Jason Mantis of Malignant Records. The album also features two 'bonus' Genocide Organ rarities. "This Is No Lie" was originally included on the Japanese compilation  cassette "Monochrome Meditator" released in 1991 on SSSM (the label operated by Contagious Orgasm's Hiroshi Hashimoto). The album also includes "Amazed Y Negri" also from this compilation. "Keiner Kommt Zurück" is from the "Leichenlinie" LP. I don't think the Anenzephalia LP is readily available but all information on Genocide Organ and Tesco Organisation can be found here : https://tesco-germany.com.

The sounds of Takahiro Mukai are now becoming a regular feature on MuhMur Radio. "Dogú" was released by the Finish Ikuisuus label in September this year. Recently I managed to pick up a copy of his 2014 album "Ardent Spirits For Socially Unfit Persons" on the (Finnish) Lal Lal Lal label. Expect to be hearing tracks from this cassette throughout the December broadcasts. 

The Dead Mauriacs is the project of Le Havre based sound artist Olivier Prieur. Earlier in the year Olivier made a one-off 12" lathe cut LP called "Les Perruches Les Ambassades (Music For Steve Cammack)". The LP was cut by Y.Ann of Ultra Milkmaids, only two copies exist. It's a one sided 12" that comes in two parts. I played Part One on the last broadcast before the summer break. You can take a listen here : 

https://www.mixcloud.com/tamsin-jane-cammack/muhmur-radio-broadcast-9-june-2022/. The Samutek piece is from the 2020 cassette "Omamy" released on the Singaporean label Evening Chants. The cassette version has sold out from source but a download version is still available from the label, go to : 

https://eveningchants.bandcamp.com/album/omamy. 

The Arv & Miljö track is from the recent compilation CDR "Mer Rock Mot Svinen", released on the  Förfall label. The title roughly translates to 'More Rock Against The Pig'. The tracks are crudely recorded sounding like Demo Cassettes that Förfall have received and decided to put them all on one CDR. A 21st century 'Bullshit Detector' if you wish. The Arv & Miljö track is the outstanding piece on the compilation. 

In March this year Current 93 released the album "If A City Is Set Upon A Hill" on the HomAleph label. In May a picture disc version was released. The picture disc album was subtitled "The Hallucinatory PulseMix". The C93 tracks here are from their version. The Lucrecia Dalt track is another from her new album "Ay!". As mentioned in the last broadcast, I have recently been up in Manchester and whilst there I trawled around the secondhand record shops. In 'Vinyl Resting Place' a shop hidden away on the top floor of Affleck's Palace I found a couple of Rip Rig & Panic 12" singles, "Storm The Reality Asylum" being one of them. I am old enough to remember when Eastern Bloc Records opened their first shop on the top floor of Affleck's Palace before moving to the downstairs arcade on Oldham Street. 

Simon Balestrazzi is a multi-genre musician working out of Cagliari in Italy. He was a founding member of the Industrial project T.A.C. (Tomografia Assiale Computerizzata) and in the 1990's joined the group Kirlian Camera. "Loplop" is from the album "Early Recordings (1979-1982)" and features Simon's earliest experimental recordings with home built electronic devices and reel to reel tape machines. Copies of the CD can be found here : https://azothrecordings.bandcamp.com/merch. The Durutti Column track is from the compilation CD "Daylight Upon Magic (A Sampler)", released last year by Les Disques Du Crépuscule and Factory Benelux. The edited version of "Thin Ice" is included on the legendary "Factory Sampler" 2x7" EP. Originally formed in Manchester in 1978 the Durutti Column for this recording were : Vini Reilly, Chris Joyce (later of The Mothmen and Suns Of Arqa), David Rowbotham (another future Mothman), Tony Bowers (who ended up playing bass guitar in Simply Red) and Colin Sharp. In 2007 Colin released his memoirs in a book titled "Who Killed Martin Hannett? : The Story of Factory Records' Musical Magician". It's a great read, copies are still floating about for under a tenner on the Internet. 

The broadcast ends on another Manchester group, The Passage and their 'classic' single from 1982.

Please take a listen to the programme here : 

https://www.mixcloud.com/tamsin-jane-cammack/muhmur-radio-broadcast-24-november-2022/

Playlist :

01: Alexandra Spence : "Flora (For A Friend)" (Room40) 2019.

02: Post Scriptvm : "Warped In Sickness" (Cloister Recordings) 2022.

03: Anenzephalia : "What Are They For?" (RRRecords) 1993.

04: Anenzephalia : "Chen Town" (RRRecords) 1993.

05: Genocide Organ : "This Is No Lie" (Tesco Organisation) 2022.

06: Takahiro Mukai : "Dogú (#508)" (Ikuisuus) 2022.

07: The Dead Mauriacs : "Les Perruches Les Ambabassades (Music For Steve Cammack) (II)" (NPH) 2022.

08: Samutek : "Samospalenie" (Evening Chants) 2020.

09: Arv & Miljö : "Fuck Uber" (Förfall) 2022.

10: Current 93 : "If A City ..." (Cashen's Gap) 2022.

11: Current 93 : "There Is No Zodiac" (Cashen's Gap) 2022.

12: Current 93 : "Joke Moon" (Cashen's Gap) 2022.

13: Current 93 : "Clouds At Teatime" (Cashen's Gap) 2022.

14: Lucrecia Dalt : "Dicen" (Rvng Intl.) 2022.

15: Rip Rig & Panic : "Storm The Reality Asylum" (Virgin Records) 1982.

16: Simon Balestrazzi : "Loplop" (AZOTH) 2016.

17: Genocide Organ : "Keiner Kommt Zurück" (Tesco Organisation) 2022.

18: The Durutti Column : "Thin Ice (Unedited Version)" (Les Disques Du Crépuscule/Factory Benelux) 2021.

19: The Passage : "XoYo" (Cherry Red Records) 1982.

There will be two broadcasts in December, the next being on the evening of the 8th which coincides with being my 60th birthday, so please expect some eclecticism in the playlist. There are also plans for a Four Hour Festive Feast programme over the Xmas holidays. A live broadcast no less! Details will follow  ... 

Thanks for listening.

Dorothy Max Prior Book ....

 

A wonderful start to the weekend as the new book "69 Exhibition Road" lands at MuhMur HQ. This is going to keep me busy until Christmas. Initial copies come signed with badges, postcard and two 'cut out' Max dolls to dress. Expect to hear a few Dorothy Max tunes on MuhMur Radio during December! 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 10 November 2022

 

The programme starts with a new piece by Kyiv based sound artist Edward Sol. Edward also operates the Sentimental Productions label. The summer has been a busy time for Sentimental Productions with releases by Jim Haynes, Lasse Marhaug and Edward. Some are old recordings, for obvious reasons some of the releases had to be put back. "Spitz In The Eyepit" is from the split cassette with Norwegian master Lasse Marhaug. In 2020 Lasse released a triptych of albums on Sentimental on CD / vinyl and Reel to Reel tape, well worth checking out. 

https://sentimentalproductions.bandcamp.com/merch for more information on Edward's output. Please support Ukranian artists.

The Test Dept track is from the great album "Q.E.D." on the N.L. Centrum label, a sub label of the Amsterdam Staalplaat label. The (double) album is a selection of live recordings that took place at the N.L. Centrum venue between April 1 1983 and May 31 1986. Other artists include Club Moral, SPK, Chris & Cosey, Non Toxique Lost, Blurt and The Hafler Trio amongst others. It is a great album and acts as a great document of the time. I bought the album when it was first released in 1988 but lost it along the way. I was lucky enough to find a decent copy (with the 7") floating about on the Internet for a decent price. It's worth keeping an eye out for. 

Takahiro Mukai is a prolific musician based in Osaka, Japan. "Dysgryphia" is one of his latest releases (he releases about four or five albums a year and has done since 2014) on the Le République Des Granges label. https://www.larepubliquedesgranges.org/disques/, the place to go for more information. More songs from the wonderful Deux Filles double CD on LTM, and undoubtedly more songs to follow in the broadcasts in December. And more from Skeppet, the Swedish duo - see the 14 October blog entry for information on Skeppet. The track here is from the split album with Street Drinkers. 

 

The Ludus track is from another compilation of work released by LTM. When I bought the Deux Filles double CD I also grabbed the CDs by Ludus and John Dowie (and got another CD for free!)."Hugo Blanco" first appeared on the cassette "Pickpocket" in 1981. It followed the beautiful 1980 7" "My Cherry Is In Sherry". Both were on New Hormones records. Ludus were formed in Manchester in 1978 by Linder Sterling. She studied art at Manchester Polytechnic and through friendship with Howard Devoto designed posters and record sleeves for Buzzcocks. The first line-up of Ludus included Toby, formally of The Nosebleeds and latterly of Blue Orchids and former Distraction Arthur Kadmon. By the time "Pickpocket" was released the group was Linder, 'Dids' on drums (Eric Random + The Bedlamites) and guitarist Ian Devine. This was the live line-up I saw at Futurama 3 in 1981. 

                                                       Howard Devoto & Linda Sterling.

At the time Ludus (for me) were a door opening both in musical style / attitude and Linder's art, the cut & paste dadaist method lead me to new sounds and creativity. An influential band. Contact LTM at : https://www.ltmrecordings.com. A few weeks ago I was in Manchester visiting old haunts and friends and of course the odd secondhand record shop. A few of the shops had a "Manchester Bands" section but non of them had any Ludus vinyl. I used to get my Ludus records from 'Grass Roots' on Newton Street but that doesn't exist anymore. I discovered a lot of Manchester in the 1980's doesn't exist anymore but I did find Piccadilly Records on Oldham Street, which has gone as sterile as a HMV Shop. It's where I managed to get a copy of the new Lucrecia Dalt CD "Ay!". "Atemporal" is from the album. 

Small Cruel Party have a new cassette out on Chocolate Monk called "Sic In Se Sua Per Vestiga Volvitur". Limited to 75 copies, try and grab from : http://chocolatemonk.co.uk/enter.htm.

                                                         Cosey Fanni Tutti live in Hull 2017.

October's edition of "Electronic Sound" the main feature is an interview with Cosey Fanni Tutti. She talks about her books "Art Sex Music" and "Re-Sisters", about the lives of Margery Kempe and Delia Derbyshire and her work with Caroline Catz. The edition comes with a 7" single featuring "Guitar", a remixed version from the "Delia Derbyshire:The Myths And Legendary Tapes" soundtrack and "Amplitude", an unreleased out-take from the same sessions. The magazine also has an interview with Janine Rainforth of Maximum Joy on their formation and how they recorded their first single "Stretch". Fascinating stuff ... and if I had a copy of "Stretch" I would've played it. The magazine can be bought from Electronic Sound at : https://electronicsound.squarespace.com. 

A MuhMur Radio broadcast wouldn't be complete without a Modelbau track. "Volcanic Ash" is from the new double LP "Loess". A collaboration between Frans de Waard (Modelbau) and Robin Rimbaud (Scanner). Copies at : https://www.movingfurniturerecords.com

Confusion amongst the surrealists. TI*TO is the shortened name for the Trans Industrial Toy Orchestra, a project containing Thorsten Soltau, Daniel Penschuck, Jan Van Vissen, Peter Kastner and One Ophof amongst others. "Countrybirds & Citytoys" is from the 2010 7"EP "Inventur" released on Thorsten Soltau's m.m.Label. This piece features Daniel Penschuck and Dr. K.K. Vogel (AKA Ad Breedveld). The flip side of the 7"EP features two tracks by Thorsten Soltau mixed and arranged by Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg. The m.m.Label ceased to exist in 2014 but copies can be found floating around on the Internet. Recommended. 

Recorded in 2010 and released on the mighty Hanson Records in 2013 Robert Turman's "Roto" is an improvised piece split in two halves and playable at any speed. I play side A at 33rpm. (Call me a traditionalist). Hanson Records is owned and run by Aaron Dilloway so I play his split single he made with John Wiese in 2005. 

The programme ends with a couple of Velvet Underground covers. 

As mentioned earlier, I was in Manchester for a few days at the end of last month. I was in a hotel that was just around the corner from  the secondhand record shop Clampdown Records. It's on Paton Street in what is now known as 'The Northern Quarter'. https://www.clampdownrecords.com. It's a nice little well run shop with an enthusiastic guy behind the counter. Back in the day, well my day really, let's say mid 1980's Clampdown Records used to be in The Corn Exchange behind the Arndale. It's the place the IRA blew up in 1996. The selection of experimental and post-punk records was quite pleasing. I managed to find a Bikini Atoll 7"  I had never seen before "Tribal Radio" and a great copy of The Zones "Stuck With You" 7". I was reading the "Hungry Beat" book at the time so I was looking for late 1970's Scottish punk / post-punk records. (I picked up a Boots For Dancing 12" from a shop in Affleck's Palace on the same day). My heart skipped a beat when I saw the 12"EP "The Mechanic" by Transmitters. I never knew this record existed! Imagine the feeling. The EP has a version of The Velvet Underground's "Ferryboat Bill" ending side two. Great version. The only way to finish the broadcast was with Cabaret Voltaire's equally brilliant cover of The Velvet Underground's "Here She Comes Now" from their 'Extended Play' EP from 1978.

The broadcast can be found here : 

https://www.mixcloud.com/tamsin-jane-cammack/muhmur-radio-broadcast-10-november-2022/

Playlist :

01: Edward Sol : "Spitz In The Eyepit" (Sentimental Productions) 2022.

02: Test Department : "Demonomania" (N.L. Centrum) 1988.

03: Takahiro Mukai : "Dysgryphia (#517)" (La République Des Granges) 2022.

04: Deux Filles : "She Slides" (LTM) 2013.

05: Skeppet : "Inåt Lander" (Release The Bats Records) 2010.

06: Deux Filles : "Zazinthos" (LTM) 2013.

07: Ludus : "Hugo Blanco" (LTM) 2002.

08: Lucrecia Dalt : "Atemporal" (Rvng Intl.) 2022.

09: Small Cruel Party : "De La Béatitude Malgré Sol (For Daniel)" (Chocolate Monk) 2022.

10: Cosey Fanni Tutti : "Amplitude" (Electronic Sound) 2022.

11: Scanner & Modelbau : "Volcanic Ash" (Moving Furniture Records) 2022.

12: TI*TO : "Countrybirds & Citytoys" (m.m. Label) 2010.

13: Robert Turman : "Roto (A)" (Hanson Records) 2013.

14: Aaron Dilloway & John Wiese : "Total Eclipse (II)" (Kitty Play Records) 2005.

15: Transmitters : "Ferryboat Bill" (Craving Company Records) 1989.

16: Cabaret Voltaire : "Here She Comes Now" (Rough Trade Records) 1978.

Thanks for listening. MuhMur Radio is back on air at 21:00 GMT on November 24. Please tune in at : https://www.soundartradio.org.uk. Thanks.