MuhMur Radio Broadcast 28 September 2023

 

Checking the diaries and I couldn't find anything (I own) that was released On This Day in the past, so I decided to go all conceptual. Every sound heard over the the two hours and seven minutes (sorry Chris ... overran a little bit) is a release on 10" vinyl. Well, I say 'release' ... the programme begins with three pieces by Dieter Müh and ends with a piece by MNEM. These are all unreleased tracks that were recorded for a 10" release series .... 

What's History? ... In the late 1990's I found myself living & working in Lincoln (again), for a part of this I was sharing a house with a friend called Mick. Mick used to run Outsider Records releasing records and CDs by the likes of Project D.A.R.K., Contrastate, Band Of Pain and Delphium amongst others. In 1998 we started 'The Mouth Label', a label to put out limited edition CDRs of live recordings by artists / projects we liked. 'Mouth' was an amalgamation of both (Dieter) Müh and Out(sider). This project came to a halt in 1999 after putting out three releases by Dieter Müh ("Feeling A Little Horse"), Government Alpha ("Breaked Live Wires") and Column One ("Live Im Hybridraum 23.12.97"). We wrote to both Colin Potter (Ora) and GX Jupitter-Larsen (The Haters) to see if they were interested in joining in on the project but they both declined, so .... we ended The Mouth Label. More information can be found at : https://www.discogs.com/label/185690-The-Mouth-Label. Our next plan was to release 10" vinyl EPs, and resurrect the Carnifex Organisation label. Carnifex Organisation was a label I became involved with in 1985. It was created by Gary Warrington and Sean Rorke in Hulme, Manchester releasing cassettes by <<I.B.F>>, The Secret Cinema, Swivel Hips and Muhviertel amongst others. Carnifex folded in 1989. 

Dieter Müh and "A Good 10 Inches" (working title) was to be the first release, followed by MNEM and an EP called "Magnetokorsk" and Das Synthetische Mischgewebe. Unfortunately none of these saw fruition, none were realized or released as I lost my job and Mick's archaeological unit was closing down, we were to become unemployed and as The Valentine Brothers once said ....... I cannot remember why I dug out and played the Dieter Müh cassette, I rarely listen to the old stuff these days but I did enjoy the three tracks and that gave me the idea for a ten inch only broadcast. 

Kaos Kontrol began in 1999, operated by Jukka Mattila it released sounds by the (then) Finnish noise / industrial underground from the likes of Alchemy Of The 20th Century, Temple Of Tiermes, STROM e.c., Hinageshi Bondage, Grey Park and Cloama to name a few. 'Engrama' by MNEM was their second release.  MNEM is the duo of 1W and J. Karpov. 'Engrama' was re-released as a 12" album by Segerhuva in 2007 and featured a bonus track called 'Ultimus'. This track was to appear on the Carnifex Recordings 10". The Soviet France tracks are from the '7.10.12' album released in 2012 by Alt. Vinyl. Vinyl On Demand re-released the album last year, copies are still floating about on the internet. 

When The Mouth Label wanted to release a CDR by Column One my first point of contact was with Daniel Löwenbrück. A correspondence and friendship grew. In 2000 whilst on the 'Harbinger Sound Travelling Circus & Freak Show' travelling through Scandinavia and mainland Europe we stayed for a few days with Daniel in Berlin. (His flatmate at the time was Jürgen Eckloff). Daniel had his own label called Tochnit-Aleph releasing gems by Column One, Con-Dom, Sudden Infant, John Waterman and more recently Alice Kemp, Stephen Cornford, Hermann Nitsch and Agencement to name but a few. His Raionbashi project began in 2003 and was active until around 2012. The piece here is from the 10" single 'In Teufel's Küche'. Daniel now lives in Copenhagen and can be found here : http://www.tochnit-aleph.com/raionbashi/. Skalp is Stefan Roigk. Stefan is a multi-disciplinary sound artist / sculptor operating out of Berlin, he has also released on Tochnit-Aleph. http://www.stefan-roigk.com for more information. 

God Bless The Virgin Prunes as Dave Fanning once said. I am now of an age where when filling out a form on the internet or other places, when asked my age I have to click / tick the 60+ box. Disheartening but it does mean that I was there when the Virgin Prunes began. I am blessed. I bought the records & tapes and I saw them live. Memorable gigs being the Futurama 3 Festival (1981) and Manchester Hacienda (1983), by the time they played The Feast Of Flowering Light Festival with Psychic TV in 1985 they had passed their sell by date (it happens). The two pieces here are part of the "New Form Of Beauty" project that was a series of releases in 12", 10", 7", cassette and VHS format. Virgin Prunes have an active website, visit https://www.virginprunes.com. Their first two 7" EPs were re-issued as 2x10" EPs for this years' 'Record Store Day' event, well worth tracking down.

Murder Cult was the project of Nottingham based sound artist Ben Hallatt. It operated for a couple of years 2013 - 2015 releasing on Ben's own KIKS/GFR label. 'Theatre And Death' is from the limited lathe-cut 10" "The Folly". It was also available on cassette, I think to 11 copies only. Murder Cult also put out a great 12" called "Four Hands Of Kali" and a cassette called "The Bridge". All worth hunting out. Ben is still active recording and performing as Cei Hill. He doesn't seem to have much internet presence but there are a few releases floating about on Discogs. Another limited 10" lathe cut is Neil Campbell's "Perimeter Ghost Bloom". Self released in 2020 https://theneilcampbell.bandcamp.com is the place to go for more information. 

Inade are René and Knut from Leipzig. The project began in 1990 with Inade creating the LOKI Foundation, an umbrella to release their sound. Thirty years (+) and they are still releasing some of the finest 'dark ambient / industrial' sounds around. There are Inade side projects like Fjernlys, Ex. Order, and M.K. Ultra all worth a listen. http://www.inade.de. 

<<S.P.K>> follow with a track from the unofficial box set 'Working Cycle Transmission'. The box set consists of five live albums and two 10" EPs. 'Genetic Transmissions Alt.' is a studio recording (recorded in Sydney, Australia) from 1982. 'Genetik Transmissions' is from the SPK "Leichenschrei" album originally released by Thermidor Records in 1982. 'Working Cycle Transmission' is still available on Discogs, I have no idea who Therapeutic / Adverse Recordings are, apart from that they are based in Athens, Greece. The Wire track is from the double 10" and 7" packaged inside a hardback book of lyrics and photographs called 'PF456 Deluxe'. Released as part of "Record Store Day' in 2021. I have mentioned before that I have found a shop down here in Devon that gets in the RSD releases, the owner says he has no say in what he's sent and sometimes he gets in the odd one or two releases he knows he won't sell, so I get them cheap ... sometimes very cheap. Where is this shop? Mind your own business! 

My is Yann Jaffiol from Ultra Milkmaids. I can't remember but I think I picked this 10"EP up from Yann when Dieter Müh played with Ultra Milkmaids at AZ Conn in Dresden. A date on the Harbinger Sound Travelling Circus And Freak Show 2000. The 10" is called 'Randomsundaytracks' on the V-Lego label. French band Celluloid Mata also released on V-Lego. Ultra Milkmaids have a Banccamp page (their website seems inactive), go to https://ultramilkmaids.bandcamp.com to find out more. 

Thanks for listening : 

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-28-september-2023/

Playlist :

01: Dieter Müh : "A Good Ten Inches (I)" (Not On Label) 2001.

02: Dieter Müh : "A Good Ten Inches (II)" (Not On label) 2001.

03: Dieter Müh : "A Good Ten Inches (III)" (Not On Label) 2001.

04: MNEM : "Siera Star" (Kaos Kontrol) 2000.

05: Soviet France : "Waiting At The Gate" (Alt Vinyl) 2012.

06: Soviet France : "Zerlest" (Alt Vinyl) 2012.

07: Soviet France : "Gathering Breath" (Alt Vinyl) 2012.

08: Raionbashi : "Untitled" (Ignivomous / Absurd). 2009.

09: Skalp : "Don't Turn" (Tesco Organisation) 1996.

10: Virgin Prunes : "Sweet Home Under White Clouds" (Rough Trade Records) 1981.

11: Virgin Prunes : "Sad World" (Rough Trade Records) 1981.

12: Murder Cult : "Theatre And Death" (KIKS / Gfr) 2014.

13: Neil Campbell : "Perimeter Ghost Bloom (III)" (Not On Label) 2020.

14: Neil Campbell : "Perimeter Ghost Bloom (IV)" (Not On Label) 2020.

15: Inade : "With The Flood To Light" (Malignant Records) 1996.

16: SPK : "Genetik Transmission Alt." (Therapeutic / Adverse Recordings) 2015.

17: Wire : "99.9" (Pink Flag) 2021.

18: My : "Iria Grrl" (V-Lego) 1997.

19 MNEM : "Magnetokorsk (Oct 2000)" (Not On Label) 2000.

Back on the 12th of October ..... 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 14 September 2023.

 

The latest broadcast begins with a piece by Robert Turman and John Wiese from the new CD album 'Solid State Of Time'. The album comprises of two pieces called 'Path To Be Drawn' and it's the most drone / ambient approach to sound I've heard John Wiese be for a while. 

The Cd is on Wiese's on Helicopter Records imprint https://helicopterdistro.bigcartel.com if you're in the US .. I do know that Cold Spring Records are carrying copies in the UK. Technically speaking I am not a big 'fan' of The Go-Betweens. I used to tape every John Peel Radio Show from probably 1978 to 1982, and then edit it down to my favourite tunes / sessions (I had an AmStrad tape to tape boombox back then) and I really liked The Go-Betweens 'I Need Two Heads' single. I then followed them for a while but never liked any more of their songs. The same can be said for Josef K, I love 'Radio Drill Time' but really couldn't get into them .... until recently. Perhaps I should revisit The Go-Betweens? Anyway, whilst in France last month I could not get this song out of my head. A paper ear worm. It's a great song.

The Go-Betweens formed in 1977 in Brisbane, Australia. In 1979 they moved to Scotland and released 'I Need Two Heads' on the Glasgow based Postcard Records label. Their time in Scotland is covered in the excellent book 'Hungry Beat' by Douglas McIntyre and Grant McPhee. The single has Steven Daly from Orange Juice on drums and is produced by Alex Fergusson of ATV and Psychic TV fame. Soon after the release Rough Trade records signed them up and they moved to London. The Lonely Bell are based on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. Their latest release is the cassette 'The Outer Banks' on Thomas Ragdale's Frosti label. Available here : https://frostilabel.bandcamp.com/album/the-outer-banks. 

"In 2017 I was recording along the north bank of the Humber estuary and one morning driving back from Faxfleet I was stopped at the Oxmardyke rail crossing. The gates were down. After setting up a microphone array by the tracks for a passing freight train the signalman shouted an invitation to climb up into the gate box to make some more recordings.

Over the following weeks I made several return trips to Oxmardyke and gathered a broad palette of recordings. I discussed the sounds, stories and history of the site with Philip after a show and we were both excited by the potential of making a work together.

Philip was drawn to the ancient history of the area from the 6th century Anglo Saxon times to the Knights Templar and how the sounds, rhythms and textures from those periods may still inhabit the contemporary landscape. My thoughts took inspiration from 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens and the painting 'Rain, Steam And Speed' by Joseph Turner. We agreed to share ideas and exchange tracks. 

Oxmardyke gate box has now passed into history".    Chris Watson.

I played a track on the last programme, 'AH' is the second and there will undoubtedly be more. It's a great listen to get involved in. https://philipjeck.bandcamp.com/album/oxmardyke. Another track I played last programme and continue here is from Fletina's EP 'Causal'. This is the title piece. Ultra limited CD edition released but available as download direct from Fletina here : https://fletina.bandcamp.com.

The Paul McCarthy track is from the 1983 album 'High Performance - The Record (Artists Doing Songs)'. I don't know why but after listening to Fletina and The Lonely Bell pieces this track came in to mind. 

In July this year Altar Of Flies released the 'Music For Roadmaster 69 And Other Pieces'. It's part of the iDeal Recordings "Inner Circle" series. 'Inner Circle' is a subscription series with each CD limited to only 70 copies. This release is number 4 with others by Sewer Election, CM Von Hausswolff and John Duncan. (I am not a subscriber, this CD appeared on the AOF bandcamp page). I think copies have sold out and it's too late to join the 'inner circle' but https://altarofflies.bandcamp.com/merch is always worth keeping an eye on. 

The Passage track is from their second album 'For All And None'. Picked this one up in Niort last month. 'On This Day' in 1982 Sheffield group Artery released 'The Clown', a 7" single on Red Flame Records. I don't have a copy so the version I play here is from the 1982 John Peel (Radio) Session. It appears on the 2006 compilation 'Afterwards (Recordings From 1979-1983)' on Spinney Records. Staying in Sheffield (as I did for 6 months in 1985) .... 

TV Product formed in 1978 when bassist Tony Perrin and guitarist Simon Hinkler shared student accommodation in Sheffield. Their one and only release was a split 7" single with The Prams on the local label Limited Editions Records. The TV Product tracks were recorded at Western Works and produced by Cabaret Voltaire. Hinkler left to become the keyboard player for Artery before joining Pulp and then forming The Mission with Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams (ex-Sisters Of Mercy). And, staying on a TV theme ....

Alternative TV are flavour of the month at MuhMur HQ at the moment. Mark Perry's (kinda) autobiography on the history of ATV / The Good Missionaries / The Door & The Window and The Reflections is now out, and what an enjoyable read it is, I've not put the damn thing down since it came through the letterbox last week ~ it had not arrived at the time I was (pre) recording this programme. The format of the book is Mark in conversation with Richo Johnson (of Splintered and Husk fame) and as Mark is a fascinating chap the book is a fascinating read about a fascinating period of music in the UK ... his dislike of a few folk goes down well here. Get the book at : https://fourthdimensionrecords.bigcartel.com/product/lost-in-room-mark-perry-alternative-tv-related-1977-1981-book-h-b. 

Also knitting nicely in to 'On This Day' the track 'Memphis Tennessee' is from the 'Live At The Rat Club' album recorded (by Genesis P-Orridge) on the 14th of September 1977. 'Nasty Little Lonely' is from the 'Scars On Sunday' cassette and was recorded live at The Greenwich Theatre, London in 1979. The cassette is rare, but Winter Hill Recordings, a label run by Richo, re-issued it as a CD back in 2019. 'Strange Kicks' is from the 1981 'Strange Kicks' album. It's probably the most 'weirdest' of all ATV albums. I like the story behind it ... but you'll have to read the book to find out all about that. 'Whole World's Down On Me' is the 

only solo 7" Mark released, and he doesn't really like the song. I disagree, it's a great tune to sing-a-long to (probably better than Ken Boothe's original). Back to Sheffield, the steel city. Martin Lacey (aka Martin X Russian) is the man behind the punk rock magazine 'Safety Pin'. Martin was (in 1977) one of the founding members of They Must Be Russians .. although back then he used the name 'Martin Sparkle'. In 1978 Martin left to briefly play in Artery before staring the fanzine "NMX". Forward to the now (ish) and in 2018 Martin started Safety Pin Magazine, the first issue came with a 7" 5-Track EP by Sheffield post-punk band Stunt Kites. 2023 and issue 18 has a copy of a 7" by Subway Sect and Vic Godard. The Subway Sect track is 'Parallel Lines' that originally appeared on the compilation cassette 'C81' and a new track by Vic Godard called 'Goin' Down Slovaks'. Slovak being a doctor (in the late 1970's) who'd write you a prescription for whatever you wanted for a tenner. The magazine has a great Godard interview, and a feature on The Beastly Cads and an in depth interview with Lora Logic. https://www.safetypinmag.com. Next issue has a UK Subs single with it. 

A change of speed, a change of style. Last month the UK label Aphelion Editions released the CDR / cassette 'Insomniac's dream' by Modelbau. 

"'Insomniac's Dream', recorded in 2018, is a compelling collection of four long-form pieces laden with deep bass rumble, dense drones, scattered layers of static and disorientating field recordings, juxtaposing elements of nature with sounds from daily life and other not quite placeable sources." (From the Aphelion Bandcamp page). https://aphelioneditions.bandcamp.com/album/insomniacs-dream. There's a great interview with Steve Underwood on the White Centipede Noise YouTube channel. In the interview he talks about the end of his label Harbinger Sound. I first met Steve when Dieter Müh played alongside Ramleh and Olympic Shitman at the Narrowboat in Nottingham. December 17 1994. We have remained good and close friends since. I will play highlights from the Harbinger Sound catalogue / canon in upcoming programmes. There are some absolute gems in there! And I'm not just talking about Dieter Müh or <<I.B.F.>>. Alice Kemp's 'Impregnator Of The Death Mouth' 7" is one of those gems. The broadcast ends on Grey Frequency's 'Thirty High Road' from the cassette 'Time And Place'. I am playing more from this release on the next programme so will mention more then ... Needless to say, copies are selling fast. Grab one at : https://prestoncapes1.bandcamp.com/album/pct-16-time-and-place.

Thanks for reading / listening. The programme is available on the MuhMur Radio Archive.

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-14-september-2023/

Playlist :

01: Robert Turman & John Wiese : "Path To Be Drawn (2)" (Helicopter) 2023.

02: The Go-Betweens : "I Need Two Heads" (Postcard Records) 1980.

03: The Lonely Bell : "The Outer Banks" (Frosti) 2023.

04: The Lonely Bell : "Fires Of Dawn" (Frosti) 2023.

05: Philip Jeck & Chris Watson : "AH" (Touch) 2023.

06: Fletina : "Causal" (Here Free Press) 2023.

07: Paul McCarthy : "Boston Bay" (High Performance Records) 1983.

08: Altar Of Flies : "För De Sömme Inte Finns Hos Oss" (iDeal Recordings) 2023.

09: The Passage : "Shave Your Head" (Night & Day) 1981.

10: Artery : "The Clown" (Spinney Records) 2006.

11: TV Product : "Nowhere's Safe" (Limited Editions Records) 1979.

12: TV Product : "Jumping Off Walls" (Limited Edition Records) 1979.

13: Alternative TV : "Nasty Little Lonely (Live)" (Fuck Off Records) 1979.

14: Alternative TV : "Memphis Tennessee (Live) (Obsession) 1993.

15: Alternative TV : "Strange Kicks" (I.R.S. Records) 1981.

16: Mark Perry : "Whole World's Down On Me" (Deptford Fun City Records) 1980.

17: Vic Godard : "Goin' Down Slovaks" (Safety Pin Magazine) 2023.

18: Modelbau : "Insomniac's Dream (A1)" (Aphelion Editions) 2023.

19: Alice Kemp : Impregnator Of The Death Mouth (Harbinger Sound) 2015.

20: Grey Frequency : "Thirty High Road" (Preston Capes Tapes) 2023.

My second MuhMur Radio broadcast back in 2012 was a Harbinger Sound 'special', you can listen to it here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-18102012/

NeuMusik Book.

 

A little too late for summer reading recommendations, I am a notoriously slow reader, but a book that has kept me busy and entertained over the past few weeks is 'Neumusik' by David Elliot. Published by Korm Plastics it's a collection of the complete output of 'Neumusik' magazine which ran from 1979 to 1982. (Only two & a half years!). 1979 to 1982 the university years of Mr. Elliot.

The magazine became essential at the time as information about Eurorock, Krautrock and the avant~garde was very thin on the ground. Magazines such as 'Flowmotion' and 'Interchange' came along later. 

The first issue was mainly overviews and reviews of works and releases by Ash Ra Temple, Urban Sax, Steve Hillage, Nurse With Wound and Edgar Froese amongst others. Long term co-contributor Andrew Cox writes an interesting piece on 'Calculator Music' (and how to create it) and reviews the WASP Synthesiser. Andrew went on to release cassettes as MHR on David's YHR label. (YHR went on to release great tapes by Asmus Tietchens and Colin Potter). The 'Euro' element runs throughout the six editions as David travels around France and Germany interviewing such artists as Heldon, Asmus Tietchens, Vangelis, Conrad Schnitzler and Florian Flicke amongst others. The reviews become more detailed and in-depth as folk like Gary Scott and 'Flowmotion' editor Gordon Hope became contributors. Also an English (UK) element creeps in as David indulges in the UK DIY / Avant~Garde 'scene' with overviews and reviews of Nurse With Wound, Whitehouse, Metabolist, Naked Pygmy Voles, Throbbing Gristle and Lemon Kittens. There's a great picture of Metabolist playing Brighton Uni, only 13 people showed up. I don't think I have ever seen a live picture of Metabolist before. Each issue is preceded by a few introductory pages where David talks about how the issue came possible, his travels and travails and has high quality pictures from the time. Great idea. 'Neumusik #5' (the only issue I had back in the day) has a great Chris Carter interview, his thoughts and comments on working with Thomas Leer and Robert Rental are hilarious. 

I recommend this book wholeheartedly, it's unputdownable, it's essential and it made me play some old Metabolist and Nurse With Wound again (probably hear them on MuhMur Radio soon), and made me wish I hadn't lost my Urban Sax albums ... ah well. 

Grab a copy now from : http://kormplastics.nl/index.html. 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast August 31 2023.

 

Hello Again ... 

Back from a few weeks away (en Francias) and getting to grips with a new computer and it's (or my) capabilities and understanding ... here we go.

The broadcast begins with three pieces from the new CD on Sentimental Productions 'Tomorrow Is A Big Distance'. The CD is limited to 300 copies and includes Mark Vernon, Altar Of Flies, Jim Haynes and Modelbau (all featured in this programme) as well as Edward Sol, Howard Steltzer, Francisco Merino, Joachim Nordwall, Norbert Moslang and Lasse Marhaug. 

All profits from the CD go towards helping humanitarian causes in Ukraine (zoos / vets) and it's available from :https://sentimentalproductions.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrow-is-a-big-distance. 

Over the past few programmes I have been playing sounds by my favourite French artists ... I promise that'll slow down now, but I couldn't resist playing Propergol. Propergol was the project of Jerome Nougaillon, active from the late 1990's to (around) 2012. 'Tormentor' is a 7" on Nuit Et Brouillard. 

Propergol also released on Tesco Organisation, Malignant Records and Hermetique. I was fortunate to play with Propergol, a Tesco Organisation evening as part of the 2006 Wave Gothik-Treffen Festival in Leipzig. I can't see / find any link to Propergol, but they have stuff available at Discogs. I have no idea who Operation Segerpil is / are. I have my thoughts, their second CDR 'The Art Of Manliness' is on the Forfall label, a label operated by Gustaf Dicksson of Blood and distributed by the Gothenburg label Discreet Music. Limited to 50 copies. https://discreetmusic.myshopify.com.

I do get a lot of things from Discreet Music. One of the latest purchases was the Greek magazine 'Emvoes' (it's Greek for Tinnitus). The magazine is put together by Manolis Pappas and edited by Kostis Kilymis and features a lengthy interview with Christian Schiefner the man behind the cassette label Falt. Starting in 2016 to release material by Christian's project Chemiefaserwerk Falt has been releasing essential sounds by the likes of Phil Maguire, Modelbau, Kazuya Ishigami, Juice Machine and Philip Sulidae to name but a few. Each cassette is wrapped in a printed A4 sheet containing Christian's artwork. Falt is German for Fold. As mentioned, it's a great interview and the magazine (which also features a lengthy interview with Alice Kemp) is available https://issuu.com/emvoes/docs/emvoes_met_gray_pages here. One of Falt's latest releases is the cassette 'Circulation Of Subtleties' by Matt Atkins + Jonathan Deasy. 'Waltz For Marguerite' is from the cassette available as download or as a physical item from Falt at : https://falt.bandcamp.com/album/circulation-of-subtleties. 

Fletina is a Scottish sound artist and field recordist who creates abstract, raw audio collages using found objects, room sounds, environmental noises, household items mechanical devices and various electronic manipulation techniques. Released on the New York (Brooklyn) based label Here Free Press 'Causal EP' is limited to 15 copies and available from https://herefreepress.bandcamp.com/album/here-15-fletina-causal-ep or digitally from https://fletina.bandcamp.com/album/causal-ep. Fletina is based in Forres (near Findhorn) in North East Scotland. The piece I play here 'Needless Guise' reminds me of the ambient sound, almost menacing sound, of shifting tones of gas and water used by David Lynch and Alan R Spelt in the film 'The Elephant Man'. (I watched it recently to try and get my daughter Iz into David Lynch films). The CD is mastered at a very low volume. 

Whilst in France I did manage to get in some vinyl shopping. We (the familie MuhMur) visited the big cities of Niort and Toulouse on our way to the remote ville of Pouech (find that on a map)! Niort has a great shop called 79Tours. It's beneath the market on Rue Brisson if you're ever in the area. 

                                               Just bagged some Factrix & The Passage vinyl.

A visit to Toulouse means a visit to Croc Vinyl. This place never fails ... it has a great secondhand section (downstairs), and a great post-punk / experimental / industrial section. I can spend hours in this shop, and a lot of €. Amongst the booty this time was the Current 93 album 'The Stars On Their Horsies', released in  2018 on The Spheres label. I play both sides with a Philip Jeck & Chris Watson track in-between (I had to turn the disc over). The Jeck & Watson track is from the CD 'Oxmardyke'. 

On this day in 1979 Glaxo Babies (or Gl*xo Babies as they are called on the sleeve .. legal shenanigans if I remember correctly) released their second single 'Christie Keeler'. 

Glaxo Babies were formed in November 1977 in Bristol by Dan Catsis (later of The Pop Group), Tom Nichols and Geoff Alsopp in Bristol. Dan Catsis and vocalist Rob Chapman left in 1979, 'Christine Keeler'  being his final vinyl appearance. Then Glaxo Babies went more 'experimentall' and 'jazz-influenced' with the addition of saxophonist Tony Wrafter and drummer Charlie Llewellin (who later joined Maximum Joy). Rob Chapman went on to the singer in The Transmitters. 'Nova Bossanova' is the B-Side. Also on this day in 1982 Ludus released their third LP 'Danger Came Smiling' on New Hormones. Ludus existed between 1978 and 1984 and entered around vocalist / artist Linda Sterling. Ludus drummer Graham Dowdall (aka 'Dids') also played with Eric Random & The Bedlamites. 'Danger Came Smiling' has been re-issued by LMT on CD. https://www.ltmrecordings.com. 

Another Discreet Music (Gothenburg) purchase recently was the 7" 'Figment Of Your Imagination' by Linda Smith. I play the flip side here ... I have become interested in the work of Linda after hearing here 2022 cassette 'Workshop Meditation' on Saga House. https://lindasmith2.bandcamp.com/music for more information. 

Playlist :

01: Mark Vernon : "The Years Simply Dissolved" (Sentimental Productions" 2023.

02: Modelbau : "The Art Of Peace" (Sentimental Productions) 2023.

03: Jim Haynes : "Subvariant, Number Eleven" (Sentimental Productions) 2023.

04: Propergol : "Tormentor" (Nuit Et Brouillard) 2003.

05: Operation Segerpil : "All Roads Lead To Him" (Forfall) 2023.

06: Matt Atkins + Jonathan Deasy : "Waltz For Marguerite" (Falt) 2023.

07: Fletina : "Needless Guise" (Here Free Press) 2023.

08: Current 93 : "Stars On Their Horsies (A)" (The Spheres) 2018.

09: Philip Jeck & Chris Watson : "Coop" (Touch) 2023.

10: Current 93 : "Stars On Their Horsies (B)" (The Spheres) 2018.

11: Glaxo Babies : "Nova Bossanova" (Heartbeat Records) 1979.

12: Ludus : "Invasion Of A Compulsory Sex-Morality" (LTM) 2002.

13: Ludus : "I Stabbed A Sheep" (LTM) 2002.

14: Linda Smith : "Ideal View Of The Ideal City" (Almost Halloween Time) 2022.

15: Altar Of Flies : "Peace Is Not An Awful Lot To Ask" (Sentimental Productions) 2023.

Well, I don't know how I did it ... but I did it! I have archived the programme on my MixCloud profile that (I thought) had ceased to exist in 2021 when I had the first computer meltdown. Ah well ... please take a listen here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-31-august-2023/.