It has come to the time of year where MuhMur Radio presents the birthday broadcast. If a broadcast date falls on, or a day either side of, my birthday I try and play something a little different. This time I play tracks / pieces / sounds of bands / artists that have shared the stage (the billing as were) with Dieter Müh over the past thirty years. It was great fun to do, so expect a part two sometime in 2024. I also include three live Dieter Müh pieces, two of which are unreleased.
Con-Dom. Rammel Club 2012.
The programme starts with Con-Dom. Dieter Müh first played with Con-Dom at The Red Rose in London, August 1998. Also playing were Anti-Child League, The Grey Wolves and Inade. A few days later we played The Termite Club in Leeds (aka The Fenton Arms) with Inade. Con-Dom & The Grey Wolves also played under the banner of Death Pact International. Dieter Müh played with Con-Dom again at the Rammel Club in March 2012 and again at the Marie-Attoinette in Berlin in 2013, on this occasion Mike Dando was giving a lecture. The track here is from the CD+Book 'Shards Of Ordinance'.
In October 1998 Dieter Müh played their first gig on the continent as part of the 11th Festival For Independent Music & Arts held at the OJC Kompas in Saint-Niklaas, Belgium. We were invited to play by Eriek and Sven of EE Tapes. Also on the evening were Troum (their first ever live performce ... if memory serves), Ah Cama-Sotz, Amy Love, Konstruktivists, Mlhest, Hautnah and Lethal Dose 50 who were billed as LD50 on the night. LD50 were a Belgian three-piece. The track here is from their 2006 album '21st Century Awakening' on Nuit Et Brouillard.
I first met Kristian when Dieter Müh first played at The Fylkingen in Stockholm in November 2001. We started corresponding, exchanging sounds etc from then on. In 2003 Kristin mailed a CDR called 'Laudanum'. A four track album. The track 'Exeat' is from this CDR. In April 2014 I returned to Stockholm to play The Fylkingen again, with Kristian Olsson, White, Contrastate and Dusa. Films on the night were by Simon Kane & Fetish 23.
The Rammel weekender in March 2012 also featured These Feathers Have Plumes. TFHP was a solo project of Andie Brown. Andie created sounds from cello, glass and field recordings. The piece here is from the CD album 'Corvidae' released in 2010. I am uncertain whether Andie is still producing / playing live. The following Dieter Muh track is from the same evening at The Rammel Club.
April 2014 and I was asked by Andrew (of Knifeladder / Black Light Ascension) to play at The Elektrowerkz in London. Not a favoured venue of mine ... it kind of kicks off around midnight and I'm the kind of guy who likes to be tucked up in bed by then ... but, Black Light Ascension were playing along with Thorofon so I agreed. I like Thorofon. I spent an evening in the company of Anton (from Thorofon) in Augsburg once back in 2003, and we laughed and had a lot in common, shared ground, so I was looking forward to meeting up again. But then Thorofon pulled and German outfit Melodic Abortion Clinic took their place. They reminded me of early (not that early ... but early) Portion Control. Hard electronic rhythms and pulsations. They gave me their CD "Citizen Gain" from which 'Gelebte Demokratie' is from.
Colin Potter was at the very first Dieter Müh live performance at the Bonding Warehouse, York in October 1994. Over the next few years I met and chatted with Colin and he offered time at his ICR Recording Studio, then based in Tollerton North Yorkshire. We recorded the album "Black Square" there. In November 1999 we played live with Colin at The Windmill in Brixton, along with Putrefier, Nomex and Das Synthetische Mischgewebe. The evening was organised by Harbinger Sound. 'Not Yeti' is from the 2017 album "The Abominable Slowman" on Abstrakce Records. 6 months later we played live with Colin again this time at The Red Rose in London. Colin was performing as part of Ora.
2004 and we were back in London and playing The Slimelight Club in Islington. It's a venue that is above The Elektrowerkz ... so no early night ... the venue opens around midnight. This gig was organised by Andrew Trail of Knifeladder and featured Knifeladder and Naevus. Both projects had John Murphy as their percussionist so it was a no brainer to travel and support. Naevus was the project of Lloyd James before he joined the reformed Crisis.
I played an all day event at The Brixton Windmill in 2011. Z'ev was headlining. Also on the day were Kylie Minoise, Andrew Perry and Tim Holehouse. Blurred memories of this day I'm afraid. I do remember folk sat on my table of elements as I was performing and this pissed me off big time. It rained alot too. Z'ev was (as always) brilliant. 'Wipe Out!' was his 7" on Fetish Records released in 1982.
The third Dieter Müh performance was supporting Soviet France in Bradford, 1995.
Initially Horizon 222 were down to support, but then couldn't make it, so we stepped in off the subs bench so to say. I was living in York at the time and saw the poster in Depth Charge Records, so made a few 'phone calls to see if we could also play and the organisers said yes. It was a great gig, and we got asked for 'merch'. We had none but it prompted us to compile the cassette "Mutus Liber". Soviet France on the evening was just Ben Ponton solo. The track played here is untitled and from the album 'Mohonomische'. A favourite.
London Conway Hall was the venue for the April 2009 Equinox Festival organised by Simon Kane, Andrew Hartwell and Raymond Salvatore Harmon. Three days celebrating the works and writings of Aleister Crowley. The Equinox was a periodical published by the Ordo Templi Orientis. On the evening we performed were Pestrepeller, Æthnor, The Anti Group and Threshold Houseboys Choir. The track 'Burning People' is from this gig. It was the last time Dave Uden would play with Dieter Müh. In September 2009 he disappeared.
Dieter Müh first played with Alice Kemp in 2002. It was The Cavern in Exeter and Alice performed under the name of Germseed. She has no recollection of this. Eleven years later I played with Germseed again, this time at a SoundArt Radio Anniversary Party at Dartington Hall Estate (Studio 20). When MuhMur Radio was broadcast live Alice used to be a regular in the studio, popping in to chat and swap stories (off-air, of course) and ask for a lift home. I have played live with Alice Kemp once at The Extreme Rituals : A Schimpfluch Carnival that took place at The Arnolfini in Bristol in 2012. I was part of Vagina Dentata Organ.
Back at Conway Hall (2009) and The Anti Group and their 1987 7" 'Big Sex'.
The second Dieter Müh gig was at The Narrowboat in Nottingham. I sent a cassette of the first Dieter Müh performance to Mark Durgan (Putrefier) to gather his thoughts and he invited us to play a gig at The Narrowboat with himself and Ramleh. The evening was organised by Harbinger Sound. On the night Putrefier became Olympic Shit Man as Andy Bolus joined Mark on stage, the gig was recorded and in 2011 Harbinger Sound released 10 minutes of the set on their "Supercharge" double album. Ramleh were (on the night) Gary Mundy, Stuart Dennison and Phil Best. The Narrowboat closed down shortly after.
Between 1999 and 2002 Dieter Müh played The Red Rose in London on four occasions. The last time was in May 2002 with Chthonic Force (Neither / Neither World) and Mimetic. Hinouema were evenings organised by Gaya Donadio. Neither / Neither World were Wendy Van Dusen on vocals and Tim Madison (aka Vadge Moore) on guitar. Tim had played in US punk band The Dwarves and collaborated with Boyd Rice. I think William Bennett was the DJ for the evening, I don't remember much, although I left with a signed copy of "Wriggle Like A Fucking Eel" 12" and the next day we joined Tim and their sound guy Lemon for a pub crawl in Notting Hill. 'Alchemaic Mixture' is a 7" released in 1999.
One of my favourite places to have played over the past 30 years is Waggon Am Kulturgleis in Offenbach, SW Germany. It's a train wagon that sits on the bank of the River Main on the outskirts of Frankfurt. I played here with BºTong and Grodock as part of our Swiss/German tour in December 2018. Also on the evening was local project Materialeinschüchterling. 'Analyse 3' is from the cassette 'Materialflussanalyse'. I remember it being a very cold evening and as the wagon could only hold about 20 people or so, the audience moved in and out between sets. They were obviously used to this.
In 2002 Jack Sargent and Simon Kane set up 'The Salon' as a series of live events where artists / projects performed their ideas - work in progress - experimentations, all open to discussion and encouragement. The first salon was held at the 291 Gallery in Hackney, London. Dieter Müh were invited to take part. For the 291 we asked Gaya Donadio to read her poetry over an improvised set. It was highly enjoyable. Also on the evening were Cotton Ferox, Penny Rimbaud, Karl Blake and The Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba. (Occultist and Founder Of The Coyotel Church). The second salon took place a year later and was spread over two nights. The first evening was an interview with Cosey Fanni Tutti at the Old St Thomas' Hospital, in the old operating theatre and herb garret. Cosey was to be interviewed by the Chapman Brothers, but they cancelled at the last moment so Jack Sargent filled in. Then the audience moved onto The Horse Hospital to round off the evening with sounds and films provided by Chris Carter. The second evening took place at the October Gallery in Bloomsbury. Simon Kane asks us to provide a soundscape / soundtrack for Lon Milo DuQuette's Enochian calls. We had never met or worked with Lon before but the coupling worked and was very fruitful. Also on the evening were Cotton Ferox, The Amal Gamal Ensemble and Current 93. 'Time Of The Last Persecution' was recorded on this evening and later released as a 7" single (I think for a gig in Toronto) .... There was a Salon 3 that took place in Vauxhall, London at an S&M / Fetish Bar called The Fringe. We, again, played live with Lon Milo DuQuette.
In 2013 I was asked to play The 'Epicurean Escapism II' evening in Berlin. Also on the evening were Anemone Tube, Ke/Hil, Post Scriptvm and Trepaneringsritualen. Mike Dando also gave a lecture with slide-show. The Trepaneringsritualen track here is from the 2014 double 7" single 'Papist Pretender' and features lyrics by Albin Julius. The following Dieter Müh track was recorded at The Slimelight, London 2004 when we played with Naevus and Knifeladder. (Apologies for the sound quality).
In March 2016 Aaron Dilloway hosted a two day residential at Cafe OTO in London. Dieter Müh played the final night with Aaron Dilloway and Vicky Langan. Thurston Moore DJ'ed. The track here is side one of the 'Songs About Jason' 10" single.
Five months after the Soviet France gig we were back at the 1in12 Bradford, this time supporting Scorn. The final track is from Nocturnal Emissions. When I moved down to the SW I wanted to organise gigs and promote live sounds etc. Nocturnal Emissions were top of my list and in March 2008 Dieter Müh played with Nocturnal Emissions and The Durds at Exeter Cavern. The track here is from the 1983 LP 'Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss'. German label Mannequin featured the track on their Emissions compilation in 2017.
The broadcast is archived on MixCloud. Please take a listen here :
Playlist :
01: Con-Dom : "Eternal War" (Industrial Recollections) 2014.
02: Lethal Dose 50 : "Pureness" (Nuit Et Brouillard) 2006.
03: Kristian Olsson : "Exeat" (Not On Label) 2003.
04: These Feathers Have Plumes : "Magpie" (Tartarus Records) 2010.
05: Dieter Müh : "Bethlehem Extract" (Nottingham Rummel Club) (Feral Tapes) 2014.
06: Melodic Abortion Orchestra : "Gelebte Demokratie" (Empty Room Exploration) 2014.
07: Colin Potter : "Not Yeti" (Abstrakce Records) 2017.
08: Naevus : "Torn Wheat Leaked" (:Ikonen: Media) 2004.
09: Z'ev : "Wipe Out!" (Fetish Records)1982.
10: Soviet France : "Mohonomische" (Extract) (Vinyl On Demand) 2019.
11: Dieter Müh : "Burning People" (Conway Hall) (Not On Label) 2009.
12: Alice Kemp : "Corpse Garden Practices" (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 2019.
13: The Anti Group : "Big Sex" (Sweatbox) 1987.
14: Ramleh : "Say Fuck" (Dying Earth Records) 1993.
15: Neither/Neither World : "Alchemaic Mixture" (Zos Kia Sounds) 1999.
16: Materialeinschüchterung : "Analyse 3" (Unpop-Media) 2018.
17: Current 93 : "Time Of The Last Persecution" (Durtro/Jnana Records) 2004.
18: Trepaneringsritualen : "Untitled" (La Esencia) 2014.
19: Dieter Müh : "Bethlehem" (The Slimelight, London) (Not On Label) 2004.
20: Aaron Dilloway : "Songs About Jason" (Amethyst Sunset) 2016.
21: Scorn : "Lament" (Dying Earth Records) 1993.
22: Nocturnal Emissions : "Herpes Virus Total State" (Mannequin) 2017.
This may (or may not) be the last broadcast for 2023. There may (or may not) be a traditional four hour festive feast of fun later in the year ..... but then again ... please keep an eye on the blog or SoundArt Radio web at https://www.soundartradio.org.uk for details ...
Thanks to Chris ...
As Always ....
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