MuhMur Radio Broadcast April 28 2024.

 

Now that we have four hours to broadcast it gives us an opportunity to concentrate on artists, projects, labels etc. This broadcast centres around the sound art of Adi Newton. 

The programme features two exclusive pieces, extracts from the forthcoming release  'TAGC Complete Test Tones Experiments Meon 1 + 2'. It will be released as a book / USB Card. (marked *).

I did make an error during the broadcast, I forgot to shut off the studio mic' at one point. It makes the sound have a 'live' feel to it and you can he me muttering in the background. I apologise (I noticed it pretty quickly) and I hope it doesn't ruin the listening too much. Still getting used to the new studio and equipment....anyway... 

The early Clock DVA recordings are (mostly) from the (excellent) 4 part "Horology" series curated by Frank at Vinyl On Demand. https://www.vod-records.com/HOME-1-64.htm. "Brigade" is from the 7"EP 'The First Fifteen Minutes" released in 1980 by Steve Singleton's Neutron Records label. "Coil" appears on 'Horology 2', so impressed with the sound that Geff Rushton / Jonh Balance named his project after the track. Geff went on to collaborate with Adi. Part One ends with the Coil track "Nasa-Arab". 

Playlist :

01: The Anti Group : "The Discussion" (Les Temps Modernes) 1985.

02: The Anti Group : "Zulu" (Sweatbox) 1985.

03: The Anti Group : "Iso-Erotic Calibration" (Musica Maxima Magnetic) 1994.

04: The Anti Group : "Union Of Sirens" (Musica Maxima Magnetica) 1994.

05: The Anti Group : "Electronic Brain Frequencie" (Not On Label) 2024. *

06: The Anti Group : "Yggothian Transmission Wavelength 10.40.56" (Rizosfera) 2021.

07: The Anti Group : "Meontographical Cartography" (Rizosfera) 2021.

08: Psychophysicist : "R090004" (Rizosfera/ArmComm Europe) 2024.

09: 3 Teens Kill Four : "Hold Up" (Dark Entries) 2017.

10: 3 Teens Kill Four : "Tell Me Something Good" (Dark Entries) 2017.

11: Clock DVA : "Brigade" (Neutron Records) 1980.

12: Clock DVA : "1958" (Invisible Records/Bain Total) 1981.

13: Clock DVA : "Otto M." (Contempo Records) 1992.

14: Clock DVA : "Ghost Trilogy No.2 (Extract)" (Vinyl On Demand) 2012.

15: Clock DVA : "Cage" (Vinyl On Demand) 2012.

16: Clock DVA : "You're Without Sound" (Vinyl On Demand) 2012.

17: Clock DVA : "Coil" (Vinyl On Demand) 2015.

18: Coil : "Nasa-Arab" (Cold Spring Records) 2019.

This is Part One of the programme, I have split it into two halves for easier (aural) consumption. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-adi-newton-part-one/   

Part two of the broadcast starts with a couple of pieces from Coagulant. Coagulant is the solo project of Fabio Kubic. Fabio has worked with Adi Newton, being a part of Psychophysicist and working on the "AMMA" album with The Anti Group. Fabio is from Bologna, not Portugal (my mistake!) and is based in North London. "Coiled" is from the cassette album 'Revok' released by Invisible City Records. "The Repenting Events" is from the 2020 self released album 'Rendlesham Transmitter'.

"Rendlesham Transmitter is a work connected with unknown states of consciousness and with the "Typhonian Experiments" inside the outer space. Anyone conversant with the work of Kenneth Grant cannot help but associate his name with the word 'extraterrestrial'. Kenneth Grant's "Typhonian Experiments" were focused on dimensional portal openings, and communications and transmissions with entities from another astral plane - permeated by an alien aura, modelled and hidden within layers and levels of consciousness, and by the ritual knowledge.  The sound used in Rendlesham Transmitter is simultaneously in and out of the bizarre - from the surreal sensuality of Austin Osman Spare and Michael Bertiaux's visionary voodoo to the arcane appropriation of Lovecraftian Lore.  ..... The Repenting Events are a catalytic bridge for psychic experiences, the remote past is projected against the cosmic tissue into an arcane backdrop of starry space, opening cognisance of outer gateways, contact points with areas of being and non-being increasingly indentified as non-human". (Fabio Kubic 27:02:2020). 

https://coagulant.bandcamp.com

Organ Of Corti is a trio of sound artists comprising of Joachim Nordwall (iDeal Recordings), Dan Johansson (White/Sewer Election/Neutral) and Matthias Gustafsson (Altar Of Flies/Cryme). I came across this project only last year with the excellent cassette "EA & Other Works" released on their own Edition Corti label. Since then I am trying to get hold of everything I can by them. "Colluvio" is the latest 7" on iDeal Recordings, limited to only 100 copies. "Potentia" is from the CD album 'Fanaticus' on the New Forces label. 

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-april-28-2024-part-two/

                                                                           T.A.G.c.

'Magnesia' and 'Magnetic Pharmacology' are from the second album in the "Teste Tones" series. For more information about the activity of Adi Newton / Clock DVA / The Anti Group & Psychophysicist please visit : https://rizosfera.org and https://adinewton.wordpress.com or follow Clock DVA on Facebook / Bandcamp : https://clockdva.bandcamp.com/album/neoteric-rmx4

Playlist : 

01: Coagulant : "Coiled" (Invisible City Records) 2020.

02: Coagulant : "The Repenting Events" (Not On Label / Self-Released) 2020.

03: Organ Of Corti : "Colluvio" (iDeal Recordings) 2024.

04: Organ Of Corti : "Potentia" (New Forces) 2024.

05: The Anti Group : "Magnesia" (Side Effects) 1988.

06: The Anti Group : "Magnetic Pharmacology" (Side Effects) 1988.

07: The Anti Group : "Transmission Path Of Noise (Abridged)" (Not On Label) 2024. *

08: Adi Newton : "The Strange" (ArmComm Europe/Rizosfera) 2022.

09: Clock DVA : "Sonology Of Sex" (Interfisch Records) 1988.

10: The Anti Group : "Spiritual Psychosynthesis" (ArmComm Europe/Rizosfera) 2022.

11: The Anti Group : "The Tenant (le Locataire Chimérique)" (Anterior Research) 2020.

12: Pisse : "Vertschau" (Phantom Records) 2024.

The Anti Group will be performing live at this years Wave-Gothik Treffen festival in Leipzig and Clock DVA are planning live European dates for later in the year. Hopefully I will be able to get to one or two of those ... Big thanks to Adi for the exclusive sounds and for all the sounds throughout the years, as I mentioned in the broadcast I have been listening to his work since 1979 .. that's 45 years! Also to Fabio and Simon for assistance in making this programme. The next broadcast is at the end of May, exact date and detail to follow. 

                                                                                                 

The picture above is of Adi, Jane, Myself and Karl D'Silva outside The Conway Hall, London 2009. The Anti Group, Dieter Müh, Æthnor and The Threshold HouseBoys Choir were playing live. Great memories .....

 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast #267 (The Anti Group).

 

The next MuhMur Radio Broadcast will be on April 28 starting at 18:00 GMT. It's a 4 Hour programme featuring the sound art of Adi Newton. Included in the broadcast is 23 minutes of exclusive sounds from the upcoming T.A.G.c. release Test Tones Experiments Meon 1 + 2. There will also sounds of early Clock DVA, Psychophysicist and Adi Newton alongside work from collaborators Fabio Kubic, and Coil.

To tune in and listen set your dial to 102.5FM if you are anywhere in the South Hams district of Devon or listen to the stream live at : https://www.soundartradio.org.uk 

Many thanks to Adi.

(* I also plan to spin some new Organ Of Corti, Pisse and a blast from the past from 3 Teens Kill 4). 

Steve.

Chris Cross

 

                                                       Billy, Robin, John, Chris & Warren.

I have said it before and I'll say it again. I love Ultravox! Probably my favourite band, but then there's Throbbing Gristle, Alternative TV and Column One all vying for that position. Back in 1976 my (older) sister went to see Ultravox! play at Lincoln Technical College. She came home professing she'd seen the best band in the world ... and an A0 poster for the gig with a picture of the first LP cover. Not long after "Ha! Ha! Ha!" came out, I bought it and was hooked ... 

It was sad to read about the passing of Chris Cross, the bass player of Ultravox! I only saw them live once. Lincoln AJ's, September 1978. Its was a magickal time when The Stranglers, The Skids, Ultravox!, 999 and Razor (the Australian punk band) all played live in Lincoln within days of each other. Ultravox! was the most exciting though, by September 1978 and the release of their third album "Systems Of Romance" they were my band. I had become a regular at AJ's. Although only 14 years old. I used to hang around, early doors and when the band arrived I would offer to help unload the van, carry the equipment up the three flights of stairs etc, then just hide away in the dark recesses during the set up + soundcheck. Great fun, free entry to bands like Cyanide, The Lurkers, The Rich Kids, UK Subs and Slits. Ultravox! was no different, I carried Robin Simon's guitar cases up those stairs. After the gig I managed to get in to the (small) dressing room for a chat and Chris Cross offered me a bottle of Holsten Pils. I took it then asked where the bottle opener was and Chris just took it from me, smashed the bottle top against the corner of a table and Voila! an open bottle of Holsten Pils. My hero! We chatted, I can't remember about what ... but we chatted. My memories of Chris Cross. He was probably thinking ... why is this spotty 14 year old kid in our dressing room? The only other time I'd been in the AJ's dressing room was to see Jenny Darren after her gig there. 

I lost interest in all things Ultravox! when they dropped the ! and Midge Ure replaced John Foxx. The first single "Sleepwalking" was such a disappointment. Everybody knows what kind of followed. There's a good interview with Ultravox here : https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/features/long-reads/ultravox-ooohhh-vienna/?mc_cid=5a87d6fa3f&mc_eid=82c4a9c535

Safe passing Chris ... 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast March 31 2024.

 

Finally, after a long winter break MuhMur Radio returns for the spring, now a monthly four hour live broadcast ... 

Whilst away a few things have arrived at Hartop Towers, including the double CD "Samling" by Arv & Miljö on the Irish Krim Kram label. The album is a collection of tracks / pieces that have appeared on compilation releases from 2010 to 2015. The album was originally released back in 2016 on the Italian / German noise label Archivio Diafònico label. There are two tracks included that are from the Arv & Miljö album released on cassette by I Dischi Del Barone in 2017. Marked (*). 

1: Hur Altin Sjöonk I

2: Hur Altin Sjöonk II

3: Mästerligt Bruk Knölpäk

4: Hur Altin Sjöonk III

5: Någonting Har Gòtt Förlorat

6: Bellevue I

7: Bellevue II

8: Bellevue III

9: Förnimmelse I

10: Tag Som Aldrig Släpps (*)

11: Balanskonsten I Att Överleva Här Nere (*)

12: 2415 Dagar

All things Arv & Miljö can be found at : https://discreetmusic.se/arvmiljo.html "Samling" can be found at : https://www.krimkram.com. It's really good to be back with some exclusive sounds from The Dead Mauriacs. Exotique Musique Concret & DaDaesque sounds from Le Havre based sound artist Olivier Prieur. Also a joy to play as March 31 is Olivier's birthday. The exclusive piece is called "An Italian Garden, With A Spy In The Background" and is delivered in four parts. Two sides of The Hafler Trio & B.C. Gilbert double album "Idiots" follow. I read somewhere that somebody said that 'this album was thought of, therefore, it had to be made'. I like that. I like that a lot. Has a salon approach feel. The album, I think, is a bad pressing it is awfully quiet in parts and probably not good for the radio .... but it is SoundArt! 

Who is Manuel Padding? Undoubtedly a pseudonym and probably Dutch. Earlier this year I managed to get a copy of Steffan de Turck / Manuel Padding split cassette 'The Weights Of Babylon' on the Dutch Silver Ghosts label. Since hearing the Steffan de Turck's 'For Charlie Mopps' cassette (a collaboration with Howard Stelzer) I have tried to get all his releases. There's a Manuel Padding cassette on Silver Ghosts called 'We Don't Live Here Anymore' released in 2013 that sounds essential! "Fighting Weakness With Perseverance" is from the split with de Turck. Last month saw the release of "D-Generation", issue one of a magazine and CD dedicated to the work of Genesis P-Orridge and all that orbited around him. 

The magazine and CD is the work of Frank (Vinyl On Demand) and Yuen (Ultra Mail Prod). I found the magazine interesting with great writing by Lawrence Burton, Jordi Valls, Jack Sargeant, Chris Low and Carl Abrahamsson, the album surprised me too with tracks by artist I didn't think I liked. Retirement Community is Lawrence Burton. "Friendship Is Magic" is their only release to date (as far as I am aware). Jordi Valls writes a piece on the making of the Psychic TV video for "Catalan" directed by Derek Jarman. It's not on the CD, but I thought I'd play it anyway ... it's a favourite PTV track of mine. Val Denham is one of those artists I have never been able to get my ears around but the track "Grey Rabbit" (on the CD) is fantastic. Instant hit. I don't know if the magazine is still available (limited to 400) but I think there's a digital version available. https://ultramailprod.bandcamp.com . To celebrate a gig in Stockport in December last year Regional Bears and All Night Flight released the cassette 'Lambkin, Walker, Harrison". "Brightonian Vistas" is from this cassette. I have said it before and I will say it again, Duncan is a genius ... as is Francisco Meirino. "Fathers (Purgatory-Causality-Self)" is an example. It's from the CD 'A Perpetual Host' on Misanthropic Agenda. Whilst playing this in the studio, Alice Kemp and myself swapped Francisco stories, of nights in Lausanne and visiting the Librarie Humus. Cranioclast sandwich two pieces by Grey Frequency. "Panopticon I + II" are from the cassette of the same name on Human Geography Recordings. A South-West label operated by Andrew Burge. The sounds are created from field recordings taken at, in, on and around the Panopticon wind sculpture in Burnley. The Cranioclast pieces are from the recent release 'Artic Salon' on Aug Abwegen. 

Nurse With Wound follow. "Sappho 1900" is a 3" CD on the Lenka Lente label and comes with the book 'Le Christ' by Renée Vivien. 

Alice Kemp popped in to the studio and brought a copy of her latest album 'Skinned Alight', a collaboration with Rudolf Eb.er. Two tracks "Skinned Alight" and "Head Skin Stretched Over Stone" are played here. When MuhMur Radio was live between 2012 and 2020 Alice would be a regular at the studio ... it was great to see her again. 

The broadcast ends on "Auf Wiedersehen Pet" by Am Not. 

The programme is split in to two parts for easy consumption.

Part One: https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-31-march-2024-part-one/

Part Two: https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-31-march-2024-part-two/

Again thanks to Chris for being there and producing the programme, to Tamsin for the transport and to Alice + Dave for popping in and supporting the show. It was like having the old gang back together!

                                                           Myself, Alice, Dave and Chris.

MuhMur Radio returns on April 28th at 18:00 hours GMT.