MuhMur Radio Broadcast #289 : January 18 2026.

 

This will be the final live 4 hour broadcast, on February 15 MuhMur Radio will become a live monthly 2 hour broadcast. 

Today's broadcast was a mixed bag of what I have been listening to over the festive month and after compiling it seemed to have a birth, death and terminal illness theme running through. 

I received a few books over the past few weeks and there's nothing more I love to do than stick on a cassette and/or CD, sit back and listen to sounds whilst reading. If you're like me then I recommend the Conjecture album "Hydra" released in 2021 on the Zoharum label. Conjecture is the project of Athens based sound artist / industrialist Vasilis Angelopoulus. https://conjecture-project.bandcamp.com.

                                                                 Clock DVA. (2025).

The Clock DVA track "The Connection Machine" is the B-Side to the 12" single "The Hacker". On the last broadcast I played Trikorder 23 version of the Trio song "Da Da Da", highly enjoyable so I thought I would play a couple more cover versions. "Tom's Diner" by Heatsick and "Eight Days A Week (Babel Remix)" by Alexandre Babel. Both tracks are from cassettes released by Edizioni Passarotto in 2013 and 2015 (respectively). 

Mark Vernon's latest release is the CD album "A Yellow Minute" on Flag Day Recordings.

"A Yellow Minute is built around a collection of sound effects and spots sounds originally recorded for a horror film that in the end never got made. Severed from their original purpose I revisited the ambiguous sounds over a decade later, combining them with more current experiments employing found tapes, bottled feedback, crude electronics and processed field recordings. The result is a darkly surreal, nightmarish soundscape haunted by malevolent entities, unknown spirits and spectral presences".

Contact Mark at https://markvernon.bandcamp.com or Flag Day Recordings via their Bandcamp page : 

https://flagdayrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-yellow-minute-2.

It was sad to read of the passing of Christian Schöne aka Carla Submit from Fetisch Park. Releasing albums in the early 1990s on the Cranioclast run CoC label, I did at the time think both projects were one and the same. "I Could" is from the double CD compilation "Aufabwegen #50 - Ausgewählte Geräusche". I also play a couple of tracks by Siouxsie & The Banshees in the memory of Kenny Morris who passed away earlier this month. At the start of the year I also was sad to hear of the health of Raye Calouri. I first heard of Raye's work when he was releasing under the name of Third Door From Left. In the mid 1980s his 'Face The Firing Squad' cassette was a favourite, I think it was the 1985 Cthulhu re-release .. The name Third Door From The Left often was mentioned on flyers and ephemera that used to come with stuff back in the days when mail order and tapes in Jiffy bags were the norm. The project did not last for long, co conspirator Kevin Thorne created We Be Echo and (as far as I thought) Raye (Raymond Georgeson) disappeared. October 2014 I was asked to DJ at the 'Harbinger Sound @ The 100 Club' event in London. The sound guy, the man that ran the show was Raye Calouri. I expressed my deep fondness for Third Door From The Left (to his surprise) and we became friends ... he liked my DJ set too! A funny aside. On the first day I was wearing my Process Church Of The Final Judgement T-Shirt which upset Raye and he told me that I was NOT wearing that shirt in HIS club. I think I grabbed a Sudden Infant shirt from their merch' table. Raye then went on to be the sound guy for Sleaford Mods as well as holding down the job at The 100 Club. 

Raye has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, a benefit at The 100 Club was held for him at the beginning of the month with Sleaford Mods and Steve Ignorant performing. "Under Attack" is from "Face The Firing Squad" album, beautifully re-issued in 2008 by Vinyl On Demand. I have seen copies floating around on the Internet.

The German label Geräuschmanufaktur released some festive output for the season. Unfortunately I got them too late to include in the December (4 sleeps before Christmas) broadcast so I have included them here. The Dead Mauriacs "Les Miroirs Trompés (Babel Radio Session)" and Jan Warnke's "Divine Northern Lights".

Also last month there was a release from Edward Sol. Edward is based in Lychanka in Ukraine. "Sloppy Harmonics" is released on his own Village Tapes label. Edward also runs the Quai Pop label and Sentimental Productions. The release made me listen to quite a bit of Edward's back catalogue

including the excellent collaboration with Christian Renou (aka Brume) from 2015. Edward can be contacted at https://edwardsol.bandcamp.com. 

I noticed that Contagious Orgasm had released a new cassette "The Chaotic March Of Pagans" on SSSM. Hopefully it will arrive before next month's broadcast. I haven't heard any 'new' Contagious Orgasm for a while .. Many moons ago Steve Underwood (Harbinger Sound) gave me a test pressing of the "Impregnate Mannequin" album he was about to release and I have been hooked from then. At this time Contagious Orgasm was just Hiroshi Hashimoto, but later releases seem to have an extended line-up. A story that always makes me smile ... back in the 90's Steve was promoting / organising a short UK tour for Contagious Orgasm, one of his requests for his backline was a car door to be used for percussive purposes, so Steve had to travel up and down the UK with a car door ... but not any old car door, it had to be from a Datsun! In anticipation of the new cassette I dug out some old Contagious Orgasm. Hiroshi's stuff can be found at the SSSM Bandcamp page. (SSSM = Seeking Sensation Scale Music). 

The broadcast kicks off with Conjecture's 'Atlas' which made me think of Dome's track of the same name, which then lead me to playing all 4 Dome albums (a lot of reading done there), that is Dome I - IV. I don't have a copy of the "Yclept" album. Which lead to me listening to a lot of Wire, Wir, Colin Newman and Duet Emmo. 'Or So It Seems', 'Keep It', 'Take It' ... I had to play The Tights 'It' single. Classic. And whilst mentioning classics, there was only one "On This Day" release I could play and that's Crass "Feeding The 5000" 12"EP but unfortunately there is a no swearing policy at SoundArt Radio so ... I went for January 15 1980 when John Foxx released his "Metamatic" album and a year earlier Throbbing Gristle put out "D.O.A. Third & Final Report" on their Industrial Records label. 

In 1978 I saw Ultravox! on their "Systems Of Romance" tour. Lincoln AJ's, Doncaster Outlook and a venue in Hull with I think was called 'Tigers'. Robin Simon on guitar .. it was not the same. Anyway, on the tour they played some new material. "Touch & Go" and "He's A Liquid", both songs ended up on John's "Metamatic" album. 

So, on to the 'Births' section. January 18 is Dave Phillips birthday. https://davephillips.ch/about. Happy Birthday Dave. 

One of the books I received over the festive reason that I read whilst listening to sounds was Frans de Waard's book "We Know How To Hate". It is the story of his short lived cassette label Opus Dei Society.

https://remuhmuration.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-know-how-to-hate-opus-dei-society.html. It's a brilliant / fascinating book. There is now a bandcamp page where you can download all Opus Dei Society releases with the original artwork. All releases have been remastered by Peter Nijland. If you want a physical reissue there is an address you can email at : https://opusdeisociety.bandcamp.com/music. Also around the same time as Opus Dei Society, Kapotte Muziek member Christian Nijs created his Disabuse Transmisions cassette label, releasing cassettes by projects also on ODS. Nails Ov Christ, Factor 6 and Kapotte Muziek. The three Kapotte Muziek pieces here are from the cassette "Rock n' Roll (And Other Nice Hollywood Muzick)" released in 1986. The download files are pay what you can at :

https://disabusetransmissions.bandcamp.com/music.

The next broadcast will be on February 15. 18:00 hours GMT and will be a two hour live programme. MuhMur Radio is reverting to the 2 hour broadcast, still remaining monthly. 

March 21 Water Is The Sun a new project from Mkl Anderson (Drekka) and Timber Rattle will be performing live at SoundArt Radio Studios. It is the launch for their debut album "Ritual Fever" on Trome Records. Details of times and admission will follow, please come along and support. I am the DJ!

https://wateristhesun.bandcamp.com.

The broadcast has been archived on MixCloud. Split into 2 parts for easier aural digestion. Part 2 begins with Edward Sol's "New Age Unfulfilled". I hope you enjoy. 

Part One:

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-289-january-18-2026-part-i/

Part Two:

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-289-january-18-2026-part-ii/

Playlist:

01: Conjecture : "Atlas" (Zoharum) 2021.

02: Clock DVA : "The Connection Machine" (Interfisch Records) 1988.

03: Conjecture : "Chimera" (Zoharum) 2021.

04: Heatsick : "Tom's Diner" (Edizioni Passarotto) 2013.

05: Mark Vernon : "An Unintentional Initiation (Terralla's Lament)" (Flag Day Recordings) 2025.

06: Mark Vernon : " A Discrete Diaspora Of Mould" (Flag Day Recordings) 2025.

07: The Dead Mauriacs : "Les Miroirs Trompés (Babet Radio Session)" (Geräuschmanufaktur) 2025.

08: Alexandre Babel : "Eight Days A Week (Babel Remix)" (Edizioni Passarotto) 2015.

09: Fetisch Park : "I Could" (Auf Abwegen) 2016.

10: Mark Vernon : "A Mattress Of Worms (Seeking A New Host)" (Flag Day Recordings) 2025.

11: Dome : "Atlas" (Uniton Records) 1982.

12: We Be Echo : "Out Of Time" (Ultra Mail Prod.) 2025.

13: Third Door From The Left : "Under Attack" (Vinyl On Demand) 2008.

14: Edward Sol : "Pink Jungle" (Village Tapes) 2025.

15: Edward Sol : "In Relative Safety" (Village Tapes) 2025.

16: Edward Sol : "Forgotten Song" (Village Tapes) 2025.

17: Brume & Edward Sol : "Solid Food" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

18: Brume & Edward Sol : "Scoured Membrane" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

19: Brume & Edward Sol : "Doldrums State" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

20: Brume & Edward Sol : "Cosmonaut Toilet" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

21: Brume & Edward Sol : "Rotting Flesh Ornament" (Sentimental Productions) 2015.

22: Jan Warnke : "Divine Northern Lights" (Geräuschmanufaktur) 2025.

23: Edward Sol : "New Age Unfulfilled" (Village Tapes) 2025.

24: Edward Sol : "Short Necks" (Village Tapes) 2025.

25: Contagious Orgasm : "Earache Floor" (Speeding Across My Hemisphere) 1999.

26: Contagious Orgasm : "SS Slave Market" (Praxis Dr. Bearmann) 1996.

27: Duet Emmo : "Or So It Seems (II)" (Mute Records/Vogue) 1982.

28: Dome : "Keep It" (Dome Records) 1980.

29: Wir : "Take It (For Greedy)" (Mute Records) 1991.

30: The Tights : "It" (Cherry Red Records) 1978.

31: Ultravox! : "He's A Liquid (Live In Boston, USA. March 1979)" (Not On Label) 1979.

32: John Foxx: "He's A Liquid (Alternative Version)" (Edsel Records) 2007.

33: Throbbing Gristle : "AB/7A" (Industrial Records) 1978.

34: Siouxsie & The Banshees : "Hong Kong Garden" (BBC Worldwide/EMI Records) 2011.

35: Siouxsie & The Banshees : "Nicotine Stain" (Trikont). 2004.

36: Schimpfluch Affiliated Music : "Untitled (II)" (Tochnit Aleph) 2019.

37: Dave Phillips & John Wiese : "At A Loss For Words (B)" (Blossoming Noise) 2006.

38: Dave Phillips : "Walk Out" (Aaltra Records) 2014.

39: Kapotte Muziek : "Rock n' Roll Part I" (Disabuse Transmissions) 2025.

40: Kapotte Muziek : "Rock n' Roll Part VI" (Disabuse Transmissions) 2025.

41: Kapotte Muziek : "Rock n' Roll Part VII" (Disabuse Transmissions) 2025.

As always thanks go to Chris at SoundArt Radio and Tamsin (Mrs. MuhMur) for being there. As mentioned the next programme is on Feb 15 at 18:00 GMT and will be 120 minutes!