MuhMur Radio Broadcast 25 November 2021

 

On the 13th of September 2018 MuhMur Radio broadcast exclusive material / sounds by Thorsten Soltau x Comrades, included in the 'session', that also included solo work by Thorsten and collaborative work with Pharmakustik, Marina Stewart and Ragpole Reel, was a piece of collaborative work with German sound artist Emerge called "Kalk & Schiefer". The piece has now been released by Auf Abwegen on the CD "Acker Und Seche". "Postskriptum Eines Traumes" is also from the CD ... the closing piece. The album also includes a lengthy collaborative piece between Thorsten, Emerge and RLW (Ralf Wehowsky). Highly recommended. More information on this release can be found at Thorsten's excellent website : https://thorstensoltau.de. Over the past 12 months UK label Steep Gloss have put out volumes entitled 'Blank Tape Compilation'. Invited artists provide sound made purely from blank cassettes, it's a fascinating collection (three volumes so far) with contributions from Modelbau, Phil Maguire, Matt Atkins, Howard Stelzer, Grant Evans, Brandstifter and Karen Constance amongst others ... the Daniel Vujanic piece is from Volume Three. https://steepgloss.bandcamp.com.

Does anyone remember the Small Wonder records catalogue from the late 1970's? It's where I used to but my Film Cast singles from. The Film Cast, a mysterious project that only produced four 7" singles and all on their own True Friends Music label. I used to (and still do) liken them to bands such as Metabolist, A Popular History Of Signs and File Under Pop. "Life In A Film Cast was their second single. They also did a great cover version of "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted", well worth hunting for ...  Wieman is the duo Roel Meelkop and Frans deWaard. The one minute piece here is from a new 3" CD album "Casiotone Compilation #9" on Ao To Ao. The album is a collection of one minute pieces by various projects with the common link of Frans deWaard. Modelbau, THU 20, Shifts, Kapotte Muziek, Doc War Mirran ... you get the picture. All pieces use a Casiotone VL keyboard. Copies are available direct from the label here : https://aotoao.bandcamp.com/album/casiotone-compilation-vol-9

Camp Sophisto were Peter Hein (formrly of Mittagspause) and Michael König. In 1983 they released the great 7" "Obsession" on the Pure Freude label following a year later with the mini-LP "Camouflage" on Sneaky Pete Records. The track here is from the mini-LP. In 1984 they split with Michael playing in Asmodi Bizarr and Peter joining the pop group Family5. 

'On This Day' features two great records, firstly the 7" single "Afterwards" by Artery (b/w "Into The Garden"). Artery were one of those great bands of the late 1970's / early 1980's that were totally overlooked. I saw them live a few times and they were one of those bands where anything could happen .. and quite often did, the smashing of instruments, audience intimidation and if I remember rightly onstage pissing at The Gallery in Manchester (1984). "Into The Garden" is taken from their 1981 John Peel Session. Also on this day in 1980 The Fall released "Grotesque (After The Gramme)'" LP. 

"Zungsang" is the latest album by Joke Lanz. Released on cassette by the French label Vice De Forme. All the tracks here make up side 2. Inspired by subconscious memories and nightmares. Joke tells me that there'll be a new Sudden Infant album out in 2022 released by Fourth Dimension. Meanwhile ... grab this tape, limited to only 80 copies. : https://vicedeforme.bandcamp.com/album/zungsang

Grey Frequency are no strangers to the MuhMur Radio playlist. 2021 has been a busy year for Gavin Morrow (aka Grey Frequency) with the self-released album "Paranormal" and the two cassettes on Sensory_Leakage and their compact and bijou label Remote Viewing. Grey Frequency also appear on the compilation album "Stellar", the third in the 'Drone Series' on Eighth Tower Records. On the 25th of September 2021 Grey Frequency played as part of a "Weird Gardens" evening at Bristol's Rockaway Park venue. The track here is an exclusive listen of that evening's performance. It was the ending sounds of nature that brought to mind "Wu Wei" by Juice Machine. The track is from their CD album "Deep As A Depthless Pond" on the (new to me) Russian Besperch' label. It was hearing Juice Machine on David Warmbier's 'Institute Of Spectra-Sonic Sounds' that lead me into their world. Juice Machine are the improvisational duo R.H. Smith and Heather Chessman from Eugene, Oregon. A lot of their releases are self-released and files only so it's really good to have them physically on other labels. Contact Besperech' direct here : https://bsprch.bandcamp.com/album/deep-as-a-depthless-pond, or get in touch with Juice machine direct here : https://juicemachine.bandcamp.com. It seemed only natural to follow Juice Machine with the new CDR(EP) from Arv & Miljö.

"Jorden Först" is the latest release by Förfall, the CDR label operated by Gustaf Diksson. Limited to 70 copies it comes with a 12 page mini-booklet on how to train as an 'Earth First' activist. Contact for A&M can be found here : http://www.iddb.se/arvmiljo.html

Please take a listen to the broadcast here: 

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-25-november-2021

Playlist : 

01: Thorsten Soltau & Emerge : "Postskriptum Eines Traumes" (Auf Abwegen) 2021.

02: Daniel Vujanic : "Untitled" (Steep Gloss) 2021.

03: The Film Cast : "Life In A Film Cast" (True Friends Music) 1979.

04: Wieman : "VL-1" (Ao To Ao) 2021.

05: Camp Sophisto : "Am Rande Des Abgrunds" (Sneaky Pete Records) 1984.

06: Artery : "Afterwards" (Armageddon Records) 1981.

07: Joke Lanz : "Dirty Looks" (Vice De Forme) 2021.

08: Grey Frequency : "Live At Rockaway Park, Bristol. 25:09:21" (Not On Label) 2021.

09: Juice Machine : "Wu Wei" (Besperech') 2021.

10: Arv & Miljö : "Jorden Först" (Förfall) 2021.

11: Artery : "Into The Garden" (Armageddon Records) 1981.

12: The Fall : "W.M.C. - Blob 59" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.

13: The Fall : "Gramme Friday" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.

14: Joke Lanz : "Voices In My Head" (Vice De Forme) 2021.

15: Joke Lanz : "Crane Boy (Revisited)" (Vice De Forme) 2021.

Next broadcast will be on December 9, it's what is known as 'the birthday broadcast' as it's the day after my birthday (there's usually one on or around December 8) and will feature sounds from Flutwacht, Genocide Organ, Tantric Death and Aube amongst dance tunes from the 70's and 80's from The Cigarettes, B Movie, The Bleach Boys and The Bongos. Same time, same channel (as always). 

Here's a picture of my daughter Isabel on the balcony of SoundArt Radio the other day ... enjoying the sounds ... as always. 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 11 November 2021

 

If it had only clicked at the time of recording this programme I would have started with the B Movie single "Remembrance Day". Ah well, the broadcast kicks off with a track from the Howard Stelzer cassette "I've Told You Once (Suburban Observances Volume Two)". It's a cassette on the US Tribe Tapes label and (I guess) a follow up to Volume One that was released by UK label Chocolate Monk a few weeks ago. Tribe Tapes have European distribution through White Centipede Noise in Germany and Electric Knife Records / Industrial Coast and Tordon Ljud in the UK. Volume four in the Suburban Observances series is a double CD on Humanhood Records. Hopefully my copy will arrive soon ... 

A few weeks ago the new album by Blue Chemise came through and it has a track called "Chrysanthemum No.1" and that got me thinking ... I have a great piece by Aube called "Chrysanthemum" that is on the compilation "Infernal Proteus". Playing the DJ license card I play both tracks back to back. "Infernal Proteus" is a 4xCD release with the CDs being encased in a hardback book, it features artists including Aube, Apoptose, Troum, Yannick Dauby, Chaos As Shelter and Ultra amongst others. Released in 2002 I imagine copies are long sold out but Discogs have copies for sale  ... worth having. 

Blue Chemise is the project of Australian musician Mark Gomes. I first came across the sound of Blue Chemise through the excellent 7" "The Music Lesson" on the I Dischi Del Barone label. "Chrysanthemum No.1" is from the LP "Flower Studies". A collection of eight pastorales on strings and piano inspired by the photographs of Adolphe Braun (1812 - 1877).  Released on the Belgian B.A.D.D.M. label and limited to 444 copies. https://baadm.bandcamp.com/album/flower-studies

Always a treat to hear new sounds / material by Swedish sound-genius Mattias Gustafsson (aka Altar Of Flies). "Utan Titel" is from the new cassette "Piano And Tapeworks Volume II" on Mattias' own imprint Hästen & Korsett. Tordon Ljud and White Centipede Noise are doing the European distribution on this release. Again, worth having. 

Tesco Organisation have been busy with releases over the past few weeks. They have now put out Himukalt's 12th album "Dreaming Of A Dead Girl". Himukalt is the project of American industrial artist Ester Kärkkäinen. Tesco Organisation have also released "Asura" the new album from Linekraft. Linekraft is the project of Japanese noise artist Masahiko Okubo. 

"Asura" is the Hindu god of wrath as far as I can make out, the album has titles dedicated to political assassination and suicide ... it really is a breath of fresh air and it's great to hear well crafted and strutted power electronics again which I can also say about the new 7" single from Genocide Organ. "Khalsa" / "Operation Blue Star" is volume four in the 7" series 'Religious Extremism (Alternativism)' series by Genocide Organ. 

All titles can be bought direct from Tesco Organisation. https://tesco-germany.com/en/ . The track by Grey Frequency is from the cassette album "Essentia". The cassette was released by Remote Viewing on the 13th of August and only available via the labels Bandcamp page on that day. This seems to be a marketing ploy taken up by a few labels recently and I'm not 'a fan' of it. I can understand the point of labels, small labels who do home dubbing, can know the exact figure to copy so there's not a shoebox full in the attic gathering dust for years. But, surely the label will know it's minimum / maximum sales be it 10, 12, 30 or 300. Perhaps I am not keen on this selling technique as there are days when I don't go on the internet - for various reasons - or only get to pages late at night when releases are now "sold out". Remote Viewing is a sub-label of Sensory Leakage. https://sensoryleakage.bandcamp.com The Lee Riley track is from a new 3" CDREP available through the Soloman Tump Bandcamp page. https://solomantump.bandcamp.com. The EP is called "Spl // it" and is a joint release with Soloman Tump. (Two tracks each). The EP also comes as a free download if you buy issue #2 of Soloman Tumps magazine "Intrusive Signals" (mentioned elsewhere on this blog). http://intrusivesignals.limitedrun.com. Lee Riley is a musician / sound artist based in Oxford, back in 2018 he collaborated with Stuart Chalmers to release the cassette "Points Of Vital Differences" on Cruel Nature Records. Well worth hunting down. 

Over the past twelve months or so Stuart has been releasing a series of albums that all summon the heart of 'things'. Beginning with "The Heart Of Contemplation" (Wormhole Wood / Tavern Eightieth), followed by "The Heart Of Instinct" (TQ N-aut) and most recently "The Heart Of Nature" (Ikuisuus / Opal Tapes). The two pieces here are from the latest tape. Digital copies are still available from Stuart. Contact him at : https://stuartchalmers.bandcamp.com/music. No strangers to the MuhMur Radio Playlist, Hairs Abyss are Paul Harrison (Expose Your Eyes / Smell & Quim) and Chandor Gloomy (Cromlech Shadow / Feral Copse). "Looking" is the opening track from the CDR "Looking At The Land" on Brighton based label HREA'M Recordings. https://hream.bandcamp.com/releases. Hairs Abyss also have a CD out on the Baltimore (USA) based label SpleenCoffin. Called "Aposematic Displays" it's available from the label https://spleencoffin.com, or direct from Chandor at https://comakultur.bandcamp.com.

It's really good to hear new releases from Ukranian artist Edward Sol. "Go And Get Dressed" is his latest cassette on his own Quasi Pop Records label. The two Aube tracks "Scrub" and "Passive Attack" are from the 4x7" box "Quadrotation". Alex at Tordon Ljud was selling original copies recently. I am guessing that someone found a shoebox full gathering dust in their attic recently. It's an Aube release I missed out on back in the mid 90's, so it's great to have a copy ... at last. 

The programme ends with a track from the timeless album (mini LP?) "Hit The Pulse" by Portion Control. 

Please take a listen : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-11-november-2021/

As ever, comments are always welcomed. Contact me at muhmur.radio@gmail.com. The next programme will be on November 25th. 20:00 GMT on the FM Dial (102.5) or Live Stream via the SoundArt Radio webspace. https://www.soundartradio.org.uk

Playlist :

01: Howard Stelzer : "There Are Always Hands" (Tribe Tapes) 2021.

02: Aube : "Chrysanthemum" (The Ajna Offensive) 2002.

03: Blue Chemise : "Chrysanthemum No.1" (B.A.D.D.M.) 2021.

04: Mattias Gustafsson : "Utan Titel" (Hästen & Korsett) 2021.

05: Himukalt : "Sehr Empfindlich" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

06: Linekraft : "An Assassination In The Organic Universe" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

07: Linekraft : "One Kills One" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

08: Genocide Organ : "Operation Blue Star" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

09: Grey Frequency : "What We Become" (Remote Viewing) 2021.

10: Lee Riley : "Be Strange Not Afraid" (Not On Label) 2021.

11: Stuart Chalmers : "Wood" (Ikuisuus) 2021.

12: Stuart Chalmers : "Metal" (Ikuisuus) 2021.

13: Hairs Abyss : "Looking" (HREA'M Recordings) 2021.

14: Edward Sol : "Go And Get Dressed" (Quasi Pop Records) 2021.

15: Aube : "Scrub" (Self Abuse Records) 1996.

16: Genocide Organ : "Khalsa" (Tesco Organisation) 2021.

17: Aube : "Passive Attack" (Self Abuse Records) 1996.

18: Portion Control : "Crash Weight Gain" (In Phase Records) 1983.

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 28 October 2021

 

The first quarter of the programme is very much set in the 1980's. Between 1980 and 1982 there were some classic records released 'On This Day'. Although the broadcast kicks off with Cabaret Voltaire's "Split Second Feeling" from their "Red Mecca" album ... which was released in August 1981 ... the following tunes were / are all October 28 releases. (The track "Red Mask" at the end of the programme is also from the "Red Mecca" album). 

The Throbbing Gristle tracks are from the LP "Funeral In Berlin". The album was recorded over two nights at the S0 36 Club in Berlin. According to the sleeve notes "A Turkish circumcision ceremony preceded the events ... The album is dedicated to redundant institutions everywhere, above and below ground". The sleeve is a painting by Val Denham of Death & Beauty Foundation fame.

In 1981 Bauhaus met Bauhaus. "While still a member of the pre-eminent gothic rock band Bauhaus, David J had the brilliant idea to collaborate with René Halkett, artist/poet of the Weimar Bauhaus art school in the 1920's. On July 28th 1980, David took a trip to René's cottage in Cornwall. Using a portable cassette recorder, he recorded an 80 year old René reciting his own poetry. In 1981 David added musical accompaniment to two of the poems and released them as a one-off single for 4AD". (taken from the David J bandcamp page). In 1981 The Pop Group split and singer Mark Stewart moved to London to work with Adrian Sherwood and his On-U Sound label. The first release was the 12" EP "Jerusalem". The Mafia on this release were members of Creation Rebel and Noah House Of Dread. 

The Fire Engines debut 7" was recorded in a bungalow in Fife, Scotland at a cost of £46 and was the first release on the Codex Communications label. The label was set up by the Fire Engines manager Angus Groovy. After the band split in 1981 drummer Russell Burn went on to form Everest The Hard Way a band I saw live at Futurama 3 festival (Bingley Hall, Stafford) but have never come across any of their releases. 

The programme comes back in to the now with another track from the new Fossil Aerosol Mining Project "Zombi Traditions (37 Years)". Released on their own Afterdays Media imprint copies are available here : https://fossilaerosol.bandcamp.com/album/zombi-traditions-37-years

Radboud Mens is a Dutch sound-artist, composer and radio presenter. Radboud started making noises in the late 1980's building noise machines and destroying turntables. In the mid 1990's he created the project L.O.S.D. with Peter Fleur. This is the first time I came across the sound of Radboud Mens. Radboud left L.O.S.D. in 1997 to work under his own name making more minimal and conceptual sounds. In 1999 he created the ERS label to release ambient / drone music. He has radio shows on dfm.nu. The tracks here are from his latest album "Sine~Plus+".

"Sine" was released in 2000 on Staalplaat Records and twelve years later as a download file on Form Digital. This new vinyl version includes three new pieces recorded last year. Available in glorious purple vinyl. https://staalplaatlabel.bandcamp.com/album/sine-plus. I know very little, in fact next to nothing about the project called The Incidental Crack. I got their latest cassette album "Detail" through from Anticipating Nowhere Records and I'm really enjoying it. Limited to 20 copies, some are still available via the label's bandcamp. https://anticipatingnowhere.bandcamp.com/album/detail.

The Column One track is from the "Classic Chill Out Rhythms" CD by Column One & DJ Uncle - Brain - Bridge ... and I'm still playing the Bron Area "The Trees And The Villages" album. It's one of those great slices of early 1980's post-punk pop.

The Swedish trio Typical Girls are comprised of Felix Skörvald, Julia Bjernelind (also of Amateur Hour) and Hugo Randulv (Amateur Hour, Enhet För Fri Musik). Hugo also released the excellent LP "Radio Arktis" under his own name on Förlag För Fri Musik earlier this year. "Girl Like You" is from their debut 7" EP released last year, it's a cover of the old Troggs hit. The EP is on the Happiest Place label, a label I will now follow after this 7" and their Neutral Live LP release. The EP has sold out from the label but it's always worth trying Discreet Music. https://discreetmusic.se

The programme finishes on the 'Berlin' side of the Throbbing Gristle "Discipline" 12" released in 1981 on Fetish Records. It was recorded at the same concerts as the "Funeral In Berlin" album. 

Please take a listen here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-28-october-2021/

Playlist :

01: Cabaret Voltaire : "Split Second Feeling" (Rough Trade Records) 1981.

02: Throbbing Gristle : "Stained By Dead Horses" (Zensor) 1981.

03: Throbbing Gristle : "Trained Condition Of Obedience" (Zensor) 1981.

04: Throbbing Gristle : "Zero's Death" (Zensor) 1981.

05: René Halkett & David Jay : "Armour" (4AD Records) 1981.

06: Mark Stewart + Mafia : "Jerusalem" (On-U Sound) 1982.

07: Mark Stewart + Mafia : "High Ideals And Crazy Dreams" (On-U Sound) 1982.

08: Fire Engines : "Get Up And Use Me" (Codex Communications) 1980.

09: Fossil Aerosol Mining Project : "The Shopping Mall Has Long Since Flooded" (Afterdays Media) 2021.

10: Radboud Mens : "Metal / Dub / Plate" (Staalplaat) 2021.

11: Radboud Mens : "Circle Of Fifths (Remix)" (Staalplaat) 2021.

12: Radboud Mens : "Funkenkammer" (Staalplaat) 2021.

13: Richard H. Kirk : "Devil In Your Name" (Touch) 2000.

14: The Incidental Crack : "We Might Bump Into Each Other" (Anticipating Nowhere Records) 2021.

15: Column One : "Your Funky DJ" (Dossier) 1996.

16: Bron Area : "Love Stories" (Glass Redux) 2016.

17: Typical Girls : "Girl Like You" (Happiest Place) 2020.

18: Cabaret Voltaire : "Red Mask" (Rough Trade Records) 1981.

19: Throbbing Gristle : "Discipline (Live In Berlin)" (Fetish Records) 1981.

Thanks again for listening, comments and communication always welcome. muhmur.radio@gmail.com. Next broadcast will be on November 11, same time, same channel. SoundArt Radio 102.5 FM if you're anywhere near Totnes, Torbay or Tuckenhay. https://www.soundartradio.org.uk

On the pre-record for these programmes good friends of the show Nathan Carter + Tony Whitehead (Wildlife Disco) and Tamsin (Mrs. MuhMur) popped in for a chat ... 

                                                  Tony, Nathan & Tamsin (MuhMur Posse)!

Intrusive Signals

 

A few months ago a copy of the magazine "Intrusive Signals #1" landed at MuhMur HQ. The magazine was put together by Andrew Fletcher. "Intrusive Signals" is a title taking over from "Snare Rush", a magazine that Andrew produced for seven issues. A little like when "Just Glittering" changed its' name to "Idwal Fisher".  With the magazine came a request for a Dieter Müh interview, or some contribution to #2.  Over the past couple of years or so I have done quite a few interviews, the last being for Richard Johnson's  revamped "Adverse Effect" magazine and Thanasis (of Electric Knife Records) printed a rather fine overview of Dieter Müh in his "Oblique Tapestry" magazine. Dave Goodchild of the Exeter Cavern has also interviewed me for his occasionally printed fanzine "Notes From The Post Punk Underground". With the latter two of these publications being (Devon) local I was a little reticent to do yet another Müh piece and besides I haven't really done much (as Dieter Müh) since the Swiss/German tour in December 2018 - the one with BºTong & Grodock. 

During this pandemic Andrew has moved from Oxford to a small market town called Bovey Tracy in South Devon. Bovey Tracy is about ten miles from MuhMur HQ and also known as "The Gateway To the Moors" (Dartmoor that is). On his move to the Deep South he got in contact with Thanasis who pointed him in the direction of SoundArt Radio, a community radio station in Dartington broadcasting from the Dartington Hall Estate. Andrew now broadcasts "The Tump Clump", a monthly hour long programme built of noises, pulses, rhythms and home-made electronics. 

I wanted to get involved with issue #2 so I offered to write a piece on MuhMur Radio, the reasons, the whys and the wherefores. I also offered my services as a reviewer, to say a few words about what has excited me, intrigued me and made me dance over the last few days, but Andrew moved at such a fast pace I never got around to the reviewing ... I also didn't quite finish the MuhMur Radio piece .. but I think I got away with it. 

Issue #2 features interviews with Canadian artist Moss Harvest. A great interview that has made me want to hear his sounds .. Blackcloudsummer and Neuro ... No Neuro. There's a piece on HREA'M's 'Music For Mental Health' project, poetry by Plague Arish and a diary (by Andrew) of the "Radical Chip Party" that took place on the  Dartington Hall Estate over the summer. There's random artwork and photography in the pages too. 

Each copy (seems to) come(s) with a free download of Andrews' new release. A split 3" CDR of Lee Riley and Soloman Tump. For the past year or so Andrew has been recording and releasing under the pseudonym of Soloman Tump. Experimental free-form crunching entropic electronics. Lee Riley is a guitarist who has released split albums (in the past) with Stuart Chalmers, Timothy C Holehouse and Robert Ridley-Shackleton on a variety of UK DIY labels. 

A physical copy of the split is available : https://solomantump.bandcamp.com/album/spl-it Limited to only 30 copies. Intrusive Signals #2 can be got from here : https://solomantump.bandcamp.com/merch/intrusive-signals-zine-2 for only £4 plus postage.

The Tump Clump can be listened to here : https://www.mixcloud.com/solomantump/

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 14 October 2021

 

Over the past 18 years the Finnish label Hyster Tapes has been gathering quite a cannon. In 2003 they put out the cassette "Doin' It Dresden Style" by Dieter Müh (the title being a mashed up homage to two of my favourite bands, Slaughter & The Dogs and Swell Maps). The catalogue number is HYSTER 002, I don't think there was a 001. All Hyster Tapes releases come on 'recycled' tapes, rather like the RRRecords "Recycled Music" series of old and it's a tradition carried on now by Vacancy Recs of Canada. I mention this because Hyster Tapes have just put out a great cassette by Finnish artist / Berlin Resident Lost Snivel. In 2015 Hyster Tapes put out the split Lost Snivel / Tietokoneduo J&J release but the sounds didn't really grab these ears and I thought nothing more of these artists, but now "Further Down The Spora" by Lost Snivel is never far from the tape player. 

I managed to chat with the main protagonist, the head Sniveller so to speak about the release. Side A (which is what starts the broadcast) is a collection of pieces spanning around ten years.

 

"Once I made a track that had an industrial sounding part, like Nine Inch Nails.... And I came up with a pun on the remix album of 'The Downward Spiral', 'Further Down The Spiral'. I called mine 'Further Down The Spora', since Spora is Helsinki slang for a tram". So the cover was for me an attempt to deliver the essentials of a drunken person in a tram, whose objective was perhaps to make it to the next exit and get off to have another beer from their bag. The associations are rather Finnish ... including the shopping bag". 

Before Lost Snivel there was RST, a collaboration with Grey Park member Heikke. They put out a cassette on Totes Format called "Haikus" before resorting to the project name RNP No.2, but neither of them can remember why. Both RST and RNP No.2 appear on Hyster Tapes compilations. 

"I don't really do that much music, but once in a while I get this impulse ... like bzzz, OK .. I'm going to make a track. And I take whatever I have around to make it. It's mostly embarrassing, but sometimes I like it enough to send to people or to play live ........ Last year I moved to a flat above an empty flat. Last spring I heard some shouting from our yard and looked out the window to see someone pushing out a mattress. Poof. Once the mattress was there out came the furniture .. softly breaking apart on the mattress. I was just taking my trash out and I noticed a keyboard against the wall. 'You guy's throwing all this out?' 'Yeah'. 'Mind if I take something?' 'Go ahead' .... hence "Dead Man's Synth". 

Releases by the likes of Re:Clip, Varropas, A Handful Of Dust, D.D. Dobson, Sick Days, Grey Park and of course Lost Snivel can be found here : http://www.pcuf.fi/~plaa/hyster.html Tapes are (as a rule) only 2€ plus postage and Hyster Tapes have a great distribution list too. 

The Skull Defekts track is another from the excellent Fang Bomb CD compilation "Gothenburg 08". In the last broadcast I played the short version of Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words song "Faceless Erases Every Trace Of Humanity", here I play the nineteen minute version. 

The long version appears on the eponymously titled cassette released by When Skies are Grey. It's a limited edition of 49 copies that were only available at the Norberg festival on July 25th 2008. When Skies Are Grey have a great and informative website : http://www.whenskiesaregrey.se Copies of "Gothenburg 08" can be found at Fang Bomb. https://www.fangbomb.com

An extensive "On This Day" section spreading over five years of great releases. 

I have done a few interviews in the past where I have been asked 'what my favourite album is'. Nine times out of ten I answer "Ha! Ha! Ha!" by Ultravox! It was my big sister Julie that turned me on to Ultravox! She went to see them live in 1976 at Lincoln Tech College (could have been Bishop Grosseteste College, but I'm sure it was the Tech Coll). She bought the first album, she had a huge AO poster for the LP (jealous). By the time "Ha! Ha! Ha!" came out (October 14 1977) Ultravox! were my band. I didn't get to see them live until the following year on the "Systems Of Romance" tour. I used to have an AO poster for that album! Back in those days I was one of those kids who would go in the dressing room afterwards for a chat and try and grab something off the rider*, so I got to chat with John Foxx and Chris Cross. It was at Lincoln AJ's where Chris taught me how to open a bottle of Holsten Pils without the aid of a bottle opener.  I was 15. 

* This is how I have arm wrestled with Esso Manic (The Lurkers) and seen Jenny Darren in her underwear. 

"Ha! Ha! Ha!" has been re-issued a few times and available on vinyl and CD quite easily. Try Discogs. I like The Damned "Music For Pleasure" album, it's their difficult second album. The one where they're a five-piece with the addition of Lu Edmunds on guitar. The album that is produced by the Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason. "Problem Child" was the first single from the album released in 1977. Lu Edmunds didn't last long in The Damned ... I think they split soon after the LP was released with Brian James forming Tanz Der Youth and Dave Vanian going to sing with the Doctors Of Madness. (There's no research here .. this is from memory so may be wrongish)! Rat Scabies formed The White Cats and a few months later when they did reform they called themselves The Doomed. Anyhow ... it's a great single. Lu Edmunds went on to form The Edge before joining bands as diverse as Jane Are & The Belvederes, 3 Mustaphas 3, Shriekback, The Mekons and Public Image Limited. Also released on this day back in 1981 was "Alternative Hits", a compilation of singles and album tracks by Chelsea. "Urban Kids" was released as a 7" single in August 1978 on Step Forward Records. ATV members Mark Perry and Alex Fergusson wrote the lyrics. It comes as no surprise that Chelsea are still recording and gigging. I saw them in December 1978 at Lincoln Technical College (it was a great venue) supporting The Adverts. To take a trip down memory lane go to http://www.chelseapunkband.com/index.htm

"Life During Wartime" is one of the singles pulled from Talking Heads' "Fear Of Music" album. Also on this day in 1981 the Slits released their second album "Return Of the Giant Slits". A slight departure from the "Cut" LP with Steve Beresford and The Pop Group's Bruce Smith contributing, it took me quite a time to get in to this album ... "Difficult Fun" is from this LP. 

Ending the 'On This Day' section is the B-Side to "This Sporting Life" by The Mekons. In my mind the last great Mekons single. "Frustration" fits in to The Mekons second album style and the "Snow" / "Another One" single. I think there was a major line-up change in 1982. (Again, no research here). "Never Been In A Riot" was recorded in Wuppertal in 1980. 

Max Julian Eastman is the main operator of US label Tribe Tapes, Active since 2019 I became aware of their existence earlier this year when they put out the cassette "Prey" by Modelbau and since then have bought releases by Howard Stelzer, Tantric Death, En Nihil and the Max Julian Eastman tape "Pygmalion Styled & Out Of Vogue". Tribe Tapes are based in North Carolina and have releases by Gen Ken Montgomery, Dave Phillips, Dog As Master, K2 and Territorial Gobbing amongst others. Check them out : https://tribetapes.bandcamp.com "Out Of Vogue" is available here.

A busy last few months for Mark Vernon with the release of two great albums, "Magneto Mori : Vienna" a CD on Canti Magnetici and "Sonograph Sound Effects Series Volume 2 : Public And Domestic Plumbing And Sanitation". A vinyl LP on the Calling Cards Publishing imprint. It's an album of recordings of plughole, washing machine draining pipes and toilet cisterns all in various locations. A fascinating piece of art. It should be filed alongside the MuhMur Radio favourite "Cattle Grids Of Dartmoor" by John Levack Drever. The two Vernon tracks here are from the 'sound effects' LP. Calling Cards Publishing are contactable here : https://callingcardspublishing.bandcamp.com

"Hairy FM" by Mark Dicker is from last years cassette album "Carrier Waves". Copies are still available from the label here : https://hominidsounds.bandcamp.com/merch. The pre-Trepaneringsritaulen project of Thomas Ekelund, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words end the broadcast with a piece from his album "Fall, Fall, Falling". It was recorded in 2005 and released on the Kalligrammofon label in 2007. I think the CD is sold out but reasonably priced copies are available via Discogs. (It's where I picked up mine from). 

Thanks for listening : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-14-october-2021/

Playlist :

01: Lost Snivel : "Intro" (Hyster Tapes) 2021.

02: Lost Snivel : "Further Down The Spora" (Hyster Tapes) 2021.

03: Lost Snivel : "Für Esa". (Hyster Tapes) 2021.

04: Lost Snivel : "Many" (Hyster Tapes) 2021.

05: Lost Snivel : "Squirrel Swirl" (Hyster Tapes) 2021.

06: Lost Snivel : "Dead Man's Synth" (Hyster Tapes) 2021.

07: The Skull Defekts : "Invocation Of Brother Rune Linblad" (Fang Bomb) 2008.

08: Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words : "Facelessness Erases Every Trace Of Humanity" (When Skies Are Grey) 2008.

09: Ultravox! : "The Man Who Dies Every Day" (Island Records) 1977.

10: Ultravox! : "Artificial Life" (Island Records) 1977.

11: Ultravox! : "RockWrok" (Island Records) 1977.

12: The Damned : "Problem Child" (Stiff Records) 1977.

13: Chelsea : "Urban Kids" (Step Forward Records) 1981.

14: Talking Heads : "Life During Wartime" (Sire Records) 1979.

15: Slits : "Difficult Fun" (CBS Records) 1981.

16: The Mekons : "Frustration" (Pure Freunde) 1981.

17: The Mekons : "Never Been In A Riot (Live)" (Pure Freunde) 1981.

18: Max Julian Eastman : "Out Of Vogue" (Tribe Tapes) 2021.

19: Mark Vernon : "Kitchen Sink Plughole During Washing Machine Cycle" (Calling Cards Publishing) 2021.

20: Mark Vernon : "Wet Room Drain" (Calling Cards Publishing) 2021.

21: Mark Dicker : "Hairy FM" (Hominid Sounds) 2020.

22: Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words : "I Could've Sworn I Heard Them Sing" (Kalligrammofon) 2007. 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 30 September 2021.

 

Tape letters straight from the heart to misquote Ketty Lester. I guess it was an 80's thing, the tape letter. I used to make them for and receive them from a friend who lived in Austin, Texas. I used to mail him John Peel Sessions and talk in-between and in return he'd send tapes with rare stuff by the likes of The Residents and NKVD or Soviet France and interviews with John Duncan and Paul McCarthy. Fair exchange no robbery there ... Duncan Harrison's label AdHuman have just released a cassette of Emil Beaulieau's unique noise featuring a couple of 'private' live performances that were recorded for an (unrealised) compilation being put together by Frans de Waard. Whilst hunting for other stuff Frans discovered a cassette marked "Franz From Emil", a tape letter from Emil. (aka Ron Lessard of RRRecords). The letter, now edited and digitised (by Frans) takes up Side 2 of this great cassette. Grab a copy from : https://adhuman.bandcamp.com/releases. I think you have to request if you want a cassette version. 

I Love Emil ... I Miss Emil .... I Need Emil ... America's greatest living noise artist. 

Fossil Aerosol Mining Project offer songs of enhanced delay and faked resurrection. Active since the mid 1980's they have been releasing album after album of great sounds. They / He are no strangers to the MuhMur Radio playlist. September 2021 and FAMP release "Zombi Traditions (37 Years)" on their own Afterdays Media label. This album uses sounds from films 'about fake corpses' used in the earliest recordings by Fossil Aerosol Mining Project. Sound sources found on a section from an old film trailer in an abandoned drive-in film theatre, the first FAMP album had the topic "If You Loved Dawn Of The Dead", released on iTunes only .. it has since been deleted from distribution. 

"During all of this reanimated revisionism, certain tracks were left behind while others merited remastering or even remixing. So during lockdown last year, that's what we did. We addressed the entire zombie back catalogue, culling from it what we thought was the strongest and most representative material, remixing or remastering just about everything and at the same time pulling in the missing pieces.  The result is a 15 song collection of synthetic resurrections from the Reagan Era - our desert island selection of fake dead bodies and the worlds created for them."

More information on the great Fossil Aerosol Mining Project and their releases can be found here : http://www.fossilaerosol.com/Home.html. Expect to hear more from this album on upcoming broadcasts. 

Back on a Frans de Waard tip. The two pieces played here (and seriously, I might have got the titles mixed up a bit) are from the new cassette album "April Shower" on the German Grisaille label. Limited to 38 copies on cassette now sadly sold out from source, digital copies are available direct from here : https://grisaille.bandcamp.com/album/april-shower. Two tracks from the new Howard Stelzer feature on this broadcast. Both pieces are from "Shaking Off The Metaphors (Suburban Observances Volume One)", a CDR on Chocolate Monk. It now appears that there are going to be many volumes of 'Suburban Observances' released as the next two volumes are on Tribe Tapes and Humanhood Recordings. 

"On This Day" features two very important records. "Sandpaper Lullaby" by The Virgin Prunes (God Bless The Virgin Prunes .. as David Fanning once said). Released in 1981 this 7" was the first in a series of releases called "A New Form Of Beauty". The series featured releases on 7", 10", 12", VHS Tape and cassette. 12 months after releasing their debut LP Dome put out "Dome 3". Experimentations by Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis (from Wire) recorded with John Fryer and Eric Radcliffe at Blackwing Studios in London. "Dasz" features the voice of Angela Conway. 

Fang Bomb are a label from Gothenburg based in London. The first releases in 2006 were from Wolf Eyes, The Skull Defekts, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words and Martin Birgersson. In 2008 they released the compilation album "Gothenburg 08", this album was a follow up (of sorts) to the compilation "Gothenburg 84" released by Radium 226.05. "A similar idea but in a different era" is what Fang Bomb boss Petter Ottosson calls it. Swedish experimentalists Joachim Nordwall and Henrik Rylander appear on both albums. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words "Facelessness Erases Every Trace Of Humanity" is from this compilation. DLSODW is a pre-Trepaneringsritualen project by Thomas Ekelund. In 2014 Fang Bomb released the second solo album by Paul Baran called "The Other", a follow up to the 2009 album "Panoptic".

Paul is half of the Glaswegian experimentalists The Cray Twins. (Alongside Gordon Kennedy). A new Paul Baran release on Fang Bomb will be out later this year. Sons Of Viljems are another duo, this time from London. They are Nejc Haberman and Andrea Giommi (formerly of The Emerald Leaves and Edible Woman). "Jelena" is their first vinyl release and features a guest appearance by film composer Filip Sijanec. All Fang Bomb releases can be found here : https://www.fangbomb.com. 

Words cannot express the sadness I felt when I read of the passing of Richard H. Kirk. Cabaret Voltaire are a large part of my life. Doors were opened back in 1978 c/o Richard. I remain indebted. 

No strangers to the MuhMur Radio playlist Neutral have a new vinyl album out on Happiest Place. The album is a re-release of a 2017 ultra-limited cassette, the first ever release on Happiest Place. "Live På Autodiktat" was recorded live in Växjö (Sweden) in November 2016.

The album and other Happiest Place releases can be grabbed from here : https://happiestplacerecords.bandcamp.com

Browning Mummery are an Australian industrial band formed in 1983 by Andrew Lonsdale and John Jacobs. It is only natural that John Murphy would also be involved (Australian / industrial / experimental music) and on the 40th anniversary of the John Murphy "Krang Music" cassette on Coded Information Systems the Australian label Novichok have put out a limited 7" featuring Krang and Browning Mummery. "Lament For Comrade Time" features the line-up of Andrew Lonsdale, Rob Cummings, Annie Stubbs and Julian Percy (of Last Dominion Lost). Murphy collaborator Jon Evans assisted in the production.  https://novichoklabel.blogspot.com for more information.

I am still playing the "Lucy & Aaron" album .... 

The broadcast can be found here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-30-september-2021/ . Next broadcast is on October 14. SoundArt Radio 102.5 FM if you're down in Devon or stream it here : https://www.soundartradio.org.uk. 20:00 GMT kick off time (as usual). 

Playlist :

01: Emil Beaulieau : "Franz From Emil" (AdHuman) 2021.

02: Fossil Aerosol Mining Project : "Damaged Years Ago (2020 Mix)" (Afterdays Media) 2021.

03: Modelbau : "0406543" (Grisaille) 2021.

04: Modelbau : "0416504" (Grisaille) 2021.

05: Howard Stelzer : "Sayanora Baby" (Chocolate Monk) 2021.

06: Virgin Prunes : "Sandpaper Lullaby" (Rough Trade Records) 1981.

07: Dome : "Dasz" (Dome Records) 1981.

08: Dome : "Roos-An" (Dome Records) 1981.

09: Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words : "Facelessness Erases Every Trace Of Humanity" (Fang Bomb) 2008.

10: Paul Baran : "Britonia" (Fang Bomb) 2014.

11: Sons Of Viljems (ft Filip Sijanec) : "Jelena" (Fang Bomb) 2021.

12: Cabaret Voltaire : "Capsules" (Rough Trade Records) 1979.

13: Cabaret Voltaire : "Jazz The Glass" (Rough Trade Records) 1981.

14: Cabaret Voltaire : "Silent Command" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.

15: Neutral : "Intro" (Happiest Place) 2021.

16: Neutral : "Du" (Happiest Place) 2021.

17: Browning Mummery : "Lament For Comrade Time" (Novichok) 2021.

18: Howard Stelzer : "Pine Tree And Shooting Star" (Chocolate Monk) 2021.

19: Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt : "Yodeling Slits" (Hanson Records) 2021. 

Comments always welcomed ... muhmur.radio@gmail.com 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 16 September 2021

 

This evening's broadcast is very Dilloway-centric. 

In July this year Hanson Records released the album "Lucy & Aaron" by Aaron Dilloway and Lucrecia Dalt. I managed to get a physical copy late August and I've been playing it on a daily basis since. I knew the name Lucrecia Dalt because last year Hanson Records released a "tour" edition of her 2013 album "Syzygy" on cassette for her European tour. I never managed to get a copy (limited to 75 I think), but if any one out there has a copy they're willing to part with then please get in touch. Lucrecia Dalt is a Colombian born pop singer resident in Berlin. She has previously released under the name Lucrecia and her 'real' name María Lucrecia Pérez López. As always when I start playing Aaron's albums I always want to hear more so at the same time as "Aaron & Lucy" I (re) discovered the 2005 album "Rotting Nepal". Released as a CDR on Hanson Records, I play side 2 of the vinyl version on Blossoming Noise. Hanson's Bandcamp is always worth a visit : https://hansonrecords.bandcamp.com. For London folk Lucrecia plays live at the Cafe OTO on October 5th. 

The sounds of Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg are quite regular on MuhMur Radio. Hot on the heels of his "Klein : Rot" LP that came out on the Hamburg label V I S in April this year comes "Weisheit Aus Des Kindes Mund Tut Uns Stets Die Wahrheit Hund". The title translates as "Wisdom From The Child's Mouth Always Tells Us The Truth". The album is on the Australian label A Colourful Storm. Available here : https://acolourfulstorm.bandcamp.com

"On This Day" features the 1981 12" single "Temperature Drop / Cool Down" by Stephen Mallinder. Stephen Mallinder was the bass player / vocalist with Cabaret Voltaire. This was released around the time that Cabaret Voltaire were just about to released the seminal "2x45" album. There are similarities. In 1982 Stephen released the album "Pow Wow" (also on Fetish Records) that features members of Last Few Days. 

Alvars Orkester are the Swedish duo Joachim Nordwall and Jan Svensson. They began their own label Börft label back in 1987 with the cassette Raggarslakt by Frak. The pieces here are from the new album "Deck Brush". The album is a collection of recordings from 1991 and 1992. I bought my copy direct from Börft. http://www.borft.com The Muckrackers track is from the 7" La Vie Set A Nous" on LFA. It's a split single with Le Syndicat and comes with a bonus 3" four track CDR. 

                                                                        Alvars Orkester

                                                                              De Tian

De Tian were formed in Sheffield in 1978. In 1978 there was a 'Sheffield Scene', everyone seemed to be in a band at the time. There was a great mixture of post-punk, new wave, electronic, avant-garde and improvisational and undefinable bands and artists. (I would like to say that 'I was there', but I was about 40 miles east ... but I did do day trips). De Tian (or de tian ... it was always all lower case) were Paul Shaft, Paul Hague. There one and only release at the time was the 1980 7" EP "Two Spires Split" released on their own Oblique Sound imprint. The EP was to be released on the Sheffield independent Limited Editions label but never happened. Last year De Tian reformed with former Naked Pygmy Voles / Bass Tone Trap saxophonist Martin Archer and released the album "Transcritome" on Archer's own Discus label. I have played tracks from the album in past programmes. For more information on De Tian go to : https://discus-music.co.uk

Ediie Maelov + Sunshine Patteson were members of Gloria Mundi. "Lines" was their first single. The Severed Heads track is from the "Since The Accident" LP and the English Subtitles track is from their debut EP on Small Wonder Records. * Following on from the Dilloway & Dalt track "Tunnel" I thought it appropriate to play my DJ Card and follow it with "Time Tunnel".

Juice Machine are a live improvisational duo from Eugene, Oregon. The track here is from the split cassette with Path To Lobster Believers called "Weak Passwords". It was released on the now defunct Rainbow Bridge label. Juice Machine can be contacted at : https://juicemachine.bandcamp.com

Playlist :

01: Aaron Dilloway : "Rotting Nepal #5" (Blossoming Noise) 2006.

02: Aaron Dilloway : "Rotting Nepal #6" (Blossoming Noise) 2006.

03: Aaron Dilloway : "Rotting Nepal #7" (Blossoming Noise) 2006.

04: Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt : "Bordéandola" (Hanson Records) 2021.

05: Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt : "Trueno" (Hanson Records) 2021.

06: Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg : "An Die Hohe Nacht" (A Colourful Storm) 2021.

07: Stepehen Mallinder : "Temperature Drop" (Fetish Records) 1981.

08: Alvars Orkester : "Collecting Old Telephones" (UFO Mongo/Ideal Records) 2021.

09: Alvars Orkester : "Holding Breath" (UFO Mongo/Ideal Records) 2021.

10: Muckrackers : "En Avant" (LFA) 2011.

11: Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt : "Both Blue Moons" (Hanson Records) 2021.

12: Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt : "Niles Baroque" (Hanson Records) 2021.

13: Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt : "Voyria" (Hanson Records) 2021.

14: De Tian : "The Bakhtiari" (Oblique Sound) 1980.

15: Eddie Maelov + Sunshine Patteson : "Lines" (Human Records) 1981.

16: Severed Heads : "Godsong" (Ink Records) 1983.

17: Stephen Mallinder : "Cool Down" (Fetish Records) 1981.

18: Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt : "Ojazo" (Hanson Records) 2021.

19: Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt : "The Tunnel" (Hanson Records) 2021.

20: English Subtitles : "Time Tunnel" (Small Wonder Records) 1979.

21: The Vibrators : "Flying Duck Theory" (Anagram Records) 2017.

22: Juice Machine : "Aglow With Brilliant Light" (Rainbow Bridge) 2014. 

Please take a listen here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-16-september-2021/

Next broadcast is on September 30. 20:00 GMT, as always and will feature some sounds from Emil Beaulieau, Modelbau, Neutral and Browning Mummery (amongst others) as well as featuring Virgin Prunes, Dome and Last Few Days in an "on this day" section. 

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 2 September 2021.

 

The programme begins with a piece from the 2020 cassette release "Still Awake" by Karen Constance. Released on Beartown Records the cassette may be an accompaniment to the cassette "Still Asleep" released on the  More Mars Team label earlier in 2020. Karen, along with her partner Dylan Nyoukis operate the Chocolate Monk label. http://chocolatemonk.co.uk/enter.htm. The first time I came across Karen's work was back in the 1990's when she was one half of the noise duo Prick Decay and releases on Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers and Stinky Horse Fuck. Karen is now one half of the experimental noise duo Blood Stereo. Copies of "Still Awake" can be found at Beartown Records here : https://beartownrecords.bigcartel.com

Ten years ago I (as Dieter Müh) got involved in a release to promote 'Record Store Day', it was a compilation built of six cassettes entitled "You Are Playing' Like A Fuckin' Pub Band" and put out by Electric Knife Records aficionado Thanasis on his label The 7.17 From West Wittering Is Late Again. Back then I had never heard of Record Store Day (RSD) but was told it was releases only available on that day and only available from independently run record shops (not HMV, Our Price, Virgin Records etc ... the places where good music goes to die as I keep telling the children). The plan was to get folk in to record shops to buy independently made and released 'music'. Ten years later and RSD is now a promotional tool used by major labels and major record stores to push re-releases and re-issues of their old stock. Releases are (as a rule) available to pre-order on line months before the actual 'day'. (RSD). As a side effect major labels are clogging up the pressing factories with their orders to a level where the independent label wanting a small / limited run can't get their records released when they want to. It's all too familiar. Anyway ... the two pieces from S.R. Meixner and Band Of Pain are from the 10"EP "Priti Deceit". This is the third collaboration between these two artists following 7" singles on Outsider Records and Black Rose Recordings. Although being a RSD release the 10"EP is still available direct from the label (no record store needed). https://www.dirterpromotions.com

Thomas LaRoche is a favourite of MuhMur Radio. His latest release is a split CDR with American noise artist Cody Bryant. Entitled "Pathological Demand Avoidance" it is on Thomas's own imprint Research Laboratories. https://researchlaboratories.tumblr.com

Schwerpunkt is the solo project of George Rayner-Law. George is / was a member of Manchester thrash band Elk Blood and Industrial rock band Werk. The three pieces here are from the cassette "The Lion Hunt" released on George's own label Brachliegen Tapes. It was Brachliegen Tapes that released the excellent Mark Dicker cassette "Flyalarm" earlier in the year. It's a label I am going to keep an ear out for. https://brachliegentapes.bandcamp.com Parts of "The Lion Hunt" reminded me of the sound of Of Habit... so I play some .... 

Ice Yacht is Philip Sanderson, "Kicky Bang Bang" is the title track from his new album "Colour Buffer" on Snatch Tapes. Unfortunately it's only available as a download. Hopefully for his next release Philip will see the error of his ways. https://snatchtapes.bandcamp.com

"On This Day" in 198o French punk band Doctor Mix & The Remix released the 12"EP "Psychedelic Desert" on Celluloid Records. "In The Plastic Motel Bar At The Edge Of The Desert" is from this EP. Dr Mix were a trio comprising of ex members of Metal Urbain. Pat Lüger, Eric Débris and Charles Hurbier. The track I play is from the 2004 compilation "Wall Of Noise" CD,  a kind of greatest hits.

It was at this point of compiling a playlist, a radio broadcast, that the new album from Minny Pops came to MuhMur HQ. I love Minny Pops, always have since hearing their "Nervous" single on John Peel's show back in 1979. It's one of those records that has never left my possession (along with the Minny Pops "Live" EP released a year later). And now ... I have all their records, so the release of a new LP is like a ray of sunshine upon Hartop Towers. I was fortunate to see Minny Pops live. April 1981 they played Rock City in Nottingham. They were supporting New Order. New Order were / are (who knows) a band that I thought were OK but nothing special ... the singles up to "Blue Monday" are OK ... but I used to go and see New Order live whenever they were in the area because the support was always going to great - and fellow Factory Records artists. Crispy Ambulance, Section 25, The Wake etc. On this occasion the Minny Pops guitarist broke strings so Wally (the singer) told a story about how rough the sea crossing from Holland was and how tired they all were. The bass player and synth player joined in and created this fascinating improvisation. (The last time I witnessed anything like this happen was when the Skids bass player broke a string whilst supporting the Stranglers at Lincoln Drill Hall in 1978 and the rest of the band played a Mott The Hoople medley whilst a new string was found and strung). 

The new Minny Pops LP is called "Stockholm 1974", a nod towards Patty Hearst. Minny Pops are still Wally Van Middendorp on vocals giving them their distinctive sound but they have fleshed out in to a big band sound with John Barrett on drums, Lee McFadden on guitar, Terry Edwards on trumpets and sax and Graham Dowdall (aka 'Dids') on electronics. Graham was formerly with Eric Random and Ludus. The LP is on Psychofon Records. https://www.psychofonrecords.com The final Minny Pops track is called "Stay Awake" and I used my DJ license and followed with "Stay Awake" by Glaxo Babies. 

EE Tapes of Belgium have just released a split CD (also available on cassette) by Hypnoskull and Machinery Directive. Hypnoskull is  the solo project of hardcore techno musician Patrick Stevens. Machinery Directive is the project of industrial noisician Sem Cappaert. Both releases are limited to 100 only. Get one here : http://www.eetapes.be

Take a listen to the broadcast :

https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-02-september-2021/

Playlist :

01: Karen Constance : "Still Awake #3" (Beartown Records) 2020.

02: S.R. Meixner : "Deceit" (Dirter Promotions) 2021.

03: Kazuya Ishigami : "Recycling Memories 202105" (Neus-318) 2021.

04: Beequeen : "And So It Came To Pass" (Beta-Lactam Ring Records) 2004.

05: Thomas LaRoche : "Conditioned Response" (Research Laboratories) 2021.

06: Thomas LaRoche : "Even In November The Flies Want To Lay Eggs" (Research Laboratories) 2021.

07: Schwerpunkt : "Yamaha Dub" (Brachliegen Tapes) 2021.

08: Schwerpunkt : "Drumswell" (Brachliegen Tapes) 2021.

09: Schwerpunkt : "We Talk / I Talk" (Brachliegen Tapes) 2021.

10: Of Habit : "Cult Of Personality" (Index Clean) 2019.

11: Ice Yacht : "Kicky Bang Bang" (Snatch Tapes) 2021.

12: Doctor Mix & The Remix : "In The Plastic Motel Bar At The Edge Of The Desert" (Acute) 2004.

13: Minny Pops : "Mountain" (Factory Benelux) 1982.

14: Minny Pops : "Dad Dog" (Psychofon Records) 2021.

15: Minny Pops : "Patty" (Psychofon Records) 2021.

16: Minny Pops : "Tracking" (Factory Benelux) 1982.

17: Minny Pops : "Stay Awake" (Psychofon Records) 2021.

18: Glaxo Babies : "Stay Awake" (Heartbeat Records) 1980.

19: Band Of Pain : "Priti Vacunt" (Dirter Promotions) 2021.

20: Hypnoskull : "Beyrouth Hunt For Dead Terrorist (For Bryn Jones)" (EE Tapes) 2021.

21: Cabaret Voiltaire : "Haiti" (Virgin Records/Some Bizarre) 1983.

22: Machinery Directive : "God's Angry Man" (EE Tapes) 2021.

Next broadcast will be on September 16, SoundArt Radio 102.5 FM. 20:00 GMT kick off. 

https://www.soundartradio.org.uk

There'll be tracks from the new Dilloway & Dalt collaboration LP as well as Alvars Orkester, Juice Machine, Muckrackers and an 'On This Day' from Stephen Mallinder.

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 19 August 2021.

 The programme starts with 4 pieces from Mark Dicker. All 4 pieces make up Side B of his new release "Flyalarm" on Brachliegen Tapes. Up until a few weeks ago Mark Dicker was completely unknown to me, but a recommendation from Thanasis at Electric Knife Records turned me on ... and now I am on the hunt for Mark Dicker releases. Research tells me that Mark begin this century playing keyboards and vocals for the Casio-Grindcore band Treacher before joining Doom Metal merchants Palehorse. Again, new names to me but I suppose Doom Metal and Grindcore aren't my 'sort of thing'. Mark also spent time in the Psychedelic Rock group Queen Of Swords (alongside John Macedo) and is also one half of the Drone Folk duo Time. Since 2014 Mark has been releasing under his own moniker. 

"Flyalarm" was recorded in a room above a church in Oslo, Norway earlier in the year. Collecting field recordings around the location, sounds from a Norwegian winter, Mark mixes the recordings with multi-layering modular synthesisers. 'Flyalarm' is released on the Brachliegen Tapes label. Brachliegen Tapes is run by George Rayner-Law in Deal (Kent). George also records and releases as Schwerpunkt, expect some Schwerpunkt in the next broadcast. "Flyalarm" is available direct from the label here : https://brachliegentapes.bandcamp.com Another Mark Dicker cassette I found was the "Schwarzschild Radio" C30 put out by Beartown Records in May this year. Two fifteen minute pieces of modular synth work mixed with processed recordings of number stations. Another great tape from the highly collectable Beartown Records label. https://beartownrecords.bigcartel.com

Emile Bojesen (like Mark Dicker) was an artist unknown to me until a few weeks ago. I bought his latest cassette release "Ice" via Jan Warnke at Gerauschmanufaktur. Further listening led me to the CDR album "Reality", a collaboration with the project Banished Pills. Banished Pills is the project of Italian sound artist Edoardo Cammisa. As well as releasing sounds on a variety of labels such as Gerauschmanufaktur, Outsider Art, Line and Hoopoe Industries Emile is an author of philosophy and academic books such as 'Forms of Education (Rethinking Educational Experience Against and Outside the Humanist Legacy'. 

Emile works as Reader In Education And Faculty Head Of Research And Knowledge Exchange at Winchester University. "Reality" was released by Cathedral Transmissions and "Ice" on Gerauschmanufaktur. Both releases are available here : https://cathedraltransmissions.bandcamp.com/album/reality . https://geraeuschmanufaktur.bandcamp.com/merch

The Crispy Ambulance track is from their debut LP "The Plateau Phase". http://muhmur.blogspot.com/2010/02/crispy-ambulance-in-north-hykeham.html Since this piece was written I have met up with Mark again (he lives in Dursley, Glous ... just up the M5) and contacted Alan to get his memories of that evening ... he remembers it well.

"On This Day" features the only decent track on the 1979 compilation album "Street To Street - A Liverpool Album". The Id were a precursor to Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. The album also features (amongst others) Echo & The Bunnymen, Big In Japan, The Accelerators, Modern Eon and Dead Trout. Sleeve notes are by John Peel. 

Over the past five or six years Stefan Hanser at The Epicurean has been collating, archiving and releasing the oeuvre of John Murphy. 2016 saw the collection "All My Sins Remembered - The Sonic Worlds Of John Murphy". A 3xCD set featuring John's work as a drummer in various post-punk groups in Australia (Whirlywirld, News and Mandrix) and his projects The Orchestra Of Skin And Bone, Browning Mummery, Krank, Vhril, Sooterkin Flesh as well as his work with The Associates, SPK, Knifeladder and Blood Axis amongst others. This year The Epicurean released Volume II of "All My Sins Remembered" exploring the recordings of The Grimsel Path, Crank, Ophiolateria and My Father Of Serpents. This time the release is a double CD package. John Murphy was a legend. Both volumes are available direct from The Epicurean : http://the-epicurean.transformed.de

Shit Creek is Bristol based artist Lewis Duffy. Last year he teamed up with Neil Campbell and Owen Chambers (of Carnivorous Plants) to create Soberin Exx and release the cassette album "Normal Islands". This year Lewis and Neil team up again to release the CDR "Arclight Trance/Cloud Market". Lewis also runs the Luxury Bucket label releasing his own work as well as sounds from Neil Campbell, Territorial Gobbing, Daniel J Gregory, Bearer and Kek-W amongst others. A label worth exploring. Contact Lewis : https://luxurybucket.net

A few weeks ago I bought a Din A Testbild Boxed LP and inside was a 7" by Kluster and Mr. Welten. A 1997 release on the German Marginal Talent label. I know nothing of Kluster / Cluster, always tagged them with the likes of Can, Faust, Neu! and Ash Ra Tempel. Although I did see Dieter Moebius play live in Hamburg University, 2013. 

The broadcast ends on Dangerous Girls and a track from their final vinyl. Dangerous Girls existed between 1978 and 1981 releasing four classic singles. Originally from Birmingham and called In The Jungle With No Guns they have recently reformed calling themselves Dangerous Girls Reunited. There's some great live footage across YouTube including this song filmed in 1979 in Birmingham Uni.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Lf8Sk4UkA

Playlist : 

01: Mark Dicker : "Isflak" (Brachliegen Tapes) 2021.

02: Mark Dicker : "Morkegronne" (Brachliegen Tapes) 2021.

03: Mark Dicker : "Varmeskaper" (Brachliegen Tapes) 2021.

04: Mark Dicker : "Sirap" (Brachliegen Tapes) 2021.

05: Banished Pills & Emile Bojesen : "Irrelevant" (Cathedral Transmissions) 2021.

06: Emile Bojesen : "Ice (2)" (Gerauschmanufaktur) 2021.

07: Crispy Ambulance : "Are You Ready?" (Factory Benelux) 1982.

08: The Id : "Julia's Dream" (Open Eye Records) 1979.

09: My Father Of Serpents : "Untitled" (The Epicurean) 2021.

10: Mark Dicker : "Broadcast No. 29028.118.1" (Beartown Records) 2021.

11: Shit Creek & Neil Campbell : "Cloud Market" (Not On Label) 2021.

12: Kluster : "Eruption (Extract From Part Two)" (Marginal Talent) 1997.

13: Dangerous Girls : "Men In Suits" (Human Records) 1981.

Please take a listen here : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-19082021/

Next Broadcast will be on September 2nd, 20:00 GMT kick-off (as always). SoundArt Radio 102.5 FM. Live stream via https://www.soundartradio.org.uk and will feature sounds from Karen Constance, Thomas LaRoche, Schwerpunkt, Ice Yacht and tracks from the new Minny Pops LP ... amongst other things.