MuhMur Radio Broadcast 14 February 2019.

After The Snow. I should have started the broadcast with Modern English's "After The Snow". Missed trick. MuhMur Radio is back on the airwaves after the short-notice cancellation of the Jan 31st programme due to snow. A heavy blizzard descended on Totnes and the taxi driver refused to take my down the country roads to the SoundArt Radio station. I can only apologise.

This programme features an exclusive play of the forthcoming album by Non Toxique Lost. Non Toxique Lost are a political, experimental, electronic project based in Berlin. They formed in Mainz (Germany) in 1982. The first time I came across the name Non Toxique Lost was through their involvement with the 1983 Berlin Atonal Festival. The 'famous' one which also featured Psychic TV, Z'ev and The Anti Group. The first time I got to hear Non Toxique Lost was on the (legendary) compilation LP "Q.E.D" on the N.L.Centrum label. This double LP also features S.P.K., Z'ev, Blurt, Chris & Cosey and The Hafler Trio amongst others ... well worth tracking down. One of the founding members of Non Toxique Lost is Achim Wollschied of Swimming Behaviour Of The Human Infant who also appear on the "Q.E.D" compilation. Another founding member Steffen Schütze (aka T. Poem) sadly passed away in 2017.

                                                      Non Toxique Lost @ Atonal 1983.

In 2018 Non Toxique Lost played at the 'KLANG25' Festival in Vienna alongside, John Avery, Zahgurim, Renaldo & The Loaf, Eric Random and Rapoon (amongst others) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Klanggalerie label.

                                                          Non Toxique Lost in 2008.

For the event Non Toxique Lost were to be Achim Wollscheid, Jammin' Unit, DJ Verhovny and Sea Wanton. Unfortunately due to some problems only Sea Wanton and Jammin' Unit performed live. There were no recordings from the evening so two weeks later Sea Wanton went in to his studio in Berlin and recorded the whole set. "It corresponds relatively to the live experience on the night". The lyrics on "Bewegen Air Uns Noch" are by Joachim Stender and the lyrics on "Dulce Et Decorum Set" are by Wilfred Own - written in 1917. The album is called 'State Of the Art" and will be released later in the year by Klanggalerie.

                                                     T.Poem + Sea Wanton in 2008.

The broadcast opens with two tracks from the Non Toxique Lost album "England Ihren Feiden Schenken"" released in 2008 on the Greek Hic Rhodos-Hic Salta label. (Hic Rhodos-Hic Salta is from Aesop's Fables and literally means 'Prove What You Can Do, Here And Now'). The tracks "Ruft Much Am In Der Zukunft" and "Gals D'Argent" come from the 2007 album "Siga Siga" and "Sam 41643" comes from "Träneninvasion" a memory card/USB stick released in 2014.
Many thanks to Sea Wanton (Gerd Neumann) and Non Toxique Lost for the sounds and support for MuhMur Radio. They will be plenty more N.T.L. in the coming months ...
Non Toxique Lost can be contacted here : http://www.nontoxiquelost.de

14th February 1977 saw the release of Metal Urbain's 7" single "Paris Marquis", and three years later Scars released their first 7" on Pre Records "They Came And Took Her".

About ten years ago I found myself in Liskeard, Cornwall and went in to a secondhand bookshop that had a box of 12" records. Lazily thumbing through I found the 12" EP "Loop Static (Amina B Ring Modulations)" by Richard H. Kirk for ten bob. This purchase sticks out for me - not only because it's a great record and a great find - but I remember the guy behind the counter telling me that his shop was the only secondhand vinyl shop in Cornwall. Not just Liskeard but the whole of Cornwall. Fake News! The Kirk track here is from that 12"EP.
Marias Bad is the project of Norwegian sound artist Bjørn J. Magnhildeøn. The German label m.m.label have just released a double CDR collection of the work of Bjørn which features the track "Fenrefaen". This piece was originally released on the compilation cassette "Paradoxical Paralysis" in 1991 on Siegmar Fricke's Bestattungsinstitut label. A download copy of the release is available here : https://thorstensoltau.bandcamp.com/album/parlamentation

"Voor Lilia" by Modelbau was available for a limited period via Frans De Waard's Facebook Page. It was recorded to celebrate the birthday of Lilia Scheerder, a Modelbau collaborator and owner of Barreuh Records.

And because it's St. Valentine's Day .... Just For You, Here Is A Love Song.

Please take a listen : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-february-14-2019/

Playlist:
01: Non Toxique Lost : "England #1" (Hic Rhodos-Hic Salta) 2008.
02: Non Toxique Lost : "England #2" (Hic Rhodos-Hic Salta) 2008.
03: Suicide : "Rocket USA" (Cherry Red Records) 2019.
04: Metal Urbain : "Paris Marquis" (Rough Trade Records) 1977.
05: Non Toxique Lost : "Ruft Mich An In Der Zukunft" (Dossier Records) 2005.
06: Non Toxique Lost : "Sam 41643" (Hic Rhodos-Hic Salta) 2014.
07: Richard H. Kirk : "Crimes Against Humanity" (Touch) 2000.
08: Scars : "They Came And Took Her" (Pre Records) 1980.
09: Non Toxique Lost : "Bewegen Wir Uns Noch?" (Not On Label) 2019.
10: Non Toxique Lost : "Dulce Et Decorum Est" (Not On Label) 2019.
11: Non Toxique Lost : "i.n.t.a.s.b.t.i.a.s.s." (Not On Label) 2019.
12: Non Toxique Lost : "Schwarze Mamba" (Not On Label) 2019.
13: Non Toxique Lost : "Untergang" (Not On Label) 2019.
14: Non Toxique Lost : "Buchenwald" (Not On Label) 2019.
     (Tracks #9 - #14 are from the forthcoming LP "State Of The Art").
15: Non Toxique Lost : "Gals D'Argent" (Dossier Records) 2005.
16: Duet Emmo : "The First Person" (Mute Records) 1983.
17: Marias Bad : "Fenrefaen" (m.m. label) 2019.
18: Modelbau : "Voor Lilia" (Not On Label - Modelbau Self Released) 2019.
19: The Damned : "Love Song" (Chiswick Records) 1979.

The next MuhMur Radio broadcast will be on February 28th. (Barring Snowstorms). 20:00 hours GMT.

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 17 January 2019.

And so, the first broadcast of the new year ... and MuhMur Radio enters its' seventh year for SoundArt Radio. Many many thanks to all the listeners, the artists who have played live and those who have sent exclusive material for airplay. It's all very much appreciated. A full list of this material can be found here : https://remuhmuration.blogspot.com/2018/01/muhmur-radio-sessions.html
It was in 2014 that I first heard The Dead Mauriacs. It was through their release on the German label Geräuschmanufaktur with the cassette "Are You Here?" A wonderful slice of ambient soundtrack with a hint of EVP recordings. Since then the sounds from The Dead Mauriacs has progressed through field recordings, organic drones, Musique Concret, African rhythms and cut-ups. Always fascinating. This broadcast starts with side two of their latest cassette "Soupirs Magnétiques, Bons Baisers Des Emeutes" on Sentimental Productions. Sentimental Productions is the Ukranian boutique label operated by Edward Sol.

There are two editions of this release. Standard edition and limited 'art box' edition. Copies are still for sale via Discogs or available for download on The Dead Mauriacs bandcamp page.
https://thedeadmauriacs.bandcamp.com/album/soupirs-magn-tiques-bons-baisers-des-emeutes

The sounds of Edward Sol are no stranger to the ears of regular MuhMur Radio listeners (if there is such a thing). For this programme Edward has provided "First In The Knife Order". This 34 minute piece is the "working one-piece version" and is unreleased.

Unfortunately there was a glitch with one of the CD players in the studio and after two minutes the CDR began to slip and slide so I played a track by Komare and swapped the players ... The Sol piece begins at about 30 minutes in ...
On the Festive Feast MuhMur Radio I played the 7" by Komare. I said that I knew nothing about this mysterious project, and although the 7" was on Gothenburg's finest I Dischi Del Barone label I thought they were from London. Since then I have been told that Komare is a side project of Brighton based band Mosquitoes. I shall now start a hunt for Mosquitoes records. The Komare track here is from the eponymous tape on the American Round Bale Recordings label.

I am always interested to hear the work of Adi Newton, and I was lucky enough to find a copy of the "Chaos Variations III" 12" last month. Released on the Italian NUKFM label this 12" features 2 new pieces and comes with a 16 page booklet. Limited to 50 copies only - 25 in English/25 in Italian - the sounds are a collaboration between Adi and Obsolete Capitalism Sound System. Last copies are available here : https://obsoletecapitalismsoundsystem.bandcamp.com/album/obsolete-capitalism-and-adi-newton-tag-chaos-variation-iii-ep-12-vinyl-record-16-pages-booklet
17 January 1980 saw the release of John Foxx's debut album "Metamatic".

This is one of my all time favourite albums. I remember buying the "Underpass" single from Sanctuary Records in Lincoln. The single came out a week earlier. I bought it on the day I went to see The Clash on their "London Calling" tour at Leicester De Montfort Halls. Shit gig - great single. It also amused me that three tracks on "Metamatic" were old Ultravox! songs. A couple of years earlier (September 1978) Ultravox! toured the UK with their "Systems Of Romance" album and in the set was "Touch & Go", "He's A Liquid" and "A New Kind Of Man". I was fortunate to see them at this time. Their gig at AJ's (in Lincoln) was one of those times where I stood outside the venue waiting for the white transit van (or mini-bus) to arrive and offer to carry the amps/drums/guitars up the five flights of stairs for free entry. Didn't always work but with Ultravox! it did. I also got 'help yourself to the beer' (a crate of Holsten Pils) and a chat with John and bassist Chris. A night I have never forgotten. (Other bands it worked for include UK Subs, The Lurkers and Rich Kids).
I have included a live version of "He's A Liquid" by Ultravox! The version here is from a live radio broadcast from 1979. Recorded at Boston (USA not Lincs) Paradise Theatre on March the Third 1979. What happened when John Foxx left Ultravox! was a travesty.

                                               John, Billy + Robin of Ultravox! 1979.

Dale Cornish is a London based poet, sound artist and sonic auteur. In 2017 he started the label 'Vanity Publishing' with Phil Marshall. "Rhododendron" is the first Cornish release on this label. Get it from here : https://vanitypublishing.bandcamp.com
Due to the fact that release bloody good stuff there always seems to be a Harbinger Sound track on MuhMur Radio. This programme is no different with a track from the debut LP by John Paul. (aka John Paul Heggarty). The voice maybe familiar to folk who listen to Sleaford Mods. Music here is from Bristol based musician/producer the Ratman.

Please take a listen to the broadcast here :
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-soundart-radio-january-17-2019/

Playlist:
01: The Dead Mauriacs : "Cérémonies Sans Rituel" (Sentimental Productions) 2018.
02: The Dead Mauriacs : "Concrėte" (Sentimental Productions) 2018.
03: The Dead Mauriacs : "Les Emeutes-Electricité" (Sentimental Productions) 2018.
04: The Dead Mauriacs : "Intérieurs Italiens" (Sentimental Productions) 2018.
05: Komare : "The Ice Belt" (Round Bale Recordings) 2018.
06: Edward Sol : "First In The Knife Order" (Not On Label) 2019.
                              (Exclusive piece for MuhMur Radio).
07: Obsolete Capitalism & Adi Newton/TAG : "Device Axiomatique" (NUKFM) 2018.
08: John Foxx : "He's A Liquid" (Metal Beat/Virgin Records) 1980.
09: D.A.F. : "Ich Und Die Wirklichkeit" (Fast Product) 1979.
10: Obsolete Capitalism & Adi Newton/TAG : "Antidiluvian Blues" (NUKFM) 2018.
11: COH : "Beneath My Sun-Proof Eyelids,Truth Never Sleeps" (Creation Books) 2009.
12: Dale Cornish : "Rhododendron" (Vanity Publishing) 2017.
13: Dale Cornish : "What You Think" (Vanity Publishing) 2017.
14: Adam & The Ants : "Nine Plan Failed" (Do It Records) 1979.
15: John Paul : "Quid In" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
16: Ultravox! : "He's A Liquid" (Not On Label) 1979.
17: John Foxx : "Blurred Girl" (Metal Beat/Virgin Records) 1980.

Being the first MuhMur Radio of 2019 myself and Dave wish you all a happy new year etc ... and looking forward to what new sounds the oncoming months bring ...

T'was also great to get a visit from Nathan Carter. One third of WildLife Disco and all of ExtraStereo.  Visitors are always welcome, but remember ... bring beer!

                                                       Nathan (ExtraStereo) Carter.

Next broadcast is on January 31. 8 o'Clock kick off .... thanks for listening.

A Very MuhMur Christmas : MuhMur Radio Festive Broadcast 30:12:2018

And so it is the most wonderful time of the year, the time for the 4th annual MuhMur Radio Four Festive Feast Of Fun on SoundArt Radio.
It was great to follow the live sounds of the Wildlife Disco broadcasting their first Solstice Special.

                                                     Tony Whitehead of Wildlife Disco

                                            Chris & Nathan of Wildlife Disco take a break

Anji Cheung starts the proceedings, the label Aurora Borealis have just released a "Solstice Tape" featuring Anji and Burial Hex. Anji's side "Seven Are The Veils" is in three parts, whereas the Burial Hex side "Thaw" is in five parts. The cassette is limited to 100 copies only, a few are still available from the label : https://auroraborealisrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-3

                                                                    'Solstice Tape'

And then the madness begins. The Tactile track wasn't meant to be played. In six years of MuhMur Radio I do not like playing the same track twice - only on very rare occasions - and I played the Tactile song in 2014. Not only that...it starts at the wrong speed ... followed by Nocturnal Emissions. Here I played the wrong side too! Ah well, at least it was at the right RPM. Rosa Mundi brings the playlist back on track. Rosa Mundi is a collaboration between John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Rose McDowall. As far as I know this was their only release (the split 7" with Tactile).
It was my birthday early in December and Frans de Waard kindly mailed a piece called "Voor Steve".

2018 and three of the finest 7" singles of the year have been released by Swedish label 'I Dischi Del Barone'. Leda, Monokultur and Komare. I know very little about all three projects although I am lead to believe that Monokultur and Komare are both from the UK. I have just bought the Komare eponymous cassette release from IDDB distribution so expect to hear more in 2019. All IDDB singles are available and highly recommended from here : http://www.iddb.se

December 31 saw the official release of Dieter Müh "The Bjorn Tapes" LP on French label Force Majeure. Originally released as a cassette back in 1999 on Yoshida Yasutoshi's Xerxes label, the tape was only available via mail order from the label (I can't remember any European or American distributor picking it up). In 2004 the Italian label Blade Records released a CDR limited to 80 copies. Unfortunately these copies were on inferior CDRs and have been unplayable for many years. My own copy has 'surface noise', and other folk have complained with similar problems. Force Majeure have now released a vinyl version. Copies available direct from http://www.nuitetbrouillard.com - although it will be widely available from other distribution outfits later this month. The artwork to the LP is a direct copy of the tape sleeve in textured silkscreen cover.

The track played is "Aghor" - originally titled "Aghori' Yoshida mis-read our sleeve notes at the time.
To find out more : https://qrius.com/aghori-sadhus-culturally-driven-community/
2018 saw the first album in 13 years from Finnish electronic duo MNEM. MNEM have been active since 1997. Juri & Weno have kept a low profile in that time, no internet or 'social media' presence and no live performances. The piece here comes from the 'art box' version of their "Hegonon" album. The bonus 7" (side A). I have a feeling 2019 will bring more releases from MNEM.

                                                               J. Karpov of MNEM

                                                "Prodrome Asthenosis" 7" by MNEM

One of the most favourite nights of my life was back in 2012 when Dieter Müh played the Fylkingen in Stockholm with Contrastate, Kristian Olsson, White & Dusa. It was when I got to meet some great people and discover a whole new seam of Swedish underground music. I got to meet the guy behind Proiekt Hat, he kindly gave me a handful of tapes and Dan Johansson of Ljud & Bild who handed me a few CD releases, one of which was by Arv & Miljö of whom I have try to get everything since and have never been disappointed. The three tracks here are side 2 of the latest LP "Svensk Sommer I Stella Frid". Released on the Gothenburg free jazz label Omlott. http://www.omlott.se
A good contender for album of the year (if you like that kind of thing ... I have always avoided such lists etc as it (seems to me) to make it all in to a competition. This record is better than that record situation) must be "Buddhist Nihilism" by Sudden Infant. Since landing on the MuhMur doormat last October I think this LP has had the most spins. Another powerful release from UK's finest label Harbinger Sound. Artery were one of the finest sounds of the early 1980's. One of the little known 'Sheffield' bands. Fortunate to pick up the "Diamonds In the Mine" 12"EP earlier in the month whilst shopping in Karlsruhe.
The Dead Mauriacs track was posted to me by Olivier Prieur. A Christmas Card for 2018. An honour to play on MuhMur Radio.
Early in December I (as Dieter Müh) went on a six day tour of Switzerland and S.W. Germany (+ Der Schwarzenwald). Four of those dates were with the magnificent BºTong. The track here is from the split CDR with French project Beyond The Elipse Of Time. Hopefully 2019 will see more European dates with BºTong. Keep in touch with all activity here : http://www.btongmusic.com

                                                    BºTong live in Offenbach. Dec 2018

Whilst in Basel I managed to pick up a couple of great records. Lose is the solo project of Flipper vocalist Bruce Loose. As far as I am aware he only put out the one 7", this is side A. The TuxedoMoon tracks come from there compilation LP "Can You Hear Me" recorded live at The Deaf Club in San Francisco in 1979.

                                                                            Lose 7"

The broadcast finishes on three pieces by Buzzcocks. Like everyone I know I was surprised and saddened with the news of Pete Shelley's passing. I did meet Pete once .. just the once, I never got to see Buzzcocks live. I once turned down a lift to see them in Sheffield being supported by Joy Division - one of the most stupid things I've never done! Anyway. I think it was 1984 and I was living in Hulme, Manchester and Thirst and Eric Random were playing the PSV Club (formerly the Russell Club) which at the time was spitting distance from where I was living. It was the debut gig of Thirst, a short lived project of Martin Brahmah after he disbanded Blue Orchids (for the first time). There was also a 'street dance' troupe from Moss Side which featured Take That member Jason Orange but I don't really remember them .. anyway, I went along with a friend who was pally with a chap called James Young. He was playing keyboards with Pete Shelley at the time and Pete and his band all came to the gig after their rehearsals. The bass player was Derek Thompson who I knew from the days of SPK so we all went and sat at the same table, finding myself between Derek and Pete. Things took a surreal turn when Tony Wilson and Bob Geldof walked in and sat at the same table (all whilst Eric Random was playing live). Sounds like a dream sequence ... but, it happened. Pete Shelley RIP.

The broadcast is split in to 2 parts and can be found here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-four-hour-festive-broadcast-part-one/
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-four-hour-festive-broadcast-part-two/

Playlist:
01: Anji Cheung : "Seven Are The Veils" (Aurora Borealis) 2018.
02: Tactile : "Greif" (Divine Frequency) 2005.
03: Nocturnal Emissions : "Nightscapes #2" (Small Voices) 2006.
04: Rosa Mundi : "The Snowman" (Divine Frequency) 2005.
05: Modelbau : "Voor Steve" (Not On Label) 2018.
06: Burial Hex : "Thaw" (Aurora Borealis) 2018.
07: Komare : "Got To Stop Me" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2018.
08: Dieter Müh : "Aghor" (Force Majeure) 2018.
09: Minamata : "Tsunaminamata" (Force Majeure) 2017.
10: MNEM : "Prodrome Asthenosis" (Sentimental Productions) 2018.
11: Komare : "Hot Tarmac" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2018.
12: Arv & Miljö : "Kvar Blands Jordens Grus" (Omlott) 2018.
13: Arv & Miljö : "Hjärteregn, Rinn Oförmärkt" (Omlott) 2018.
14: Arv & Miljö : Stormat Ut I Vidöppen Värid" (Omlott) 2018.
15: Sudden Infant : "100 Word Mantra" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
16: Artery : "Diamonds In the Mine" (Golden Dawn) 1984.
17: John Cooper-Clarke : "Psyche Sluts" (Rabid Records) 1980.
18: Michael O'Shea : "Anfa Dåsachtach" (Dome Records) 1982.
19: Dead Mauriacs : "Live 13 24 12 NN" (Not On Label) 2018.
20: Psychic TV : "Dead Cat (Long Version)" (Cold Spring Records) 2018.
21: BºTong : "Sacred Chant And Ritual" (Makabre Sinister Kabaret Productions) 2013.
22: Beyond The Elipse Of Time : "The Mechanics Of Trauma" (Makabre Sinister Kabaret Productions) 2013.
23: Lose : "Whats Your Name" (Subterranean Records) 1983.
24: TuxedoMoon : "19th Nervous Breakdown" (Optional Music/Walking Dead Records) 1980.
25: TuxedoMoon : "In Heaven" (Optional Music/Walking Dead Records) 1980.
26: Buzzcocks : "I Look Alone" (NME/Rough Tapes) 1981.
27: Buzzcocks : "Orgasm Addict" (United Artists Records) 1977.
28: Buzzcocks : "Time's Up" (Mute Records) 2000.

It was great to have Tamsin and the kids in the studio for the latter half of the broadcast, listen carefully and you can hear Oscar do a voice ident (as we say in the trade) before the Psychic TV track. Not too sure when the next 2 hour programme is ... it'll be in January ... keep your eyes and ears open ... check the MuhMur Radio FB page or the SoundArt Radio web page :
http://www.soundartradio.org.uk

                                            Edgar, Isabel + Oscar. Upstarts in the studio

MuhMur Radio XMas Plans.

The 4 Hour MuhMur Radio Festive Feast will start at 15:00 (GMT) on December 30. Tune your radio to 102.5FM if you're in the Totnes area of Devon or listen to the live stream via the SoundArt radio website. http://www.soundartradio.org.uk
Lots of new sounds, plenty of old sounds and hopefully a few sounds that you've never heard before.

It has been a busy year for MuhMur Radio, many thanks to the folk who mailed their sounds and especially to Kostis Kilymis, Ditterich Von Euler-Donnesperg, Thorsten Soltau x Comrades for mailing exclusive material and to the labels Harbinger Sound, EE Tapes & Second Language Records for sending promo/pre-release stuff. Exciting and much appreciated - also to Nigel Ayers for playing live as Nocturnal Emissions in the SoundArt Radio Studio, and his great 'in conversation' with Tony Whitehead. Hopefully 2019 will bring along similar surprises!

Regular 2 hour programmes will begin in January.

                                          Happy Holidays from Steve @ MuhMur Radio.

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 22 November 2018.

Back when I was a youth (the 1960's) I had an old Nan who lived in the small Lincolnshire hamlet of Jerusalem, it was a tag on to the village of Skellingthorpe which probably isn't a village anymore. Jerusalem was about half a dozen houses, a farm, a hide and skin company and my Nan's bungalow. (The people who owned the farm and hide & skin company were my godparents...the Hughes'). Anyway. Nan had a huge black & white TV on a four foot high table with casters. It was covered with a crocheted blanket and was wheeled out for the weather forecast. The BBC weather forecast. This would be (in those days) at lunchtime, tea-time and at the close of transmission (usually around 11pm). Apart from 'It's A Knockout' (with the legendary line-up of Hall/Ellis/Waring) no other programme was watched. This did (of course) cause hilarity with me and my sister and (indeed) mum and dad. Nan lived her life by the BBC weather forecast, decisions were made on the result of the broadcast .. and my mum would always say "Forecast is just another word for guess".
Leap forward fifty years and I am stood on Newton Abbot train station trying to catch a train to Totnes to get to the SoundArt Radio radio station. It's not a bad evening, certainly coat and trousers as opposed to fleece and shorts but it's not 'bad' weather but trains between Exeter and the Deep South seem to be cancelled because of the (and I'm quoting the tannoy) "forecast bad weather" Forecast bad weather ... forecast ... but - Forecast is just another word for guess how the hell can trains be cancelled 'on a guess'? Luckily one train did make it through ... the London to Penzance super fast train. Stress levels run high, train station, panic station .. not a conducive state of mind for two hours of radio ... anyway. A brisk two mile walk from Totnes to the radio station (in fine weather) cleared the head and realigned the stress levels...only to discover that the speakers in the studio were not working and all CD/Tape play had to be done through the headphones ... There be Omens!

For the second time running Modelbau open the programme. Modelbau always deliver the goods. The first two pieces are from the new double CDR release "A Hundred Yards" on the Econore label.

Limited to 21 copies the two CDRs (5" & 3") are packaged in a sealable bag, the smaller disc being housed in an empty packet of Fran's medication with small plastic vial. I don't know what powder was in the silver foil pouch (it's all Dutch to me) but the title "A Hundred Yards" bears relevance. It all put me in mind of Klangkreig's "Medical Aid Kit" cassette that came in a sealed metal tin with syringe and pills, and also Grey Park's "Le Odyssey J.G. (Juri Gasolin)" CDR that came in a used silver coffee bag with thermoprinted receipt. The 3" CDR is played in full later in the broadcast.
In a few weeks time I am heading off to Basel to play a few gigs in Switzerland and Germany. I will be playing and staying with Chris Sigdell aka BºTong. Back in 2013 BºTong and Dieter Müh played a couple of shows in Bremen and Hamburg, it was so enjoyable that five years later we're going to do it again. The track here is from the 2014 split CD with Re:Drum called "Hush!/Ascending In The Light Of An Alien Sun". Our first gig kicks off in Lausanne on December 11 at Librarie HuMus.
I see that the 2006 LP "The" has got a re-issue on the German 90% Wasser label.

The Chen Yi commune was founded in 1978. The aim of the commune was to create a closed subsystem, a kind of subsociety and to narrow down its contact with the outside world only on very few specific actions. Life In the commune was lead hermetically closed. All circuits, all food, culture and communication circuits had to be self contained. The commune was housed in an old school near Chelmsford. The Chen Yi commune was never interested in producing records, some of the members refused any form of release whatsoever. In 1981 one member (Chen 8) released a tape edition called "Hanging". The title referred to the first 3 English witches that were hanged in Chelmsford, where the commune house was located. The cassette was sent to various record companies. John Peel saw potential in Chen Yi which led to a recording contract in 1981/82 with CBS. About 7 tracks were produced for the first Chen Yi LP "The Rape" in 1982. 
The above (in italics) is from the sleeve notes to "The" written in 2006 by Chen 26. The album itself is dedicated to his/her father Chen 4.
I have heard that this LP is "a hoax" and I have been given the names of those behind it ... whatever - it's a great LP. Copies available from https://www.normanrecords.com/records/172977-chen-yi-the-1978-1983 in the UK.
For the second broadcast also, Monokultur. Another 2 tracks from their 4 track EP on I Dischi Del Barone. Really digging this record at the moment. It has a great late 70's DIY vibe about it. Hopefully a full album will appear next year.
I never thought I'd say it but Harbinger Sound Records are releasing some of the finest Deutsche-Punk these days. A month or so ago the 12" mini-LP by Berlin based Muscle Barbie. I know very little about this band .. and Steve at Harbinger isn't saying much, but I think the band is a side project of Berlin punk band Heavy Metal. Contact Harbinger Sound for a copy here : https://harbingersound.bigcartel.com/category/new-releases Staying on a Deutsche-Punk trip the noises continue with Werewolf In Aspik. "Verhungen" is from the compilation album "Verboten In Deutschland II - Hausverbot Im Esso". The LP also features Harbinger Sound groups The Toylettes and Pisse. The Pisse track on this programme is from the new 4 track EP "Hornhaut Its Der Beste Handschuh" on Phantom Records. The bass line reminded me of Warsaw hence "They Walked In Line".

In September Dieter Müh played their first gig in two years at The Kaarst Gallery in Plymouth. Also on the night was a performance by Kostis Kilymis.

                                                                   Kostis in Kaarst.

                                           After show party with Trin, Tony, Alice & Kostis.

Last month Touch label subsidiary The Tapeworm released the cassette "Second Saturation" by Kostis. The four pieces here take in all of side A and was recorded live in Stockholm in 2016. Slow building improvised electronic soundscape at its best. Limited to (I think) 100 copies the tape is available here : http://www.tapeworm.org.uk/ttw109.html
At the turn of the century I used to be in correspondence with Finnish artist Pekka Perä-Takala. He was running the labels Clay Records and Musically Incorrect Records releasing mainly his own sounds such as Clay Figure, Paraffin Affiliates and Russian Vitamins.

The track here is from the CDR "Against AvantGarde" released in 2001. (Just as a side note there's a great Clay Figure split tape with Grey Park on the Herkät Kelat label that if you ever see is worth grabbing). Pekka went on to form harsh electronic noise project Gelsomina and the 'super noise' group Bizarre SS Mania (with members of Bizarre Uproar and Edwige).
Please take a listen : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-22-november-2018/

Playlist:
01: Modelbau : "A Hundred Yards #4" (Econore) 2018.
02: Modelbau : "A Hundred Yards #5" (Econore) 2018.
03: BºTong : "Vision Of Eluctable Destiny" (Zoharum) 2014.
04: Chen Yi : "Rug" (90% Wasser) 2006.
05: Chen Yi : "Wargame" (90% Wasser) 2006.
06: Die Form : "Chains Of Love" (Parade Amoureuse) 1991.
07: Monokultur : "Lindholm Steinpiren" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2018.
08: Monokultur : "Sex Jävla Ben" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2018.
09: Chen Yi : "Honey Money" (90% Wasser) 2006.
10: Column One : "Der Schrei Der Lebenden (Parts 1-3)" (Laub Records/90% Wasser) 2005.
11: K.K. Null : "Toki No Dansom" (Quasi Pop Records) 2013.
12: Lille Roger : "My Girl" (Cold Meat Industry) 1993.
13: Muscle Barbie : "Anti" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
14: Werewolf In Aspik : "Verhungen"(Verboten In Deutschland) 2018.
15: Corna Kruswa : "Bambi" (Phantom Records/Mamma Leone) 2015.
16: Pisse : "Dresden" (Phantom Records) 2018.
17: Warsaw : "They Walked In Line" (Factory Of Sounds) 2017.
18: Psychic TV : "I.C. Water (Radio Version)" (Temple Records) 1990.
19: Modelbau : "Ramco B-Model Mix" (Econore) 2018.
20: Kostis Kilymis : "Control Baggage" (The Tapeworm) 2018.
21: Kostis Kilymis : "From This Here Edge" (The Tapeworm) 2018.
22: Kostis Kilymis : "In Slow Metallic Grace" (The Tapeworm) 2018.
23: Kostis Kilymis : "Voices Go Back" (The Tapeworm) 2018.
24: Desmond Simmons : "Alone On Penguin Island" (WMO) 1995.
25: Russian Vitamins : "The Great Kubla" (Clay Records) 2001.

The next programme is scheduled to be on December 6 at 20:00 GMT - listen to the live stream via the SoundArt Radio web site or 102.5FM if you're in the Totnes area.
(I am expecting a new Modelbau tape through the post so you never know ... it might be three in a row).

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 08 November 2018.

Firstly I will apologise for not posting on this blog after the 25th of October broadcast. I was planning to and then it all (as in life) got a little hectic and before I could catch myself coming the other way I was having a weekend break in Hastings and the East Sussex coast. So I apologise.
Here is the link to the broadcast (25:10:18) - https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-25102018/
The start of the broadcast has a sneak preview of the upcoming Maze + Lindholm album "Where The Wolf Has Been Seen" released on 16:11 by Aurora Borealis.

                                                                 Maze & Lindholm.

The rest of the programme has some Of Habit & Dane Law, Pisse, Thomas Leer and EXTNDDNTWRK amongst others, the track listing is on the MixCloud page. If you have any questions about what you're hearing please don't hesitate to get in touch. And so on to last Thursdays broadcast.
The programme begins with a 45 minute track from Modelbau. Side A of the cassette "Ypsilon". 'Yesterday Afternoon' is dedicated to the memory of Dmitry Vasilyev. Dmitry ran the Monochrome Vision label and sadly passed away in the summer. "Ypsilon" is released as cassette or double CD. Available here : https://zhelezobeton.bandcamp.com/album/ypsilon

                                                                       'Ypsilon'.

Whilst away in Hastings I chanced upon a great secondhand record shop called Wow & Flutter and managed to pick up some great records. Tod Dockstader 10" being one of them. This is my first hearing of Dockstader's work and it's a remix by Mordant Music (aka Baron Mordant). Dockstader produced long pieces of musique-concret starting in the early 1960's. His library seems to be available on the Belgian Sub Rosa label. Strangely enough (and coincidently) later in the day I was chatting with Danny Gromflin who used to live in Arlington Massachusetts and cycle pass Tod's house every day but never got up enough courage to knock on the door and say "Hi".
This month saw the release of a brace of 45's on the I Dischi Del Barone label. Monokultur being one of those. I also managed to pick up a copy of the Leda single released in the summer. Two fine cuts of the Swedish underground.

                                                                     Monokultur.

In 1987 I was living in Manchester. Hulme, Manchester and I was buying my sounds from Piccadilly Records and a stall on the top floor of Affleck's Palace that later became Eastern Bloc Records. (There were there shops too, but these were the main outlets I remember). At the time I was buying 'Industrial' stuff and On-U Sound records ... travelling the length and breadth of the country to go and see Gary Clail's On-U Sound System! The Manchester music 'scene' had taken a turn for the worse with bands like Stone Roses and Happy Mondays being the talk of the town (or Hacienda). Factory Records were more or less dead in the water. It's why I didn't pay much attention to Biting Tongues. There were chances to go and see them at Band On The Wall or The Boardwalk but ... they were a Factory Records band so what was the point. It was only a few years later that I found out that Graham Massey was a member and as we all know Graham was Danny & The Dressmakers. Graham also went on to join 808 State who (at the beginning) weren't that bad. I saw them a few times in 1988 .. all dry ice and dungarees .. but they were good nights out. Anyway. Back in Wow & Flutter I saw the Biting Tongues 12"EP for a fiver and thought it worthy of a punt. It's really good, I can here the 808 state connection in composition, it has a great vibrant sound. I am now on the look out for more Biting Tongues. I may have seen them live in 1999 supporting Crispy Ambulance at The Band On The Wall, it was a jazz fusion type band with Graham Massey playing guitar ...

                                                          Biting Tongues 'Compressor'.

Please take a listen to the broadcast here :
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-08-november-2018/

Playlist :
01: Modelbau : "Yesterday Afternoon" (Zhelezobeton) 2018.
02: Throbbing Gristle : "Distant Dreams (Part Two)" (Industrial Records) 1980.
03: Tod Dockstader : "Bellstomp/Pond Dance (ReMMix By Mordant Music)" (Mordant Music) 2012.
04: Sudden Infant : "Hong Kong Nursery" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.
05: Monokultur : "Äckel" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2018.
06: Eyeless In Gaza : "Taking Steps" (Cherry Red Records) 1982.
07: Leda : "The Silent Contest" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2018.
08: Pink Military : "After Hiroshima" (Eric's) 1098.
09: Biting Tongues : "Compressor" (Factory Records) 1987.
10: MyTrip : "I Am Mud" (Depressive Illusions Records) 2011.
11: Ulex Xane : "Farewell To Matters Of Principle" (Cipher Productions) 2018.
12: Sudden Infant : "Tourists" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.

The next broadcast will be on November 22 at 20:00 hours GMT.
And for those wondering who Danny Gromflin is : https://www.discogs.com/artist/3068739-Danny-Gromfin

                                                         Myself, Danny + Linea.

MuhMur Radio Broadcast October 11 2018.

This broadcast (just before Storm Callum hit the shores of Devon) starts with a track from the new release from Thorsten Soltau & Max Kuiper. "Vox Catuli" (on the ever impressive Sentimental Productions label) is the follow on from 2016's "Animi Sub Volpe Latentes" cassette album on Chondritic Sound. Thorsten is no stranger to MuhMur Radio. Max is also a member of Belgian art group Les Horribles Travailleurs.
Last month (as Dieter Müh) I played a gig at Plymouth's Kaarst Gallery with Kostis Kilymis. During the set up Kostis played Wanda Group through the sound system. I knew nothing of this project and grabbed a 12" from Thanasis who was operating his 'Electric Knife' merch' stall at the back of the venue.

                                           Thanasis and his Electric Knife table. Plymouth.

As far as I can work out Wanda Group is the solo project of Louis Johnstone who is based in Hackney, London. Louis goes under various aliases depending on what style or mood he is producing. Of the three tracks played on this programme two are from the "Piss Fell Out Like Sunlight" album on Opal Tapes and one is from the 12" single "Masculinity Is A Wonderful Thing".

Throughout October in the Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock, Glasgow is the exhibition "From Port To The Bridge". The exhibition (curated by Simon Dell) is celebrating the work of Thomas Leer and Robert Rental. (two sons of Port Glasgow). With their debut singles in 1978 they became pioneers of the independent DIY home electronics 'scene'. I remember when there singles were being distributed by Company Records in Lincoln I went to the address on the sleeves hoping to pick up some freebies - posters, flyers etc. Fort Barnes on Rookery Lane was just a mail drop off address. There was nothing there, just an empty one-level building. Still, Rookery Lane was home to the best chip shop in Lincoln (at that time). Company Records also released singles by Com-Sat Angels, Fatal Charm, Wavis O' Shave and The Cigarettes.
The exhibition features artwork and instruments used by Thomas and Robert, as well as various letters and ephemera (photographs etc). There's also a film especially made for the exhibition featuring Chris & Cosey, Glenn Wallis and Daniel Miller. One of my favourite gigs of all time was Robert Rental & The Normal at Lincoln Drill Hall in 1979.
Also out in conjunction with the exhibition is the mini-album "Different Voices For You Different Colours For Me (Demos 1980)" on Optimo Records and a split 7" single that comes with this months "Electronic Sound" magazine.

                                                                      Leer & Rental.

The AntiChild League track is from the new cassette "Infect Your Gut, Infect Your Thoughts". It is a cracking album which (I think) was released to promote the recent dates in New York. Limited to 100 copies it's worth visiting the label to see if they've any copies ...
http://bacteriafield.storenvy.com
The Distel track is from the split 12" of Coil songs along with Trepaneringsritualen. Distel are an industrial / cold wave duo from Holland. The 12" itself is a die-cut Chaos Symbol.

On the plus side, talking on this broadcast is down to a minimum because it was mainly vinyl and now MuhMur Radio is being followed by the programme "Jam On Top" and Dave & Chris were showing them 'the ropes' so I kept quiet and out of the way! Please take a listen here :
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-broadcast-october-11-2018/

Playlist:
01: Thorsten Soltau & Max Kuiper : "Vox Catuli II" (Sentimental Productions) 2018.
02: Wanda Group : "Her Stomach On Terror" (Opal Tapes) 2012.
03: Wanda Group : "Gorgeous Lucio" (Where To Now?) 2013.
04: Ultra : "Subway Etiquette" (DOM America) 1989.
05: Unknown Singing Objects : "All The Young Dudes" (Not On Label) 2018.
06: Eater : "Queen Bitch" (The Label) 1977.
07: The Damned : "Smash It Up" (Chiswick Records) 1979.
08: Gerry + The Holograms : "Gerry And The Holograms" (Absurd Records) 1979.
09: Gerry + The Holograms : "Increased Resistance" (Absurd Records) 1979.
10: The Birthday Party : "Friend Catcher" (4AD Records) 1980.
11: The Birthday Party : "Waving My Arms" (4AD Records) 1980.
12: Robert Rental : "Big Day" (Optimo Music) 2018.
13: Robert Rental : "Double Heart (Demo)" (Optimo Music) 2018.
14: Thomas Leer : "International" (Company Records/Oblique Records) 1978.
15: Robert Rental : "Open Air" (Optimo Music) 2018.
16: Robert Rental : "On Location (Demo)" (Optimo Music) 2018.
17: Wanda Group : "Pans Out In The Afterlife" (Opal Tapes) 2012.
18: AntiChildLeague : "Your Truth Won't Make Me Free" (Bacteria Field) 2018.
19: Distel : "Solar Lodge" (Ant Zen/Rabbau) 2018.

Next programme will be on Thursday October 25 at 20:00 GMT. There's a lot of good stuff coming in to MuhMur Radio HQ at the moment with new stuff from Fourth Dimension Records and Harbinger Sound and sounds from the likes of Of Habit, Andrea Borghi, Kostis Kilymis and Modelbau .. as well as Cabaret Voltaire featuring in the "on this day" section ...

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 27 September 2018.

It was 21 years ago that Chez Müh moved from the penthouse suite overlooking the City Ground in Nottingham to more compact and bijou surrounds of West Parade in Lincoln. One of the first things I did on my brief return was contact Mick, the guy who was putting out interesting vinyl on his Outsider Records label. I remember walking to the address on the back of the Meixner/Band Of Pain 7" knocking on the door and introducing myself. This was all pre-Internet / social media when a firm handshake and the offer of a pint meant 'befriending' someone.
Anyway, it was Mick who introduced me to the output of EE Tapes. (He also brought to my attention the works of Inade, Column One, Origami Galaktika, Indra Karmuka the releases of Drone Records and much much more). Mick had lots of EE Tapes stuff, varied, independent and all interesting and intriguing. Droneament, This Window, Psych Krist Kastrator, Disumana Res and the compilation series "Elegy" + "Notre Dame". It was through these releases I got to hear Tarkatak, Konstruktivists (again), Hautnah, S*Core, Brume .. the list of discoveries is massive - and the impact it had on my listening and imagination.
In 1998 I mailed off a copy of Dieter Müh "Black Square" CD for feedback and to see if we could appear on a compilation release and here began what has been a 20 year friendship with EE Tapes and Eriek Van Havere. In 1998 EE Tapes was being operated by Eriek and Sven Vercauteren out of an address in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. Eriek asked us to be part of the new "Ambient Intimacy" series of compilations and play live at the '11th Festival For Independent Music & Arts' in Sint-Niklaas.

In 2000 EE Tapes released the Dieter Müh album "Cari Saluti" on CDR format ... and the rest (as they say) is history.
Earlier this year Belgian magazine 'The Word'  did an interview with Eriek and EE Tapes where he talks about his beginnings in music and operating the KK label in the 1980's before starting EE Tapes. It's a great piece and worth a read. http://thewordmagazine.com/music/running-a-cassette-label-was-basically-just-another-means-of-coping-with-my-addiction-ee-tapes-unabashed-infatuation-with-obscurity/ I think it was about five years ago that Eriek started the compilation series "4 in 1". The concept itself coming from a 1982 compilation cassette on the Belgian Grafika Airlines label. October 2018 sees the fifth volume in the series being released with contributions by I Scream, Bene Gesserit, M.A.L. and Human Flesh. MuhMur Radio was fortunate to get an advance promo copy and tracks marked * in the playlist are from this album. It does seem that (in the past few years) that EE Tapes have been reissuing material from Belgian electronic projects of the 1980's as well as releasing new material by these artists. A lot of the projects were first released by Insane Music, a label from Belgium run by Alan Nieffe. Alan is the man behind Bene Gesserit, Human Flesh, Kosmose and Pseudo Code...to name just a few.
The first tape I ever bought (or maybe traded come to think about it) from EE Tapes was Hellfiller's eponymous album in 1998. Hellfiller were from Ghent. Sveen are the duo of Eriek and Sven. The track "Teetonic" is from the compilation CD "The Walls Are Whispering". No (another cassette release from 1998) is the project of Jan Iwers from Keil, Germany. The track here is from the album "Ziellos". The complicated life of minimal wave band Nine Circles can be found here:
http://ninecircles.bplaced.net/index.htm
EE Tapes have a comprehensive website with news on future releases and a full discography of their past. Get in touch! http://www.eetapes.be

The programme begins with a new releases from Edward Sol. The track is from the cassette "Monstrous Artlessness" on Edward's own label Village Tapes. Cacophony '3.3' are from Lincoln. Cacophony '3.3' is multi-instrumentalist Kev Kettle.

Kev has been releasing his own sounds since 1982, fully involved in the 'cassette culture' of the 1980's. I first became aware of Kev's work in the mid 1990's when his tapes were getting reviewed in "Music From The Empty Quarter" magazine. Interest in his sounds have picked up since the "Park Holmes Recordings 1983-1989" LP+7" on Vinyl On Demand came out in 2015. Kev is a big fan of The Legendary Pink Dots (sometimes this is very obvious in his songs!), that is why their track follows ... Kev/Cacophony '3.3' don't have a web presence but you can write for information, his address is here : https://www.discogs.com/label/536587-Park-Holme-Recordings
To keep a Belgium feel throughout I played the Section 25 track "Sutra". This is from their second album "The Key Of Dreams" released by Factory Benelux. Repetition, as far as I am aware were based in Belgium .... I could be wrong.
Please take a listen : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-27-september-2018/

Playlist:
01: Edward Sol : "19.00" (Village Tapes) 2018.
02: Human Flesh : "Monotopi (For Sharon Tate)* (EE Tapes) 2018.
03: Cut The Light : "Aphotic #1" (Black Mara) 2018.
04: Hellfiller : "Atheistic Ballroom Dancing" (EE Tapes) 1998.
05: Sveen : "Teetonic" (EE Tapes) 2003.
06: Nine Circles : "Falling" (EE Tapes) 2017.
07: Bene Gesserit : "Ceci N'est Pas Une Chanson"* (EE Tapes) 2018.
08: Bene Gesserit : "Les Fourmis"* (EE Tapes) 2018.
09: Cacophony '3.3' : "Seaming" (Park Holme Recordings) 2018.
10: The Legendary Pink Dots : "Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm" (Yangki) 1985.
11: Pseudo Code : "Drunk" (EE Tapes) 2017.
12: Section 25 : "Sutra" (Factory Benelux) 1992.
13: No : "Soundtrack To The Film 'Hitchiker's Delight (Excerpt 3)" 1998.
14: M.A.L. : "Turkish Morning"* (EE Tapes) 2018.
15: Kosmose : "The Fifteenth Untitled Track" (EE Tapes) 2017.
16: Bene Gesserit : "Who Stole Our Pride?"* (EE Tapes) 2018.
17: M.A.L. : "Indian Song"* (EE Tapes) 2018.
18: Nine Circles : "Preconception" (EE Tapes) 2017.
19: Repetition : "A Still Reflex" (Les Disques Du Crépuscule) 1981.
20: Bene Gesserit : "Les Bijux" (EE Tapes) 2015.

One notable change since SoundArt Radio reopened after its' summer sojourn is the decoration .. was it not the great Oscar Wilde who said ....this wallpaper will be the death of me  - one of us will have to go ... that is what it is like at the SoundArt Studios at the moment!

Back on the 11th of October ...
Oh yeah, there's a great film showing by Sabine Kussmaul in the foyer of Darlington Space Studios (where the radio station is situated). It's called "Lines Across The Moor", it's playing on a loop until October 17 and is totally free ... well worth a view if you're in the area.

MuhMur Radio Broadcast 13 September 2018.

And so the new Autumn / Winter 2018 SoundArt Radio schedule begins, marking six years of MuhMur Radio. The evenings' are still long enough for me to enjoy a two mile walk along the River Dart before hitting the studio ... but I know it won't last long. The birdsong has definitely diminished and I am yet to hear a grasshopper this summer ... ah well.
This broadcast (the first after a 4 week lay-off) features some exclusive sounds brought by Thorsten Soltau & Comrades. Regular listeners to the programme will recognise that Thorsten is a MuhMur Radio favourite. Eight exclusive pieces. "Brittle Like Seagrass Exposed To The Sun (Album Mix)" starts off the exclusive sounds ... I have no idea which "album" this is to be a mix from ... The collaboration with Emerge is soon to be released on an album which also features RLW. I am uncertain of the label though. The Mala Remix is for a supposed digital release of Mala material and the collaborative recordings with Pharmakustik (aka Siegmar Fricke) will be released on GerauschManufaktur. The tracks by Marina Stewart, Ragpole Reel and the reworking of Jane's "It's A Fine Day" will be released soon on 10" vinyl by UnicatipH and will also include a CDR.

Thorsten Soltau releases are often very limited, but it's always worth keeping an ear and eye out for his stuff. Go to https://thorstensoltau.bandcamp.com 

The broadcast kicks off with 2 pieces from the new Edward Sol & Stuart Chalmers cassette "Syncopated Soundmirror" on the Finnish Ikuisuus label. Ikuisuus put out some fine Grey Park tapes a few years ago. The Stephen Cornford track is from his new 7" single on the US label A Wave Press. 

Back on September 13 1979 This Heat released their first album "This Heat". I remember buying it from Sanctuary Records in Lincoln on release. It was one of those albums that had a sound that, as a sixteen year old I had never heard before. Blew me away. 

In a few days the new Sudden Infant album "Buddhist Nihilism" will be with us. "Rationality" is from the album. The SI line-up here is Joke, Christian + Alexandre. It's a follow up to 2014's "Wolfli's Nightmare", and even more powerful - there's a great version of Cat Steven's "Maybe You're Right" on there. Available in both vinyl + CD format, grab a copy from : https://harbingersound.bigcartel.com and whilst you're there get a copy of the Consumer Electronics single "The Weight". 

This weekend sees the Wolf Eyes residency at the Cafe OTO in Dalston, London. Making a special appearance will be Universal Eyes. Universal Eyes are the combination of Universal Indians and Wolf Eyes members. Universal Indians began in the early 1990's in Michigan (USA) as a trio with John Olson, Gretchen Gonzales and Bryan Ramirez. After moving to Detroit sometime in the late 90's Rameriz was replaced by Aaron Dilloway, who at the time was a member of Wolf Eyes, Nate Young (also of Wolf Eyes) joined later. Universal Indians gave up in 2000 when Gretchen joined Slumber Party + Wolf Eyes recruited John Olson. Earlier this year all four members met up in Detroit, started jamming, then recording ... and the album "Four Versions On 'Artificial Society'" is the fruits. Released on vinyl on September 8th by Olson's Trip Metal label when they played at Detroit City Airport, the track here is from the CD version which (I believe) is being released at the weekend on Lower Floor Music. The LP is produced by Warren Defever who I saw live back in 1993 playing the ICA as His Name Is Alive. 

One of the joys over the past five years or so has been listening to the German project Unknown Singing Objects. A mysterious group who may or may not operate out of Hamburg. Since declaring an interest members and friends of members mail me their releases. The latest is the double CDR "Little China Girl In The Land Of The Man Who Sold The Scary Monsters Kooks". Over two hours of Bowie covers / reinterpretations. 

Playlist:

01: Edward Sol & Stuart Chalmers : "Sombretone Pier" (Ikuisuus) 2018.

02: Edward Sol & Stuart Chalmers : "Stock Newsreel" (Ikuisuus) 2018.

03: Stephen Cornford : "Electrocardiographs Of A Cathode Ray Tube (B)" (A Wave Press) 2018.

04: Sudden Infant : "Rationality" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.

05: Thorsten Soltau : "Brittle Like Seagrass Exposed To The Sun (Album Mix)"* (Not On Label) 2018.

06: Emerge & Thorsten Soltau : "Kalk & Schiefer"* (Not On Label) 2018.

07: This Heat : "Water" (Piano) 1979.

08: This Heat : "Twilight Furniture" (Piano) 1979.

09: Universal Eyes : "Four Versions On 'Arificial Life' #3" (Lower Floor Music) 2018.

10: Consumer Electronics : "The Weight" (Harbinger Sound) 2018.

11: Thorsten Soltau : "Jane-It's A Fine Day (Clicked By Thorsten Soltau)"* (Not On Label) 2018.

12: Kallabris : "Pause" (Inselkind-Schalltraeger) 2018.

13: Mala : "Lovers And Rivals (Thorsten Soltau Mix)"* (Not On Label) 2018.

14: Unknown Singing Objects : "Scary Monsters And Super Creeps" (Not On Label) 2017.

15: Unknown Singing Objects : "Ashes To Ashes" (Not On Label) 2017.

16: Pharmakustik + Thorsten Soltau : "Pulsationsokidenz"* (Not On Label) 2018.

17: Pharmakustik + Thorsten Soltau : "Fugale Zentripation (Geröntgt)"* (Not On Label) 2018.

18: Brutial Orgasme : "Seuil Perceptif De La Durée" (Silken Tofu) 2015.

19: Ragpole Reel : "K'ro 120 (Edit)"* (Not On Label) 2018.

20: Marina Stewart : "Amends As Heresy (Rainier Lericolais Remix)"* (Not On Label) 2018.

                           (tracks marked * are exclusive plays on MuhMur Radio).

The next MuhMur Radio is on September 27 at 20:00 (GMT). It will feature sounds from the upcoming "4 In To 1 - Volume 5" compilation LP on EE Tapes. Expect some M.A.L., Human Flesh + Bene Gesserit alongside other EE Tapes releases.......