Sunday 25 June 2017

MuhMur Radio SoundArt radio Broadcast 22:06:2017


Apologies for the delay in posting ...
A broadcast from the last century! Looking through old diaries I noticed that 3 records were released on this day back in 1979-1982. Artery's "Mother Moon" 7"EP, Vice Versa's "Stilyagi" 7" and the Bill Nelson LP "Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam". I decided to build a playlist around these records and incorporate the sounds of Yorkshire from the period these records were released. A departure from the "norm", but a typical night in here at Hartop Towers! I even had a John Peel moment playing The Human League at the wrong speed.
The programme does come to an abrupt end - the next programme after mine decided to take over the studio with about 10 minutes to go .... so I just stopped ... their programme plays cock-rock and they wear bandanas. No mood to argue. Please take a listen : (Copy & Paste).
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-22062017/

Playlist:
01: The Anti Group : "Big Sex II" (Anterior Research Recordings) 1994.
02: Cabaret Voltaire : "Seconds Too Late" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.
03: Cabaret Voltaire : "Western Mantra" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.
04: Fad Gadget : "Back To Nature" (Mute Records) 1979.
05: Clock DVA : "Impressions Of African Winter" (Fetish Records) 1981.
06: Artery : "Mother Moon" (Limited Edition Records) 1979.
07: Artery : "Cars In Motion" (Aardvark) 1981.
08: Gang Of Four : "I Found That Essence Rare" (EMI) 1979.
09: The Mekons : "Lonely And Wet" (Virgin Records) 1979.
10: Vice Versa : "Stilyagi" (Democratic Dancebeat Records) 2011.
11: Radio 5: "True Colours" (Rockburgh Records) 1980.
12: Cabaret Voltaire : "Gut Level" (Les Disques Du Crépuscule) 1983.
13: Conspiracy International : "Dancing Ghosts" (Doublevision) 1984.
14: The Human League : "Morale" (Virgin Records) 1979.
15: The Human League : "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" (Virgin Records) 1979.
16: They Must Be Russians : "Glory Of God" (Office Box Records) 1983.
17: Surface Mutants : "Anaesthetic" (Clönic Records) 1982.
18: Marc Almond & Friends : "Discipline" (Flexipop) 1982.
19: Bill Nelson : "Eros Arriving" (Mercury Records) 1982.
20: Artery : "Heinz" (Limited Edition Records) 1979.

Next broadcast will be on July 6, and will be mostly set in the century!





Friday 9 June 2017

MuhMur Radio SoundArt Radio Broadcast 08:06:2017.



And MuhMur Radio is back! After a month making way for the UK General Election and its' various propaganda broadcasts ... MuhMur Radio is back on Election Night, but please "No Mention Of Election Today".
So...No mention of the election, and a great grab bag of strong and stable sounds. A big thanks to Andrew at Aurora Borealis for mailing the new Anji Cheung cassette "Daughter Of Fortitude". The opening piece "440" is taken from this album. Hopefully Anji will supple MuhMur Radio with a "session" soon. (Also expect some exclusive sounds from B○Tong soon).
Please take a listen. (copy & paste).
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-080617/

Playlist:
01: Anji Cheung : "440" (Aurora Borealis) 2017.
02: Filthy Turd : "Equine Muck #2" (Burslem Crypt Recordings) 2017.
03: Copley Medal : "Impersonal Attraction" (Hanson Records) 2015.
04: Boyd Rice : "Untitled" (Mute Records) 2004.
05: Helm : "Blue Scene" (The Trilogy Tapes) 2017.
06: Sargasso Sea : "Canada Trust" (Penultimate Press) 2016.
07: Aaron Dilloway : "It's Not Alright" (Dais Records) 2017.
08: Aaron Dilloway : "No Eye Sockets (For Otto & Sindy)" (Hanson Records) 2017.
09: Korea Undok Group : "This Fantasy Is Unhealthy" (Penultimate Press) 2016.
10: Neutral : "2-0-1-6" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2017.
11: Neutral : "Japanese Superheroes" (I Dischi Del Barone) 2017.
12: Rema Rema : "Exit" (Inflammable Material) 2015.
13: Con-Dom : "Black And White" (Tesco Organisation) 2001.
14: Michael Barthel : "Heme" (GerauschManufaktur) 2017.
15: Eyeless In Gaza : "Kodak Ghost Runs Amok" (Cherry Red Records) 2016.
16: Gerry + The Holograms : "Increased Resistance" (Cache Cache) 2017.
17: Kevin Harrison : "I Need Help" (Vinyl On Demand) 2016.
18: Altar Of Flies : "Svartåns Mörka Vatten Rinner Genom Mina Vener" (Järtecknet) 2016.
19: Glaxo Babies : "This Is Your Vendetta" (Heartbeat Records) 1980.
20: Godlesstate : "Zika At The Sill" (Hagshadow) 2016.
21: Thorsten Soltau : "Abendrot" (m.m. Label) 2017.
22: Theoretical Girls : "U.S. Millie" (Theoretical Records) 1978.
23: Glaxo Babies : "Nova Bossanova" (Heartbeat Records) 1979.

The next programme will be on June 22.

Friday 12 May 2017

MuhMur Radio SoundArt radio Broadcast 11:05:2017.


This programme is mainly built of new releases that have come through the door of MuhMur Radio in the past couple of weeks. Stephen Cornford's "Pinched Tapes #1" on Geräuschmanufaktur label starting the proceedings … A (nearly) 15 minute piece combining a John Cage string quartet and a found story tape of "Jack & The Beanstalk". Originally released in 2009 on ArtEx Sonora. The tape manipulations follow with a piece from Stuart Chalmers pulled from the excellent "split" CD with BBBlood + Posset. Phil Julian recorded the air conditioning in a New York hotel and turned it into a sonic masterpiece! The Peter Fengler track is from a limited one sided lathe cut 7", hence the lo-fi sound.
April saw the release of the new LP from Aaron Dilloway. "The Gag File" on Dais Records. Side A ends the broadcast. A great discovery over the past couple of weeks has been Filtro. An Italian project on Upside Down Recordings. I know little about this project - and big thanks to UDR for mailing it!
37 years ago to the day SPK released "Mekano / Slogun" on Industrial Records.

Last weekend I met up with J. Karpov of MNEM in London. I have known Juri now for nigh on 20 years, and seeing that he was close by (in Leuven, Belgium) we decided to meet halfway (in London) for a tour of London's secondhand vinyl shops and pubs. It made me dig out my copy of the MNEM CD "For Delta Relics" and play a track.


                                                Drinking at The OTO with Juri Karpov.



Take a listen to the broadcast here: (Copy & Paste).
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-11052017/        
                   
Playlist:
01: Stephen Cornford : "Pinched Tapes #1" (GeräuschManufaktur) 2017.
02: Stuart Chalmers : "Birth Of The Bamboo Medusa" (Crow Vs Crow Editions) 2017.
03: Phil Julian : "Aperture" (Entr'acte) 2017.
04: Peter Fengler : "Vegetarians" (Ultra Eczema) 2017.
05: S.P.K. : "Metal Field" (Walter Ulbricht Schallfollen) 1983.
06: Gonzo : "Radio Kampala" (Discrepant) 2017.
07: Ramleh : "Phenol" (Harbinger Sound) 2017.
08: S.P.K. : "Mekano" (Industrial Records) 1980.
09: Troum : "Nahtscato" (Paranoise Records) 2005.
10: Big Sky : "Woodlawn Snake" (Divergent Series) 2017.
11: MNEM : "The Late Nuance" (Kaos Kontrol) 2003.
12: Filtro : "Riflesso Part One, Perno" (Upside Down Recordings) 2017.
13: Aaron Dilloway : "Ghost" (Dais Records) 2017.
14: Aaron Dilloway : "Karaoke With Cal" (Dais Records) 2017.
15: Aaron Dilloway : "Inhuman Form Reflected" (Dais Records) 2017.
16: Aaron Dilloway : "Born In A Maze" (Dais Records) 2017.

Sunday 30 April 2017

Notes From The "Popside" #8.









So it has come to the final match of the season, after a fair to middling start and a disastrous middle to end, Torquay United need to win to stay in the National League, The Conference as us old men call it. Lose or draw and their fate was in the hands of Guiseley York City and Braintree United. Squeaky bum time indeed. There is also talk (locally) of Torbay Council selling the ground and Torquay United moving to the outskirts of town. Relegation would only speed up this process. (At the time of typing Torbay Council is run by the Conservatives & UKIP). 
Todays opponents were the already relegated North Ferriby United. I like North Ferriby, a lovely little town on the route from Goole to Hull, being in the National League was them obviously kicking above their weight…..
And Torquay United won. A quite convincing victory. For the first time (I have seen) this season Torquay United played well. Kept the ball on the ground, passing in triangles, through the passages and in to space. Tracked back and kept it all tight, fighting for the loose ball and no fancy dans or showboating. Really good stuff! For Torquay United Rowe-Turner, Aman Verma and Myles Anderson kept a tight defence, a wall and Jordan Lee in midfield had (probably) his game of the season. The one player who seemed out of sorts was Brett Williams. Lacklustre, not wanting to chase the ball or get it back when he lost it (very easy to go to ground). I couldn't work out if he was a centre forward or playing in the hole or even centre half. He did have a cracking shot - a 25 yarder - that hit the North Ferriby woodwork in the first 10 minutes or so, but after that …. Still, the win was a great team effort with great headed goals from Verma and Anderson. 
The first goal (in the second half) saw a wild pitch invasion, flares and policemen running around like headless chickens. Never seen that at Plainmoor before! 
North Ferriby did have a couple of decent players who'll probably be moving on .. Connor Oliver in midfield and Sam Topliss as a right wing back were handy, it was just Torquay United were on top of their game. 
And at the end of the match there was the obligatory and good humoured pitch invasion. Players held aloft, chants of the managers name and the great "We're Staying Up" as if playing shite most of the season but well in the final 3 games was a reason to celebrate. This match was Torquay United's cup final! And we shall return next season (Oscar my erstwhile companion) but this time I'll make sure we're in Bristow's Bench (stand). I had never been in there before but the Family Stand was "Sold Out" so I had to pay a little bit extra - but what a view! The twin spires of St. Marychurch and Hay Tor (on Dartmoor) in the distance, glistening in the sunshine and clear blue sky. majestic. 
So, to next season - bring on AFC Fylde, bring on the "O's".

Pictures:
01: The Programme (an advert for Torquay Tattoo Parlours).
02: The hottest tickets in town!
03: Just before kick off.
04: Final Whistle.
05: North Ferriby United Steve Housham console his players.
06: Oscar takes part in the pitch invasion!
07: Gilbert Gull celebrates!

Friday 28 April 2017

MuhMur Radio SoundArt Radio Broadcast 27:04:2017.





Back after 4 weeks! Thanks to all who came along and supported the Steve Ignorant's Slice Of Life gig at Exeter Phoenix on the 13th. Much appreciated.
Springtime walk to the radio station, birds singing along the River Dart, the aroma of wild garlic drifting from the ancient woodland … beautiful.
This programme features a 47 minute live piece from Wax Infant. Recorded in November 1995 at the International Bureau Of Recordist Investigation on Ossington Avenue, Toronto. Wax Infant were Jim DeJong (Chronic Remorse / Infant Cycle) + William A. Davison (Six Heads / Phycus / The Bim Prongs). They released a tape on William's Disembraining Songs label in 1994, then did a series of Window performances. The piece here is an extract from "Window Performance #3" and improvised performance that saw Jim on "Feedback Machine" & Tapes and William on Casio SK-1, Microphones, Toys and Tapes. This is the first time the recording has been heard outside the I.B.R.I.
Also played some tracks by Mika Vainio. I heard of Mika's passing on the night of the Steve Ignorant gig. I have known of Mika and his work since the late 1980's when he was a pen/tape pal with my old friend Dave. We exchanged tapes, he and Ilpo were great supporters of Dieter Müh. Encouraging and promoting. Early Müh recordings were featured as part of a Sähkō Radio Installation back in 1983. I have an old TDK marked "Demos 1992. Helsinki" that Mika sent … I don't know if any tracks saw the light of day, if the track I play sounds familiar then please let me know …
Also slipped in a track from X-TG because over the past 2 weeks I have been reading the Cosey Fanni Tutti autobiography. It's quite a fun read - unputdownable …
Please take a listen: (Copy & Paste).
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-27042017/

Interesting exhibition at Dartington Space Studio at the moment. Work by London based artist Myka Baum is really attractive. "Worm Series". I have included a couple of pictures. (above).

Playlist:
01: Six Heads : "Wallboard" (Black Horizons) 2016.
02: The Wax Infant : "Window Performance #3" (Not On Label) 1995.
     (Exclusive Recording for MuhMur Radio)
03: Unknown Singing Objects : "Die Kulturevelle Revolution" (Not On Label) 2017.
04: All The Dead Pilots : "Invocations #1" (Karmakosmetix) 2016.
05: X-TG : "All That Is My Own" (Industrial Records) 2012.
06: Ø : "Untitled Piece #1" (Not On Label) 1992.
07: Bill Nelson's Red Noise : "Don't Touch Me (I'm Electric)" (Harvest) 1999.
08: Gonzo : "Skull Cave" (Discrepant) 2017.
09: FRKSE : "Lucid" (Divergent Series) 2014.
10: Grykë Pyje : "Temple Of Perceptions" (Ikuisuus/Hyster Tapes) 2016.
11: Tactile Vs. Ø : "Intervention 2" (Rawkus) 1996.
12: Ø : "Absuntola" (Sähkō Recordings) 1994.

Next programme is May 11.

Friday 31 March 2017

MuhMur Radio SoundArt Radio Broadcast 30:03:2017.







Tonights programme was a very special broadcast. It featured the work of Max Kuiper (Les Horribles Travailleurs). Max is a Dutch artist based in Arnhem and been producing sound/art since the early 1980's. He operates the r\a\w\f\o\r\m\s label as well as the Z\W\A\R\T Magazine. 
His work can be found here : https://maxkuiper.com and http://rawforms.blogspot.co.uk (Please copy + paste). Max provided 12 pieces lasting 61 minutes. Here is a breakdown of the pieces : 

Soundworks by Les Horribles Travailleurs \ Max Kuiper.

Arnhem, The Netherlands, 15 march 2017

All soundworks on this cdr are from collaborations: planned releases of collaborative projects ;
live performances ; improvisations ; a sound installation.


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1. 'Vox Catuli' (composition 1) - 14:07
('The Voice of the Young')

One of the two composition of 'Vox Catuli', part 2 of: 'The Reineke | Reynart Dilogy (2014—2017)' by Max Kuiper & Thorsten Soltau.

Part 1 is released in november 2016, the released of part 2 is planned for this year.


2. 'Lait Noir' - 4:40
('Black Milk')

Part of a current collaboration with 'This honourable fish' (Germany), consisting of Anja Kreysing and Helmut Buntjer.

Both read (in German) a poem by Paul Celan. Sounds by Les Horribles Travailleurs.

There will be a live performance in may in Münster, Germany -  and a release of the material of this collaboration.


3. 'Secret Science 1' - 3:06

From a collaboration between Jacob DeRaadt (Sterile Garden, USA) and Max Kuiper.

An album (duration 37:12) with eight soundworks is completed in 2016. We hope it will be released this year.


4. 'Entités et leur connectivité' - 2:37
('Entities and their connectivity')

One of the eight soundworks of 'Huit fièvres \ Huit villes'  ('Eight Fevers \ Eight Cities') - an album that will be released on the USA label Sinneslöschen of Shane Bartlett.

The soundworks are based on synthesizer sounds that seven people sent me on request.


5. 'Reworked improvisation 1' - 3:27

This soundwork is constructed by Max Kuiper from the material of an improviation in the studio of Frans de Waard on July 2016, in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, by Jacob DeRaadt, Frans de Waard and Max Kuiper.

A series of reworks by Frans de Waard and Max Kuiper of this improvisation will be released.


6. 'Secret Science' 2 - 2:53

From a collaboration between Jacob DeRaadt and Max Kuiper.

See 3.


7. 'Reworked improvisation 2' - 4:12

This soundwork is constructed by Max Kuiper from the material of an improviations in the studio of Steven Vinkenoog during 2016 in Arnhem, The Netherlands, by Floris van Rijswijk, Steven Vinkenoog and Max Kuiper.


8. 'doode stad - verborgen leven' - 3:02
('dead city - hidden life')

One of the eight soundworks of 'Huit fièvres \ Huit villes'  ('Eight Fevers \ Eight Cities')  - see 4.


9. 'Reworked improvisation 3' - 3:59

See 5.


10. 'Portrait of Transmute24' - 4:26

A combination of pre-recorded material, live improvisations with 8 cassetterecorders and of the projection of  a video.
September 2016, ruru huis, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Collaboration with visual artist Gijs Verhoofstad, who made the video.
Transmute24 is the name of a long term art project in a former militairy building. Several artists respond on the decay of the building.
Gijs Verhoofstad and Max Kuiper organised an interactive sound installation in the building.
The video and the soundwork are a portrait of the buidling and the art projects.


11. 'Splendor' - 4:08

Sound installation in a former lightbulb factory, by Steven Vinkenoog, Floris van Rijswijk and Max Kuiper.
Nov. 2017, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Recordings made in the building are reworked at home and presented on 16 locations in the staircase of 4 floors.

During the presentation, visitors could make a composition by walking the staircase up and\or down, from the cellar to roof.

This soundwork is an untreated recording during a walk up and down the staircase.


12. 'Transcontinental Soundevent' - 10:49

Reworking of recordings of a live performance on 12 July 2016, ruru huis, Arnhem, The Netherlands.

Perfomers were Jacob DeRaadt, Jan Warnke (Germany, owner of the label Geräuschmanufaktur) and Max Kuiper.
Thorsten Soltau was not present but contributed with a soundwork that was integrated in the performance.

Part of the 'Transcontinental Collaboration' between Jacob DeRaadt and Max Kuiper.

This summer, Sterile Garden and Les Horribles Travailleurs will perform in some countries in Europe - the European 'Cityproject' tour -  together with Lavas/Magmas.
The 'Cityproject' consists of 'Psychogeographic soundcollages', and has sounds of cities intergrated in the sets.

Take a listen here: https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-max-kuiper-broadcast-march-30-2017/ (Please copy & paste). 



 Also featured is a track from The Dead Mauriacs from their cassette release "A L'Heure De Belvérdėre" which appeared in an edition of 10. Also "On this day" in 1981 two great LP's were released. Pere Ubu's "390 Degrees Of Simulated Stereo" and The Birthday Party's "Prayers On Fire". The programme celebrates the fact. I also played a piece by Michael Muennich as he came to visit me at the weekend (all the way from Hamburg)!



Please copy & paste : https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-max-kuiper-broadcast-march-30-2017/

The next MuhMur Radio will be on April 27th. This is because I am going to see Steve Ignorant's Slice Of Life perform live in Exeter.

Playlist:
01: The Dead Mauriacs : "A L'Heure De Belvérdėre, Le Gagaku N'est Pas Impérial" (NPH) 2016.
02: Les Horribles Travailleurs / Max Kuiper : "SoundWorks" (Not On Label) 2017.
      (Exclusively produced for MuhMur Radio. Full track listing is above).
03: Michael Muennich : "Sekvenser (For Joel)" (Fragment Factory) 2013.
04: Pere Ubu : "Heart Of Darkness (Live)" (Rough Trade Records) 1981.
05: Phantom Plastics : "Elephant Dead Rat" (Phantom Archives) 2016.
06: Max Kuiper & Thorsten Soltau : "Animi Sub Volpe Latentes" (Chondritic Sound) 2016.
07: The Birthday Party : "King Ink" (4AD Records) 1981.

All pictures above (apart from the first one) by Max Kuiper.
The final picture is of Michael Muennich in Torquay! (2017).

Friday 17 March 2017

MuhMur Radio SoundArt Radio Broadcast 16:03:2017.



For the first time in 2017 I was able to walk to the radio station along the River Dart. Surrounded by birdsong, and the warning signs for killer toads!
Tonights broadcast was a mixture of new releases, latest arrivals and old favourites. March 16 also marks the 37th anniversary of The Pop Group's second album "For How Much Longer … Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?". Also managed a few more tracks from the upcoming "Harbinger Sound Sampler" compilation (double) LP.
Due to the programme that usually precedes MuhMur Radio not turning in for their shift I was able to start about 5 minutes earlier than usual so topped and tailed the programme with Grant Evan's "Manson Loop". Apologies for the croaky voice too (not a reference to killer toads!), just recovering from a chesty cough….
Anyway, Please take a listen here : (Copy & Paste) :
https://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-radio-broadcast-16032017/

Playlist :
01: Grant Evans : "Manson Loop" (Not On Label) 2017.
02: Modelbau : "Nearly" (Attenuation Circuit) 2017.
03: Theme : "Enough Is Never (Parts 1 - 3)" (Idioblast) 2014.
04: Copley Medal : "Ger Lopig" (Ideal Recordings) 2016.
05: Pawel Grabowski : "Cirr's Song 2" (Drone Records) 2005.
06: brb>voicecoil : "Vent 2" (MuzaMuza Records) 2017.
07: The Pop Group : "Blind Faith" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.
08: The Pop Group : "Justice" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.
09: Crisis : "Frustration" (Aardkor Records) 1980.
10: Steve Ignorant's Slice Of Life : "Your Day Will Come" (Harbinger Sound) 2017.
11: Sleaford Mods : "Fat Tax" (Harbinger Sound) 2017.
12: Sleaford Mods : "Big Trouble In Little Costa" (Rough Trade Records) 2017.
13: Concrete : "Steven Judy" (Concrete Productions) 1981.
14: Circuit Breaker : "Duplicate" (Harbinger Sound) 2017.
15: Felt : "My Face Is On Fire" (Cherry Red Records) 1982.
16: Massicot : "Koktails" (Harbinger Sound) 2017.
17: Pisse : "Drehtür" (Harbinger Sound) 2017.
18: Karies : "Es Lachte" (Harbinger Sound) 2017.
19: On On On : "Floppy World" (Trim Tab tapes) 2016.
20: Joy Division : "These Days" (Factory Records) 1980.
21: Coldsore : "Pollutant" (Totes Format) 2017.
22: Soviet France : "Music For A Spaghetti Western (Scene 4)" (Klanggalerie) 2005.
23: Dave Phillips : "?#1" (Heart & Crossbone) 2010.
24: Grant Evans : "Manson Loop" (Not On Label) 2017.

Next broadcast will be on March 30 at 20:00 gmt.