MuhMur Radio SoundArt Broadcast 22/01/2015:

For the first time in over a month Dave (Mutch) was back in the engineer's seat, and good job it was too. Fisrtly problems with the turntables + mixer and then with the volatile studio cassette deck. Still, all was sorted during the "show". (Nothing and no-one could stop the awful noise coming from the studio next door as the dire band Matthew & Me were rehearsing…awful band - think Deacon Blue-lite)! Anyway, tonight's broadcast featured sounds of Daniel Simon (aka Flutwacht & Fieberflug). Please copy & paste this link and have a listen:
http://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-radio-soundart-broadcast-22012015/
The next MuhMur will be on Feb 5 and feature some exclusive sounds by Stuart Chalmers.

Playlist:
01: Aarion Dilloway & Jason Lescalleet : "Western Nest" (Glistening Examples) 2014.
02: Aaron Dilloway & Jason Lescalleet : "Ewch I Gysgu, Popeth" (Glistening Examples) 2014.
03: Flutwacht : "Breath #3" (Mask Of The Slave/Tourette Tapes) 2008.
04: Flutwacht : "Nesselpack #2" (Tourette Tapes) 2014.
05: Flutwacht & Vincenzo Bossi : "ZuStand" (Tourette Tapes) 2008.
06: Fieberflug : "Schande" (LFA) 2014.
07: Flutwacht : "Nesselpack #4" (Tourette Tapes) 2014.
08: Flutwacht : "Fehlspannung" (Tourette Tapes) 2014.
09: Flutwacht: "Erdbevegung" (Not On Label) 2015.
     (Exclusive piece recorded especially for MuhMur Radio).
10: Flutwacht : "Fiebertentakel" (Tourette Tapes) 2007.
11: N.Strahl.N : "Åthernarkose" (Licht & Stahl/Deserted Factory) 2010.
12: Con-Dom : "Endlessly Repeated Evolutions Of Drilled Uniformity (Persistence Of An Agony)".
      (Industrial Recollections) 2014.
13: Paul McCarthy : "Boston Bay" (High Performance Records) 1983.
14: Dave Phillips : "I See Better With My Eyes Closed" (Absurd/Estranhas Ocupacoes) 2014.
15: Nurse With Wound : "Great-God-Father-Nieces" (Lenke Lente) 2014.
16: Religious Overdose : "25 Minutes" (Glass Records) 1981.

MuhMur SoundArt Radio Broadcast 08:01:2015.

Only 11 days after the five hour mammoth festive programme, another two hour programme. It's like being on tour!
This programme highlights the sound of the German label GeräuschManufaktur. Label boss Jan Warnke supplied a 70 minute mix of releases past, present and future. A great overview of a great label.  More details can be found at : http://geraeuschmanufaktur.bandcamp.com
The programme can be found here : http://www.mixcloud.com/muhsteve/muhmur-soundart-radio-broadcast-08012015/ (Please copy and paste).

Playlist.
01: Cabaret Voltaire : "Silent Command" (Rough Trade Records) 1980.
02: The Dead Mauriacs : "A Visit To Providence In Two Parts And Forty Steps (A)"
                                           (Geräuschmanufaktur) 2014.
(The next 13 tracks come from the CDR compiled by Jan Warnke).
03: Amphetamine Logic : "A/Z".
04: Michael Muennich : "Chalkboard Dust".
05: J. Adolphe : "Fantasies".
06: Vomir/Gerritt Williams/Francisco Meirino : "Collaboration".
07: Jan Warnke : "Waddimann Alex".
08: Alfredo Costa Konkiro : "Biotape".
09: CM Von Hauswolff & Michael Esposito : "Get In!".
10: J. Adolphe : "Re-Location Of C.R.".
11: Francisco Meirino & Michael Esposito : "Pressure Of Knowledge".
12: The Dead Mauriacs & Michael Esposito : "Ghosts Of Gaslight".
13: J. Adolphe : "Gone Is The Moment".
14: Thorsten Soltau & Comrades : "Fügang Und Niedergang".
15: Jamasp Jhabavia & Francisco Meirino : "3".
(All above tracks are on Geräuschmanufaktur).
16: The Dead Mauriacs : "A Visit To Providence In Two Parts And Forty Steps (B)".
                                            (Geräuschmanufaktur) 2014.
17: The Virgin Prunes : "The Children Are Crying" (Baby Records) 1981.

Sewer Election & Puce Mary

I wasn't too certain when I bought this cassette whether it was a split release or a collaborative affair. It turns out to be the latter. "Masks Are Aids" by Sewer Election & Puce Mary on the Canadian Total Black label. Two pieces registering at 15 minutes each. "Mudlarking" (excellent title) brings us the "spirit of Leichenschrei". Elements: The "dead" female voice over a blistering sonic noise. Crunching cascade of analog synthesiser drones and pulsations. Old school industrial electronics. Male voice speaking through distortion in martial like tones. Classic. Highly listenable, fresh sounding despite having a sound of late 1970's industrial music. "Night Is A Trap" begins with all levels in the red before levelling out into a blitzkrieg wall of (harsh) noise. Early Whitehouse. The vocals are deadpan and indecipherable … a monotonic repeat in Swedish. The end is drawn out with a slow collapse of waves of distorted electricity over bleeps and tones … perhaps too long?

An essential release from 2014. I have arrived at the sound / output of Puce Mary rather late after a recommendation from Kristian Olsson at the beginning of last year. I have managed to pick up an LP on Posh Isolation and cassette on Freak Animal and I've yet to be disappointed. Sewer Election have never let these ears down, all work by Dan Johansson is recommended - and if anyone has any White releases to pass on … please get in touch.
I have just bought a Cremation Lily cassette from Total Black and did not see this tape on the "for sale"list but try http://totalblack.bigcartel.com they can probably tell you who distr.'s their stuff …

Stuart Chalmers #2

It is traditional this time of year on certain forum boards, blog sites and webzine pages to list or comment on the "top releases of 2014". If MuhMur did this then "Imaginary Musicks Volume Two" by Stuart Chalmers would be on the list. Volume One appeared as a 40 minute cassette on Beartown Records in the middle of last year, Volume Two has appeared as a 40 minute CDR on the Blood Diamond Music "label".
The sound of Stuart Chalmers has always been in the "plunder phonics", "Music Concret" area, but with Volume Two there is more of an "industrial" and "Electronic" feel. Ten tracks on an album that would not be out of place on Tesco Organisation, Hanson Records or PAN Record labels. Crunching electronic rhythms a la Soldnergeist or Deutsch Nepal mixing with sample loops and turntablism sounding like an early Severed Heads LP. The sound of Stuart Chalmers is developing into the "must hear" category with "Imaginary Musicks Volume Two" hardly being out of the CD player throughout December.
If you like the sound of Aaron Dilloway then this CDR release is a must. Which then, for me, beggars the question; Why is this only an edition of 20? This should be more widely available. Blood Diamond Records do seem to put out products that are ultra limited which seems (to me) a bizarre notion. It is almost a non-label, a label that does not want the sounds to be heard. Why is this not limited to 100 copies? Stuart Chalmers releases in the past have been 50 +, why is some of his best production being limited to only 20 copies?
A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a couple of guys who ran labels. labels that released cassettes, CD's and vinyl and the subject of these labels that put out what they described as "elitist editions" came up. They were thinking on the same lines as me in as much as they cannot be called "labels". more "hobbyists" and this release is (kind of) prime example. Blood Diamond Records should go all out and release this excellent album on a decent numbered edition.

This CDR is available directly from the artist via Discogs. I thoroughly recommend.