The Tump Clump Episode 22

Episode 22 of The Tump Clump rears its ugly head from the foetid abyss and snarls angrily at the clouds passing gaily overhead.  

01 Ahrimanic - Formless Terror (from CAOSAGI)

02 Burnthouse Lane - Subcontent (EUPHORI)

03 Dave Fuglewicz - The Dance of Wendy (Selected Works, 1990-1997 / NO PART OF IT)

04 Dylan M. Howe - Pottery Fragment (Criterion Summer, Cornwall's Dub Cthonic)

05 Dreadful Monkey Machine - Embrace the Wet Pavement (20p Carpet Service)

06 Jo Montgomerie - they all fell so easy (Those Things Beyond & Within, Brachliegen Tapes)

07 Shaun Robert - açtíçañiämûs (IFAR) 4:33

08 VX - FUTB 0001 (The Unpleasant Archive, Preston Capes)

09 EXIT ELECTRONICS - DOING IT WRONG (LEARN THE HARD WAY)

10 Coma Cluster - NGC 4874 - 02 В течение движения

11 BLACKCLOUDSUMMONER - FRUITING BODIES FORMING WORDS (THE REDHEAD)

12 Tweaked field recording of Plague Arish squeaking his wet shoes on the decking outside the Cott Inn, Dartington, October 2022. 

The above is what got played.  This time, pretty much all of it available via bandcamp, and I guess that's just a reflection of the stuff I have been buying / getting codes for / attempting to support artists and labels direct.  As you should too of course. 

I do have a couple of "mainstream" albums I want to pick up soon, so will probably head to Drift Records in Totnes to grab those as its good to support brix and morta whenever poss. 

So anyway....

I love the new Burnthouse Lane album, it came out via Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings from Newcastle upon Tyne.  I have a track by this collective before, way back in the early days of the show.  In typical Tump Clump style it's tricky music to categorise but I guess it falls into the niche zone of cut-up ambient drone? Who knows.

A shout out must be said for the VX album The Unpleasant Archive.  Preston Capes is a new offspring label to Woodford Halse, showcasing the weirder and more experimental sounds that would not find their way on to the main label.  Already up to 12 cassette releases, it is turning into an excellent source of new sounds. 

Finally this month I play a track by BLACKCLOUDSUMMONER from their new album THE REDHEAD, which I believe to be their best body of work to date.  It's got that unhinged crazy that I love, but also plenty of consideration to depth of sound, space and aesthetics.  Kit list: FLESH, METAL, ELECTRICITY, SYNTHS, PEDALS, SAMPLER, MENTAL ILLNESS ETC.  Wonderful. 

Enjoy, or don't, etc..

Kodak Ghosts Run Amok!

Yes, the name of a 1980 track by synth pop outliers Eyeless in Gaza (thanks for the tip-off, Steve of Muhmur Radio), but also an excellent zine coming out of Bristol.  

Being Instagram acquaintances with Matt who creates the zine, it was a pleasure to meet him at Feedback & Frustration in Bristol back in February and grab a copy of Issue 6.  It features and interview with the now sadly defunct Fever 103 (but reborn as Mad Girl so watch this space) and many other wonderful acts of the underground, gothic, electronic and noisy worlds.  Plenty of crossover with Intrusive Signals!

Just before Feedback & Frustration I was asked if I wanted to contribute a track to the forthcoming Issue 6.66 Industrial & Noise compilation. Hot dang yes I would!  The zine itself includes a game, maze, a lush interview with Distraxi (who I made the recent Dartmoor Electronics split CD with) and also an interview with Kelan, who appeared in a past issue of my Snare Rush zine as part of rhythmic ritual duo Salac. 

So it was an absolute pleasure to provide an exclusive track "Foxtormire" for this CDr compilation of which there were only 50 copies.  To be featured alongside such inspiring acts as Distraxi, Knifedoutofexistence, Ecotage and Acts of Worship (who all played the all-day gig in Bristol under one guise or another) is a real coup for me! Additionally, Tommy Creep is responsible for the equally awesome Black Panels Only eurorack zine.  

So the zine in question is most likely sold out now. And I don't think there are any plans to make the compilation available digitally.  So you may not be able to even hear half of the tracks played here, such is life in the DIY world.  I know a few are (or will) be available elsewhere, and I may stick Foxtormire onto bandcamp at some point in the future.

Support DIY and zines and stuff. It's fun.