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..

The Advert Compilation by The Institute of Alien Research

Recently I made contact with the Institute of Alien Research, from Bath UK.

The label / platform specialises in digital compilations and CDr releases of improvisations, noises, sound art, spoken word and musique concrète. 

The head of research, S.Robert. invited me to create an advert for their online compilation of adverts - a maximum of 60 seconds in which to advertise a real or imagined product.

There are now 92 entries in the free to download compilation which you can find on bandcamp, of which Soloman Tump is now proud to be included. 

Amongst the entrants so far are gizmo circuit bending maestro Psychiceyeclix, legendary electronic band Tangerine Dream, Musique Concrete pioneer Daphne Oram, Dutch artist Ruud Janssen and S. Robert himself.

Oh, and Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band.

So I appear to be in esteemed company. Another interesting project to be part of, and I am always on the look out for more such compilations and ventures to get my sounds into.

The Institute for Alien Research have many (many!) compilations on bandcamp, a large number of which comprised of tracks that are 273 seconds long (which itself of course is a nod to composer John Cage and his absolute zero masterpiece). I recommend listening to Audio Abstract Sound Collage if you wish to take a first step into this world.