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this episode is 100% summer-evening friendly.
1. Berntholer - Pardon up here (from the lp 'My suitor', Starman records, 1983/2015) 2. Electroscope - Kildonan (from the lp 'split with minmae', Rocket Racer, 2000) 3. Mona sv - Séptima (from the dl 'Send Recieve', self-released, 2025) 4. Sara Mokrani - Plus tu parles (from the lp 'Bismillah', self-released, 2026) 5. Baldruin - Signale (from the lp 'Miniaturen', Vrystaete, 2015/2026) 6. Blue Chemise - Gout wort (from the lp 'Flower studies', B.A.A.D.M., 2021) 7. Mundi Dialungana - Refurbished iphone (from the dl 'Refurbished iphone', self-released, 2026) 8. Koude - hollow, Unnamed (from the tape 'Koude', Minorie, 2026) 9. Europ Europ - Basement Floodage (from the lp 'Songs from the heart', Enfant Terrible, 2017) 10. All Shadows and deliverance - The last best day of your life (from the dl 'Compiled tracks', self-released, 2013/2023) 11. K.joy - Mary Gold I (from the dl 'Glitte Mock Neck (Slug One) / Book of People', Bluesanct, 1996/2021) 12. Tiltmaster vs Drekka - Mary Gold I (from the tape/cdr 'Project : Chunky Moo', Bluesanct, 1998/2025) 13. Drekka - Mary gold I (live at vpro) (from the cdr 'Poor Minstrels of Song 2 - European Radio Sessions', Orphanology, 2002) 14. Menace Ruine - Let if flow (from the cd 'The colour of the grave is green', Union Finale, 2025) 15. The Riats - Sunday Morning (from the 2cd 'Sixties nuggets: the golden years of dutch pop music', Universal, 1967/2017) 16. Rudy Trouvé septet - Piano (from the lp '2009-2025', Heaven hotel, 2025)
so we'll talk about Owen, Annelies, Michael, Chris, Jessica and Jochen. Most of them make music, so we talk about their music as well - we get to play a surprising amount of new releases that way. seems like our friends are pretty productive these days.
see? it's me, with my new album. it's real.
we also shared the last preview of the -now passed- morc labelnight in Dranouter (what great evening!)- so: some words about the already broadly discussed Edgar Wappenhalter. And talking about Luster-predecessors: we recenly got hooked on Loobke's only album. - as heard on campradio.bsky.social
that's @jessicabailiff.bsky.social and anneliesmonsere.bsky.social . together on stage for the first time in well over a decade. yes, it was marvellous.
Jessica Bailiff (right) and Annelies Monseré (left) preparing saturday's show in Dranouter
Pefkin - unfurling lp
morcfm episode 60, with @jessicabailiff.bsky.social as a guest host. listen via @campradio.bsky.social
(original art by Fanny Zackuka, published in Ver sacrum 1903, p 153 - ANNO/Österreichische Nationalbibliothek )
what? 'Brogan has released music as Pefkin since the late 1990s. She has worked with Alasdair Roberts, The One Ensemble, and Telling the Bees. Her recordings have appeared on labels including Chocolate Monk, Pickled Egg Records, and Geographic. Based in Scotland, she has performed at festivals including Counterflows and Sonic Vigil. Her previous albums for Morc include The Pale Horse (2016), Celestial Gorse (2018), and The Unquiet Grave (2020). Brogan also runs the Small Fishing label and has contributed to compilations focused on experimental and folk forms.'
The familiar Pefkin elements are present: melodies that unfold patiently and graciously, with textures so vivid they feel almost tangible. Across six tracks, around forty minutes in total, the album is more focused than ever, with instruments and sounds flowing seamlessly into one another, leaving ample space for each melody to breathe. Pefkin creates her own microclimate, an environment both intimate and expansive.
Morc labelnight in Dranouter, april 4th
-- morcfm-- * Roxane Métayer - Kigi ga kotoba o kawasu tame karada o yusuri kishima seru (from the lp 'Vies Sylvestres', Blickwinkel, 2025) -- merveille du jour, hosted by Gayle Brogan (Pefkin) * Sweet Williams - Send rope (from the 3lp 'Four Five', Wrong Speed, 2025) * Sophia Djebel Rose - Blanche Biche (from the cd/lp 'Sécheresse', Oracle, 2025) * Arianne Churchman & Benedict Drew - The leaves of life (from the lp 'The tree of the left hand', Folklore, 2025) * Ince B - Pylon Field (from the cd 'Altered buoyancy', Three Galleys, 2025) * Pefkin - The Electrician (unreleased, 2018) * MacGillivray - Haar Cradle Song (from the cd 'In My End Is My Beginning - songs for Mary Queen of Scots', Antigen, 2022) * Rylan Gleave - Cradle Song (from the dl 'Lawn Crypt', self-released, 2022) * Last Light - Alien Priories (from the lp 'Celestial Mechanics', Bunkland, 2025)
You'll hear an exclusive Pefkin track - a Walkers Brothers cover intended for a Scott Walker tribute 7" that never materialised, which is worth listening to this episode alone for! she also picked arianne churchmann & benedict drew, whom you heard here a few times before, and Last Light, a new project of Dean of Little Skull. She also selected Sophia Djebel Rose, whom we'll see at our beloved The Pit's-club in february, and some unknown names that we need to dive deeper into. hope you'll do the same.
it was a pretty busy year for a small organisation like ours. - We did three mighty fine lp releases: * first the debut lp of kroppskännedom - gritty, repetitive, rough and fragile. oh, how we love this album. (and you too: we did a repress, and that's nearly gone as well) * in the summer, we welcomed Eva Fernández Suárez & Thomas barrière in the family, with their Majestic 'Adela' album. traditional and adventurous, a real treat. * in fall, we welcomed soccer Committee back, with one of her most ambitious works yet: 'Eye'. sparse yet generous restricted songs. - two concert nights: * the summer started with Troth & Nein Rodere in Salvatore. a true celebrative evening * in the fall, Kroppskännedom came over to Belgium, and we matched him with Berlinde Deman for an evening of sounds to make your brain dance in all tempos and directions. - 13 episodes of morcfm. 167 songs by 154 artists, released on 118 labels. that's a lot to listen back to. - many plans for 2026 - including the already announced pefkin lp in january, and a biiiig event on sat april 4th and another lp around the same time. and more later. - and mostly: we worked with a busload of great people. all the artists of course. but also some organisations (three:four for co-releasing Adela, Lise for co-hosting Troth & Nein Rodere, Salvatore & Le Trisseur for hosting us, stad Gent for lending us material, Maanstand for getting Andreas overhere, print studio 868 for letting us use their studio, 4K masterint for making the albums sound great) and volunteers for helping morc out in many, many ways. (Jochen, Annelies).
1. Pefkin - The dissonance (from the lp 'Unfurling', Morc records, 2026) 2. Brigitte Fontaine - Il se passe des choses (from the cd/2clp 'Est foll', Saravah, 1968/2025) 3. ANBB - One (from the cd/2lp 'Mimikry', Raster-Noton, 2010) 4. Dorothy Carter - Along the river (from the lp 'Waillee Waillee', Palto Flats, 1979/2023) 5. French nuns - Live at Sacre Coeur, Paris, 4 nov 2025 (Unreleased) 6. Maya al Khaldi - Sami's Lullaby (from the dl 'Other world', Tawleef, 2022) 7. Tiltmaster - Mary gold 2 (from the tape/cdr 'Drekka presents "Project : Chunky Moo"', Bluesanct, 1998/2025) 8. The Spatulas - Get along (from the lp 'Spatulas', Post Present Medium, 2024) 9. The Young Gods - Lointaine (from the cd/lp 'Only heaven', Pias, 1995) 10. Soft Cell - Frustration (from the 10" 'Mutant Moments', A Big Frock Rekord, 1980/2020) 11. Sarah Mary Chadwick - I'm like an apple without skin (from the lp '9 classic tracks', Siltbreeze, 2015) 12. Rowland S Howard - Sleep alone (from the cd/lp 'Teenage snuff film', Shock records, 1999/2005)
listen via @campradio.bsky.social to hear track premières and singing nuns
bye bye morcmobile (2014-2025)
We didn't play that much pop music in the most recent episodes. to make up for that: we're starting of with some poptunes, the rest of the episode is a bit more all over the place. eg: we tested our new tapedeck with a spare copy of an old gang wizard release that we accidentally got hold of. dead c worship at its best. we don't know why we never played our favorite The Debts song before, so we rectified that. other recent releases we're highlighting: burger service, juho toivonen, and miradasvacas. and we're a bit late in picking up the latest releases by benjamin franklin and goldblum, but we're glad we did. unreleased track: there's part of a looooong unreleased puddle parade track in here as well. it took ellen long to finish, so no doubt you're excited to finally hear it.
Mariska Baars, aka soccer Committee is a force to be reckoned with: whoever heard one of her albums, or was lucky enough to see her live, knows that no one masters the art of peeling away every unnecessary layer of a song like she does. From the very first notes of 'Eye, it’s clear that Baars is at the peak of her powers. The most traditional songs here remind us why we fell for her songwriting in the first place: they’re delicately strong and quietly fierce. Other pieces showcase her mastery in manipulating texture and silence - even more than ever. Throughout 'Eye', she's evoking an atmosphere so hushed you lean in, afraid to miss a single detail. Baars weaves it all together in a way that only she can, crafting a listening experience that holds you in its spell from start to finish.
Andreas is doing his first Kroppskannedom-shows outside of Sweden, and of course Ghent is a stop. we've put out his debut lp earlier this year: slow, repetitive songs that bring a vague rock-ish approach to the abstract soundcollages that he's an expert in creating. hearing=believing. And Berlinde brings her even more ambientesque melodies, performed on serpent (an ancestor of the tuba) and effects. moody, trippy and slow - she's releasing her solo cd shortly after the show, so here's a chance to get a sneak preview.
- Roxane Métayer: Éclipse des ocelles - Roxane Métayer/Pefkin: split lp - Linus Vandewolken: Oude Geuze uit Niemandaal - Edgar Wappenhalter: IJsschots Veenlaag Mist 18 euro each, or pick 3 lps for 50 euro. (yes, it's possible to combine these with the upcoming soccer Committee lp, which i fully recommend!)
* Jabu - Sea Mills (from the 'A soft and gatherable star', Do you have peace lp, 2024) * Sandra Bell - Manai (from the tape/cd/lp 'Dreams of falling', Xpressway, 1991/2015) * Cynthia Dall - Waterbasket kid II (from the cd/lp 'Sound restores young men', Drag City, 2002) * Pagan Babies - Quiet Room (from the tape 'Demo', none, 1984) * The Gun Club - Mother of earth (from the cd/lp 'Miami', Music on Vinyl, 1982/2012) * Nemo - Fred's decision (from the cd 'Popmusics', Brinkman, 1995) * Magnapop - Texas (from the cd/lp 'Hot Boxing', PIAS, 1994) * Husker Du - Eight miles high (from the 7" 'Eight miles high', SST, 1984) * Ford's fuzz inferno - Eternal circle of fuzz (studio 195 version) (from the lp 'Electrofuzzication', Subunderground CA, 2024) * US Maple - Open a rose (from the cd/lp 'Acre Thrills', Drag City, 2001) * Chokebore - Days of nothing (from the cd/lp 'A taste for bitters', Amphetamine reptile, 1996) * Xiu Xiu - Sad pony guerrilla girl (from the cd/lp 'A promise', Rue 5 christine, 2003) * Isengrind - His winterbed (from the 2cd/4lp 'The snowbringer cult', Ba da Bing, 2008/2013) * Spokane - Caution (from the cd 'Measurements', Jagjaguwar, 2003) * Ignatz - My Children (from the cd/lp 'The drain', Kraak, 2016)
camp radio
25 year old poster. 120 Frank: that was 3 euro for a line-up this great
zent one linernotes: each copy typed individually
Troth (aus)
1. Nein Rodere - Maison (from the tape 'Two years of spring', Are you before, 2022) 2. Troth - Amarant (from the lp 'Forget the curse', Mamma's mysteriska jukebox, 2023) 3. CD3 - Bent Aerial (from the lp 'Rules for living', Aguirre, 2025) 4. Kroppskännedom - Ambros II (from the lp 'Kroppskännedom', Morc Records, 2025) 5. Troth & Jon Collin - Lune River (from the lp 'Devotion objects', A colourful storm, 2024) 6. Yl Hooi - W/O Love (from the tape 'Untitled', Altered states, 2019) 7. Annelies Monseré - Sand (guitar) (from the 10" 'split with Richard Youngs', Three:four, 2011) 8. Dana Valser - Cantantes Antiguas (from the cd 'Antiguo', Three:four, 2016) 9. Pigeons - Mésanges (from the 2xlp 'Your victorian Breasts', Three:four, 2013) 10. Danny Oxenberg - Crackers (from the lp 'Early Abstractions, volume 1', Three:four/Feeding tube, 2019) 11. Anahita - Spirea of ulmaria (from the lp 'Tourmalina', Three:four, 2017) 12. Circle bros - Art deco (from the lp 'Molen', Three:four, 2018) 13. Ricardo Dillon Wanke - Dust (from the lp 'Cuts', Three:four, 2015)
​full track list: * Luster - Espace, Ether (from the lp 'Luster', morc, 2022) * Iditarod - Carol, 4am (from the lp 'Foxfur & Rarebits', morc, 2014) * Drekka - fractured (from the cd 'Take care to fall', Bluesanct, 2002) * Dana Valser - oh olvido (from the cd 'Antiguo', three:four, 2016) * Bebe Fang - Walk (from the lp 'Bebe Fang', Vrystaete, 2018) * Troth - oak corridor (from the lp 'Oak corridor', Knekelhuis, 2021) * Edgar Wappenhalter - in het bos (1) (from the lp 'Ijsschots Veenlaag Mist', morc, 2024) * Bingo trappers - coda of seasons (from the tape 'Split with las moscas', morc, 2001) * Bettie Serveert - Spine (from the cd 'Carry on Ooij', Brinkman, 1996) * Goldscammer - A2 (from the tape 's/t', self-released, 2023) * Blod - När Din Väg Känns Lång (from the lp 'Där Ska Barnet Vara', Discreet, 2023) * Jessica Bailiff - big hill (from the cd/lp 'Jessica Bailiff', Kranky, 2002) * Pefkin - Tulungusaq (from the lp 'Celestial Navigations', morc, 2020) * Milkweed - The tree as a kinship sympbol (from the tape '1979', folklore tapes, 2024) * Minmae - to edit quickfingerz (from the cdr 'Remember those chords in the morning', Evelyn, 2004) * Karina ESP - All the years have fallen away (from the cd 'Detachment', morc, 2012) * Kroppskannedom - Sluta (from the lp 'Kroppskannedom', morc, 2025)
1. Eva Fernández Suárez & Thomas Barrière - Harta (from the lp 'Adela', Morc Records/Three:four, 2025) 2. The Ex - Wheel (from the cd/lp 'If your mirror breaks ', Ex Records, 2025) 3. Richard Youngs - The bells of spring (from the cd/lp 'Under stellar stream', Jagjaguwar, 2009) 4. Thomas Bush - Odeep one (from the lp 'Preludes', Mamma's mysteriska jukebox, 2022) 5. Natalia Beylis - The lighthouse trembles (from the lp 'Mermaids', Touch Sensitive , 2023) 6. Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band - Murder of Maria Marten (from the cd/lp 'No Roses', B&C, 1971/1976) 7. Cheater Slicks - Hold on to your soul (from the lp 'Reality is a grape', Columbus discount, 2012) 8. Bingo Trappers - Intended youth (from the 7" 'an oldfashioned 4 band split 7"', morc records/luveable nurse, 2001) 9. Tres Leigh - Until then (from the 2lp 'Ghost Riders', Efficient Space, 1970/2022) 10. Jimmy Smack - Hating Life (from the lp 'Death is certain', knekelhuis, 1983/2022) 11. Laurent Cartuyvels - 3 (from the dl 'electric chord organ, tambourine, lentils, beans, balloons and two bicycle bells', veglia, 2024)
Kroppskannedom lp
kroppskannedom + eva fernandez suarez/thomas barriere lps
look at all these great records we're playing!