Morc Fm
radioshow
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First episode aug 26th 2021
broadcast on a montly basis Since the summer of 2021, we're hosting a monthly radio show on camp radio - we're playing music we listen a lot to here at morc hq, with short introductions. you'll hear tracks by morc artists, old favorites, new discoveries and the occasional live-recording or rare version. listen via camp radio, and head to 'morc fm' or: use the embedded mixcloud-registrations below. |
Morc FM episode 21 - thursday march 9th 2023
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march is traditionally a month with a lot of shows happening, and this time it's no different. Annelies Monseré (whom we played last time) is doing an album presentation here in ghent on march 31st, and since hellvete and Goldscammer are performing that evening as well, we're playing them here. you'll hear an unreleased Hellvete-track, and a message for goldscammer. more local shows that we refer to: Frankie Traandruppel, Ana Roxanne, and Alasdair Roberts. also: birthday wishes to okraïna, and a few words about the kid congo powers autobiography (that's kid's arm you see on the picture here). to top it off: new/recent work by Carola Anne McGowan (a welcome return!) and Carla dal Forno. + classics by Deux, Dark Day, Ritchie Cunningham, and the regular praise of the work of Ray Raposa. it's a neat episode, really.
the playlist:
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Drinks & sounds - the first ten years of morc
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The kind people of drinks & sounds invited us to play morc-releases and talk about them for a full evening. i'll save you the banter, but these are the tracks of the first ten years of morc we played that night. you'll hear songs from tapes, cdrs and lathe cuts that were never available digitally (well, just one). some people we still work with, some people we have no idea what happened to them. as you'll hear, it's not necessarily what you'd associate with morc, but i hope it makes sense? still love all of these tracks.
(and of course: i played a lot more recent stuff too, but that's all available online via bandcamp etc)
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Morc FM episode 20 - thursday february 9th 2023
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Recently read the book 'you're with stupid', and really enjoyed it. about written by kranky-founder Bruce adams. so: a few references to that in this episode. also: some words about the upcoming label night at cafe oto, with the fine people of Horn of Plenty records. more compliments about 'de algemene verwarring'. love is all around in this episode. maybe it's because valentine's day is coming up?
stuff i meant to say in the show about the book, but didn't / forgot: It's pretty obvious that musicians have influences, but you know: labels do as well. BBPTC, Best Kept Secret, Shrimper, Kraak, Bluesanct, KAW, Unread: all favorites overhere when starting up morc; and of course: KRANKY - which was/is playing a few leagues above these others, but a major insparation none the less. I got into the label via the sampler 'Kompilation' in 1998 and was hooked eversince. I picked up and enjoyed releases by pretty much every artist on that sampler. Some turning into lifelong favorites, and throughout the years: i've been fortunate enough to work with some of these artists as well (Hello Jessica Bailiff! Lichens! Boduf Songs! Dawn Smithson!) so: i'm a kranky fanboy. Not just musically: i've always appreciated the 'artist first' approach of the label, in a way that that's a very direct inspiration for morc. Bruce Adams wrote down what the early years of the label were like, and in a broader perspective: working in the independent music industry in the late 80's - 90s, and what the local scene in chicago was like. A good read: i've never read much about distribution before, and that seems like a world of its own. And of course: great to read the stories about how bands/artists like Labradford (especially Labradford!), Jessamine, SOTL, GYBE! And Roy Montgomery were doing things. Only downside: Bruce tells us the beginning of many, many stories, but the follow up often stops once the path of Bruce and a specific company/artist seperate. Makes me curious to find out the rest, but can't really blame Bruce for not going into detail into that. Also: the book stops in 2002-3, around the time mp3s were shaking up the way distribution etc was run. and a few years before he left Kranky, and started Flingco sound system. A bit of an early ending, i thought. Maybe that's for a second book? anyway: the tracklisting.
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Morc FM episode 19 - thursday january 13th 2023
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the first episode of this year is largely inspired by a recent trip to paris - we unexpectedly got to see a show by Ela Orleans, saw an installation by Patti Smith at the pompidou museum and went recordshopping. as if this episode wasen't french enough yet: track from the Bippp compilation and recent work by roxane métayer too. oh, and during our rambiling, we mention Red Zebra at some point. not sure what happened. hah. you'll hear one unreleased track by pacific walker, whose album got released the day after the broadcast. all in all: more uptempo tracks than usual in this show. it's all good!
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Morc FM episode 18 - thursday december 15th 2022
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final episode of the year. the only 2022-releases you'll hear in this episode are archival releases though (patty waters, amateur hour, nova scotia). so: plenty of older material here- most artists in this episode have been favorties here at morc hq for 15-25 years. we recorded this the day before we heard that wouter van veldhoven did a new collaboration with mariska of soccer committee. and two days before angelo badalamenti passed away - he wrote the music of the julee cruise track we're playing here. on a brighter note: a couple of songs are dedicated to jochen, who just joined the morc team.
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Morc FM episode 17 - thursday november 17th 2022
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As promised in the previous episode: we're kicking of with a track by Roxane Métayer from her split lp with Pefkin that just came out. we owed you that. great way to start! but: plenty of other new releases in this episode too (princess diana of wales, lise barkas, the idealist) as well as old favorites (pj harvey, liars, bridget hayden). and we're talking about recent/upcoming shows (warm currency, pj harvey, oh-ok/magnapop, la merde) and a KILLER exclusive track: puddle parade performing a song by soccer Committee, how about that?
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Morc FM episode 16 - thursday october 20th 2022
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the best part is when we can premiere an upcoming release, no? we'll start this episode with a track from the upcoming Pefkin / Roxane Métayer lp. no need to tell you: this will a good one. you'll hear that from the opening song of this episode, 'The lunar pull', by Pefkin. which happens to be the first song from the split lp as well. and further in the episode: it's a bit all over the place: old and new (luc van acker or jon collin), from far away or close to home (Cat's miaow or Puddle parade, regulars and new names (raymond byron and it hurts), danceable or abstract (liaisons dangereuses or zim zim zim). it all makes sense though.
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Morc FM episode 15 - thursday september 22nd 2022
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Morcfm episode 15 is a one hour long special. About my friend mkl anderson, who's touring Europe the next month. You probably know him best as Drekka, but in this special, i'm playing tracks by quite a few related bands too. The opening track is the very first drekka track i heard myself. It's a good starting point, i can tell you. Further in this episode: more tracks he played on, mastered, introduced me to, or released on his fenomenal Bluesanct-label. i'll be seeing him live in brussels this weekend, hope to see you there.
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Morc FM episode 14 - thursday august 25th 2022
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If we met up somewhere between 2007-2012, chances are that i told you that Castanets was my favorite 'new' band. Ray Raposa released a string of incredible albums around that time, records that i still listen often to, especially 'City of Refuge'. His live shows, aspecially with Castanets as a duo, were always quite an event too. turns out Ray had a new album ready, under his own name. Ray passed away last month. we'll play some of our favorite songs of his.
also: quite a few songs from releases we picked up while on holiday in the uk. and older lofi and janglepop. exclusive of the month is not that exclusive: you'll hear a track by Frank Peck, that we put out on a tape in 2002 and hasen't been played online anywhere, to the best of my knowledge...
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Morc FM episode 13 - thursday july 28th 2022
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Looking back, this kind of is the 'classic rock' episode of morc fm. not just because we're playing a few gems by The Cure and The Cramps (of course not the classic hits, but what did you expect?). but mostly inhouse favorites like Flying Saucer Attack, Arab Strap and Windy & Carl fit in. and we even have a 1956 (not quite rock-)track by Burl Ives. we also see the return of no less than four artists we've played before. Goldscammer, because Tim just self-released a new tape which reminds us of… Drekka. and there's a show announcement for Annelies Monseré + an exclusive collaboration of circle bros and Wio. + more!
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Morc FM episode 12 - thursday june 30th 2022
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shorter songs, less talking: we managed to get 15 tracks in one hour. and still: a varied selection of what we've been listening to lately. including a couple of all time favorites (shirley collins, TJO, HTRK, Pan American), some new discoveries (Warm Currency, Father you see queen, Cindy) and some things that were on our 'to be played' list for a while. a fairly melodic episode. because that's what people listen to in the summer, no?
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Morc FM episode 11 - thursday june 2nd 2022
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ah, a special about Luster! the debut album of Luster is coming up later this month, so we thought it'd be a good idea give an insight in the world of this band. a short spotlight on each member and their musical projects, plus a few related acts too. a particulary fun episode to make, and hopefully to listen to as well (also: check out their debut lp!)
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Morc FM episode 10 - thursday may 5th 2022
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listening back, this is a pretty downtempo episode. quite a bit of drone, but the folk, electronic and more rockoriented tracks are all pretty slow too. however: still a pretty varied episode! focus on newer releases, but quite a few of those are re-issues.
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Morc FM episode 9 - thursday april 7th 2022
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ah, a new upcoming release and a labelnight: plenty of morc-material in this episode. we'll start and close with a song from the upcoming cd 'hymnes apophatiques' by Delphine Dora, out on may 4th. and you'll hear Roxane Métayer and soccer Committee, who both will be performing at the morc labelnight at AB on april 19th. and also: recent material by freunliche kreisel, lucy duncombe, meadowsilver (feat Gayle of Pefkin!), Peter Jefferies and Wio and Jessica Moss. to top it off: all time favorites by Dead Moon and For Carnation.
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Morc FM episode 8 - thursday february 10th 2022
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so, this weekend there's the annual kraak-festival here in belgium. traditionally, you'll see at least a few of the concert highlights of the year here. and: early in the afternoon, you'll get to see Luster, who are about to put out their debut lp 'soon' on morc. so: a track premiere from that album. and some other highlights from the kraak festivals we attended the past 20+ years (Village of Savoonga, Bridget Hayden, Young Marble Giants) mixed with some new releases (Ekin fil, mess esque, ann eysermans), stuff that we only got to know recently (ela orleans, vive la void) and some old favorites.
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Morc FM episode 7 - thursday january 10th 2022
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you know we made a new issue of the morc-zine? in this radioshow, you'll only hear songs from artists featured in the magazine. so: stonecold classics by cheater slicks, iditarod, movietone, linda smith and john davis/folk implosion, newer stuff by fords fuzz inferno and dana hatch, and less known recordings by 1000 dawns and tia blake. to top it off: a song by will and dave from their legendary 1997 'k' tape, of which you really cant find a trace elsewhere online. not unreleased, but kind of an exclusive anyway. the full list:
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Morc FM episode 6 - thursday january 13th 2022
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ah, an episode that really shows what we've been listening to the past couple of weeks. new songs by Madou, Frankie Traandruppel, Filip Gheysen and Lise Barkas&Lisa Käuffert, old favorites like American Analog set or REM, some morc-related, some not. plenty of songs in the beginning, and more experimental stuff toward the end. Good to know: the exclusive is an annelies monseré song that was covered by In Gowan Ring. it was intended for a compilation with artists from the bluesanctlabel covering eachother. unfortunately, that release never saw light of day. still one of my very favorite labels. the full list:
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Morc FM episode 5 - thursday december 16th 2021
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Episode 5, the perfect moment for a sort of mini-anniversary, no? so, we're celebrating by only playing other projects by morc-artists: collaborations, sideprojects, old bands... pretty eclectic! so if you thought the people from eg boduf songs, karina esp, drekka or bingo trappers only had one project: think again. and listen. also: exclusive recordings by joe speedboat and the valentines!
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Morc FM episode 4 - thursday november 18th 2021
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you know you can still get to know great music via the library, no? in this episode, you'll hear tracks from long out of print releases, by Lal Waterson and Mary Tillema Smedema (picture left), that are fortunately still to be found here at 'De Krook' in gent. but really: the Lal Waterson album needs a repress, and Smedesma can still be heard via the the archive of the university of wisconsin. go and explore!
also: newer releases by Facit, Heta Bilaletdin and Lori Goldston, and recent represses of releases by Brannten Schnüre or Sosena Gebre Eyesus. the 'exclusive' of the month is a loud and gritty recording by the beautiful band, a shortlived 'supergroup' feat ao members of ROT, Ignatz, Sunburned hand of the man and Opéra Mort.
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Outhouse Mix: morctapes (nov 2021)
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the kind people at Outhouse invited us to make a mix for them, - which was a perfect occasion to do something a bit more eclectic than what we normally play in our radioshows, i noticed: next to tracks from morc-releases by Pefkin , The Iditarod, Soccer Committee and Wouter Van Veldhoven , you'll also hear probably less expected favorites from here at morc hq, ranging from Country Teasers to Dark Day. this is a mix, not a radioshow, so: no banter here. and also: it was kind of an introduction to morc as well, so more morc-releases than usual. you don't mind, do you? it's all good!
Also: i've been on a Townes van zandt-trip lately, being particulary obsessed with different versions of the song 'Rake'. so here, you'll hear an early version from 1969, blending into a very late version from 1991. and i still can't tell what's best.
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Morc FM episode 3 - thursday oct 21st 2021
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mostly songoriented material this time - most of it warm and analogue, like Crescent, electroscope, Gnac and Accident de Travail. there's an uptempo 'rock'-part too, with favorites like Black Abba and The Brigands (1966, oldest song from this episode). the morc exclusive is a banger: a liverehearsal recording by soccer Committee.
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Morc FM episode 2 - thursday sept 23rd 2021
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mostly slow 'songs' with minimal arrangements this time. more than half of the songs are instrumental, it seems. the oldest recording goes back to the 1920's (Alexis Zoumbas!) and the most recent ones are Alasdair Roberts' collab with Volvur and Bendik Giske reworking a Catherina Barbieri composition. most other tracks are from the past few years, but we often are a bit behind doing new discoveries.
the exclusive track is by Drekka - a very rare live rendition of We who are not lonely, performed in Namur, Belgium in 2009, on the occasion of the release of the 2CD collected works vol 1. The very oldest of those collected works just turned 25. happy birthday Drekka!
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Morc FM episode 1 - thursday august 26th 2021
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first edition of the radioshow, and we chose a rather wide spectrum of sounds we've recently been listening to at morc hq: from folk to minimal songwriting, subtle electronics and loud drones. it's all there. you'll hear a few morc artists (soccer Committee, The iditarod) new projects by longtime favorites (Distels, Goldscammer, Optic sink), new discoveries (Troth, Lisa Lerkenfeldt) and some overlooked gems (Kant, Bebe Fang)
also: we're trying to let you hear some rare tracks or live recordings on the show. in this episode, you'll hear The iditarod perform 'The unfortunate lass' live at VPRO studio in 2002. as far as i'm aware, this version hasen't been released and remained mostly unheared for approximately two decades. it's a treat. fun fact: Distels, the duo of Annelies Monseré and Edgar Wappenhalter that you'll hear elsewhere in the program also play the same traditional while performing live.
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