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SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 2019, 1PM



MUTE 4.0 (1978 > TOMORROW):
STUMM433 – DANIEL MILLER AND SIMON FISHER TURNER IN CONVERSATION + BOXSET PLAYBACK – MATINEE
Please note that this is a matinee show – doors will open at 1pm and the event will start shortly after.

MUTE celebrate the release of their long awaited box set, STUMM433, out on 25 October 2019. The event will see Daniel Miller and Simon Fisher Turner in conversation and a playback of selections from the 5-piece box set

STUMM433 is the latest in the MUTE 4.0 (1978 > TOMORROW) series: a box set collating an unprecedented selection of Mute artists past, present and future, out on vinyl as a very limited box set edition of 433, signed by Daniel Miller as well as CD (both 5-piece collections, available from Mute Bank), and to download and stream.

STUMM433 features a huge array – over 50 - of Mute artists including Yann Tiersen, The Normal, Goldfrapp, Laibach, Depeche Mode, Liars, Silicon Teens, Erasure, K Á R Y Y N, Irmin Schmidt and many more, all presenting their own interpretation of one piece of music: John Cage’s game changing composition, 4’33”.

“Miller has presented us with a set of recordings that any attempts at subjective criticism and the most important thing is that it exists” - The Wire

“… an intriguing and playful curio” - Electronic Sound

“… a reflection of the very act of listening” - MOJO

“A daring endeavour…” - Buzz 4*



SIMON FISHER TURNER

From child actor to teenage pop idol, from self-confessed “extreme sound freak” to acclaimed solo recording artist, Simon Fisher’s career has been nothing if not varied. His early acting credits included film and TV roles from ‘Black Beauty’ to ‘The Big Sleep’ (re-made with Robert Mitchum). At the same time he was fronting various 70s pop acts, and at the age of 17 was signed to Jonathan King’s UK Records, releasing his first solo album in 1969. After that precocious start, Simon followed an often eccentric, sometimes outlandish musical path. He operated on the fringes of punk; performed briely with The The; became Musician in Residence at the ICA in 1980; released two albums as one half of a fictional French female duo know as Deux Filles. But through all this Simon was developing a deep and abiding interest in the stuff of sound, accumulating a vast library of collected sounds from daily life. It is this interest which now forms the basis of his improvisatory, eclectic approach to music making, and is manifest on his most recent solo albums on the Mute label (his discography comprises some 30 solo albums to date). From trite pop to extreme sound-freakery, the mature SFT (as he now styles himself) has arrived at a mesmeric originality. Simon’s life as a film composer stems from his association with Derek Jarman in the 1980s and 1990s. His scoring credits for Jarman included ‘Caravaggio’, ‘The Last of England’, ‘The Garden’ and ‘Edward II’. His final film for Jarman was the powerful, poignant ‘Blue’, where a soundscape recorded by Simon at Eno’s country house, together with Jarman’s AIDs-inspired spoken words, stood in for visuals - only a blue screen was projected. The film won a Michael Powell Award. His work with films has continued unabated since Jarman’s death. simonfisherturner.com

simonfisherturner | Guerrilla 8

"Video Unavailable" for me. Pure coincidence, or was that the intent?

Well, I now see it's a regional restriction, but there's no "not available to view in your country" message for me in the USA, and not even a description below it. Yet, a description ("Provided to YouTube by Pias UK Limited" etc) shows with the video in Europe.

That's a new low. As-is, there's an effort to fool those who cannot view it into thinking it's been pulled rather than region-restricted. Shame.

That aside...

As for the track, it would be interesting to see if anyone can identify what's said in the background, and that near omnipresent hum is almost synthy, really. I wonder if it intentionally was.

Think all the boys were sitting in the room for that?

I bought this set, not for the listening (obviously), but for a show of support to the record label that has meant more to me than most anything else in the world of pop culture. I’d hate to think about how much less interesting my life would be without being exposed to the likes of Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yazoo (well, Vince in general, right?), Nick Cave, Fad Gadget, Maps, and countless others. As time has passed and I’ve purged my collection of physical copies of items in favour of digital, I have kept all my releases on Mute and continue to buy physical releases from them. So, while it was a pricey item, I happily clicked the button to complete my purchase of this item. And it is a gorgeous package. Appreciate the included gloves so I don’t get grubby fingerprints all over it.

The only bummer was that mine was numbered #124, and I had been hoping for something with a number that held a bit more meaning to me in relation to the Mute catalogue.

Thanks to Daniel Miller for 40+ years of the best music anywhere.

I wonder if there will be made a remix album

Devoleb wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 8:03 pm I wonder if there will be made a remix album

Including extended dub mixes!

MikeyC wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 1:27 am

Devoleb wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 8:03 pm I wonder if there will be made a remix album

Including extended dub mixes!

dcd747 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:31 pm The only bummer was that mine was numbered #124

Hmmm I think that releasing such a beautiful box without any music at all, at least is another bummer

Interview by Vince for vice.com

Vince Clarke (Erasure / Depeche Mode)

1. Both John and I have surnames that begin with "C."
2. Our rendition was recorded backstage at the Chicago Theatre.
So Clarke, Cage and Chicago—all "C"s. Must be carma


(Typical Vince,but I think someone should tell him Karma starts with a ‘K’.)

I hear them calling...