Morctapes

(original art by Fanny Zackuka, published in Ver sacrum 1903, p 153 - ANNO/Österreichische Nationalbibliothek )

the rest of the episode goes from lofi (the glorious new Rudy Trouvé album, Aijo, The fullmars, Sandra Bell) to acapella folk (Landless), some more abstract songs (arv & miljö, Idea Fire Company, Germ Lattice). and we're ending with one of the finest tracks from the latest pefkin lp, which is nearly out of stock here.

1. Rudy Trouvé septet - Piano (from the lp '2009-2025', Heaven hotel, 2025) 2. Aijao - Magic records (from the tape '1502', Kaw tapes, 2001) 3. soccer Committee - Hazy (live in the rehearsel space, unreleased, 2021) 4. Landless - The ballad of springhill (from the lp 'Bleaching bones', Humble serpent, 2017) 5. Arv & Miljö - Hard to hold a candle (from the lp 'Five years of failure', Discreet music, 2025) 6. The Fulmars - Gertrud (from the 2lp 'Labyrinth of Memories', Kashual Plastic, 2021) 7. Sandra Bell - Keening (from the 2lp 'net', Drawing room records, 1995/2017) 8. Idea Fire Company - Skyliner (from the lp 'Hot enough for you?', Horn of plenty, 2025) 9. Germ Lattice - Piss Crystal (from the 10" 'corpusty', Horn of plenty, 2025) 10. Pefkin - my breath the sea (from the lp 'Unfurling', Morc records, 2026)

morcfm episode 59 is online now.

--> morctapes.com/morcfm

thé rarity of this show: a 'live in the rehearsel space' recording of soccer Committee , performing 'Hazy" in 2021. This turned out to be wonderful. and, well, you can hear her at the label night in dranouter centrum in April.

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We Ran out of luster lp's and kroppskännedom lp's. And we're pretty low on eg the recent pefkin, soccer committee 's ❤️/lamb and iditarod's kleine. You can get the last handful of copies via morctapes.bandcamp.com/merch or morctapes.com/store (always the best option).

Thanks!

Wonderful review of pefkin's latest lp here

if you love photos of parcels, doors, floors, hallways and hands, recieving a 'proof of delivery' from a parcel sent to the uk is a source of joy.

great to see @pefkin.bsky.social in this great list

Morc 96 - Pefkin: Unfurling Morc 85 - Pefkin: Unfurling

i'm sending out the preorders of the @pefkin.bsky.social lp on wednesday. if you'd like to be among the first to get a copy: please head over to www.morctapes.com/pefkin-unfur...

--> "a powerful and deeply absorbing work in its slow, deliberate intensity"

the first review of @pefkin.bsky.social 's upcoming LP "unfurling" is in via The Abstract Observer, and not that surprising, is very positive.

read it via www.the-abstract-observer.com/observation-...

i must admit: now i'm pretty curious to hear your collaboration with Ali, and see what your label 'Small fishing' is up to.

the morc-week thusfar:

- monday: announcement of the most recent episode of morc-fm
- tuesday: announcing the labelnight at muziekcentrum dranouter on 4/4
- wednesday: starting preorders for the new pefkin lp.

that's it for this week, really.

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.'

if you like AI-hallucinations, you'll love this published 'announcement' of the upcoming @pefkin.bsky.social lp. there's hardly any correct info here, except: new album coming out late january. i'm not linking to the hallucination, but: here's some correct info: www.morctapes.com/pefkin-unfur...

official release date for the lp is friday jan 30th - preorder is available now. the lp is yours for 20 euro + shipping. and yes, this album is also part of the ongoing '3 for 50 euro' deal. a selection of great distro's will have this one in stock as well. of course, this one is up on bandcamp too

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.

new pefkin lp!
www.morctapes.com/pefkin-unfur...

this is her first lp she did since moving from Scotland to England - she didn't trade in her unique blend of folk and violin based drones though! official release date for the lp is friday jan 30th - preorder is available now.

Morc labelnight in Dranouter, april 4th

Very, very happy to announce this label evening on april 4th: soccer committee, Roxane metayer, Edgar wappenhalter ánd the first european show of @jessicabailiff.bsky.social in over a decade. All in the lovely Dranouter setting. Hope to see you there.

www.muziekcentrumdranouter.be/nl/concert/2...

-- 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)

But first, we start the episode with a new Roxane Métayer-track, from the great 2nd lp she put out in 2025. what a 'boerenjaar'. we can announce her as the first name for the morc-event at muziekcentrum dranouter on saturday april 4th. more details about that tomorrow!

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.

the most recent episode of morcfm is hosted by @pefkin.bsky.social - what a treat to have 'merveille du jour' back - listen via www.morctapes.com/morcfm
You'll even hear an exclusive Pefkin track - a Walkers Brothers cover intended for a Scott Walker tribute 7" that never materialised.

happy to bring back Gayle Brogans great radioshow 'Merveille du jour' - taking over most of morcfm tonight.

What a great, great lp: 'in perpetua' by miradasvacas. Slowly evolving sounds/melodies. On heavy rotation since June. Very, very much recommended.

miradasvacas.bandcamp.com/album/en-per...

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).

* in fall, we welcomed soccer Committee back, with one of her most ambitious works yet: 'Eye'. sparse yet generous restricted songs.

* first, we had 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)

morc 2025 recap: 3 lps, 2 concert evenings, 13 radio shows. a lot of plans, and many, many great encounters. details in the alt text per image :-)

of course: many thanks to you, for showing appreciation, being kind, and just being interested. it means a lot. thanks.

some nativity figurines on a table, the crib is empty and jesus is missing

the same figures, now with added jesus

Christmas disaster/miracle: the Henry Christmas spent two days in limbo as my parents searched high & low for a somewhat key nativity figure: the baby Jesus. turns out they’d just put the crib upside down… 🙃 which technically made it a satanic nativity i suppose. this is all genetic too, by the way

make it happen!

Morc Fm / 11th December 2025 The sounds that can be heard here at morc hq: mostly slow, organic, quiet and repetitive songs/drones, with the occasional exception thrown in for your own good. feat an occasional song première, unre...

if you'd rather listen in the mixcloud app: www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/morc...

anyway: enjoy!

quite a bit of electronic music in this episode (Young Gods, Soft Cell, ANBB), reissues of brigitte fontaine and Tiltmaster, and some 'pop' as well (Spatulas, Sarah Mary Chadwick, and Rowland s howard). also: dulcimers! dorothy carter, and singing nuns at the sacré coeur with heavenly arrangements

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)

Something else we're looking forward to: Maya al Khaldi will premiere new material at De Koer in Gent on dec 17th. it's fair to say that after seeing her previous shows in belgium, we have very high expectations. happy to share a song from her debut release here.

listen via @campradio.bsky.social to hear track premières and singing nuns

morcfm episode 57 is up. my favorite kind of episode: we start off with a premiere. in january, we'll be releasing a new lp by Pefkin. you heard 'the dissonance' here first.
www.morctapes.com/morcfm

tonight, 22 CET a new episode of morcfm - including a track première for an upcoming lp by a familiar morc-face! listen via listen.camp

in the spirit of being extra nice on bandcamp friday: i'll send everyone who picks up a release a free surprise download. buy one item, get one suprise download, buy three, and we'll send you three codes. fun, no?

Vinyl bundle: pick three lp's from morctapes Vinyl bundle: pick three lp's from morctapes

these won't be around forever. you can get the three of them via the 'three for 50 euro bundle', which is really as low as we can go pricewise. and since we've started working on the releases for 2026, your support is welcome of course.

--> morctapes.bandcamp.com/merch/vinyl-bundle-pick-three-lps

if you waited until now to pick up the morc-releases of this year: it's a pretty good moment. we still have limited copies of all three in stock:

- Kroppskannedom - Kroppskannedom
- Eva Fernandez Suarez & Thomas Barrière - Adela
- soccer Committee - Eye

--> morctapes.bandcamp.com

This Esso advertisement from 1956 is pretty wild

We start with a premiere of the german post-bristolscene project Perlah, which will have a gorgeous debut cd out on the fantastic Trome Records next month. there's also a small new-zealand special with recent (reissued) material, a bit of danceable stuff, and we say goodbye to the morc-mobile.