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Records, cd's, singles, tapes, zines and shows since 1999. Small scale, Labour of love.
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morctapes.bsky.social
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.
(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)
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
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!
Merch from morctapes
Merch from morctapes
morctapes.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
Wonderful review of pefkin's latest lp here
February 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
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.
February 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
great to see @pefkin.bsky.social in this great list
soundsofthesearadio.com Sounds of the Sea Radio @soundsofthesearadio.com · 18d
Our birthday tribute to Alison Steele, the Nightbird, is now streaming at cry104fm.com/listen-back. This edition especially recommended for fans of classic prog & psychedelic rock, spiritual jazz, and contemporary drone. Thanks for listening and supporting independent community radio!
#alisonsteele
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
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...
Morc 96 - Pefkin: Unfurling
Morc 85 - Pefkin: Unfurling
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January 26, 2026 at 8:50 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
--> "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-...
Observation n.83 – The Abstract Observer
www.the-abstract-observer.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:56 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
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.
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
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...
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.'
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
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.
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.
January 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
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...
Morc labelnight in Dranouter, april 4th
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
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.
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.
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
happy to bring back Gayle Brogans great radioshow 'Merveille du jour' - taking over most of morcfm tonight.
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
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...
December 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
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.
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)
December 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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clivehenry.bsky.social
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
some nativity figurines on a table, the crib is empty and jesus is missing the same figures, now with added jesus
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
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
listen via @campradio.bsky.social to hear track premières and singing nuns
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
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
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
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
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
This Esso advertisement from 1956 is pretty wild
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
morcfm episode 56 is online.
We've probably been overthinking this episode: you'll hear a lot of songs/artists that we've been thinking of playing for a bit longer, but for some reason we never did. so this episode is probably a bit more eclectic than usual.

--> www.morctapes.com/morcfm
bye bye morcmobile (2014-2025) 1. Perlah (ft. Lily Beltane) - Places (from the cd 'Places', Trome, 2025) 2. Raymond Byron - Lope (from the lp 'Bond wire cur', ESP Disk, 2022) 3. Le volume courbe - Born to lie (from the 10" 'Theodaurus Rex ep', Pickpocket Records, 2011) 4. Michael J Hex - In disguise (from the cd 'The hiss explosion', Noseflute records, 1998) 5. Wreck small speakers on expensive stereos - three shots (from the lp 'River Falling love', Tobu Donguri, 1987/2025) 6. Surface of the earth - Insulator (from the tape 'In Colour', Knotwilg, 2025) 7. Jabu - Gently fade (from the lp 'A soft and gatherable star', Do you have peace lp, 2024) 8. Stacks - Above ground (from the lp 'Love and Language', Knekelhuis, 2022) 9. Fall of Saigon - So long (from the lp 'Fall of saigon', Dark entries, 2013/1983) 10. Low Life - Dream machine (from the lp 'Dogging', Alter, 2014/2023) 11. Clay rendering - Temple walking (from the 12" 'Waters above the firmament', Hospital, 2013) 12. Bobby would - Mystery (from the lp 'Styx', Digital Regress, 2022/2023) 13. Ma Cherie for painting - Naeu (from the 7" 'Extra Bille', Earworm, 1997) 14. Motorpsycho - The nerve tattoo (from the cd/2lp 'Blissard', Stickman, 1996) records, tapes, cds, 7"s and an invisible mp3: we like all formats.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
morctapes.bsky.social
it's november 3rd, and this event was 20 years ago: soccer Committee, Annelies Monseré, drekka and Vollmar live at morc hq.

you can stream the 3"cdr that was released after this wonderful show for the next week or so. you can add it to your library of course.

morctapes.bandcamp.com/album/hilver...
Hilversum, nov 3rd, by various
4 track album
morctapes.bandcamp.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
it's been a month since the latest soccer Committee lp 'Eye' came out. glad to see it found a way to so many good homes! fun to see this album in the wild. you can get a copy via a pretty long list of nice distro's, some even still carry things we don't have in stock anymore!
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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lidders.bsky.social
Both of my tracks from this 7” box set were later included on this LP from @morctapes.bsky.social - jeffreyalexander.bandcamp.com/album/foxfur...
But the 7” vinyl was super cool. And obv the other bands’ 7”s were 🚀
Foxfur And Rarebits, by The Iditarod
12 track album
jeffreyalexander.bandcamp.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
morctapes.bsky.social
new episode of morcfm, episode 55, up for your enjoyment over at www.morctapes.com/morcfm. including the sweet sounds of ao @jessicabailiff.bsky.social , and an announcement for a show that already happened by now. most importantly: an unreleased puddle parade track!

thanks for listening.
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. records, tapes, cd's, old and new: we like all of them. (mp3's not pictured) 1. Anna Domino - Land of my dreams (from the lp/2xcd 'East and West', les disques du crepuscule, 1984/2020) 2. Flaming tunes - Restless mind (from the lp 'Flaming Tunes', Superior Viaduct, 1985) 3. Burger Service - Oude stad (from the tape 'Hart voor de zaak', RDSR, 2025) 4. Kroppskännedom - Mitt Extatiska Förakt (from the lp 'Kroppskännedom', Morc records, 2025) 5. Gang Wizard - --------- (from the tape 'Meet me at merkato', Morc records, 2001) 6. Benjamin Franklin - The river (from the tape 'Aventures', Frissons Cassettes, 2024) 7. Juho Toivonen - Kaste Maalasi Sydaämen (from the lp 'Lapsikuninkaan Fanfaari', Discreet music, 2025) 8. Miradasvacas - St. Alban (from the lp 'En perpetua', South of north, 2025) 9. The Puddle Parade - Forust (edit) (unreleased) 10. PJ Harvey - Broken Harp (demo) (from the cd/lp 'White Chalk (demos)', Island, 2021) 11. Jessica Bailiff - Big Hill (from the cd/lp 'Jessica Bailiff', Kranky, 2002) 12. The Debts - Rock county (from the tape 'Blue Summer', Unread, 2013) 13. Goldblum - Strings Attached (from the lp 'Tears in Limbo', Bergpolder, 2024)
October 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM