I’m really pleased to announce that I have joined the enigmatic and diverse collective of artists at CIA Records, Houston, Texas. The 3 EP recording and distribution deal starts now and will see three new Eps released digitally and physically in 2025.
C.I.A. Records is an independent label originally founded in 1978 by members of the Houston, Texas punk band Really Red. It emerged organically from sounds performed and recorded in garages, yards, and warehouses, nurtured by strong friendships, a vibrant underground music scene, independent record stores and a handful of non-commercial radio stations. In the late 70’s and early 80’s, the label filled an urgent need to confront institutional violence perpetuating a culture of fear that dominated Houston at the time. Over four decades it's grown into a platform for musical experimentation and risk-taking that continues to reflect a broad range of ideas and experiences today. It has been, is now, and always will be a vanguard for transgressive music from Houston and around the world.
Music Bio
Tim Muddiman, is an artist and musician from Northampton, England. His music career was slowly born out of a deep love of Rockabilly, a Roland TR808 drum machine and the texture of an infectious and rhythmic melody. By his teens Tim was djing at all night illegal Raves in the UK and by his twenties was touring Europe in a few different Industrial bands on guitar or bass guitar. For the first time, at 28, Tim stepped into a role in Gary Numan’s band and for the next two decades would play almost 400 shows around the world as Gary’s bass player or guitarist. In between a sometimes-busy tour schedule Tim played and wrote music for local Rockabilly band Junkyard and joined the Electronic Punk and alternative Hip Hop band Pop Will Eat Itself, as their guitarist. In 2015 Tim produced and co-wrote a number of songs on PWEI’s latest album, Anti Nasty League.
To critical acclaim, Tim wrote two albums titled, Paradise Runs Deeper and Domino Blitz in his own name and performed with band mates known as The Strange between 2014 and 2018. After a long tour with Gary Numan and at the end of 2018, Tim took a long break from the world of music to concentrate solely on painting to which he continues to do today. Now, in November 2024, Tim becomes a new artist on CIA Records, Houston, Texas and plans are being made for the release of three new ep’s in 2025. The music is self-described as being like snakes of guitars gargling on the throat of an emotional bass string while sparse percussion and the English word create an abstract mind scape for the multi directional physche.