solipsistic NATION No. 203: Crammed Discs
August 12, 2010 | Comments Off
Each month I showcase a music label that puts out amazing releases you absolutely need to know about. Today on solipsistic NATION I’ll play select tracks from Crammed Discs.
Usually this would be pretty straight forward but in the case of Crammed Discs it’s a challenge. Crammed Discs has been around for 30 years now and in that time they’ve released over 265 albums and 250 singles. Furthermore, Crammed Discs features artists from all over the world, from the Balkans to Africa, from South America to the Middle East and beyond. How do encompass all of that in a one hour program.
The simple answer is that it can’t be done. Fortunately I had Marc Hollander, the label’s founder, join me on today’s show and guide the way!
Crammed Discs was founded in 1980 by Marc and the first release was Marc and Vincent Kenis‘ band, Aksak Maboul. Since then Crammed Discs and its sub-labels Ziriguiboom, SSR Records, Made To Measure and Language have put out wonderful releases from the likes of Minimal Compact, Zap Mama, Tuxedomoon and more.
As I said, it’s impossible to convey the scope of Crammed Discs in a one hour show, even with the framework of electronic music. In the end I tried to express the diversity of the label as well as play tracks from some of my favorite artists such as Colin Newman, Balkan Beat Box and Bebel Gilberto. I even played a track by Konono Nº1 who technically aren’t even an electronic music band. But it’s my show and I can bend the rules when I want.
I hope you enjoy today’s show featuring music from Crammed Discs and my conversation with Marc Hollander. Join us again next week and we’ll do it all over again. But completely different.
- Bebel Gilberto “Samba da Bênção”
- Bossacucanova “Samba Da Minha Terra”
- Suba “Tantos Desejos”
- Interview with Marc Hollander, founder of Crammed Discs
- Balkan Beat Box “Pachima”
- U-Cef “Ouddamak”
- Interview with Marc Hollander, founder of Crammed Discs
- Niko Marks & City Boy Players featuring Eddie Fowlkes “Way Back When”
- Carl Craig “Televised Green Smoke”
- Interview with Marc Hollander, founder of Crammed Discs
- 4hero “Universal Love (feat. Carol Crosby)”
- Konono Nº1 “Lufuala Ndonga”
- Interview with Marc Hollander, founder of Crammed Discs
- Buckfunk 3000 “Planet Shock Future Rock”
- Colin Newman “I Can Hear Your”
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1:04:05 | 58.75 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 199: Jerona Fruits Recordings
July 18, 2010 | Comments Off
Back in 2006 when I relaunched solipsistic NATION I noticed that drum and bass was going through a resurgence in popular culture. I loved catching DJs at clubs spinning amazing jungle/drum and bass sets so I welcomed the renewed interest in d ‘n’ b.
At the time I was listening to a lot of music from Jerona Fruits Recordings. The music on Jerona Fruits had all the muscular leanness and high end production I loved about drum and bass and non of drum and bass’ sometimes embarrassing bombastic pretensions (although I’m a sucker for bombast when it works). I had the lads from Jerona Fruits on the Small World to talk about their label and play music form some of the artists on their roster.
Drum and bass has never gone away, of course. It’s always been there, seething below the surface, constantly mutating into new hybrids. Now is as good as time as any to check in with Baz, who is one third of Jerona Fruits, to find out what the state of drum and bass is on 2010 and how his label has grown since we last talked.
Baz is our guest DJ on today’s show and he’s got a mix of select tracks of the very best Jerona Fruits has to offer. If you like what you hear, and really, how can you not?, then show Jerona some love buy buying a few tracks from stores like Digital-Tunes and iTunes. As long as you’re at iTunes, you can subscribe to the Jerona Fruits Podcast and hear even more great music from their label!
Next month I’ll showcase music from Crammed Discs and talk to Marc Hollander, the label’s founder.
Join us again next week for the 200th edition of solipsistic NATION! Feel free to leave any comments about the show on my voice mail at 1-619-717-6322 and I’ll be sure to play it on next week’s show.
- Sabre “Floating Source”
- Madcap “Switch the Lights”
- Interview with Baz of Jerona Fruits Recordings
- The Burbs “Alone”
- Andy Skopes “Africa is Zion”
- Mijatoho & Zodiak “Curare”
- Greg Packer & MC Asassin “Landslide”
- The Burbs “That Sound”
- Mijatoho “Shape (Hidden Agenda Rmx)”
- Bungle & Ney Faustini “No Routine”
- Amaning & Dizplay “Sienna”
- Matt Domino “Papercut”
- Mijatoho “Jazgal”
- The Burbs & Mijatoho feat. Jon Jon “Coming Down”
- The Burbs “Anything”
- Andy Skopes “Bucktown”
- FX909 “Bad Attitude”
- Andy Skopes “State of Grace”
- Interview with Baz of Jerona Fruits Recordings
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1:08:29 | 62.76 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 195: Zero Digital Records
June 11, 2010 | Comments Off
Back in January I had Riley Warren on solipsistic NATION as a guest DJ. Riley is also one of the co founders of Zero Digital Records and we made plans so showcase her label at a later date.
Riley’s mix got a lot of love so I know you’re going to dig today’s mix featuring select tracks from artists on Zero Digital Records! This time we’re joined by fellow Zero Digital Records co founder Michael Ricca, AKA Kinetic.
Today’s mix is pretty awesome! It’s got a trance feel with some driving rhythms and beats that has a lot of textures and moods that will hit you in your gut. If you enjoy today’s show you can preview more music from Zero Digital Records at their website.
If you really like what you hear then why not buy a song or two from the label if not a couple of albums. You can find them on Beatport, Trackitdown, iTunes, Amazon MP3, Juno Download, etc. Oh, and be sure to listen to the Zero Digital Records podcast hosted by Stilwell!
You can also follow Zero Digital Records on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and on YouTube.
Join us again next week when our guests will be Margaret Noble, Kraddy, Carmen Rizzo, Colin Steven of Knowledge Magazine and much, much more!
- Ally Porwal “Terms of Life”
- Interview with Micheal Ricca, cofounder of Zero Digital Records
- Jane Silence “Break Easy (o3 Remix)”
- Ally Porwal “Look at the Stars”
- Ana “Blue Zana (DJ Mix)”
- o3 “Riven”
- Interview with Micheal Ricca, cofounder of Zero Digital Records
- Blaz Perus “Free Your Mind”
- Tashka Swe “The Trix”
- Jake DeSilva “Initialize (Nightshift Deep Mix)”
- Nash Donson “Distance”
- Verche “The Sea (Dan Freeman Remix)”
- Interview with Micheal Ricca, cofounder of Zero Digital Records
solipsistic NATION No. 192: BPitch Control
May 20, 2010 | Comments Off
Today on solipsistic NATION we’ll talk with Ellen Allien. Ellen is a musician, a DJ, a producer, a fashion designer and the founder of BPitch Control.
I’m very excited about today’s show because I have a list of music labels that I’ve wanted to feature on solipsistic NATION and I’ve wanted to do a show dedicated to BPitch Control for a very long time.
I’m not a big fan of techno because I find the genre fairly conservative and boring. Partly this is due to the constraints of the genre but mostly it is due to the lack of imagination of musicians who make techno. Not so with the artists on BPitch Control. From Modeselektor to Sasha Funke, all the music on BPitch Control is creative, fun and pushes the boundaries of what techno can be.
Ellen herself sums up all of that. She is a musician, a DJ, a producer, a fashion designer and the founder of BPitch Control. Her latest album, Dust is due for release today so the timing for today’s show is perfect! It was difficult to choose which track from Dust to choose but in the end I settled on “Huibuh” because it is a perfect example of Ellen’s ability to make techno her own by infusing “Huibuh” with Afro-Peruvian and Cuban elements without using those elements for mere exotica.
As always, whenever I have a guest on solipsistic NATION I ask people on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to contribute to the interview and on today’s show I have questions from bubblesmusic and tony_watt. If you’d like to participate in future interviews just follow me at http://twitter.com/solipsistic.
If you enjoyed today’s show then you’ll also enjoy the A/V show from October that includes an interview with Hannes Stöhr, the director of Berlin Calling, a movie who’s soundtrack was released through BPitch Control.
Join us again next when we’ll talk with Rhana June, Doctor Popular, Nuclear O’ Reilly, Will Marshall and Speak Onion. They’re connection? They all make music with iPhones and iPads.
See you then!
- Fuckpony “Orgasm On The Dancefloor Saturday Night”
- Interview with Ellen Allien, founder of BPitch Control
- AGF / Delay “Connection (Fritz Zander Remix)”
- Moderat “A Seamonkey (Untold Remix)”
- Chaim “A Thrill You”
- Interview with Ellen Allien, founder of BPitch Control
- Ellen Allien “Huibuh”
- Zander VT “Peace Of Mind feat Chopstick”
- Thomas Muller “Rebirth”
- Paul Kalkbrenner “Torted”
- Telefon Tel Aviv “Immolate Yourself (Thomas Muller Burning Man Remix)”
- Interview with Ellen Allien, founder of BPitch Control
- Jahcoozi “Watching You (Deadbeat Stalker Dub)”
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1:05:29 | 60.03 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 184: Planet Terror Records
March 14, 2010 | Comments Off
Today on solipsistic NATION we’re going to showcase music from Planet Terror Records.
Planet Terror Records is a netlabel that offers a wide variety of electronic music from genres like ambient, idm, dubstep and broken beat from artists like Adam Kroll, B1t Crunch3r and Titus Twelve.
Planet Terror Records was founded by Sam Walby and Fred Oxby and they’ve put together a really mix for today’s show that has a lot of different moods and styles that will give you an idea of the diversity of music that can be found at Planet Terror Records.
Nearly all the music featured on today’s show can be downloaded for free by visiting today’s show notes or at Planet Terror Records.
- Barbarix “Born” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Sam Walby and Fred Fred Oxby, founders of Planet Terror Records
- Cellar Dweller “Fish Tank” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Adam Kroll “Paradise Industries”
- Robot Koch “101″ [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Culprate “Culprate vs Moneycat”
- Nangdo “Untitled”
- Mikus “Shiva Dub”
- Interview with Sam Walby and Fred Fred Oxby, founders of Planet Terror Records
- Sephirot “Synthaesthesia” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Smurd “Acid n Speak”
- Culprate & Slick & Polygon “Donkey” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Barker “Big Bad Bernie (M.I. Loki Remix)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Sam Walby and Fred Fred Oxby, founders of Planet Terror Records
- Crosus “Big Bad Bernie (M.I. Loki Remix)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Titus Twelve “The Table of Six” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- B1tcrunch3r feat Dubbwune “Mentalism” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Culprate “Toddler’s Nightmare” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Titus Twelve “Baker For Life” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Sam Walby and Fred Fred Oxby, founders of Planet Terror Records
- Titus Twelve “Step Up (Mantra Remix)”
- Mikus “Brockley Skank” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Titus Twelve “Mr Morningstar” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
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1:02:11 | 57.00 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 180: Sending Orbs
February 11, 2010 | Comments Off
If you’ve been listening to solipsistic NATION to any length of time you know that once a month I showcase a record label that is releasing absolutely fantastic music you need to hear. If you’re new to solipsistic NATION, well, now you know.
This edition of solipsistic NATION is different. Last month on Twitter I asked what labels I should feature on solipsistic NATION and many people said I should showcase Sending Orbs. I had heard of Sending Orbs thanks to the Headphone Commute blog who had reviewed Yagya’s Rigning album. So when folks on Twitter said I should feature Sending Orbs on the show I jumped at the chance to have Kristian Peters, the co-founder of Sending Orbs, on solipsistic NATION.
Sending Orbs is an electronic music label located in the Netherlands that was founded in 2004. Sending Orbs’ main goal is to release as much beautiful and high quality electronic music as possible. Sending Orbs distinguish themselves from other labels by conducting a severe artist selection, a fair treatment to their artists and a high art standard.
Speaking of high art, Jeroen Advocaat does most of the album art for Sending Orbs releases. Jeroen’s artwork is wonderful and gives the label a consistent look and feel and visually expresses the sound of Sending Orbs.
So for today’s show, sit back and kiss the sky!
Join us again next week for a special set featuring a mix by Hecq.
- Secede “Vega Libre: Entering Next”
- Kettel “Whom”
- Interview with Kristian Peters, co-founder of Sending Orbs
- Yaga “Rigning Níu”
- Funckarma “Loaded”
- Interview with Kristian Peters, co-founder of Sending Orbs
- Legiac “Dide Skin”
- Secede “Leraine”
- Blamstrain “Frame Math”
- Markus Guentner “Toter Hafen”
- Interview with Kristian Peters, co-founder of Sending Orbs
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56:43 | 52.00 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 175: Lot49
January 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a record label that is putting out amazing releases that you absolutely need to know about.
Recent shows have featured labels such as PublicSpaces Lab, Room40 and Digital Hardcore Recordings. Today on solipsistic NATION we’re going to hear music from Lot49 mixed by the label’s co-founder, Mark Pember, better known as Meat Katie.
Lot49 is a name taken from Thomas Pynchon’s novel The Crying of Lot49. In the novel Lot49 is an underground information store, which is inspired Mark and co-founder Dylan Rhymes because they describe Lot49 as a treasure trove of quality underground music from across the dance music spectrum.
Special thanks to Melissa MacTavish for arranging today’s interview. Melissa busts her ass to help promote singles and albums by artists like those featured on today’s show. You can find her on Twitter at 713punky or email her at melissamact@gmail.com.
Speaking of Twitter, you can find me at twitter.com/solipsistic.
Join us again next week when our guest DJ will be Riley Warren!
- Sly Fidelity “The White Knight (Christian J Remix)”
- Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes “Roll Player”
- D. Ramirez “Venus & Mars (Meat Katie & D. Ramirez Remix)”
- Interview with Meat Katie, co-founder of Lot49
- 30Hz “Subliminal Criminal (Magic Johnson Remix)”
- Blende “Peaches”
- Dustbowl “Set Up”
- Interview with Meat Katie, co-founder of Lot49
- Meat Katie & Kid Blue “Indian Queens”
- Meat Katie & Dopamine “Nectar”
- James Cocozza “Garf (Dopamine Remix)”
- Interview with Meat Katie, co-founder of Lot49
- Vandal “Obey”
- Meat Katie & Jono Fernandez “Pace (Lützenkirchin Remix)”
- Vandal & Blende “Health Boy”
- Meat Katie & D. Ramirez “Stop The Revolution (Bassbin Twins Remix)”
- Vandal “Idiots (Audiojack Remix)”
- Paranoid Jack, Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes “It’s Like Liquid”
- Meat Katie “Cracks”
- Interview with Meat Katie, co-founder of Lot49
- Vandal “Captain Magic (Rudi Stakka Remix)”
- Dylan Rhymes “I Am Sweet (Hyperion Remix)”
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1:12:24 | 66.35 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 171: PublicSpaces Lab
December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a music label that is putting out amazing releases that you need to know about. Today on solipsistic NATION we’ll listen to music from the excellent PublicSpaces Lab netlabel.
There are netlabels for nearly every genre of music but I suspect electronic music dominates the field of netlabels. Monotonik, after all, is one of the oldest netlabels in existence. Besides, electronic music and netlabels go together like tubes and toothpase. It’s a natural fit.
A few months back I had Fernando Fonseca on the show to cover the 2009 Net Audio Festival in Berlin. Fernando is also the co-founder of PublicSpaces Lab and I invited him to come back on solipsistic NATION to share music from PublicSpaces Lab and talk about his netlabel and the state if the industry.
If you enjoy today’s show then you’ll also enjoy my all-netlabel show that featured Axel Barcelo of Discos Konfort, Sebastian Redenz of Thinner and Simon Carless of Monotonik. You’ll also enjoy Travis Nobles‘, host of the hiddenplace music blog, netlabel mixes part 1 and 2. More recently, I had Marie Craven (AKA Pixieguts), the co-producer of the Pixicast, on the show with a mix of electronic music she loves from various netlabels.
Join us again next week for yet another Twitter mix!
- Torsion “Sundrops on the Ocean (Original Piano Mix)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Fernando Fonseca of PublicSpaces Lab
- Torsion “Sundrops on the Ocean” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- QuarterBit “Kyoto Protocol Letter Count” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Heliofante “Voyageur Heliophantique (Joint release with Gorríon de Miga)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Torsion “Sunrise (previously unreleased track to be included on a upcoming compilation)”
- Esfera “Fedora (Joint release with Gorríon de Miga netlabel)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- ambienteer “Liquid” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Fernando Fonseca of PublicSpaces Lab
- Swaying Smoke “Tunnels II” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Sómio “San Feliz” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Julien Mier “The Nomad Carried Her Home” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Loser “Núr” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- QuarterBit “Sub Existir (previously unreleased, to be included on QuarterBit’s next EP)”
- Interview with Fernando Fonseca of PublicSpaces Lab
- Torsion “T Minus 12V” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Dustmotes “Annica” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Kieron James “Cosecha Original Sound Mixed with QuarterBit - Sub existir” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
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1:00:09 | 55.14 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 167: Room40
November 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a record label that is putting out amazing releases that you absolutely need to know about. On today’s show we’ll talk with Lawrence English, the founder of founder of Room40, and play select tracks from his label.
I first discovered Room40 a few years back when I relaunched solipsistic NATION as a podcast. I head head about Room40’s compilation album, On Isolation, and Lawrence was kind enough to send a copy of the CD my way as well as a copy of Airport Symphony. I was immediately taken with On Isolation because those albums transported me to different places in my imagination, On Isolation with its experimental music and Airport Symphony with it field recordings.
Since then I’ve anticipated each release from Room40 because I’ve always been surprised by each release. Some albums feature field recordings, others explore the realm of experimental music, and others features quite, beautiful music. Today’s show is a perfect example of the diversity of music offered by Room40.
I’ve wanted to have Lawrence on solipsistic NATION for a long time so it’s a pleasure to finally have him on today’s show. Not only do we get to hear some fantastic music from Room40 but we also get to learn how Lawrence launched his label. In addition, we’ll learn how Lawrence approaches making music for art installation and the many music festivals he is involved in!
- Tujiko Noriko “Make Me Your Private Party”
- Tenniscoats “10.rasen6.4.7″
- Erik Griswold “Imperfect Memories”
- DNE “Track 47″
- Chris Abrahams “Can of Faces”
- Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40
- Steinbrüchel “Interlude 3″
- Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40
- Taylor Deupree “Untitled”
- Leighton Craig “Circle of Thoughts”
- Scanner “Mountain Cabin”
- Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40
- John Chantler “Slow Closure”
- Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40
- Keith Fullerton Whitman “2nd Early Monolith”
- Robin Fox & Clayton Thomas “Direct Couriers”
- Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40
- eRikm “Fraq 424″
- Eric La Casa “Dundee Law”
- Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40
- Sébastien Roux “Interlude”
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55:26 | 50.82 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 162: Digital Hardcore Recordings
October 9, 2009 | Comments Off
When I launched solipsistic NATION I had a list of people I wanted to be guests on the show. One was Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto and another was Amon Tobin. I’ve slowly been making my way down the list and today I’m happy to cross Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore Recordings off that list!
One of my favorite memories of Digital Hardcore Recordings was when I was working alongside a kid who played Korn constantly. I think he was on a mission to assault my ears with what he considered the heaviest and angriest music he knew. I put up with it for a while but after a couple of days I got fed up with it and when it was my turn to play some music I dialed up some Atari Teenage Riot. I couldn’t have wished fro a better reaction from him: he fell off his chair in shock. He was simultaneously stunned and laughing hysterically at the intensity of the music that was bludgeoning his ears! Ah, the simple pleasures in life.
I have to be honest, though, my initial reaction to Atari Teenage Riot was pretty much the same. Back in the 90’s there was really nothing else like them out there and while I liked it I couldn’t make sense of it at first. But like it I did and I started digging up everything I could find that was released on Digital Hardcore Recordings. Atari Teenage Riot will always have a special place in my heart but I also became a big fan of The Curse of the Golden Vampire, Hanin Elias and pretty much anything Alec Empire puts out.
While most of the stuff on Digital Hardcore Recordings sounds as fresh now as it did when it was first released, time, and Alec Empire have moved on so this week’s show serves as a kind of a document of the history Digital Hardcore Recordings: how the label and Atari Teenage Riot began, how people reacted to the band and the label and Alec’s new label, Eat Your Heart Out.
I’d like to thank Alec for being so generous with his time. I figured I would count myself lucky if I was able to interview Alec for 15 minutes but instead Alec gave me 90 minutes and the opportunity to answer any question I asked him. Thanks, Alec!
- Atari Teenage Riot “Destroy 2000 Years Of Culture”
- Alec Empire “We All Die”
- Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore Recordings
- Ec80r “We Need A Change!”
- Christoph De Babalon “My Confession”
- Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore Recordings
- Hanin Elias “Nizza”
- The Curse Of The Golden Vampire “Ultrasonic Meltdown”
- Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore Recordings
- Bomb 20 “You Killed Me First”
- Alec Empire “1000 Eyes (Radio Edit)”
- Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore Recordings
- Killout Trash “Straight Outta Berlin”
- Patric C “Snuff Out”
- Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore Recordings
- Sonic Subjunkies “Central Industrial”
- DJ Bleed “Deaf Dumb And Blind”
- Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore Recordings
- Shizuo “Sweat”
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1:22:17 | 75.41 MB
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Atari Teenage Riot - Destroy 2000 Years of Culture