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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solipsistic NATION No. 156: Freqs
August 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Today’s show is great! I’ll be talking with Jim Moynihan from Omelette Records, Great Scott from glitch.fm, Steve Nalepa and Deru.
Jim Moynihan is Spoonbill and he is also the founder of Omelette Records, a wonderful collective record label with artists that include the likes of Spoonbill, Frank Riggio and Alpha Channel.
Great Scott was our guest back in May and joins us again to talk about glitch.fm, an internet radio station featuring the best of glitch hop he helped launch a few months back.
Nalepa is another regular on solipsistic NATION. The last time I spoke with him he had just completed Flatlands:Remixes and had just begun working on the DVD version of Flatlands:Remixes.
Deru’s live performance on solipsistic NATION began a tradition of featuring live electronic music on the show that continues to this day. I’ve anxiously been awaiting the release of Deru’s new album, Say Goodbye To Useless, since he mentioned it on Twitter about six months ago.
Oh, hey, be sure to check out the related videos below for your continued edification and enjoyment.
Photo Credit: Randy Mora
- Spoonbill “Gumtree (Respoon)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Spoonbill “Moth Adjust Stereo, Excerpt”
- Interview with Jim Moynihan, founder of Omelette Records
- Frank Riggio “Perplex People” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- HipGnosis “grainydontstop”
- Ill-Esha “spook FL”
- Interview with Great Scott, founder of glitch.fm
- Ill-Esha “kitchen sync FH2″
- Nalepa/David Last “Flatlands (David Last Remix)”
- Nalepa/RND “4th of July (RND Remix)”
- Interview with Steve Nalepa
- Nalepa/Rena Jones “Rhodes Racer (Rena Jones Remix)”
- Deru “I Want”
- Deru “Hello”
- Interview with Deru
- Deru “What Happens When You Ask”
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1:04:41 | 59.32 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 154: Sleevin Records
August 14, 2009 | Comments Off
This week’s solipsistic NATION features select tracks from Sleevin Records mixed by the label’s founder, Simon Littlewood, AKA Simo.
I know Simon through Goldilox. I knew Goldilox from back in the day when she was part of Boston’s emerging electronic music scene in the mid 80s. She was a member of D.D.T. Last year I put together a show featuring D.D.T. (a few months later I would feature a live set from D.D.T. on solipsistic NATION recorded from the station that made me what I am as a DJ, WMFO.), Big Catholic Guilt, You Shriek and Think Tree. It was great to catch up Goldilox, Elaine Walker and Noel McKenna and it came up that Goldilox had sine moved to San Francisco and was helping run Sleevin Records with Simon. I made plans with Simon to have him on the show but as happens from to time, those plans never came together.
Last month I noticed that a number of albums from Sleevin Records were being promoted by IODA Promonet, a great service I use to find music to play on solipsistic NATION which reminded me of my plans to have Simon on the show. We got in touch and here you are: today’s show.
This may or may not be true but I believe San Francisco is a hot bed for electronic music. I know other cities like Los Angeles or New York have electronic music scenes but there seems to be something special about San Francisco that has countless great electronic music and a community that embraces that music. Sleevin Records is a perfect example of great electronic music coming out of San Francisco alongside the likes of OM Records, Cheb i Sabbah, Asphodel, etc… The list is long.
Enjoys today’s offering of tracks from Sleevin Records!
By the way, next week I’ll be giving aways free CDs on Twitter. Follow me at http://twitter.com/solipsistic for your chance to win some great music!
- SIMO feat. Diana Luna, Borrina Mapaka, Renee Wilson “Dub City”
- Moody Eva “Fuck Off”
- Interview with Simon Littlewood, founder of Sleevin Records
- SIMO & Drunken Monkey “Step Into”
- Moody Eva “Grab Your Tits”
- Techture “Rusted”
- SIMO “Mindless Banta”
- Interview with Simon Littlewood, founder of Sleevin Records
- SIMO & B.Smiley “It’s A Nice”
- SIMO & Drunken Monkey “Rennie’s Skank (JFlea RMX)”
- B.Smiley & Native Intelligence “Whacktrack (B.Smiley’s Dub Mix)”
- SIMO & Mancub “Punks Of Funk (Prato RMX)”
- Interview with Simon Littlewood, founder of Sleevin Records
- Moody Eva “A Little Taste”
- Techture “Signal 1″
- Techture “Cuts In Radar”
- SIMO & Drunken Monkey “Controlled Manner”
- Interview with Simon Littlewood, founder of Sleevin Records
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1:03:44 | 58.43 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 149: Planet Mu Records
July 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Here’s something you don’t know about me: I hate talking over the songs I play on solipsistic NATION. On the other hand, I think talking over music is pretty useful because it has less impact on the flow of the show. It’s a dilemma. Take this week’s show.
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a record label that is putting out amazing releases that you need to know about. Recent shows have featured n5MD, Dragon’s Eye Recordings and Summer Rain Recordings. On this edition of solipsistic NATION we’ll talk with Mike Paradinas (AKA μ-Ziq), the founder of Planet μ Records and play select tracks from his label. And therein lies the problem.
Planet μ began as a subsidiary of Virgin Records but in 1998 Mike Paradinas made Planet μ independent of Virgin and Astralwerks. In the last 10 years Mike has released great albums from a roster of amazing artists like Luke Vibert, Benga, Mary Anne Hobbs and much more. There’s no way I can capture the scope of Planet μ in an hour-long show. All I can do is paint a picture for you with music but only in the broadest strokes. That leaves me with the unenviable task of choosing which tracks we’ll have to talk over.
For example, I love Luke Vibert’s “Homewerk.” The repeating riff in “Homewerk” is a classic electronica theme and has been sampled many times. How can I talk over that. And then there’s “Meinheld” by μ-Ziq. He’s my guest. That’s be just plain rude to talk over his track. I love, love, love just about everything Venetian Snares puts out and it would cause me physical pain to talk over “Twirl.” But as I said, I would rather talk with Mike over the music than not play music at all. Plus, that’s an extra track you otherwise would not have heard.
I’m really excited that Mike is on today’s show. Planet μ consistently puts out amazing releases and has garnered a lot of respect from people who love great music. A fan base has been created around Planet μ because of the label’s roster of talent and phenomenal albums. You’ll become a convert, too.
If you liked today’s show, mention it on your blog or give solipsistic NATION a quick one to five star review on iTunes so I can spread the virus that is solipsistic NATION further and wider!
- Luke Vibert “Homewerk”
- μ-Ziq “Meinheld”
- Venetian Snares “Twirl”
- Interview with Mike Paradinas, founder of Planet μ Records
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Less”
- Vex’d “Thunder”
- Interview with Mike Paradinas, founder of Planet μ Records
- Pinch “Punisher”
- Benga “Killers About”
- Interview with Mike Paradinas, founder of Planet μ Records
- Boxcutter “Bug Octet”
- edIT “Twenty Minutes”
- Interview with Mike Paradinas, founder of Planet μ Records
- Chevron “Going Out of My Head”
- Mrs Jynx “Dusty”
- Jega “Alternating Bit”
- Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble “The Nothing Changes”
- Interview with Mike Paradinas, founder of Planet μ Records
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59:43 | 54.74 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 145: n5MD
June 12, 2009 | Comments Off
Since re-launching solipsistic NATION as a podcast I’ve done over 25 episodes showcasing records labels that you absolutely need to know about. There are so many labels putting out such amazing releases that it some times take months, if not years, to get get to. One such label is n5MD.
n5MD was unique from the start. Founder Mike Cadoo launched n5MD as a MiniDisc-only label (hence the name, an acronym for “No Fives, Minidiscs!”). n5MD eventually transitioned to CDs when they Sony stopped manufacturing pre-recorded MiniDiscs. Whatever the platform, almost from the very beginning Mike was putting out releases that he defines as “emotional experiments in music.”
What I’ve always found so charming is that the releases on n5MD don’t just provide musics that establishes a mood, the releases on n5MD take you on an emotional journey, which I find far more compelling and interesting. Anyone can play a chord in E minor that will evoke an emotional response but it’s much more difficult to build a song is emotionally complex and takes you places in your imagination. Let me take that back. There are plenty of people who can do that, there are just few people who do it well and do it with sincerity and I think that’s what n5MD is all about.
If that isn’t enough for you, n5MD also has launched sister labels Enpeg Digital and Nonresponse. Enpeg Digital is the digital only division of n5MD while Nonresponse is a label run by Clay Emerson and Ian Pullman of Loess.
I know you’re going to love today’s show and if you’d like to hear more music from n5MD I suggest you download the n5md Label Sampler with Bitcrush from XLR8R’s podcast.
Speaking of podcasts, two weeks ago I put together a mix of experimental and psychedelic music for the always excellent Spartacus Roosevelt podcast which you can download here.
As much as I love electronic music I also love many different genres of music. The format of solipsistic NATION doesn’t allow me to explore those other kinds of music n the show so I made a deal with Spartacus: he can host an episode of solipsistic NATION and play electronic music he digs if I can host an episode of Spartacus Roosevelt. Fortunately he agreed and you can expect a mix from him on an upcoming show. In the meantime, check you out the mix I did for his show. It’s got everything from the Butthole Surfers to Zoviet France and it will melt your brain!
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- Funckarma “The Other Dredge”
- Ruxpin “A Sunrise (and They Turned into Stones)”
- Another Electronic Musician “Congee”
- Interview with Mike Cadoo, founder of n5MD
- Phylum Sinter “What Once Was One Now Adds Two”
- Fell “Bulgaria”
- SubtractiveLAD “Through The Trees”
- Interview with Mike Cadoo, founder of n5MD
- Loess “Nomon”
- Proem “Sputterly”
- Interview with Mike Cadoo, founder of n5MD
- Plastik Joy “Hands”
- Lights Out Asia “Radars Over the Ghost Of Chernobyl”
- Near The Parenthesis “Departing Gate”
- Interview with Mike Cadoo, founder of n5MD
- Last Days “Blue And White Flowers”
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1:02:45 | 57.51 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 140: Dragon’s Eye Recordings
May 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a record label that releases fantastic music you should know about. Keeping with the theme of the show I focus on record labels that release music from all genres of electronic music. On this week’s solipsistic NATION we’ll showcase Dragon’s Eye Recordings.
Dragon’s Eye Recordings is an independent record label that focuses on limited edition and varied format releases from a growing roster of sound artists, composers, and producers. By showcasing the individual artists’ viewpoints, Dragon’s Eye acts as a platform for new, challenging, and provocative work. Founded by Paul Novak in 1989, as the audio/visual arm of Only Connect…Publications, the label was then relaunched by his son and Northwest-based sound artist Yann Novak to continue the family tradition of self publication. Novak has since expanded the label to publish works by artists whose voices he feels need to be heard. Dragon’s Eye Recordings also acts as a companion label to Infrequency.
Special thanks goes out to HC, the host of the Headphone Commute music blog. As always, HC, is one step ahead of me on all things cool in electronic music and turned me on to Dragon’s Eye Recordings on his review of Lissom’s Nest of Iterations album. Thanks, HC!
Next month on solipsistic NATION we’ll showcase n5MD. Next week on solipsistic NATION our guests will be Bassnectar, Kush Arora, Two Fingers and Great Scott. Stay stuned!
- Kamran Sadeghi “Euqal”
- Wyndel Hunt “3″
- Interview with Yann Novak of Dragon’s Eye Recordings
- Clinker “Provodyty - A New Terrain”
- Son of Rose “Grand Treatments”
- Interview with Yann Novak of Dragon’s Eye Recordings
- Lissom “Adrift”
- Corey Fuller “Light Along the Edge of Water”
- Tadahito Ichinoseki + Tomoyoshi Date “Gensho No Tabi”
- Tomoyoshi Date + Corey Fuller “Midnight Sanctuary”
- Interview with Yann Novak of Dragon’s Eye Recordings
- Manning / Novak “Feeling Alone All Together”
- Yann Novak “Lulluby”
- Interview with Yann Novak of Dragon’s Eye Recordings
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1:06:01 | 60.50 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 136: Summer Rain Recordings
April 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Okay, here’s the deal: once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a record label that is putting out some amazing music that you should know about. Whether it’s house or industrial or experimental, if it’s great I’m going to shine a light on labels who have great releases from their roster of artists.
Recently I have featured music from Tympanik Audio, Spectraliquid, Alfa Matrix and 12k. This week we’re going to hear beautiful music from Summer Rain Recordings.
I first heard about Summer Rain Recordings one day while reading one of HC from Headphone Commute’s review of artists on the label. I’ve been reading HC’s blog for a while now and I’ve come to trust and respect his opinions on the music he discusses so I kept it in mind to do a show on Summer Rain Recordings. Then out of the blue David Holmes from Summer Rain Recordings contacted me about playing artists from Summer Rain Recordings on solipsistic NATION and I thought that was the perfect opportunity to have him come on the program and talk about his label.
Summer Rain Recordings is pretty eclectic but the music that David has chosen for this week’s show is very soft, beautiful and full of complex emotions expressing everything from quiet happiness to longing and regret. I think you’re going to love what you hear.
Aside from the talent on Summer Rain Recordings one of the things that makes the label unique is that every artist signed to the label donates a minimum of 5% of their royalties for every release to NextAid, or a charity of their choice, and Summer Rain Recordings match their percentage donation from the label profits from the release. Ioda, Summer Rain Recordings distributor and one of my favorite music vendor, also donates 25% of their fees for each of Summer Rain Recordings releases to NextAid.
Every purchase of Summer Rain Recordings music helps NextAid to raise funds for their pilot project, the building of an ecological community center and children’s residential village in Dennilton, South Africa. Now complete are 10 structures of the 25 slated for construction by summer 2010. The center will serve as a safe home for 50 children orphaned by AIDS, a multi-purpose center for the larger community, a hub for economic enterprise, and an example of innovative solutions for future projects throughout Africa.
- Toby Benson “La Mere de Ma Mere”
- Proof of Concept “Object of Desire”
- Auditory Canvas “Desert Sun”
- Interview with David Holmes, founder of Summer Rain Recordings
- About 9 “Keep Walking”
- riccicomoto “Double Zero Theme”
- Interview with David Holmes, founder of Summer Rain Recordings
- Melorman “The Small King”
- Pondermonkey “Cycle”
- Mr. Squirrel “Nothing But Pebbles”
- David Kira “Gia”
- Tepui “Caribu”
- Interview with David Holmes, founder of Summer Rain Recordings
- Elysian Piers “Music Box”
- Fabrizio Cacciamali “Close Curtains on a Sunny Day”
- Manic “Spring”
- Interview with David Holmes, founder of Summer Rain Recordings
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1:03:05 | 57.82 MB
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