solipsistic NATION No. 179: The Orb, Live
February 5, 2010 | Comments Off
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I feature a live performance from an electronic musician and boy do I have a treat for you today because today’s is a live set from The Orb recorded at the A.B. in Brussels September 25th of 2009! As an added bonus, we’re also going to talk to The Orb’s co-founder, Alex Paterson.
The Orb was founded by Alex Paterson and The KLF’s Jimmy Cauty in 1988. The Orb began as ambient and dub DJs in London and developed a cult following among clubbers “coming down” from drug-induced highs.
The Orb has released nine studio albums to date as well as several remix albums and live albums and while there are many rotating members of The Orb Alex Paterson has always remained at The Orb’s core.
I’m a huuuge fan of The Orb! One of my favorite memories of The Orb was listening with my soundman Harry to The Orb’s Live 93 double album while out of our minds at WMFO. At one point we were both leaning out the window staring at the sky howling as snow pelted our faces while The Orb’s “Towers of Dub” throbbed over the speakers.
As I said, I’m a huge fan of The Orb and I love all their albums so I’m thrilled to play their live set from Brussels and have Alex Paterson join us from his home in the UK!
You can download the recording The Orb’s live performance at the A.B. in Brussels without my interview with Alex Paterson here.
Join us again next week when we’ll talk with Kristian Peters of the Sending Orbs record label.
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- The Orb “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)
- Interview with Alex Paterson of The Orb
- The Orb “Towers of Dub” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)
- The Orb “Sleeping Tiger/Mother Nature/Outlands/DDD” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)
- Interview with Alex Paterson of The Orb
- The Orb “Chuck Peaks/Little Fluffy Clouds” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)
- Interview with Alex Paterson of The Orb
- The Orb “Rock” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)
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solipsistic NATION No. 174: Somatic Responses, Live
December 31, 2009 | Comments Off
We’re going to start 2010 with a bang here at solipsistic NATION! Today’s show features a live set from John and Paul Healy of Somatic Responses.
I confess I hadn’t heard anything by Somatic Responses until Nicolas Chevreux of Ad Noiseam kindly sent me a copy of their Reformation album my way (listen to my interview with Nicolas here). I instantly became a fan and played them on the show back in October. I know I’ll play even more tracks from Reformation in the near future but on today’s show we’ll talk with John and Paul Healy about their botched Detroit show and subsequently rocking a set through a television in a Doubletree hotel. If that sounds funny to you then you’ll find my interview with John and Paul hilarious! I had to constantly back away from my microphone during the interview because they had me laughing so much.
Looking back on 2009 I’m really impressed with the quality of live shows that have appeared on solipsistic NATION. Recent shows have featured King Cannibal, Eskmo and KiloWatts. In fact three of the most downloaded shows of 2009 have featured live sets from Amon Tobin, Lokua and Exillon. I’ll continue to deliver great recordings of live shows in 2010 in the next couple of months with Hecq, Mad EP, Terminal 11 and Ill.Gates!
- Somatic Responses “Live at Schizophrenia 4.27 (Doubletree Hotel)”
- Interview with John and Paul Healy of Somatic Responses
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1:04:36 | 64.08 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 170: King Cannibal, Live
December 4, 2009 | Comments Off
I’ve been a fan of King Cannibal since his So… Embrace The Minimum EP and became an even bigger fan when his Let the Night Roar rocked my world. You can imagine my excitement when Dylan Richards (AKA King Cannibal) was kind enough to share his live set from the Glade Festival with me!
It was also a pleasure to talk with Dylan and learn how he rocks a live set from his laptop and what performing at the Glade Festival was like. I was also intrigued how Dylan is able to so deftly shift between dancehall inspired jams to super heavy, menacing dubstep or what his approach is to remixing everyone from The Prodigy to Scorn.
I’m really happy with the live sets that have been featured on solipsistic NATION. Not only has King Cannibal been on solipsistic NATION but in recent shows have included live sets from Ezekiel Honig, Eskmo and KiloWatts. Future shows will include live sets from Somatic Responses. Mad EP, Terminal 11 and Ill.Gates!
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- King Cannibal “Live (Overkill, Glade Festival)”
- Interview with King Cannibal
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1:01:14 | 56.16 MB
King Cannibal @ Tauron Nowa Muzyka 2009, Katowice
King Cannibal - So… Embrace The Minimum (Live)
solipsistic NATION No. 166: Ezekiel Honig, Live
November 6, 2009 | Comments Off
New to solipsistic NATION? Okay, here’s how it works: the first Friday of each month I interview an electronic musician and accompany it with one of their live performances. It’s a kind of cool way to kick of each month.
This month our live set comes from Ezekiel Honig’s performance at the 2009 MUTEK Festival.
MUTEK was founded in 200o and is an international festival organization that is dedicated to the promotion of electronic music and the digital arts. The MUTEK festival is an annual five-day event in Montreal that takes place in late May and early June. Each year, more than 100 artists, panelists, and industry professionals participate and has become a leading event of its kind in North America.
I first came across Ezekiel back when solipsistic NATION was broadcast on Free Radio San Diego when I asked Ezekiel to send some music from his label, Microcosm Music (Ezekiel is also now the label manager of Anticipate Recordings). I believe that was around the time that Ezekiel was transitioning from drum and bass to experimental electronic music. I later interviewed Ezekiel for the Small World podcast and since then I’ve wanted to Ezekiel to be a guest on solipsistic NATION. It took a while but I’m pleased to have Ezekiel on today’s show!
Incidentally, I believe it is through my Small World interview with Ezekiel that I met Macedonia, the host of the Both Sides of the Surface podcast. Just another example of the six degrees of connections that solipsistic NATION creates.
As long as I have your eyeballs the upcoming live sets on solipsistic NATION will feature King Cannibal, Mad EP, Terminal 11 and Ill.Gates!
Oh, one more thing. During the summer I was interviewed by Eric Fox and Erik Landi for their documentary about underground music and the underground music for their final project at High Tech High. You can see their video here. I’m amazed what Eric and Erik put together. They’re learning who to use the tools as teenagers that I use as an adult. What a world!
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- Ezekiel Honig “Live at MUTEK 2009, Montreal” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Ezekiel Honig
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58:36 | 53.76 MB
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Underground and Unknown by Erik Landi and Eric Fox
solipsistic NATION No. 161: Eskmo, Live
October 2, 2009 | Comments Off
If you’ve listened to solipsistic NATION for a while then you know the first Friday of each month I feature a live set from an electronic musician. It’s a lot of fun and recently we’ve had some great performances from KiloWatts, Iambic and Exillon. What began as a one time segment has become a regular feature on solipsistic NATION.
And that takes us to today’s show which caused a minor dilemma for me.
A few months I asked Brendan Angelides, who records and performs under the names Eskmo and Welder, if he’d like to be a guest on the show. Brendan was kind enough to send me a link to one of his mind blowing mixes. I couldn’t wait to play it on the show!
When I arranged my interview with Brendan I discovered his set is… kind of live. Live in the sense that his mixed the set in his studio. By this point I had already promoted his show on solipsistic NATION and didn’t have enough time to set up an interview with another musician and feature one of their live sets. That aside, I decided it didn’t matter because Eskmo’s music is just so great. Plus, in a couple of months Brendan will be back on the show with, this time, one of his Welder live sets!
Speaking of live sets, next month we’ll have two live sets on one show, one from Masmöd and one from Terminal 11. Oh, and next week our special guest will be Alec Empire. We’ll talk with Alec and hear select tracks from his label, Digital hardcore Recordings.
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Eskmo The Ancestor Mix [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Animal Collective “Daily Routine (Intro)”
- Eskmo “Harmony”
- Eskmo “Trudge”
- Interview with Eskmo
- Eskmo “Hypercolor”
- Eskmo “Process”
- J. Rodgers “Mediation Point (Eskmo Remix)”
- DJ Quest & Eskmo “Speakers Corner (Antiserum Remix)”
- Eskmo “Ocean Lazer”
- Coalition of the Killing “We Are the Glitch (Eskmo Remix)”
- Interview with Eskmo
- Sub Swara “Constructing the Abscence (Eskmo Remix)”
- Eskmo & Antiserum “Monstahs”
- Jason Sparks “One Eyed Man (Eskmo Remix)”
- Bar9 “Murda Sound (Eskmo Remix)”
- Primus “My Name is Mud (Eskmo Remix)”
- Eskmo “Agnus Dei”
- Afghan Headspin “MSG (Eskmo Remix)”
- DJ Quest & Mutiny “? (Eskmo Remix)”
- Interview with Eskmo
- Eskmo “San Francisco”
- Animal Collective “Daily Routine (Outro)”
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1:02:25 | 57.23 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 157: KiloWatts, Live
September 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Today’s show posed an unusual problem.
solipsistic NATION is an hour long program, more or less. That’s usually not a problem but once a month on solipsistic NATION I feature a live set from an electronic musician and not all of their sets are an hour long. When that happens I’ll either play some of their studio tracks afterwards or if their live set is around 30 minutes I’ll pair them up with a live set by another artist. Problem solved.
But as I said, today’s show posed an unusual problem.
Our guest on today’s show is Jamie Watts, AKA KiloWatts and will listen to his performance at the Forward Festival in Washington D.C. recorded earlier this year.
I’ve always dug KiloWatts’ music because Jamie has a knack for crafting songs that have a kind of hopeful buoyancy to them. Go listen to The Headphone Experience or Native State Records editions of solipsistic NATION to see what I mean.
Jamie’s been a busy guy this year. In 2009 he released Six Silicates and Undercurrent and a third album, Focus & Flow, out later this month that is a collaboration with Vanek. I was lucky that I asked Jamie to be on the show months ago because otherwise I don’t know where he’d find the time to do it now. Jamie was kind enough to send me a recording of his live set at the Forward Festival and here we get to the problem: instead of just clocking in at an hour or less Jamie’s live set is an hour and 20 minutes long!
As a rule, I try to keep solipsistic NATION to an hour . I suppose I could of just chopped off 20 minutes but I really didn’t want to do that because I really like his live set and I know you will to. In the end I decided to play his entire set. This is a podcast, after all, so I don’t always have to adhere to a rigid length to the show. The only problem that remained is that for those of you who listen to solipsistic NATION on KYOURadio will only hear the abridged version of Jamie’s performance at the Forward Festival. Happily, you can always listen to the performance in it’s entirety at solipsisticnation.com.
Anyway, enjoy today’s show. Come back next and we’ll do it all over again. But completely different.
- KiloWatts “Live at Forward Festival (Washington D.C., March 21, 2009)”
- Interview with KiloWatts
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1:20:56 | 74.19 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 153: Iambic, Live
August 7, 2009 | Comments Off
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I feature a live performance from an electronic music. Recent shows have included live sets from Exillon, Rena Jones and Milieu. This week’s show features a concert by Guy Andrews of Iambic recorded at the 2008 Waveform Festival.
I first discovered the music of Iambic through Travis Nobles, who runs the hiddenplace music blog. Travis has been a guest DJ on Solipsistic Nation several times (here and here) and on each show he played some beautiful tracks by Iambic. Iambic seamlessly blends Jazz, Soundscape, IDM, Post-Rock and Break Beat. I was so impressed with Iambic’s music that I knew I had to have him on the show.
Speaking of which, today’s show was originally planned to be released in June but due to scheduling conflicts I had to push it back until August. I mention this because during my interview with Guy he mentions some concerts he’ll be performing at that have since passed.
I’ve listened to Iambic’s live set recorded at Waveform Festival many times and it’s a pleasure to be able to play if for you on today’s show!
Upcoming live sets on solipsistic NATION will feature performances from KiloWatts, Terminal 11, ill.gates and Eskmo.
- Iambic “Live (2008 Waveform Festival)”
- Interview with Guy Andrews of Iambic
- Iambic “Break57″
- Iambic “Terra Firma”
- Iambic “Spirals”
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1:02:36 | 57.40 MB
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Air (Live in Graz, Austria – May 2007)
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solipsistic NATION No. 148: Exillon, Live
July 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I feature a live performance from an electronic musician. Recent shows have included live sets from Rena Jones, Milieu and Lokua. Today’s show features Exillon’s concert at Bang Face.
Jay Fields is the man behind Exillon and I first heard his music when I interviewed Nicolas Chevreux and played music from his label, Ad Noiseam. Jay, like so many electronic musicians, played traditional instruments like the drums, guitar and bass in his teens. That changed when he got his first computer and realized that he could have complete control over every aspect of his music. His love for electronic music kicked into high gear when his friends gave him the Impulse Tracker, a simple, sample based sequencer used by some in the demoscene. Exillon performs frantic IDM with an acid twist.
I was hoping to release Jay’s live set last month to help promote his concert for The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence that took place in San Francisco, June 27th, but was unable to due to a scheduling conflict. Sorry about that!
Bang Face is a monthly event that is held at the Electrowerkz in Islington, North London and has been running since October 2003. The next Bang Face event takes place in August and features a line-up that includes Luke Vibert, Pinch, Bong-Ra, Appleblim and much, much more!
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!
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Exillon LivePA @ Frequencee Mind Controlle 3-3-07
Bang Face 52 · Around the World in 80 Raves · February 8, 2008
solipsistic NATION No. 144: Rena Jones, Live
June 5, 2009 | Comments Off
If this is your first time tuning into solipsistic NATION you should know that the first Friday of each month I feature a recording of a live performance from an electronic musician.
Recent shows have included live sets from Amon Tobin, Milieu and Lokua. This week’s show features Rena Jones‘ concert recorded at The Triple Door for the Decibel Festival Fundraiser in Seattle recorded on May 6, 2009. The show also included performances from Gala with Helios, Lusine and the Seattle Piano Collective.
Rena is a multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer who weaves traditional instruments such as the violin and cello with digital instruments. Rena has also provided background music for the award winning video games Dance Dance Revolution and Karaoke Revolution.
Rena Jones has also released tracks with such reputable international labels as Iboga Records, Spun Records, Aleph Zero Records and Native State Records.
If memory serves, I first heard Rena Jones music on the new defunct Fake Science podcast. I was immediately struck by Rena’s beautiful music. Some how she was able to weave the feeling of stillness and movement together in a spell of the eternal now. Heady stuff! I was so enchanted that I had her come on the Just Chill edition of solipsistic NATION to talk about her album, Driftwood. Rena has since launched her own label, Cartesian Binary Recordings, and her first release on her label will be her album, Indra’s Web. I thought this would be the perfect time to have Rena back on solipsistic Nation to talk about her new label and album!
By the way, I highly recommend you read Fluid Motion’s interview with Rena and their review of Indra’s Web.
- Rena Jones “Live at The Triple Door (May 6 2009)”
- Interview with Rena Jones
- Rena Jones “A Lullaby for Corvis”
- Rena Jones “Helix”
- Rena Jones “Helix (EVAC Remix)”
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1:00:46 | 55.72 MB
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Rena Jones Live @ Someday Lounge
solipsistic NATION No. 139: Milieu, Live
May 1, 2009 | Comments Off
The first Friday of each month I feature a recording of a live performance from an electronic musician.
Towards the end of 2008 I found myself scrambling to find those recordings of live performances and my resolution for 2009 was not to let that happen again. I got proactive and contacted about a hundered artists to appear on the show. I figured that out of those hundred artists only a handful would respond but that would be enough to get me through 2009. What I didn’t expect was how MANY people would get back to me about being on the show! I’m not only covered for the rest of 2009 but well into 2010 as well!
Some of the live sets you can expect to hear in the next few months will come from Iambic, Terminal 11, ill.gates, Rena Jones, KiloWatts, Altus, Exillon and The Orb.
On today’s show we have a live set from Milieu.
Milieu is Brian Grainger. Brian has had releases on such labels as U-Cover, Infraction, Awkward Silence, Boltfish, Attacknine and Benbecula. Brian also runs small boutique labels Expanding Electronic Diversity, Second Sun Recordings and Install with David Tagg, in addition to maintaining his own imprint, Milieu Music. Most recently, Brian has recorded music and sound for the Seumas McNally nominated game Dyson.
- Milieu “Live At 114RKD (March 8, 2009)”
- Interview with Brian Grainger of Milieu
- Milieu “Autumn Fog Lifts (Yearbook Version)”
- Milieu “Coastline”
- Milieu “Night Ride”
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1:00:59 | 55.93 MB
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