solipsistic NATION No. 13: The New Bin
November 24, 2006 | 6 Comments
When I was a deejay at WMFO it was always a joy to check the new bin. The new bin was where we stocked all the recent CD and vinyl releases. Each week I’d go through the new bin to pick the stand-out tracks that I wanted to play on my show. The new bin made every week seem like a combination of my birthday and Christmas.
The other thing that made the new bin so much fun was trying to create a show that flowed together incongrously despite all the different genres I was attempting to mix together. Was is possible to create a show with segues with dub, country, techno, hip hop, alternative rock, etc that sounded seamless?
This week we’re going to go through all the CDs that have been sent to the solipsistic NATION studios here in beautiful San Diego.
Photo Credit: seekoh
- Junior Boys “In The Morning”
- Grand Analog “I’ll Walk Alone”
- My Robot Friend “Swallow (Rap by Crasta Yo)”
- Iswhat?! “Front”
- Caribou “The Snow Capes”
- Mouse On Mars “Fish Bord”
- Four Tet “My Angel Rocks Back and Forth (Four Teas on English Time - Icarus Remix)”
- Bola “Clockjerk (Trapezoid)”
- Infantjoy “Leaving Somewhere With Someone”
- Pole “Heim (Four Tet Remix)”
- Chris Herbert “cassino”
- Alexandra Gardner “Onice”
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1:03:54 | 58.52 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 12: The Agriculture
November 17, 2006 | 3 Comments
About six months ago I interviewed James Healy of The Agriculture Records on the small WORLD podcast. The Agriculture puts out mind blowing music by artists who are influenced by many different genres, which makes their own songs genre defying. House, garage, dance hall, dub, hip hop, minimalist electronic music, etc…it’s all grist for The Agriculture’s mill.
When I began solipsistic NATION there were a number of music labels that I knew that I wanted to feature on the show. Given solipsistic NATION’s motto of playing the very “best of all genres of electronic music,” The Agriculture was a natural fit.
- The Agriculture Interview
- Qpe “Devil May Care”
- David Last “Cat-Silver”
- DJ Olive “Sub Bass Commandante”
- DJ Wally “I Know There’s Something Going On”
- Ladyman “Poppy God”
- Lloop “Bulbbs4″
- Lunchbox “Brown Bag”
- Nettle “Duende”
- Nnnj “Goop Scoop”
- Once11 “A Long Beard On A Throne”
- Sub Dub “Dawa Zangpo”
- DJ Olive “Round Fire Strut”
- Ladyman “Infomercia”
- Nnnj “What’s The Weather Like Today?”
- Once11 “99% Sure”
- Sub Dub “Vision Quest 2″
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1:15:24 | 69.06 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 11: Offbeat
November 10, 2006 | 1 Comment
Let me give you a little background on solipsistic NATION if you’re new to the show.
solipsistic NATION began as a show on a pirate radio station a year or so ago. Electronic music is so diverse that I didn’t want to limit myself to one particular genre. The concept of the show was that I wanted to explore all genres of electronic music, whether it was drum and bass, trip hop, techno, ambient, etc.
I stopped doing solipsistic NATION as a radio program because I simply could dedicate the time I needed to produce what I considered a high quality show. Things have settled down since then and I’ve relaunched solipsistic NATION as a weekly podcast.
Previous episodes of solipsistic NATION have included shows on house music, chill out music, drum and bass and hip hop. There have also been documentaries on nerdcore and chiptunes, a mix by guest DJ Eve Falcon and a live performance by Deru. The show has also included interviews with Rena Jones, Grouse, and Dielectric Records.
On today’s edition of solipsistic NATION we’ll focus on electronic music that feautres synchopated and offbeat rhythms. We’ll start the show with an interview with Ben Torrence, founder of Woodson Lateral Records.
- Woodson Lateral Records Interview
- Lamplighter “Purple”
- Splinters “Dust Collector”
- Hakea “Mim”
- Lamplighter “Test”
- Choncey Langford “Helium”
- Obelus “Big Sky Montana”
- Algorithms “Lo Vagrant Sound”
- Karsten Pflum “Impulse II”
- Cooler “Sorrowful Go Round”
- Cars & Trains “The Official Cars & Trains Theme Song”
- Matthew Burtner “Spectral for 0″
- Juan Farcik “Closed”
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1:01:55 | 56.71 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 10: House of the Rising Sun
November 3, 2006 | 1 Comment
Last week’s show featuring music from Dielectric Records was sort of a litmus test for those of you who listen to the show. I want to play the best of all genres of electornic music on this podcast and that includes the more experimental stuff. If you’re still with us after last week’s show then I know you’re the kind of person who likes music that’s a bit…different.
This week’s episode of solipsistic NATION is going to be more traditional and we’re going to focus on House music.
House began in 1977. The Warehouse on Jefferson Street in Chicago, was a key venue in the development of house music. The main DJ was Frankie Knuckles. The club staples were still the old disco tunes but the limited number of records meant that the DJ had to be a creative force, introducing more deck work to revitalize old tunes.
I’ll be honest with you, House is my least favorite form of electronic music. I think part of it has to do with working in a nightclub in the early 90s and being forced to listen to music from Manchester or House over and over and over again. That sort of repeition will really kill enjoyment of any kind of music.
A few years back I moved to Hillcrest in San Diego which is a very gay neighborhood and most of the people listened to house music. I constantly heard throbbing basslines and piano roles over and over again. And it was the worst kind of house music. It sounded irredeemably cheap, plastic and soulless.
But 99% of anything is crap. So the music you hear on today’s show may not be the kind of house music you would enjoy but it’s the kind of house music I dig.
- DJ Vanni “Nikita (Original Mix)”
- Paul Zazadze “Mood”
- Cheyne Christian “Up On Me”
- Greg Kobe “Speed”
- Gray “Appeal (Original Mix)”
- Los Brutos “Phat (Wehbba Remix)”
- Harshmallow “Sati’s Groove”
- Dorfmeister vs. Madrid de los Austrias “Boogie No More”
- Charles Afton “And So It Seems”
- Thomas Gooding “Open Your Eyes”
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1:03:21 | 58.04 MB