solipsistic NATION No. 31: 1337
March 30, 2007 | 1 Comment
Back in September I released a documentary about nerdcore on solipsistic NATION. That epsiode got such an overwhelming response that I thought it was time do another show on the genre. Besides, I identify more with songs about video games and comic books than songs about drive-by shootings and smacking bitches.
If you dig the songs on today’s show you can download all of them and more at the Rhyme Torrents web site.
Since we’ll be listening to nerdcore on today’s show, I thought it would appropriate to give away a few tshirts from J!NX. J!NX specializes in clothing for discerning gamers and geeks. You know, people like you.
Hit me up with an email at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could be a lucky winner of one J!NX tshirt of your choice.
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- Benjamin Bear “Interlude”
- Old Scratch “To Hell With Hip Hop”
- Metamystiks Incorporated “Superior Beings (Ft. ArmageddonMan)”
- Dr. Octagon “Ants”
- Myf “Top Secret (featuring Masta Cwik)”
- Super Dragon X “When You Wanna Win: The Cheate”
- Futuristic Sex Robot “WoW”
- Nursehella “Nursehellamentary”
- Beefy “Tub of Tabasco”
- MC Hawking “Rock Out With Your Hawk Out”
- Baddd Spellah and MC Frontalot “Nerdcore Hip-Hop 2006″
- Benjamin Bear “The Last Fantasy”
- Rai “Big Lie”
- Ultraklystron “So Long Kids”
- funky49 and Redvoid “RPG (Rhymes of Phatness and Greatness)”
- Baddd Spellah “Gawd Particlez”
- YTcracker “In My Time”
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1:01:20 | 56.18 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 30: Dubsteppers
March 23, 2007 | 2 Comments
Dubstep is a genre of music which came out South London’s dark 2step sound. “Dubstep” was coined by Ammunition Promotions and first used by XLR8R magazine on their feature on Horsepower Productions.
The dubstep sound is all about sub bass, reverb and delay and utilizes halfstep beat patterns to create a heavy and foreboding music. At it’s best you feel the bass more than you hear it while the drums are like a kick in the head.
I’ve got some more schwag to give away on solipsistic NATION. This time I’ll be giving away dogchains, courtesy of Radioactive Future, a San-Diego based collective of underground artists. Hit me up with an email at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could be a lucky winner of one of the dogchains of your choice.
- Luke Envoy “Gamma”
- Sileni “Twitchy Droid Leg (Vex’d Remix)”
- DLI “Forsaken”
- Cotti “Breaking Point Mixd 2″
- 4N General “Daylight Robbery Orgi”
- fliPPo “Techno Ghosts”
- subduxtion “Forewarning”
- Burial “Spaceape”
- Metalboxproducts “Boom Boom (0.2)”
- Pompende “Inhouse Vibes”
- Shonky “Talking Drum”
- Vonboyage “Flippin Livid”
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1:01:16 | 56.12 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 29: Sexy Beast
March 16, 2007 | 2 Comments
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, House is one of my least favorite genres of electronic music. This week’s solipsistic NATION, however, features some of the sexiest House music you’ll ever likely to hear.
You may be wondering that if don’t like House why do I play it on solipsistic NATION. The answer is simple: I play the best of all genres of electronic music on solipsistic NATION. Even House.
Why I don’t like House is difficult to define. My initial answer is that House often sounds cheap. The cheesey synths, the lame drum tracks and boring bass lines just put me to sleep. Sounding cheap isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though. There are many artists who can craft great music out of those same elements but I think most musicians who create House music simply fall into the most overused clichés of the genre. It’s artists like Dorfmeister and Chuck Love who appear on today’s show who keep House fresh, exciting and oh so sexy!
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- Richard Dorfmeister/Madrid De Los Austrias “Valldemossa (Parov Stelar & Raul Irie Remix)”
- Novalima “Candela”
- Quasimode “Ipe Amarelo (Spiritual South Skitzophremix)”
- Spiritual South & Sleeptalker Sleepwalker “Hullabaloo”
- Funk Harmony Park “Silence Me”
- BangGuru “I Wanna Dance”
- Isla Deejay “New York Mood”
- Chris Wilson “House In The Dark”
- Onionz “Woman Of The Sun (Hipp-E’s Stripped Out Mix Ft. El Feco)”
- Chuck Love “Beat Down”
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1:01:10 | 56.03 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 28: MindTrix
March 9, 2007 | 2 Comments
This week on solipsistic NATION I’m going to give away some schwag. Hit me up with an email at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could be a lucky winner of a MindTrix tshirt. Check out which shirts are available at solipsisticnation.com.
MindTrix is a fusion of eastern wisdom and western fashion. The clothing’s unique design is ruled by MindTrix’s passion for the environment, eastern philosophy and fashion. MindTrix is devoted to opening the eyes and enlightening the minds of the masses. I figure why not rock one of their cool shirts as you rock out to solipsistic Nation.
- My Robot Friend “Problems”
- Walter Meego “Wanna Be A Star (Protman and Dangergirl Remix)”
- Pink Punk “Yapolitical”
- MSTRKRFT “Work On You”
- In Flagranti “Business Acumen”
- Momentum & Delicious Groove “Old Nasty”
- Royal Sapien “Triple Nine (Royal Sapien Body Shot Remix)”
- Ryan Crane “Just Like That”
- Los Brutos “Mr. Nice (Original Mix)”
- The Octopus Project + Black Moth Super Rainbow “Lollipopsichord”
- Trans Mania “Boing Boom Jack (Pulsinger Remix)”
- Plankton Man “Me Voy”
- Urban Delights “Revolution Number 1″
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1:00:25 | 55.34 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 27: Industrial Strength
March 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Industrial music’s roots go back to the Futurims movement with works like Luigi Russolo’s The Art of Noises and later in composer Edgard Varèse’s Poème Électronique.
In the 1970s bands like Throbbing Gristle and NON utilized tape editing, stark percussion, and loops to create their dark and distorted music. Bands like Cabaret Voltaire and SPK adopted these elements into their own work, often mixing repeating samples of speeches and dialogue from movies and speeches into their music.
What most people now consider industrial music came from Ministry. For better or worse, Ministry left their stamp on the genre with a sonic barrage of distorted drum machines and bludgeoning guitars. While I love Skinny Puppy and their nightmarish soundscapes it’s easy to understand why so many bands followed Ministry’s lead. Not only is the music dark and aggressive but you can also thrash about in a mosh pit. It is this subgenre of industrial music that inspired today’s show.
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- DieselKopf “Carcrash”
- Die Warzau “Insect”
- Sister Machine Gun “Influence”
- eulogy XL “SpeedBall”
- 2FB “Unknow Enemy”
- Spôr “Dilate”
- 5 Factor Model “Can’t Wait”
- Pig Hut “Uber”
- Uranium 235 “Uranium 235″
- Aeon “Starve”
- 3-Hole Face “Hands of God”
- Scanalyzer “Anywhere But Here”
- Zombie Girl “Creepy Crawler”
- Caffeine Kill “Sonic”
- I:Scintilla “Scin”
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1:02:32 | 57.28 MB