solipsistic NATION No. 44: Biotron
June 29, 2007 | 11 Comments
This week’s show is kind of a milestone for me because I have now done more episodes of solipsistic NATION as a podcast than I did when it was a radio show.
I’m proud what I’ve accomplished on the show so far. Not only am I playing the best of all genres of electronic music, I’m play the best of all genres of podsafe electronic music. While there are venues of podsafe music like Ioda Promonet and the Podsafe Music Network I also built relationships with music labels and artists, for which I am very grateful.
Another thing I am very proud of is that I also got to do a lot things I never got to do with solipsistic NATION when it was a radio program. I’ve experimented with the format of the show with the Exquisite Corpse mix. I also got to interview artists such as Rena Jones and music labels such as Woodson Lateral Records. I even had my dad on the show!
What has been the most rewarding experience of doing solipsistic NATION is you. It’s a rather trite thing to say but it’s true. solipsistic NATION doesn’t fit into any easy catagories because I jump from genre to genre so much, which is not to everyone’s liking. I think it takes a special kind of person with discerning tastes and a hunger for new experiences to enjoy the show. I’m also thankful to those of you who have been listening to solipsistic NATION since it’s inception as a radio show.
Enough from me. You’re here for music. For your listening pleasure, today’s edition of solipsistic NATION is a mix of drum and bass I kow you’re going to love!
Photo credit: B. Baltimore Brown
- Brandon Miles “Shadow Spirit”
- Backverse “Disturbed Current”
- Bizar & Rasmey “So Long”
- Royal Sapien “Wheres The Bar (Royal Sapien’s Drunken and Orderly Mix)”
- Dark Machines “Firewater (Electric Soulside)”
- Rational Movement “Broken Skies”
- Blue Sonix “Luv Me (Ft. Michael Moulton)”
- Hold Tight “Lounge”
- Drumsound & Bassline Smith “In The Silence (Ft. Tali)”
- Skynet “Missing Soul (Ft. Leiana)”
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1:05:57 | 60.84 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 43: digITAL
June 22, 2007 | 6 Comments
Have you ever gone into a record store not certain what you were looking for but you picked out something because you were intrigued or maybe just chose something on a whim? That’s how I found out about dub.
One day while aimlessly roaming the aisles of a record store in Boston I saw cassette by ROIR called 21st Century Dub. I didn’t know what dub was but I really dug the stuff ROIR put out by Glenn Branca and Einstürzende Neubauten. ROIR hadn’t disappointed me yet so purchased a copy of 21st Century Dub.
I fell completely in love with dub. I was enchanted with how a form of music that was at once so miminal could have so much depth. Dub was sexy, mysterious, sensual and, at times, had a sense of humor. And dub was adaptive. Dub may have been a mutant offshoot of reggae but it quickly worked it’s way into punk, hip hop and other forms of electronic music. Which brings us to today’s show.
The artists on this edition of solipsistic NATION capture a lot of the complexity of dub that I love so much. So light up a spliff or grab a pint of lager or whatever you have to do to get out of your head and kick back and relax and enjoy today’s journey into the realms of dub.
This week solipsistic NATION continues to promote art and design culture with another t-shirt give away contest, courtesy of Gsus. Email me at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could be a lucky winner of a Gsus t-shirt of your choice.
- Vista “Astral Dub”
- Gus Till “Something Dub”
- Bluetech “Prayers for Rain (Dub Mix)”
- Ashtech “R.E.M”
- Shen “Cold Bones”
- Illyah & Ltd. Candy “Fight the Formation”
- Pablo’s Eye “The Switchback”
- Version Xcursion “Rock Da Dub Pt. 1″
- Tony J. Fader “A Horkisher Nign”
- Dubmatix “Fist Full Of Dub”
- Ras Amerlock “Ras Amerlock”
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1:02:08 | 57.55 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 42: The Newest In New!
June 15, 2007 | 7 Comments
Every week I play a theme or explore a genre of electronic music. Hell, sometimes I even do both!
Last week, for example, I played an hour of noise that would either make your ears bleed or put you in a trance. The week before that I did a mix of Reggaeton. This week I really don’t have or a theme or a genre I want to play. Instead, I’m going to play some great tunes for you that have been sent my way the last few weeks. The stuff is so good that I would have felt constipated if I didn’t put this show out.
This week solipsistic NATION continues to promote art and design culture with another t-shirt give away contest, courtesy of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Email me at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could be a lucky winner of one Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction t-shirt of your choice.
- Mirah “La Familia”
- Tender Forever “The Feelings Of Love”
- Blow “Babay (Eat a Critter, Feel Its Wrath)”
- Aja West And Friends “The Getaway”
- Ollo “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)”
- Dntel “The Distance (Ft. Arthur & Yu)”
- Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson “Extended Hands of Giving”
- Zeph & Azeem “That Type Of Music”
- Ben Mono “Jesus Was A B-Boy”
- Jean-Paul Bondy “Something Is Not Right (Robag Wruhme’s Fukkeldibobb Remake)”
- Eliot Lipp “Fever”
- The Mavs “No Balls”
- Bonde Do Role “James Bonde”
- Girl Talk “Cleveland Shake”
- Yea Big/Kid Static “Heavy Catamaran”
- Bassnectar “Kick It Complex (Bassnectar Remix)”
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1:00:00 | 54.40 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 41: Signal to Noise
June 8, 2007 | 3 Comments
Today’s show I’ll be playing for you noise that can reduce a cinderblock to a pile of of rubble and noise so gentle and pretty it could put you to sleep.
I sometimes feel that listening to noise is like looking up at clouds or watching static on the tv. You zone out and start seeing patterns and objects.
It begs the question: what is music? And at what point does sound go from being noise to music?
This week solipsistic NATION continues to promote art and design culture with another t-shirt give away contest, courtesy of The Imaginary Foundation. Email me at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could be a lucky winner of one Team Nacu t-shirt of your choice.
Photo Credit: yell saccani (A.S)
- Otomo Yoshihide “Matsushita”
- Merzbow “Hiturbo No. 4″
- Maju “#4″
- Otomo Yoshihide & Sachiko M. “Filament 1 - 2″
- Fractal “Tritoch Wakes Up”
- Skuli Sverrisson “Surviving Memory”
- James Brody “Turnings”
- Dielectric Minimalist All-Stars “When In Naples, Eat”
- Peter Appleton “Untitled 10″
- Karen Stackpole “Untitled #4″
- S.E.T.I. - after M. Behrens “Those Who Will Be”
- Nobukazu Takemura - after Scanner “Continuum (Remix)”
- Nobukazu Takemura “Part 1 5′16″”
- Mark Snyder “Danyoub”
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1:00:00 | 54.90 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 40: Reggaeton
June 1, 2007 | 2 Comments
So here’s the deal. As much as I love electronic music, I don’t love all electronic music. I’m not crazy about House and I’m not overly fond of Electroclash. Despite my preferences, the theme of solipsistic NATION is that I play the best all genres of electronic music I have to set aside my prejudices and play for you what I consider the finest songs from all the many, many forms of electronic music.
As if that wasn’t a daunting task, because solipsistic NATION is a podcast and not a radio program, I can only play podsafe music. That is to say, I can only play music that is licensed to play on a podcast so I don’t have the RIAA, BMI and ASCAP coming after me. So that means I can’t just dig into my CD collection and play whatever rocks my boat. It means I have to be a member of various promotional services that offer podsafe music, or contact indie artists I find on MySpace, or contact music labels to seek their permission to play songs from their roster of artists on solipsistic NATION.
Which brings us to today’s show.
Today’s show features reggaeton. I’m not a big fan of reggaeton but that’s not important. As the host of solipsistic NATION it is my duty to not only play you the very best of reggaeton, but the very best podsafe reggaeton. And I think you’ll find all the songs on today’s show are fantastic!
If you dig the today’s reggaeton themed show, you can show your support for the artists who appeared on today’s episode and purchase some of their songs or CDs by clicking the links below.
Next week we go into a completely different direciton: one hour of blistering noise!
Photo Credit: Julien H
- Las Fieras “Baila”
- DJ Kruel “Rotores”
- Morgan Butler “Mi Vida”
- Conexión “A Quitarnos A Ropa”
- Chantal Chamandy “You Want Me (Reggaeton Remix by The Bilz - Radio Edit)”
- Waldemar Bastos “Pitanga Reggaeton Mix”
- Jason DeRoss “Muevelo”
- 7 Signos “Perreala”
- Papi Sánchez “Pakity”
- Tercera Vizion “Despierta (Ft. El Faraon and Andre Iglesias - Dancehall Radio Edit)”
- DJ Maxximuz “Punish Me”
- Aliados “Introducción”
- Don Miguelo “Dame Una Nocha”
- El Rubiote “La Mangulina”
- Yo Yais “Chica Sensual”
- M.C. Shaky Y Chokito “No Es Facil”
- Cruzacaye “Gozadera”
- Baby Q Y Chico Pon “Dejen Ese Fronte”
- Angel Reyes “Decachalote”
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1:02:29 | 57.30 MB