solipsistic NATION No. 96: Black Science
June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments
This week on solipsistic NATION I’ve got a great show for you!
Last year I interviewed JP of Rabbit Junk for a documentary on digital hardcore that I’m working on. He’s since released his latest album, Life Is Where You Get Fucked, and was kind enough to send me a copy of his CD. On his new album JP has combined metal, punk, hip hop and electronica. It’s an exciting venture and I wanted to have JP on today’s show to talk about his CD.
I’ve also been kicking around the idea of doing a regular feature on artists and bands who played a major role in the early days of electronic music. While this notion has been bouncing around my skull I came across Hula’s web site. Hula was an electronic based band I was into during the 80s and so I contacted Nort to have him on the show to talk about the band.
A few weeks ago I was perusing XLR8R and read their review of Lulu Rouge’s Bless You album. I was intrigued and went to Lulu Rouge’s MySpace page. After hearing their song, “Melankoli,” I instantly fell in love with their music. As you might have guessed, I invited them to come on today’s show.
Our last guest is Cheb I Sabbah. I had Cheb on solipsistic NATION for a retrospective mix of his musical career so far. Cheb released his latest album, Devotion back in January. I’ve been meaning to have Cheb back on solipsistic NATION for quite a while and this week’s show seemed like it would be a perfect fit.
So there you have it: a great show with great guest and great music. Enjoy!
Photo Credit: JohnKit
- Rabbit Junk “Black”
- Interview with JP of Rabbit Junk
- Rabbit Junk “Ghetto Blasphemer”
- Hula “Poison”
- Hula “Big Car”
- Interview with Nort of Hula
- Hula “Invisible”
- Lulu Rouge “Bless You”
- Lulu Rouge “Slow Pigeon”
- Interview with DJ T.O.M & DJ Buda of Lulu Rouge
- Lulu Rouge “Melankoli”
- Cheb I Sabbah “Qalanderi” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Cheb I Sabbah “Devotion”
- Interview with Cheb I Sabbah
- Cheb I Sabbah “Haun Vaari Haun Varaney”
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1:11:03 | 65.16 MB
Black Science: Unedited Interviews
I had a great time talking to everyone who participated in the show but there was simply no way to fit it all in one podcast so I decided to make all the interviews available as a supplemental podcast. Think of it as bonus material you would find on a DVD.
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39:02 | 35.80 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 95: Bleep!
June 20, 2008 | 5 Comments
I hate Pete Cooper!
Each week I face the same dilemma: what do I feature on solipsistic NATION? My priority is to play the best of all genres of electronic music but I’ve only got an hour to work with. Add to that the interviews, the live sets and the spotlighting of music labels of note and the question becomes what do I take out? Those are the kind of decisions that I agonize over.
The obvious solution is to release solipsistic NATION as a daily podcast. That would give me the opportunity to do everything I want to do with the show as well as giving me the chance to be an actual DJ and play more mixes. But honestly, I spend so much time putting out one show a week that doing a daily podcast would most likely kill me and given my obsessive compulsive tendencies that would happen pretty quickly.
Back in January I had Snowy who hosts Electronicast on solipsistic NATION as a guest DJ and he told me about his favorite podcast called bleepshow, hosted by Pete Cooper. Since I’m always on the lookout for new shows to listen I gave it a try and became a regular listener.
Pete does a daily one hour podcast where he plays the best electronic music that netlabels like Monotonik and Thinner have to offer. bleeppshow is fun, informative and eclectic. Pete does the kind of show I only wish I had the time and energy to do.
I hate Pete Cooper!
Photo Credit: Ultra (No videos on Flickr)
- Stark Effect “Bunnyrabbits, Satan, Cheese And Milk” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Braces Tower “Eleven Twelve” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- DQ “Psychosis” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Pete Cooper, host of bleepshow
- Seksu Roba “Telstar” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Pete Cooper, host of bleepshow
- Pocka “Cutty Ranks Mashup” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Glomag “Cherie Amour” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Pete Cooper, host of bleepshow
- Orange Dust “Chillin With The Villin” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Mossa “Town Hall - Take One” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Pete Cooper, host of bleepshow
- Gary Beck “Face of the Day” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Troy Pierce “Louderbach” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Ronin “Ferox”
- Interview with Pete Cooper, host of bleepshow
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52:45 | 48.39 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 94: Metropolis Records
June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The last couple of months I’ve been thinking about the electronic music community. Electronic music has been around for decades but to me it has always seemed underground, even more so than punk. What’s weird about that is that electronic music is a presence in almost all genres of music today. Almost every artist or band employs samples or drum loops, from your local bar band to Madonna. And yet if you asked your average person on the street they’d be hard pressed to think of an electronic music artist or band they know.
But if you’re listening to solipsistic NATION then you’re obviously a fan of electronic music and may be part of the electronic music community.
Today’s guest is Dave Heckman, the founder of Metropolis Records. Dave’s label specializes in electro, industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and goth and his roster of artists include the likes of KMFDM, Front 242 and Snog. While it was a pleasure to talk to Dave about Metropolis Records what I really enjoyed was the history of the label and the community that grew around the label.
As Dave points out, genres like industrial came out of the post-punk scene and that scene has always had a strong community. Electronic music in general may still be underground, and maybe that’s for the best, but there has always been people who have kept the scene fresh and exciting.
- Snog “License”
- IAMX “The Alternative”
- IAMX “Nightlife”
- Interview with Chris Corner of IAMX
- KMFDM “Godlike (Original 12″ Mix)”
- Front 242 “Headhunter (Front Line Assembly Mix)”
- Front Line Assembly “Unleashed (Mindless Mix By Sebastian R. Komor)”
- Combichrist “Electrohead”
- Ken Marshall & (Cevin) Key “Maniac Shuffle”
- Interview with Dave Heckman of Metropolis Records
- PIG “Suck Shit Spit (Album Version)”
- Velvet Acid Christ “Discolored Eyes”
- Interview with Dave Heckman of Metropolis Records
- Vnv Nation “Descent”
- Juno Reactor “Tanta Pena”
- Wumpscut “Hard to Bear”
- Interview with Dave Heckman of Metropolis Records
- Meat Beat Manifesto “Children of Earth”
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1:12:21 | 66.31 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 93: Nosaj Thing and Scanner, Live
June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
When I relaunched solipsistic NATION as a podcast my only plan was to play for you the best of all genres of electronic music. But after a few weeks I realized that I could pursue the things I wanted to do but couldn’t do at the radio station I used to spin at. At first it was just doing interviews but that quickly grew to include documentaries about electronic music, showcasing artists and record labels, guest DJs and featuring recordings of live performances.
The live shows have been a lot of fun because it gives me the opportunity to focus on a specific artist and hear music by them I might otherwise not know about.
When I began the live shows I thought it was just something I’d do every once in a while but it has become a regular segment of solipsistic NATION. The only problem is that very few live sets are an hour long. Originally I’d pad out the show by adding a few studio recordings by the featured artist but then I got the brilliant idea (okay, the obvious idea) of featuring two live performances back-to-back!
Today’s show features Jason Chung, AKA Nosaj Thing, and Robin Rimbaud, AKA Scanner.
I first found out about Nosaj Thing through Nalepa. Nalepa was singing praises to Jason and Nalepa had never steered me wrong so I downloaded a few tracks by Jason, which were absolutely beautiful. I highly recommend Jason’s Views/Octopus EP. Jason’s set comes from his performance he gave for dublab.
I’ve been a fan of Robin’s music for years, maybe decades at this point. Recently Robin made some songs from his many albums available to podcaster, which gave me the excuse to have him on the show back in April. Afterwards I asked Robin if he had any live recordings I could play in the show and he was kind enough to give me a copy of his concert at The Rhiz.
In the near future you can expect to hear concerts by The Orb and Bubblegone. You can also expect to gear more sets back-to-back!
- Nosaj Thing “Live from dublab“
- Interview with Nosaj Thing
- Scanner “Live at The Rhiz”
- Interview with Scanner
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1:07:58 | 62.31 MB