solipsistic NATION No. 126: Quadtych
January 30, 2009 | Comments Off
On today’s show were going to talk with Boreta and edIT of The Glitch Mob, DJ Hardware and Sin Quirin who are audio agitators in both Ministry and Revolting Cocks and are currently on the road for their Revamp Tour, Ninah Pixie and Das from the Big City Orchestra and DJ and soundsmith Margaret Noble who is currently in San Francisco with Lux Boreal and the Little Know Dance Company in San Francisco performing Incidental Fear Numbers.
The Glitch Mob are Ooah, Kraddy, edIT and Boreta and for the last couple of years they’ve been putting out some incredibly funky that are guaranteed to move your ass. Their motto is “We Slay Crowds!” I’ve had both Ooah and Kraddy on the show in the past and do it’s a pleasure to finally have Boreta and Edit on solipsistic NATION.
Sin has co-writing credits for the Ministry’s “The Last Sucker” record and played guitar on Ministry’s “Cover Up” album as well as Co-writing credits on the Revolting Cocks album “Sex-O Olympic-O” due out in February. DJ Hardware has been in the industry for the last two decades and is a definitive DJ and producer, combining brilliant remixed Classic Rock, Hip-Hop, and Top 40 Hits into dance floor destroyers.
Big City Orchestra is a long running art/anti-art group based generally in California. They were formed in 1979 and have released about 130 hour-long releases on over 100 labels.
Margaret was a DJ in the underground club community of Chicago from 2002 to 2005. Since then she has chosen to work in music concrete, taking her sounds from computers and the world.
I’d like to thank Melissa Mac Tavish for putting me in touch with DJ Hardware. You can find Melissa on Twitter at twitter.com/713punky.
I’d also like to thank Chris Gondek from Twitterhood for having me on his show to talk about solipsistic NATION a few weeks ago. You can listen to the interview here. You can find Chris at twitter.com/booktalk.
- EProm “64 Bytes (Boreta Remix)”
- Ooah “Bleeding Mirrors (Remix)”
- Interview with Boreta and edIT of The Glitch Mob
- edIT “The Game is Not Over (feat. J Dilla, Phat Kat & Dabrye)”
- Revolting Cocks “Cousins (DJ Hardware Remix)”
- Revolting Cocks “Wizard Of Sextown (Redlight District Revamp Mix)”
- Interview with DJ Hardware and Sin Quirin
- Big City Orchestra “Jumpingbean”
- Big City Orchestra “Periwinkle”
- Interview with Ninah Pixie and Das of Big City Orchestra
- Margaret Noble “Track 01″
- Margaret Noble “Track 02″
- Interview with Margaret Noble
- Margaret Noble “Track 03″
- Margaret Noble “Track 04″
- Margaret Noble “Track 06″
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1:05:11 | 59.77 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 125: HiddenPlace Music, Part 2: The Best Net Label Releases of 2008
January 25, 2009 | Comments Off
If you’ve started listening to solipsistic NATION because of last week’s soundtrack to an imaginary movie by Guy Ritchie or Amon Tobin’s live set the week before, welcome.
If you’re the kind of person who is easily bored by the same kind of music then solipsistic NATION is for you. Each week I explore a theme or genres of electronic music so each week is different.
This week out guest is Travis Nobles from the hiddenplace music blog who has prepaared a beautiful mix of music of tracks he considers the best Net Releases of 2008.
I’m grateful for Travis for putting this mix together because I’ve never been very good at putting together the obligatory best of lists at the end of the year. With any luck, I’ll also have a HC from Headphone Commute’s best 2008 releases as well.
You can follow Travis on Twitter at http://twitter.com/hiddenplace and HC at http://twitter.com/h_c.
- Trills “Embryo” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Kiorda Daekin “Median” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Michael Hoffmann “The Pilot” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Travis Nobles of hiddenplace music
- Solar Fields “Feelings (album mix) radio edit” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- iqtu “aiken” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Track53 “We Were Warm (Sun Showers)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Iambic2 “December’s Shadows” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Lokua “Crystal Coupe” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- The Dandelion Council “Exploring Woods in Pyjamas Circa 1982″ [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Travis Nobles of hiddenplace music
- Ólafur Arnalds “Fok” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Prologue “Legend” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Planet Boelex & Lisa’s antenna “Angels” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- general fuzz “go inward” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Travis Nobles of hiddenplace music
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1:08:21 | 62.75 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 124: Skadi
January 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Earlier this week I set my iPhone to randomly play tracks queued up in my playlist for songs to review for solipsistic NATION, eager to hear what would emerge. As I started adding tracks to my On-The_Go playlist I found myself picking songs that seemed like they would be perfect for a soundtrack for an imaginary movie by Guy Ritchie. Think Snatch. Or Jonathan Glazer’s Sexy Beast. The mix on this week’s solipsistic NATION feature songs that are gritty and trashy, sexy and fun, maybe even a little dangerous.
As long as I’ve got your eyeballs let me tell you about some upcoming shows on solipsistic NATION.
This weekend I’ll be interviewing Boreta and edIT of the Glitch Mob. I’ve already had Ooah and Kraddy on the show in the past and this will serve as a bookend to the Glitch Mob interviews. If you’d like to be part of the interview, just call my voice mail at 1-619-717-6322 and record your question. I’ll play both your question and their response on the show.
I’ll also interview J. Anthony Allen and Douglas Geers who are running the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art taking place at the University of Minnesota, February 17 - 22.
Too wrap up the weekend I’ll interview Travis Nobles hiddenplace music blog about the tracks he’s lovingly selected for next week’s show featuring his best of 2008 net releases.
Next month will feature a live set from Vergel E and March will feature a live set by Matt B of the Made In Glitch project and Bass Science.
If you’d like to keep up to date on upcoming shows or participate in future interviews just follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/solipsistic.
Photo Credit: Raul Flores H.
- Tricky “C’Mon Baby”
- Boys Noize “Let’s Buy Happiness (Proxy Remix)”
- Alice In Videoland “Who’s That Boy”
- Justice “Phantom”
- Sébastien Tellier “Sexual Sportswear (Sébastien Mix)”
- Kavin Sky “Testarossa Sébastien Remix”
- Sex In Dallas & Biladoll “The Freaks”
- Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip “Thou Shalt Always Kill”
- Andrew Weatherall “Feathers”
- S.I.M.O. “Peaches”
- The Streets “Never Give In”
- Spank Rock “Sweet Talk”
- Télépathique “Sex Drugs And Funk ‘n’ Roll”
- Larytta “The Money”
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1:00:39 | 55.62 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 123: Amon Tobin Live
January 9, 2009 | Comments Off
A lot of people got MP3 players like iPods, iPhones and Zunes as gifts for the holidays and have been downloading podcasts to put on their new toys. If that happens to be you then you’re in for a treat. Today’s show is beat master and sonic soundsmith, Amon Tobin.
Amon has recorded some incredible albums such as Bricolage, Permutation and Supermodified. Even his earlier releases that he recorded under the name Cujo sound as fresh today as they did in 1996. His most recent release is Foley Room, and once again Amon pushed himself to explore the possibilities of sound and music.
If you’re unfamiliar with Amon I encourage you to download the March 21st, 2008 edition of solipsistic NATION. That show feature an interview with Amon Tobin about his musical career and a retrospective mix of select tracks from his albums.
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I feature a live performance of electronic music and on this week’s live set comes to from Amon Tobin, recorded in Brussels for his Foley Room tour.
If you’d like to hear Amon’s concert without the interview, you can download his Foley Room Recorded Live In Brussels here.
- Amon Tobin “Into The Dark”
- Amon Tobin “Horsefish Live Mix”
- Cardiacs “The Alphabet Business Concern (Home Of Fadeless Splendor)”
- Two Fingers “Two Fingers (White Label)”
- Spank Rock “Bump Switch Rmx”
- Two Fingers “Two Fingers (White Label)”
- Amon Tobin “Esthers”
- Amon Tobin “Throwback Intro To SS Live 1″
- Zilla / King Cannibal “Aragami Style”
- Kelis “Aww Shit”
- Two Fingers “Two Fingers (White Label)”
- Amon Tobin “Kitchen Sink Live Mix”
- Amon Tobin “Big Furry Head”
- Tech Itch “Know”
- Amon Tobin “Verbal ACC”
- Two Fingers “Two Fingers (White Label)”
- Boxcutter “Grub”
- Autechre “Doctrine”
- Amon Tobin “Foley Room”
- Amon Tobin “White Label”
- Dom N Roland “Ritual”
- Amon Tobin / Noisia “Tobin/Noisia Collab Work In Progress (White Label)”
- Konflict “Messiah (Noisia Rmx)”
- Spank Rock “Get On The Floor (Disco D)”
- Nice Nice “Uh-Oh”
- Amon Tobin “Straight Psyche”
- Autechre “Second Bad Vibel”
- Noisia “B.R.E.E.Z.E.”
- Noisia “Concussion”
- Kriptic Minds And Leon Switch “No Remorse”
- Amon Tobin “Keep Your Distance”
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1:24:02:49 | 77.01 MB
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