solipsistic NATION No. 130: Nocturnal Brightness
February 27, 2009 | Comments Off
From time to time I have guest DJs come on solipsistic NATION. Previous guests have included Travis Nobles from the hiddenplace music blog, Pete Cooper of bleepshow and Pietrobot, the co-host of Digital Nimbus and managing editor of Igloo Magazine. Today’s guest is Denard Henry of Sonic Warriors United.
A few months I asked the folks I follow on Twitter if anyone would like to be a guest DJ on solipsistic NATION and Deanrd was one of the people who responded to my invitation.
Sonic Warriors United’s members include Sprawl, Floppy, Marita Schreck, C-Dex, Betrisbsdruck, Jana Clemen, Reade Truth, Sneaker and Macoma.
In 2007 Denard and Jana came up launched Sonic Warriors United. They reactivated something that has almost been forgotten: the fusion of Techno, EBM, Electro and Industrial Dance Music. They are now filling dates in Germany, U.S.A and all of Europe. They plan a tour once a year to bring this concept to points of interest and are looking for clubs, bars and open air venues to host some events. For all Sonic Warriors United Events they plan 2-3 S.W.U. DJ’s, plus 1-2 S.W.U. live act’s along with local support: a DJ and/or a live act.
For more information on Denard Henry, tour dates and their street team missions, click here.
You can follow Denard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/denardhenry or follow me at http://www.twitter.com/solipsistic.
By the way, AteBits is generously giving away three copies of Tweetie on today’s show. Tweetieis a wonderful fast, full-featured client for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Email me at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could win a copy of Tweetie for yourself!
Photo Credit: Jana Clemen
- Sprawl “Sonic Warriors United”
- WB Loops “Vinyl Wunderwaffe Vol. 1″
- Interview with Denard Henry of Sonic Warriors United
- Ancient Methods “First Method”
- Marita Schreck “Pfirsichblut”
- Datacide “The Ritual of Transparency”
- Kosmik Kommando “Remember the Feeling”
- Denard Henry “Vibe”
- Lady Venom “Bass Me”
- Crunch-Ø-Matic “Cøm Theme (Cøm 1)”
- Erik the Viking “Flip2daStation”
- Simon Owen “re-Evolution”
- Virtual Terrorist “Search And Destroy Initiative”
- Crunch-Ø-Matic “Earthquake.2″
- Exit-12 “Earthquake.2″
- Interview with Denard Henry of Sonic Warriors United
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1:04:30 | 59.15 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 129: SkipSkipSkip
February 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Getting this week’s edition of solipsistic NATION was a bit of a chore.
Last week my iPod had a glitch and requires that I connect it to iTunes on my Mac to do a restore. The problem is that I use my iPod as an external drive to store all my music and also where I build playlists for solipsistic NATION. If I do a restore it will wipe out everything! I haven’t found a way around this (email me if you have a solution) so I’m patiently waiting for the battery in my iPod to die and then I’ll connect it to iTunes. Hopefully this will resolve the reconnect issue.
Fortunately, I have thousands of MP3 on my Mac to choose from (check the links below, nearly half the tracks that appear on this week’s are available as free downloads!), not to mention the stack of new CDs that I’m constantly trying to work my way through. Still, it’s unsettling that I might lose everything on my iPod. I’ve got a bunch of rare tracks that would cause me great pain if they end up unsalvagable.
On a brighter note, AteBits is the newest sponsor solipsistic NATION. AteBits has developed Tweetie, a fast, full-featured client for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. For a while I was using Twitterific, Twitterlator and Twinkle on my iPhone but after trying Tweetie for just a few days I deleted all those other apps. Tweetie beats them hands down. You can handle multiple twitter accounts, view your timeline, replies, direct messages and favorites, view Tweets in your local area, and much, much more.
AteBits is also generously giving away three copies of Tweetie on today’s show. Email me at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could win a copy of Tweetie for yourself!
In the meantime, go listen to this week’s show!
- Spoonbill “Gumtree (Respoon)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Transient “Everyone Still Isn’t Listening To The Lorax (Screw The Stupid Thneeds)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Ill.Gates “Sweatshop”
- S.I.M.O. “Smut!”
- Luxurious “Light Up The Sun”
- Kodomo “Concept 3″
- Slomo “Was Für Eine Welt (Remix by Zengineers feat. Backwater Planet)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Skipless “Lo-Moments” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Authist & Dub One! “Ferry to Punjab (Remix by Backwater Planet feat. Zengineers)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- General Fuzz “Mellow Drama” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Darkhorse “Take 2″
- Maco “%” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Laura Palmer “Borderline” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
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59:41 | 54.72 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 128: Tympanik Audio
February 15, 2009 | Comments Off
Each month on solipsistic NATION I spotlight an electornic music label that I think you should know about. What constantly amazes me is just how many electronic music labels there are!
Take Tympanik Audio.
Tympanik Audio has been around since 2007 and has quickly established a reputation for releasing high quality, dark, electronic music featuring the likes of Ad·ver·sary, Totakeke and Integral. The music is stunning and breath taking and the CD artwork is beautiful and provocative. It’s a winning combination that can’t help but get you excited about the label.
There’s a very good reason why Tympanik Audio shines. The label’s founder, Paul Nielsen, is also one of the DJs on the Hidden Forms radio program on WNUR 89.3 FM. As a DJ Paul has a special love for albums, both the music and the packaging.
If you’re looking for music that is hauntingly beautiful then I think you’ll find that Tympanik Audio is just the boutique label for you.
Enjoy today’s show!
- DJ Hidden “Things To Come”
- Autoclav 1.1 “This Stranger Hope”
- Interview with Paul Nielsen, founder of Tympanik Audio
- Blackfilm “Walk With Me”
- Stendeck “Blind Army Parade”
- Interview with Paul Nielsen, founder of Tympanik Audio
- Totakeke “Patient HM (Response To Conditioning Mix)”
- Displacer “The Witching Hour”
- Interview with Paul Nielsen, founder of Tympanik Audio
- Tapage “Transatlantic Headroom”
- Flint Glass “Al-Azif”
- Interview with Paul Nielsen, founder of Tympanik Audio
- Access To Arasaka “400 Bloc Overground”
- Integral “Digital Drops”
- Interview with Paul Nielsen, founder of Tympanik Audio
- Subheim “Take Me Back”
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1:02:32 | 57.30 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 127: Vergel Evans, Live
February 6, 2009 | Comments Off
I’ve picked up a bunch of new listeners the last couple of weeks and if that happens to be you, thanks for listening!
The first Friday of each month I feature a live electronic music performance. Previous shows have included artists such as Amon Tobin, Meat Beat Manifesto and Bass Science. This week’s show features a live set from Vergel Evans recorded Live at Tresor back in November.
A few months ago I put the word out on Twitter that I was looking for more live sets to feature on solipsistic NATION and one of the people who got back to me was Vergel.
Vergel and I had been talking back and forth on Twitter for a while and had sent me a track or two in the past to listen to. Not only is Vergel influence by the Detroit techno sound but hes always had something insightful to say so I was really looking forward to having him on the show.
I wasn’t wrong, either. In fact, my interview with Vergel went longer than I normally allow. While I enjoy having guests on solipsistic NATION the thrust of the show has been, and always will be, the music. But Vergel is so passionate about music and had such interesting and witty things to say about the modern state of music that I let him go on longer then I would normally let a guest talk. I’m sure you’ll agree that it was worth it.
By the way, Vergel produces a podcast of his own called Lx7 that you should check out. As long as you’re clicking link, also visit his Assembler Techno Fanzine.
You can follow Vergel on Twitter at twitter.com/vveerrgg.
On, and I’m at twitter.com/solipsistic.
As long as I’m giving out Twitter addreses, I’m going to giveaway a free t shirt from Under Republic at the end of today’s show and you can follow Under Republic at, you guessed it, twitter.com/UnderRepublic.
- Vergel Evans “Live at Tresor (11/12/2008)”
- Interview with Vergel Evans
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57:58 | 53.16 MB
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