solipsistic NATION No. 134: Beats Per Minute
March 27, 2009 | Comments Off
One of the challenges producing solipsistic NATION is balancing the music I feature on the show with the interviews. solipsistic NATION is all about the music and the interviews are used to enhance the show so I try and keep the interviews to a minimum. Too much talk detracts from the mix. But on today’s show I’m going to toss that rule out the window and focus on the interviews because my guests have a lot of interesting things to say!
First, we’ll talk with Gary Bredow, the director of High Tech Soul, a documentary about Detroit techno. High Tech Soul is the first documentary to tackle the deep roots of techno music alongside the cultural history of it’s Detroit birthplace. High Tech Soul features interview with legends such as Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson.
High Tech Soul is distributed by Plexifilm, who produce original films, release films theatrically, and produce, distribute and markets DVDs. Plexifilm is generously giving away one copy of High Tech Soul on today’s show. Send me an email at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could win a DVD of High Tech Soul!
We’ll also talk with Paul Sizer, the author and illustrator of the BPM graphic novel.
The hero of the story is Roxy, a young DJ in New York City who spins in dark clubs and small bars with dreams of making it big. As Roxy becomes more and more successful she finds she has to make a choice: should she follow the music she loves or the love of her life?
Paul has pushed the envelope of what a graphic novel can be by including “liner notes” in BPM and links to iTunes iMixes to complement the story.
Paul is giving away a signed copy of BPM on this week’s show. Send me an email at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and it could be yours!
Finally, we’ll talk with Terrance Dean, the author of Hiding in Hip Hop, about what it’s like to be a gay man in hip hop culture and the entertainment industry. Terrance worked his way up for more than ten years in the entertainment industry from an intern to an executive, and has lived the life of glitz and bling along with Hollywood and the Hip Hop’s elite. Full of startling anecdotes and incredible true stories, Hiding in Hip Hop is not a tell-all book but an honest look at stardom and sexuality.
If you would like a copy of Terrance Dean’s Hiding in Hip Hop, shoot me an email at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could be a lucky winner of his autobiography!
- K-HAND “Security” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- K-HAND “Mystery” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Interview with Gary Bredow, director of the High Tech Soul documentary
- K-HAND aka Messenger “Wanderer (Ritzi Lee Remix)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- K-HAND “Wanderer (Original Mix)”
- Focus3d “Inclusive Mindset (DJ Aura Minimal Techno Mix)”
- Interview with Paul Sizer, author and illustrator of the BPM graphic novel
- Phenomen “Made In Wishland (Zambino Tech House Dub)”
- Dubacid “What Happens After (1394-4212 Acid House Dub)”
- Relate4ever “Open Minded (Platona Deep Tech House Mix)”
- Onelord “Sharing Cooperation (John Dare & Oscar Gonzalez Minimal Techno Mix)”
- Interview with Terrance Dean, author of Hiding in Hip Hop
- Ability “Sharing Transparently (Kevin Call aka DJ Nojz Techno Mix)”
- Because “Sharing Cooperation (Charly Shawllporn Minimal Mix)”
- Balanced “Universal Interpretation (Danny Lilwall Tech House Mix)”
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1:14:32 | 68.34 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 133: Terre Thaemlitz - Superbonus
March 20, 2009 | Comments Off
One of the aspects of producing solipsistic NATION that I really enjoy is that it gives me the opportunity to talk to people in the electronic music community that in other circumstances I would never get the chance to talk to. I’ve gotten to talk with folks like Amon Tobin, Jack Dangers and Cheb i Sabbah, for example. How cool is that? I have to admit that with some of these people I do get kind of starstruck but once I get past that it’s interesting to have a conversation with these artists about how they approach their craft.
On today’s show were going to talk with Terre Thaemlitz. Terre is an award-winning multi-media producer, writer, public speaker, educator, audio remixer, DJ and founder of Comatonse Recordings.
Terre works in many different styles: electroacoustic computer music, club-oriented deep house, digital jazz, ambient, and computer-composed neo-expressionist piano solos. His work also explores the themes of identity politics such as gender, sexuality, class, linguistics, ethnicity and race, and the socio-economics of commercial media production.
Terre recently released his Dead Stock Archive, a collection of every audio release he has made under his real name or under his many aliases. Originally I planned was to play selected tracks from his archive but Terre pointed out that the archive has over 60 hours of music and that maybe I should play his ambient/jazz piece, “Superbonus.” While “Superbonus” does not convey the scope and breadth of Terre’s career it is a beautiful piece of music and provides an example of his many styles he is capable of. What’s remarkable is that while “Superbonus” may, in some ways, evoke Miles Davis’s classic album, In A Silent Way, “Superbonus” was composed entirely n a computer.
Terre’s a very thoughtful person had many insightful things to say. Unfortunately I had to edit our conversation considerably to fit the time constraints of the show. Fortunately, however, I’m making the unedited version of that interview as a separate download. Think of it as a bonus feature that you might find on a movie DVD.
- Funk Shui with Terre Thaemlitz “Superbonus”
- Interview with Terre Thaemlitz
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59:32 | 54.61 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 132: Muti Music
March 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Each month on solipsistic NATION I focus on a record label that is putting out some releases and on today’s show we’ve got a fantastic mix of tracks put together by Dov from Muti Music!
I first came across Dov through Cyberset Music. Cyberset Music is a music and media company based in San Francisco. Our growing family of artists blend musical elements of world, ambient, dance, vocal, and urban genres into fresh sounds that share the positive intentions and global reach of evolving contemporary culture.
Little did I know that Dov is also the founder of Muti Music. Since 2002 Muti Music has been one of the stateside labels pioneering the breaks sound with lots of flavour. Muti Music aims to provide quality funk-filled beats and to promote the domestic and international talent featured on the label and reflect human creative response to the urban futurist environment. Flavors of Breaks, Electro, Techno, IDM, Dubstep and experimental bass music are all present in Muti Music. They also aim to forge relationships between like minded producers. Muti Music has already proven to be a pusher of dynamic sound and talent, having released Kemek, Kraddy, EVAC, An-ten-nae, Atomic Hooligan, Future Funk Squad, Rhoca, Suff-x and more recently, Dov, Audiovoid and LayerZ!
This week’s show has been sponsored by AteBits, developers of Tweetie, a fast, full featured Twitter application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Tweetie is already a great application and with AteBits 1.3 release Tweetie is even better.
Not only can you post to Twitter with Tweetie and send direct messages you can also view trends on Twitter, search Twitter and view posts from your local area. With the 1.3 release of Tweetie there’s a new “Link” button to add web pages to Instapaper faster. There’s also Tweeitie’s new Ping.fm integration and much, much more!
AteBits is not only solipsistic NATION’s newest sponsor but they are generously giving away three copies of Tweetie. Email me at solipsisticnation@gmail.com and you could win a copy of Tweetie for yourself!
As always, you can find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/solipsistic.
- Seventh Swami “Forever You Forever Me”
- Mimosa “Another Day”
- Timonkey “Wobblesauce”
- Knowa Knowone “Wildness”
- Nanda “Cosmik Dance”
- An-ten-nae “Monkey In The Attic”
- Klone “Can’t Remember”
- An-ten-nae “Citoyen Dub”
- Siren “7th Level Controller”
- Subvert “Speaker Humping”
- Knowsleep “Autumn Kaskade”
- Interview with Dov of Muti Music
- LayerZ “God Particle”
- ill.gates & Adam Duke “Lizard Skin Loincloth”
- LayerZ “Spit Wods Part 2″
- Subhuman “Bottom Feeder”
- Interview with Dov of Muti Music
- ill.gates & Meesha “Irma Vep (Wookie Remix)”
- Kether “Graffiti”
- An-ten-nae “Griot”
- Heyoka “Flying Dub Sauce”
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1:00:52 | 55.80 MB
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solipsistic NATION No. 131: Made in Glitch & Bass Science, Live
March 6, 2009 | Comments Off
This week on solipsistic NATION I have not one, but two live sets!
The first live set comes to us by way of Legato in Shibuya, Japan and is part of the Made in Glitch events. Made In Glitch is the first and only glitch hop party in Japan. Born on the west coast of the States, and now becoming established all over Europe, Glitch is a fusion of hip hop, electronic music and broken beats. The set features edIT of the Glitch Mob and was recorded in November of 2008.
If you like what you hear then you’ll want to download the January 30, 2009 edition of solipsistic NATION where my guests were edIT and Boreta.
The second live set was recorded by Bass Science for Sub FM. Bass Science are MattB and Steve Nalepa. Sub FM is an online radio station dedicated to broadcasting the best in Dubstep, Garage, Grime, Dub and more!
This isn’t the first time I’ve had Bass Science on the show and you can download their first appearance on solipsistic NATION. Steve also has been on the show and you can also download his live set he recorded for the Dub Beautiful Collective.
This week’s show is sponsored by AteBits, developers of Tweetie, a wonderful fast, full-featured client for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. 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!
You can find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/solipsistic
- Made In Glitch “Live in Legato, Shibuya (November 8, 2008)”
- Bass Science “Live on Syb FM (December 11, 2008)”
- Interview with MattB of Bass Science
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1:06:12 | 60.70 MB
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