solipsistic NATION No. 190: Random
April 30, 2010 | Comments Off
Today’s pretty unusual for solipsistic NATION because I’m playing songs that came up on my iPhone while on shuffle.
I’m only going to do this once because I’m pretty anal retentive on how I put the shows together. Behind the scenes I lovingly and painstakingly craft the mixes you hear. To just let my iPhone randomly choose the tracks unnerves me. Oh, sure, I’ve gotten ideas for shows while listening on shuffle but sometimes my iPhone will play terrible tracks. Or great tracks that would sound terrible together in a mix. But I’ve decided to throw caution to the wind and just see what happens.
It’s kind of exciting because today’s show is just as much a surprise for me as it will be for you!
The other thing that’s different about today’s show is that I decided that as long as I’m going to let my iPhone pick the songs I might as well as record the solipsistic NATION IDs on my iPhone too. And if I’m going to record the IDs on my iPhone then why not record the IDs in various spots in San Diego and take photos of those locations with my iPhone? You can see the photos below.
One spot I recorded an ID is at the Krakatoa Cafe. The Krakatoa Cafe is in my neighborhood and I’ve met several of the guests that have appeared on solipsistic NATION at Krakatoa such as Riley Warren and Stuntdouble. I also recorded an ID on my roof deck where I often relax when I convert editions of solipsistic NATION to MP3. One ID was recorded at Luigi’s Pizzeria. I’m more of a Chicago deep dish guy but I have to admit that Luigi’s New York style pizza is pretty dope. Finally, I recorded an ID at the Cuban Cigar Factory because I was trying to find a Perdomo Lot 23 Churchill Natural at Cameron Reilly’s, host of the G’day World podcast, recommendation. No luck finding the cigar, though.
That’s the show. Hope you like it despite the unevenness of the mix but, hey, that’s what happens when you allow randomness into your life.
Join us again next week for a special live set from Mad EP!
- Raskolnikov’s Dream “Navarinou Dogs”
- Ninjasonik “My Kids Cant Eat No Fame”
- Left Spine Down “Welcome to the Future”
- The Qemists “Your Revolution (Reso Remix)”
- Ron Contour & Factor “I Only Know”
- The Juan Maclean “Happy House (Will Saul & Mike Monday Remix)”
- Mesmer “Whenever You Want Me (Line of Sight Remix)”
- Le Le “Breakfast (Mercury Remix)”
- Mesmer “Whenever You Want Me (Great Scott Remix)”
- Julian Jeweil “Soda”
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1:04:22 | 59.03 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 189: DSM-IV-TR
April 23, 2010 | Comments Off
Back in the day blogs were considered pretty exotic. They covered everything from knitting to Star Wars and were more often than not very, very personal. A decade or so later and blogs are still pretty personal but they’re not longer quite so exotic. Seems like everyone has a blog these days and everyone reads blogs.
I myself follow 40+ blogs. Some blogs are by my friends or various people I find interesting while the rest are news blogs or blogs related to the industry I work in. And, of course, I follow quite a few blogs about electronic music so I can keep up to date.
The problem is that blogs are like music: 99% of it is crap. Either the writing is terrible or I completely disagree with what most of the blogs are covering. Not so with Headphone Commute, which is a blog I love.
I’ve been reading Headphone Commute for a couple of years now and for good reason. Headphone Commute covers the music I care about and exposes me to music I’ve never heard of before. The album reviews and label profiles are spot on. Headphone Commute does interviews are concise and to the point with everyone from Frank Riggio to Rena Jones.
If you’re looking for a quality blog to read about electronic music then I can’t recommend Headphone Commute enough and it is with great pleasure that I present to you a mix from Headphone Commute.
The mix is called DSM-IV-TR, which is short for Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which was republished in the 4th text revision back in 2000. Headphone Commute’s mix will take us from moody IDM to glitch to techno to drum and bass to dubstep and to music that defies genres. If you want to hear today’s mix without listening to me babble click here.
Before I go, I’ll be interviewing Ellen Allien, who is the founder of BPitch Control, about her label and her forthcoming album, Dust, which will be released in May, this Monday. If you have a question you’d like me to ask Ellen, email me at solipsisticnation@gmail.com.
See you next week!
- Ametsub “Faint Dazzlings”
- Lusine “Two Dots (Reverse Engineered)”
- Deru “You Haunt Me”
- Redshape “Bound (Part 1 and 2)”
- Fuck Buttons “Surf Solar”
- Clark “Gonk Roughage”
- The Tuss “Last Rushup 10″
- Jega “Aerodynamic”
- DJ Hidden “The Traveller”
- Broken Note “Meltdown”
- Deru “Peanut Butter & Patience”
- Harmonic 313 “Word Problems”
- Reso “Onslaught”
- Monolake “Titan”
- KiloWatts “Everglade”
- Roberto Rodriguez “Moonraker (Phonique Remix)”
- Burial & Four Tet “Moth”
- Dataworx “Control”
- Telefon Tel Aviv “The Worst Thing In The World (Gaiser’s Possibly The Universe Remix)”
- Telefon Tel Aviv “You Are The Worst Thing In The World”
- The Sight Below “No Place For Us” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Ben Frost “Killshot”
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1:04:44 | 59.35 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 188: Bassick
April 16, 2010 | Comments Off
I’m going to keep today’s show notes short because it’s late and I really need to go to bed.
Each week I get anywhere from a dozen to 50 or so tracks to review for upcoming shows on solipsistic NATION. I will then load them on to my iPhone and play them at random throughout the week, or in some cases, months.
As I listen to the tracks I will give them a one to five star rating. Anything that gets one star I just delete because let’s face it, who wants to hear that dreck. Any track I find mildly interesting gets a two star rating. Tracks that I think are solid get three star rating and the few tracks I think are top notch get a four to five star rating. Ninety percent of the time it’s the tracks with a three to five star rating that make it on to the show.
When it comes time to put together a mix for solipsistic NATION I usually review the tracks that I gave a high rating to and see if I can form some sort of theme or narrative out of them.
Sometimes I will jot down notes on my iPhone which tracks I think would be great for a mix, which is how today’s show came together.
And what is the theme for today’s show? Bass! All the track’s you’ll hear on today’s show are guaranteed to make your sub woofer throb. In fact, you might want to crank your sub woofer up a notch or two for extra effect.
Okay, that’s enough for today. Time for me to saw some logs.
See you next week!
Photo Credit: ©art-now
- Mochipet “Godzilla New Year”
- David Starfire “Cobra”
- edIT “Battling Go-Go Yubari In Downtown L.A.”
- Eskmo “San Francisco (The Rhythm)”
- Bassnectar feat. Cates & dpL “Backpack Rehab”
- Ooah “Tubstomper”
- DJ Hidden “The Dreamer”
- Graintable “Lost Frost”
- The Snipplers “All Around (Belzebass Remix)”
- Nalepa “Sunflowers (FuzZ Remix)”
- Heyoka “Fractalscape”
- Detritus “Haunted (Remix By Niveau Zero)”
- Vishnu “Bbombard”
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59:38 | 54.70 MB
solipsistic NATION No. 187: Manifold Valley
April 8, 2010 | Comments Off
I’m back!
I missed last week’s show because there was a blackout in my neighborhood. When the electricity came back on it only came back on in half of my house so my computer was down for a couple of days. It kind of worked out because I’ve been planning on taking a vacation from solipsistic NATION for some time now so I could recharge my batteries. Now I’m ready to get back into it!
Today on solipsistic NATION I’ve got some absolutely beautiful ambient music in store for you. We’ll hear from Master Margherita, Circular, Hybrid Leisureland, Olan Mill, Wilt, Pjusk, Solar Fields, Talvihorros, Lovesliescrushing and Nest.
Master Margherita’s album, Ambient Manifold, was released on Bakshish Music and I wanted to mention Bakshish Music because they describe their label as a Temporary Autonomous Zone, which was a term coined by Hakim Bey. A Temporary Autonomous Zone, or TAZ, is a new territory of the moment that is created on the boundary line of established regions. Hakim Bey’s idea was that any attempt at permanence that goes beyond the moment will inevitably lead to a structured system that inevitably stifles individual creativity. Hakim Bey believed that Hakim Bey it is creativity that is real empowerment.
I lost count of how many times I read Hakim Bey’s Temporary Autonomous Zone and I wanted to share it with you because I think you might enjoy it too. You can read Hakim Bey’s Temporary Autonomous Zone online here.
We’ll also hear music from 12k, Ad Noiseam and Ultimae Records, who have also been showcased on solipsistic NATION. You can hear more music from 12k and my interview with 12k’s Taylor Deupree here. You can hear more music from Ad Noiseam and my interview with Ad Noiseam’s Nicolas Chevreux here. You can hear more music from Ultimae Records and my interview with Ultimae Records’ Sunbeam here.
See you next week!
Photo Credit: ©benlove79
- Master Margherita “Ambient Manifold” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
- Circular “I’m Not Scared”
- Hybrid Leisureland “Exist Unreality”
- Olan Mill “An Obedient Ear”
- Wilt “Megalith (Cornucopia)”
- Pjusk “Vidde”
- Solar Fields “Air Song (8am Version)”
- Talvihorros “MDTS01 - SIDE A”
- Lovesliescrushing “Vrhhu”
- Nest “The Twelve”
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1:03:00 | 57.79 MB