solipsistic NATION No. 176: Intoxication
On today’s show we’ve got a fantastic mix from the mighty Riley Warren. Riley is a DJ and a producer and is the founder of Zero Digital. Riley is a fellow San Diegan who I met through Twitter (you can follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/RileyWarren). I love Twitter. I know that in a few years we’ll look back on Twitter the same way we think of, say, Yahoo’s... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 169: Pixicast
The music on today’s show comes to us by our guest DJ, Marie Craven, know to many as Pixieguts. Pixieguts is a member of the bands Cwtch and PIXSID. She is also the founder of the Palace Network and co-produces the Pixicast with Dave Almgren, also know as Voide. Pixicast is a show that focuses entirely on music that comes from indie and netlabels. Pixieguts was also kind enough... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 158: Exquisite Corpse III
Today on solipsistic NATION I have got a sweet Exquisite Corpse mix for your ears! This is actually the third Exquisite Corpse mix on solipsistic NATION but even so, I feel I need to tell you what an Exquisite Corpse mix is. You actually might have played a version of Exquisite Corpse as a child. Here’s how it works: someone hands you a piece of paper and you have to draw... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 138: Exquisite Corpse II
Ever play exquisite corpse when you were a kid? Let me refresh your memory. Here’s how it works: you get a sheet of paper and on the top of that piece of paper you draw something. For this example, let’s say you draw the helmet of an astronaut. You then pass the sheet of paper to the person sitting next to you and that person draws the torso. Let’s say they draw... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 130: Nocturnal Brightness
From time to time I have guest DJs come on solipsistic NATION. Previous guests have included Travis Nobles from the hiddenplace music blog, 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... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 125: HiddenPlace Music, Part 2: The Best Net Label Releases of 2008
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... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 95: Bleep!
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... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 90: Left of Dissonance
As long as I’ve been a DJ my shows have been two to three hours long. I couldn’t imagine doing a show in less than two hours. I saw my shows as a journey that I took the listener on and those journeys took time, ideally three hours so there would be a first act, a second act and a third act. But when I relaunched solipsistic NATION as a podcast I had to do away with... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 79: HiddenPlace Music, Part 1
When I began solipsistic NATION I didn’t make any attempt to make the show commercially viable. My mission was to play electronic music that I love and if people listening to the show happened to love what I was playing, I considered that a bonus. I wasn’t being entirely self-serving. I was playing quality music so I knew I was bound to pick up an audience, even if it... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 74: Electronicast
Hey, I admit it, as the host of solipsistic NATION I think the show is the coolest podcast around. You can’t expect me to be very objective about that. But on the other hand, I’ve listened to a lot of other electronic music podcasts and I’ve found the bulk of them to be terrible and, at best, mediocre. Even the electronic music podcasts that I enjoy I’ve... Read More
