solipsistic NATION No. 298: Acroyear
Good grief! I had a four-day weekend and it took all four of them to produce today’s show, never mind the hours spent arranging and preparing for the interviews featured on today’s show! That’s the problem with the star-studded-ultra-mega-cool editions of solipsistic NATION, they’re totally worth it but that still doesn’t make producing the show any less backbreaking. Okay, I’m working on a computer—it doesn’t make producing the... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 297: CRL Studios
Today on solipsistic NATION we’re going to listen to select tracks from CRL Studios and talk with the label’s founder, James Church. You may be more familiar with him as Lucidstatic. If you’re new to solipsistic NATION you might be under the impression from last week’s and today’s show that all I play is IDM and industrial, and you’d be wrong. I play the best from all genres of electronic music. It just so happens that a few months ago I had... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 296: Tokee, Live
On today’s show we’re going to hear a recording of Tokee performing live in Moscow. It’s bracing stuff and I just know you’re gonna love it! I’m actually new to Tokee’s music. I found out about him when I read a blog post about Dope Records. I thought the label’s name sounded cool and downloaded a few tracks from their website expecting to hear some hip hop jams. Instead what I got was everything from IDM to dubstep to metal. Tokee is... Read More
Song of the Day: “Shell Shock” by SNM
“Shell Shock” from SNM‘s CRL Studios Presents: While You Were Out compilation album. Lots of great tracks on this album but this one may be the best. Shell Shock by SNM Read More
Song of the Day: “Through The City On The Edge Of Forever” by Michna
“Through The City On The Edge Of Forever” from Michna‘s electro-Latin sounds Moving Mountains EP. This track slowly builds and builds until your floating in the clouds. Read More
Song of the Day: “Pandora” by Swarms
“Pandora” by Swarms from the Electronic Explorations compilation album album. Swarms say that “Pandora is our attempt at writing that Blade Runner sci-fi sound. We love the film and after seeing it on TV we tried to capture that vibe… Don’t know if we really managed it but that’s where the original idea was born.” I was thinking more Fifth Element but it still works for me. Pandora by Swarms Read More
Song of the Day: “Patterns of Chaos” by Subjex
“Patterns of Chaos” by Subjex. Another fantastic track from the excellent Electronic Explorations compilation album. Go get some! Patterns of Chaos by Subjex Read More
Song of the Day: “Holy Fallout” by Rozz3r
“Holy Fallout” from rozz3r‘s D.R.O.I.D. album. The more I hear of rozz3r’s music the more of a fan I become. Experience it for yourself. Holy Fallout by rozz3r Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 285: Song of the Day
There’s an old saying that 99% of everything is crap. Theater, movies, literature, etc. And in our case, electronic music. 99% of it is crap. Mediocre. Uninspired. Trite. Cliche. Gutless. Excrement. But here’s the good part—there are so many human beings that statistically there’s an astounding amount of great electronic music in the 1%! So much so, in fact, that I can’t possibly play all of it even on a weekly one hour program. There’s just... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 283: Tapage, Live
Tapage is Tijs Ham and he’s our guest on today’s show. While I’ve always enjoyed his music, I think he’s really matured as an artist and as a musician with the release of Overgrown, his latest album on Tympanik Audio. All the elements that Tijs has worked with the last couple of years—the soundscapes, breakcore and IDM—are all there, but his use of all those styles of music is more precise. They’re there more to support what he wants to... Read More
