solipsistic NATION No. 299: The Best Electronic Music of 2012
In the six years of producing solipsistic NATION I’ve never done a “best of show.” There are a couple of reasons for that. One reason is because there are already enough record stores, magazines and blogs doing a much better job of curating music from the last year than I am. Hell, the Headphone Commute blog dedicates an entire month looking back at the last year alone. But honestly, I could never care enough to get my act together to do this kind of show. I... 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
Song of the Day: “Train” by Sasha Ponkratov
“Train” by Sasha Ponkratov. How has Sasha not been on solipsistic NATION yet? I must remedy that. Read More
Song of the Day: “Meet You At Tower Records” by Blockhead
“Meet You At Tower Records” from Blockhead‘s Interludes After Midnight album. Looks like this week’s unfolding into a trip hop soundtrack. Nothing wrong with that. Tony Simon, are you reading this? Love to have you on the show! Read More
Song of the Day: “Affectations” by DJ Shadow
“Affectations” from DJ Shadow‘s Total Breakdown: Hidden Transmissions From The MPC Era, 1992-1996 album. Why does nearly every song by DJ Shadow sound like it was composed in the rain? Free download of “Affectations” here. Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 278: #twittermix4
Welcome to #twittermix4! And here’s the part where I explain what that means. Explaining what it means is actually one of the #twittermix traditions. So here we go… When I first joined Twitter there wasn’t a lot of labels or musicians on Twitter, which made it almost useless as far solipsistic NATION was concerned. But I stuck around and gradually more and more labels and musicians came online on Twitter, which is also right about the time when Twitter became... Read More
Song of the Day: “SparK (Embers Mix)” by Uschi-No-Michi
“SparK (Embers Mix)” from Uschi-No-Michi‘s SparK EP. Two tracks in a row from Uschi-No-Michi? Yeah, because the music is just that great. Read More
Song go the Day: “Blue Lights” by Uschi-No-Michi
“Blue Lights” from Uschi-No-Michi‘s SparK EP. Love this track. So reminiscent of Massive Attack. When does the trip hop ressurgence begin? Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 266: 88:88, Live
It’s the first weekend of the month, and that means a live set! It’s one of the things I got the most excited about every month. Recent shows have featured performances from everyone from Atari Teenage Riot to Zion Train. Today on solipsistic NATION were going to hear a live in-studio performance from MSSNGDGTS (88:88). But first we’re going to hear select tracks from 88:88′s The Grey album, which you can download absolutely for free! EJ Peter is 88:88... Read More
solipsistic NATION No. 258: Earful
Today on solipsistic NATION we’ll talk with Charles Smith, the co-founder and COO of exfm, an online musical service that I’m very excited about. As you browse the web exfm gathers every MP3 file that you come across and builds a music library for you that you can share with your friends. I don’t get to listen to much music that way because I’m already up to my neck with music that is constantly being sent my way. I do, however, love the idea and I spend... Read More
