By solipsistic NATION
Featuring the best of all genres of electronic music!
Summer vacation is over and I'm back! I've been away for the last few months recharging my batteries. It takes a lot of work producing a show like solipsistic NATION and, quite frankly, I had hit the wall. Constantly listening to...
Stop me if I've said this before. Or skip ahead a few paragraphs. Whatever. After spending the last six years or so producing edition after edition of solipsistic NATION I finally figured out one of the important reasons I love electronic...
What makes today's such a special show—aside from the music, which is great, by the way—is that today's show comes to you from Ty, who is both a listener and a friend of solipsistic NATION. Ty emailed me a few months...
If James Joyce was a DJ from America living in the 21st century then Ulysses just might have sounded like Mister Wi$E's Narrative Mixing: First Movement, Land. That explains everything, right? No? Brett Wise is Mister Wi$E and Narrative Mixing: First Movement, Land...
A few years ago I showcased Bak$hish Music, a collective of like-minded artists modeled after Hakim Bey‘s Temporary Autonomous Zone. Bak$hish Music was also indebted to the musical stylings of Bill Laswell, although they were a thing unto themselves with...
Welcome to the 300th edition of solipsistic NATION! Today on solipsistic NATION we'll hear a special live in-studio performance from CRL Studios recording artists, Psykkle. Evan Collingwood is Psykkle and we'll talk about his upcoming album and what his live shows...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2012 has been a fantastic year for solipsistic NATION! In 2012 began streaming on taintradio. At first glance it seems like an off fit—taintradio is primarily a jazz station, but that also include jazz on the fringes like Naked City and...
Each edition of solipsistic NATION is evergreen because they rarely make any mention of current events. There's no talk about the latest tragedy, the latest scandal or the latest war because solipsistic NATION is place for at least an hour...
Today on solipsistic NATION we're going to listen to live in-studio performance recorded by Michael Maricle! Michael has been recording and performing his music for a while now but I only just discovered him when a promotional copy of his recently...
Today's show we'll been listening to noise and sound. Some of it, like Boyd Rice's Sick Tour, is blistering and could reduce a cinder block to dust in mere seconds. Some of it, like Kingbastard's "Danlan Speaks" could lull you...
Once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a label that's putting out such amazing releases that I feel it's my duty as host of this show to turn you on to that label. On today's show we're going to...
You and I need to talk. I've been gone for two months and I owe you an explanation about where I've been. The last week of August I took my first vacation in something like seven or eight years. It's been...
Today on solipsistic NATION we're going to listen to an absolutely gorgeous mix from Jason Thomson, AKA, Herd. It's beautiful and it's haunting and I know you're going to love it! I was really looking forward to having Jason on the...
For all my talk of my mission to present to you the very best of all genres of electronic music I am still a sucker for a label with a cool name. A cool name raises an eyebrow, makes me...
Like Lazarus, I return! Too be fair, Lazarus returned from the dead whereas I have merely returned from three months of working hard to meet a deadline at my job in addition to my daily responsibilities. I'm happy to say that...
Okay, folks, plug in your earbuds and grab your seats because here we go: on today's show were going to talk to both DJ Jenny LaFemme, who with Maggie Derthick produced Girls Gone Vinyl: The Untold Story of Female DJs,...
There's an old saying that 99% percent 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...
Last weekend I headed up to LA with my friend. No particular reason, we both just needed to get out of San Diego. Don't get me wrong, San Diego is a slice of paradise but it is lacking in some...
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...
On today's show I'm handing the virtual wheels of steel over to Praketh, who has lovingly selected tracks from Audio Aashram, one of the only labels operating out of New Delhi that sell, promote and manage various artists and different...
I have spent over 12 hours producing today's show. This last surge of nervous energy is only going to last so long so let me give you the low down on today's show before I collapse into a quivering heap...
Today on solipsistic NATION we'll listen to select tracks from Experimedia, a record label, shop, and distributor based out of Ohio and established in 2000. I've known about Experimedia for quite some time and it's kind of surprising that our paths...
On today's show we have a very special live set from Nick Brennan of Tripswitch performing at the O.Z.O.R.A. Festival. Nick Brennan is Tripswitch and as Tripswitch he's released music that is just fantastic stuff! Nick has this knack for making...
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,...
On today's show our guest is Nathan Phelan, host of The Electro Show. As the producer of solipsistic NATION I rarely have time to listen to other music podcasts. There simply isn't enough hours in the day so there are only...
Today's label showcase features, by popular demand, ABAGA Records! A few months back I asked friends of the show on Twitter which labels you thought I should feature on solipsistic NATION and ABAGA Records came up again and again. You demanded...
I think it's safe to say that if you've heard the Stereo MCs' music then you're probably already fan. And if you haven't heard the Stereo MCs' music, which is almost impossible, then you will be a fan by the...
On today's show we're going to experience the Voltron Mega Mix lovingly put together by [tlr], tooth_eye, A Beautiful Lotus, Johan Ess and Joshua Decker to celebrate Magicore's two year anniversary. You remember Magicore, don't you? They only put together...
I keep meaning to write up today's show notes but instead I've got caught up in a discussion with friend of the show, _tlr_, about the movie, John Carter. Sorry, _tlr_, I have duties I must attend to! Last week I...
Today on solipsistc NATION our guest is Saltillo's Menton J. Matthews III. He's just released Monocyte, Saltillo's long awaited second album. Saltillo's Monocyte is both an album and a comic book. The comic book was released by IDW and the...
Today on solipsistic NATION we're going to listen to select tracks from Futuresequence and talk with the labels founder, Michael Waring. Futuresequence is based out of the UK and began as a blog but has slowly been mutating into a music...
Can I share something with you that is simultaneously mind blowing and utterly mundane? I get anywhere from 50 to 250 tracks emailed my way every week. Let me repeat that: every week. And I've made a pact with myself that...
One of my resolutions for 2012 is to infect as many people as I can with the meta virus that is solipsistic NATION to as many people as possible. When I first concocted solipsistic NATION I had no idea how far...
Today on solipsistic NATION we're going to reveal the truth hidden behind the Secret Archives of the Vatican... podcast. I don't listen to many electronic music podcasts because: 1. I simply don't have the time, and; 2. Most electronic music podcasts bore me,...
Back in the day, if I heard and album I dug and wanted to find out what music label had released it I simply had to look at the CD or cassette or even an album cover. These days, despite...
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...
Artoffact Records is a Canadian label based in Toronto that has released over 100 industrial, synthpop, rock, and metal albums since the label was founded in 1999. I listen to a lot of music but when it's a release from...
Welcome to 2012! According to a pop interpretation of the Mayan calendar we're going to go face-to-face with the apocalypse that we've all secretly hoping would finally happen. If you believe that sort of thing. Here at solipsistic NATION we're going...
I'm quite certain that the cold I'm suffering from is not, in fact, a cold. It's something far more sinister and deadly. I'm convinced that I've contracted some alien contagion aloft some weird vector that will begin the zombie apocalypse...
Today on solipsistic NATION we're going to select tracks from Immigrant Breast Nest, a wonderful netlabel that was founded to present NYC’s best in weird, mostly electronic, underground music. Bit of background on today's show. Dan Abatemarco and fellow musician and partner...
I live in San Diego but I hail from Boston. San Diego has been my home for the last 11 years but at heart, I'm a New Englander. As much as San Diego is a paradise to live in, it...
On today's show we're listening to select tracks from Electroton. We'll also talk with the label's founder, Martin Weiss. I've only recently discovered Electroton and I've loved everything I've heard from Martin's label. Electroton is one of those labels that tends...
On today's show we're going to hear Mobthrow rocking it live at the Riddim Collision Festival in Lyon to celebrate Ad Noiseam's 10 year anniversary! I've been a fan of Ad Noiseam for quite a while and for good reason. Ad...
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...
