solipsistic NATION

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 to favor music that seamlessly blends noise with minimalistic beats. On the surface that's no reason to get excited about the label but the trick that Electroton has managed to pull off is make noise and minimalistic beats warm and human. Something that you'd go out of your way to listen to.

I featured some tracks from Electroton back in June. Since that show I've been meaning to have Martin on the show to talk with us and share more music from his label. It took a couple of months so I'm happy to that our schedules finally worked out so that we could arrange some time to talk.

If you're a regular listener to solipsistic NATION I also want to apologize for getting some of the shows out late the last two months. I appreciate your patience and I should be back on track in the next few weeks.

Some of the things you can expect from solipsistic NATION in the next few months is an interview with Geeta Dayal, the author of Brian Eno's Another Green World; Martin Vera, who has assembled the Future Sounds of San Diego compilation album, and Lyle Owerko from The Boombox Project.

See you next week!

01. kabutogani "CXEMA"

02. bbcb "scrtyis_300or"

03. Interview with Martin Weiss, founder of Electroton

04. weiss "rephlex"

05. ketem "A85400"

06. poratz "at wu pu"

07. v4w.enko "dsn"

08. thorsten soltau "rezykla3"

09. Interview with Martin Weiss, founder of Electroton

10. weiss "01.rezykla"

11. cernlab "02delay"

12. incite "the other half"

13. kabutogani "SIGINT"

14. Interview with Martin Weiss, founder of Electroton

15. v4w.enko "dsn"

16. dagshenma "zaumi"

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 Noiseam consistently releases great music. It's that simple. And while Ad Noiseam obvioulsy has a love for breakbeat and dubstep with releases from the likes of Enduser and Bong-Ra it also embraces ambient and experimental music as well, with releases from folks like Wilt and The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation.

Nicolas Chevreux is the founder of Ad Noiseam and you can hear my interview with him and more music from his label here.

I've been a fan of Mobthrow almost as long as I've been a fan of Ad Noiseam.

A few years back I had Kostas from Subheim to talk about his now defunct label, Spectraliquid, and while he was on the show he played some great music from Blackfilm, Cardopusher and Ebola. One of the artists that was also featured on the show was Mobthrow and even in a mix of great music his tracks stood out.

Mobthrow had some great beats and rhythms but it was tinged with a lot of moody atmospherics and some of his tracks were downright noirish. With the release of his first full length album, Mobthrow's music has not only become grander in scale but somehow, at the same time, even more intimate.

Angelos Liaros is Mobthrow and he joins us today by phone from Berlin to talk about his latest album and his live set at the Riddim Collision Festival for Ad Noiseam's 10 year anniversary.

Join us again next week when we'll showcase music from Electroton and talk to Martin Weiss, the label's founder.

See you then!

01. Mobthrow "Iron Tribal"

02. Mobthrow "Birds Fly Hig"

03. Interview with Angelos Liaros of Mobthrow

04. Mobthrow "Live at 10 Years Ad Noiseam, Riddim Collision Festival, Lyon, France"

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 a couple of hours every week listening to music selected by people I know on exfm. In fact, today's show was inspired by music I heard from Charles and Murat Esmer on exfm.

Stuntdouble has been my friend for just about as long as I've been in San Diego. While he wears his heart on his sleeve the man has got hidden depths and during the time I've known him he's been polishing his flow, alchemically transferring his words into your brain. And it doesn't hurt when you have someone like Tenshun crafting your beats. The guy makes his own vinyl, for crying out loud!

One of the things I love about hip hop and punk is that it tends to be intensely regional. I hail from Boston, so it's hard for me to see San Diego as anythng other than a slice of paradise. Stuntdouble and Tenshun really brought their A game on The Ballad of Shawn T. Nelson and it's densely packed with rhymes and beats and their track "Enemy" kicks off today's show.

We'll also hear "Quietus" by Meat Beat Manifesto from their new album, Answers Come in Dreams. Jack Dangers is the man behind Meat Beat Manifesto and he came on the show to talk about Answers Come in Dreams last February and you can listen to that show here.

We'll also listen to "In The Throes Of It" by Roots Manuva from his new album, 4everevolution. I've been a fan of Roots Manuva since his 1999 release, Brand New Second Hand, and the reason I've been such a big fan is because he's not afraid to take chances with his music and his musical and lyrical ability has really grown because of that.

"Mascot And The Moth" is by Boom Bip. Bryan Charles Hollon is Boom Bip and "Mascot And The Moth" comes from his new album, Zig Zaj.

"It's Up There" is by The Field from their new album, Looping State Of Mind. Axel Willner is The Field and I was turned on to him by Amy Grill when we talked about her docoumentary, Speaking in Code. In Speaking in Code Amy followed the lives of several different musicians such as Monolake, Modeselektor and Axel. You can find that show here.

We also hear the Unkle Surrender Sounds Session #16 of Trentemøller's "Neverglade" from Trentemøller's Reworked/Remixed album. As always, Trentemøller's music is brooding and gorgeous.

"Dead Guitars" is by Seefeel from their self-titled album that was released last year on Warp Records.

From The Chemical Brothers' Further album we'll hear the tracks "Escape Velocity" and "Snow" featuring the dreamy vocals of Stephanie Dosen.

"Dictaphone's Lament" is by Tycho from his 2010 release, Past & Present and we're going to close today's show with "Disappear" by Phutureprimitive. "Disappear" comes from Phutureprimitive's Kinetik album and he was on the show just a few months ago to talk about his new album. You can hear more music from Phutureprimitive, Bluetech, Pitch Black and Ott on the June 26th, 2011 edition of solipsitic NATION here.

Join us again next week when we'll do it all over again, but completely different. See you then!

01. Stuntdouble & Tenshun "Enemy"

02. Meat Beat Manifesto "Quietus"

03. Roots Manuva "In The Throes Of It"

04. Boom Bip "Mascot And The Moth"

05. The Field "It's Up There"

06. Interview with Charles Smith, co-founder, COO of ExFM

07. Trentemøller "Neverglade (Unkle Surrender Sounds Session #16)"

08. Seefeel "Dead Guitars"

09. The Chemical Brothers "Snow"

10. The Chemical Brothers "Escape Velocity"

11. Tycho "Dictaphone's Lament"

12. Phutureprimitive "Disappear"