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Hello, people, how are you? Me? Frankly, I'm relieved.Why, you ask? Well, I'll tell you.Earlier this week I announced on Twitter that this edition of Solipsistic Nation would feature minimal techno. The only problem is mixing minimal techno is more difficult than you'd expect. Minimal techno can be surprisingly subtle and the segues just weren't coming together.I ditched the minimal techno mix and worked on an ambient mix but that sounded like crap, too. And so was the electro mix. And darkwave mix. You get the idea.I was floundering but as I was pulling tracks all willy nilly a show emerged. And one that, to me, at least, captures the feel of a fall evening. I hope you like it.Come back again next week and I'll see if I can get that minimal techno mix together.Odd Nosdam "We Bad Apples"Yppah "Bobbie Joe Wilson"The Gaslamp Killer "Turk Mex"Telling on Trixie feat. DJ Brodii "Your Silence (Vocals Up Remix)"Sketches For Albinos "Tanzen als Gabe es Kein Morgen"Lymbyc Systym "Contemporary Art"Small Color "Daisy"Skytree "1000 Miles from Everywhere" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Broken Spindles "We All Want to Fit In"Jogger "Napping Captain"Hol Baumann "Handwritten Notes"5-40 am "Alone In the Day My Dear Kristine" [FREE DOWNLOAD]January "Careful What You Tell The Sky (Album Version)"

Once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a record label that is putting out amazing releases that you absolutely need to know about. On today's show we'll talk with Lawrence English, the founder of founder of Room40, and play select tracks from his label.I first discovered Room40 a few years back when I relaunched solipsistic NATION as a podcast. I head head about Room40's compilation album, On Isolation, and Lawrence was kind enough to send a copy of the CD my way as well as a copy of Airport Symphony. I was immediately taken with On Isolation because those albums transported me to different places in my imagination, On Isolation with its experimental music and Airport Symphony with it field recordings.Since then I've anticipated each release from Room40 because I've always been surprised by each release. Some albums feature field recordings, others explore the realm of experimental music, and others features quite, beautiful music. Today's show is a perfect example of the diversity of music offered by Room40.I've wanted to have Lawrence on solipsistic NATION for a long time so it's a pleasure to finally have him on today's show. Not only do we get to hear some fantastic music from Room40 but we also get to learn how Lawrence launched his label. In addition, we'll learn how Lawrence approaches making music for art installation and the many music festivals he is involved in!Tujiko Noriko "Make Me Your Private Party"Tenniscoats "10.rasen6.4.7"Erik Griswold "Imperfect Memories"DNE "Track 47"Chris Abrahams "Can of Faces"Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40Steinbrüchel "Interlude 3"Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40Taylor Deupree "Untitled"Leighton Craig "Circle of Thoughts"Scanner "Mountain Cabin"Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40John Chantler "Slow Closure"Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40Keith Fullerton Whitman "2nd Early Monolith"Robin Fox & Clayton Thomas "Direct Couriers"Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40eRikm "Fraq 424"Eric La Casa "Dundee Law"Interview with Lawrence English, founder of Room40Sébastien Roux "Interlude"

New to solipsistic NATION? Okay, here's how it works: the first Friday of each month I interview an electronic musician and accompany it with one of their live performances. It's a kind of cool way to kick of each month. This month our live set comes from Ezekiel Honig's performance at the 2009 MUTEK Festival. MUTEK was founded in 200o and is an international festival organization that is dedicated to the promotion of electronic music and the digital arts. The MUTEK festival is an annual five-day event in Montreal that takes place in late May and early June. Each year, more than 100 artists, panelists, and industry professionals participate and has become a leading event of its kind in North America. I first came across Ezekiel back when solipsistic NATION was broadcast on Free Radio San Diego when I asked Ezekiel to send some music from his label, Microcosm Music (Ezekiel is also now the label manager of Anticipate Recordings). I believe that was around the time that Ezekiel was transitioning from drum and bass to experimental electronic music. I later interviewed Ezekiel for the Small World podcast and since then I've wanted to Ezekiel to be a guest on solipsistic NATION. It took a while but I'm pleased to have Ezekiel on today's show! Incidentally, I believe it is through my Small World interview with Ezekiel that I met Macedonia, the host of the Both Sides of the Surface podcast. Just another example of the six degrees of connections that solipsistic NATION creates. As long as I have your eyeballs the upcoming live sets on solipsistic NATION will feature King Cannibal, Mad EP, Terminal 11 and Ill.Gates! Oh, one more thing. During the summer I was interviewed by Eric Fox and Erik Landi for their documentary about underground music and the underground music for their final project at High Tech High. You can see their video here. I'm amazed what Eric and Erik put together. They're learning who to use the tools as teenagers that I use as an adult. What a world! Photo Credit: ©basic_sounds Ezekiel Honig "Live at MUTEK 2009, Montreal" [FREE DOWNLOAD] Interview with Ezekiel Honig Underground and Unknown by Erik Landi and Eric Fox

When I put together the mix for last week's show I realized that I had over two hours worth of music. I decided to break that mix up into two shows. Last week's show was dark and concussive and featured the likes of Hindu Pez and King Cannibal. This week's show is dark and... atmospheric. Which makes it perfect for Halloween. In fact, you might want to play today's show while kids come to your house to trick or treat. Everyone has a Halloween memory so let me share one of mine. Back when I was a kid I worked at a novelty store called Jack 'N' Jill's Joke Shop in Boston. We sold your usual assortment of hand buzzers and fake dog crap but we made our nut during Halloween. All through the month of October we sold Halloween supplies ranging from fake blood to high-end items like latex masks. Each day was busier than the last and culminated in a shopping frenzy on the 31st with customers lined up outside our door. At the end of one Halloween shopping day our shelves were pretty bare but I grabbed some fake spiders webs, a strobe light or two and a truly frightening Frankenstein's monster mask. I rushed home to Dorchester to meet my then girlfriend to make our house ready for the trick and treaters in our neighborhood. There was just one problem. We had made our house so spooky and combined with my gruesome mask kids were too terrified to come up to our doorstep for candy. They'd scream and wail and despite encouragement from their parents they refused to take a single step near us. In the end I had to take off my mask so the little boys and girls would get over their fear of me and get their candy. What's your Halloween memory? Photo Credit: ©Teri Mills Black Light Burns "Ribbons" Cdatakill "Respirator" Felix Inferious "Vashta Nerada" Black Lung "The Regulator Plot" Frank Riggio "Inside The Skull" [FREE DOWNLOAD] Pandora's Black Book "Wavelength" Access To Arasaka "Montcalm" Lukeing Forward "Lull Before the Storm That Never Comes" The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation "The Sexy Midnight Torture Show" Ezekiel Honig "Porchside Prologue" Kalte "Shallow Approach" [FREE DOWNLOAD] David Bickley and Tom Green "Possessions" [FREE DOWNLOAD] BrainSt0rm "Sc0rpi0" Lissom "Fallow" Evan Bartholomew "Secret Entries Into Darkness"

When I was putting together this week's edition of solipsistic NATION I realized I had over two hours worth of music. What to do? I could either pare down the mix to an hour or break the mix into two separate shows. I decided to go with the latter option.Originally the mix began with a selection of music that would make your ears bleed and slowly become more and more darkly atmospheric. So let's talk about the first part.We begin with Hindu Pez's "The Blackest Sky" from his forthcoming abUSE EP that will be released Friday, November 13th. Hindu Pez was kind enough to send me an advance copy and "The Blackest Sky" set the tone for the rest of today's show.Speaking of Hindu Pez, this is the perfect opportunity for me to talk about how some editions of solipsistic NATION come together. I'm constantly reviewing tracks to play on future shows and some tracks I play immediately and some sit on my hard drive for weeks, months or, sometimes, years before they make it on to the show. I'd love to play all new music that comes my way but my priority is to present you cohesive mixes of great music. If I can work in new music so much the better but it doesn't always work out that way.Moving on, we've also got some music from The Teknoist, Enduser, Abelcain and Ad·ver·sary, all of whom have appeared on solipsistic NATION before. And for good reason: they all craft mind blowing music.Another artist that is new to solipsistic NATION is King Cannibal. King Cannibal's Let the Night Roar is definitely in the dubstep vein but it's far more darker and heavier than most of the dubstep you've heard. Oh, King Cannibal will appear on solipsistic NATION in the next month or two with one of his live sets.I followed King Cannibal with Somatic Responses who are just as menacing as King Cannibal. It was a no brainer to include them on this week's show. Somatic Responses' "Murder Thought" comes from their fantastic Reformation album.Jega, Access To Arasaka and Pandora's Black Book also return to solipsistic NATION but Black Mold and Datach'i are new to the show.Datach'i is an example of what I was talking about earlier. I meant to play Datach'i when I showcased Planet Mu Records on solipsistic NATION but I couldn't work him into the mix due to time constraints so I've very pleased to finally play Datach'i on today's show.The final newcomer to solipsistic NATION is Black Mold with the track "Smoking Rat Shit" from the Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz. I confess I know little about Black Mold but they're on my radar.That's the show. Next week will feature the second half of the mix which will be appropriately spooky for Halloween.Stay stuned!Photo Credit: Copyright©Lydia MaranoHindu Pez "The Blackest Sky"The Teknoist "Have You Seen"Enduser "Pushing Chaos (Bong-Ra Remix)"Abelcain "Faust (Cdatakill Remix)"Ad·ver·sary "Number Nine"King Cannibal "The Untitled"Somatic Responses "Murder Thought"Jega "Kyoto"Access To Arasaka "Medway"Black Mold "Smoking Rat Shit"Pandora's Black Book "Black Brothel"Datach'i "Intercoursing"

Today on solipsistic NATION we'll talk with Amy Grill about her documentary, Speaking in Code. We'll also talk to Paul Owens, the director of Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet, a documentary about the Chiptunes movement. On the night of the debut of Berlin Calling in Hollywood, director Hannes Stöhr shares his thoughts about his new movie. From the big screen to the pages of Big Up Magazine, we'll talk to Katyá Guseva about bass driven music, art and culture and Big Up Magazine's one year anniversary. We'll also talk to Graham St. John about the newly launched Dancecult journal. Finally, Fernando Fonseca, the founder of the Public Spaces Lab, shares with us his experiences at the Net Audio Festival in Berlin.Speaking in Code Speaking in Code is an intimate account of people who are completely lost in music and is a heartbreaking and lighthearted documentary, it's a vérité glimpse into the world of techno. Speaking in Code stars Modeselektor, Wighnomy Brothers, Monolake, Philip Sherburne, David Day and Amy Grill.Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as chiptunes, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old video game hardware. Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with startling results.Using New York as a microcosm for a larger global movement, Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet maps out the genesis of the first annual Blip Festival, a four day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit video game consoles. With floor-stomping rhythms and fist-waving melodies, trailblazers of the chiptune idiom descend upon Manhattan to pen a new chapter in the history of electronic music.Berlin Calling is about electronic music composer Martin (Paul Kalkbrenner), known as DJ Ickarus, is touring with his manager and girlfriend Mathilde (Rita Lengyel) from club to club around the globe and is about to release their biggest album to date. However, all of his plans are thrown out of kilter after Ickarus is submitted to the emergency ward of a psychiatric clinic high on drugs after a gig- A tragicomedy in Berlin of today. Berlin Calling is directed by Hannes Stöhr who has also directed One Day in Europe (Berlinale 2005 in Official Competition) and Berlin is in Germany (Berlinale 2001 Panorama Audience Award).Big Up Magazine is a magazine dedicated to bass driven music, art, culture and people and celebrates its one year anniversary October 24th at the Paradise Lounge in San Francisco with Cyrus/Random Trio, Cluekid featuring Aurorah, Kutz, Samiyam and Darkiside of Get Darker TV.Dancecult is a peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal for the study of electronic dance music culture and has launched the 1.1 edition 1.1 published and available at http://dj.dancecult.net.The Net Audio Festival '09 took place from the 8th to the 11th of October and gathered the international netaudio community for a four-day music and conference festival in Berlin, under the title "East meets West." 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain. Net Audio Festival '09 recalled pictures of hands reaching out to pull people from both sides up onto the Berlin wall. The event will took place at Maria, a venue situated immediately on the former Berlin 'death strip' once dividing the city and the world into eastern and western hemispheres.That's the show! Join us again next week when we'll do it all over again. But completely different.Photo Credit: Mitch VegaThe Field "Sun and Ice, Excerpt"Speaking in Code TrailerThe Field "The Deal"Interview with Amy Grill, director of Speaking in CodeBlip Festival: Reformat the Planet TrailerStarscream "Gravity in Terms of Space-Time" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Interview with Paul Owens, director of Blip Festival: Reformat the PlanetPaul Kalkbrenner "Gebrünn Gebrünn (Berlin Calling Edit)"Interview with Hannes Stöhr, director of Berlin CallingCyrus/Random Trio "Mind Games"Interview with Katyá Guseva, editor of Big Up MagazineDubatech aka Cold Form "Windless Dub (Havantepe's Breeze)" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Interview with Graham St. John, editor of DancecultZengineers "Passage to India" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Interview with Fernando Fonseca, founder of Public Spaces LabNiteffect "Naked Swords" [FREE DOWNLOAD]

When I launched solipsistic NATION I had a list of people I wanted to be guests on the show. One was Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto and another was Amon Tobin. I've slowly been making my way down the list and today I'm happy to cross Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore Recordings off that list!One of my favorite memories of Digital Hardcore Recordings was when I was working alongside a kid who played Korn constantly. I think he was on a mission to assault my ears with what he considered the heaviest and angriest music he knew. I put up with it for a while but after a couple of days I got fed up with it and when it was my turn to play some music I dialed up some Atari Teenage Riot. I couldn't have wished fro a better reaction from him: he fell off his chair in shock. He was simultaneously stunned and laughing hysterically at the intensity of the music that was bludgeoning his ears! Ah, the simple pleasures in life.I have to be honest, though, my initial reaction to Atari Teenage Riot was pretty much the same. Back in the 90's there was really nothing else like them out there and while I liked it I couldn't make sense of it at first. But like it I did and I started digging up everything I could find that was released on Digital Hardcore Recordings. Atari Teenage Riot will always have a special place in my heart but I also became a big fan of The Curse of the Golden Vampire, Hanin Elias and pretty much anything Alec Empire puts out.While most of the stuff on Digital Hardcore Recordings sounds as fresh now as it did when it was first released, time, and Alec Empire have moved on so this week's show serves as a kind of a document of the history Digital Hardcore Recordings: how the label and Atari Teenage Riot began, how people reacted to the band and the label and Alec's new label, Eat Your Heart Out.I'd like to thank Alec for being so generous with his time. I figured I would count myself lucky if I was able to interview Alec for 15 minutes but instead Alec gave me 90 minutes and the opportunity to answer any question I asked him. Thanks, Alec!Atari Teenage Riot "Destroy 2000 Years Of Culture"Alec Empire "We All Die"Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore RecordingsEc80r "We Need A Change!"Christoph De Babalon "My Confession"Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore RecordingsHanin Elias "Nizza"The Curse Of The Golden Vampire "Ultrasonic Meltdown"Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore RecordingsBomb 20 "You Killed Me First"Alec Empire "1000 Eyes (Radio Edit)"Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore RecordingsKillout Trash "Straight Outta Berlin"Patric C "Snuff Out"Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore RecordingsSonic Subjunkies "Central Industrial"DJ Bleed "Deaf Dumb And Blind"Interview with Alec Empire of Digital Hardcore RecordingsShizuo "Sweat"Atari Teenage Riot - Destroy 2000 Years of Culture

If you've listened to solipsistic NATION for a while then you know the first Friday of each month I feature a live set from an electronic musician. It's a lot of fun and recently we've had some great performances from KiloWatts, Iambic and Exillon. What began as a one time segment has become a regular feature on solipsistic NATION.And that takes us to today's show which caused a minor dilemma for me.A few months I asked Brendan Angelides, who records and performs under the names Eskmo and Welder, if he'd like to be a guest on the show. Brendan was kind enough to send me a link to one of his mind blowing mixes. I couldn't wait to play it on the show.When I arrange my interview with Brenda I discovered is... kind of live. Live in the sense that his mixed the set in his studio. By this point I had already promoted his show on solipsistic NATION and didn't have enough time to set up an interview with another musician and feature one of their live sets. That aside, I decided it didn't matter because Eskmo's music is just so great. Plus, in a couple of months Brendan will be back on the show with, this time, one of his Welder live sets!Speaking of live sets, next month we'll have tow live sets on one show, one from Masmöd and one from Terminal 11. Oh, and next week our special guest will be Alec Empire. We'll talk with Alec and her select tracks from his label, Digital hardcore Recordings.Stay stuned!Eskmo The Ancestor Mix [FREE DOWNLOAD]Animal Collective "Daily Routine (Intro)"Eskmo "Harmony"Eskmo "Trudge"Interview with EskmoEskmo "Hypercolor"Eskmo "Process"J. Rodgers "Mediation Point (Eskmo Remix)"

I've got yet another jam-packed edition of solipsistic NATION for you this week! We'll talk with Mad E.P. and O' Slick, Sean Horton from the Decibel Festival taking place in Seattle this weekend, mutantrumpeter Ben Neill, and Thesis from the Echodub collective record label. And of course I'll play you the best of all genres of electronic music!Mad E.P. is a crafty musician who jumps from genre to genre and yet somehow makes those genres his own, whether it's breakbeat or hip hop. Mad E.P. and O' Slick join us to talk about their forthcoming collaborative album, Brimstone Bangers.As I mentioned, we'll also talk with Sean Horton, the founder of the Decibel Festival, a four-day annual music and arts festival dedicated to live electronic music, visual art and new media. The Decibel Festival began in 2004 and has been gathering momentum each year. This year's festival features more than 100 performers hailing from 10 countries in 14 venues across Seattle, conferences, panels and workshops. You can check out the schedule here.We'll also talk with Ben Neill. Ben is a trumpeter and composer and his music has been recorded on such labels as Astralwerks, Verve, and Six Degrees. Ben is another artist who makes each genre his own and his new album, Night Science, is an offering of some heavy, heavy dubstep infused with his mutantrumpet.Finally, we'll talk with Thesis from Echodub. I recently discovered Echodub when I downloaded their Anechoic Chamber net release dubstep compilation album. I love dubstep but I have to admit that most of the stuff I hear is plodding and uninspired but nearly everything I've heard from Echodub is beautiful and moving.That's the show. I hope you dig it because there's a lot of sweat equity behind this edition of solipsistic NATION. If you do dig it (and I don't see how you couldn't) then why don't you show some love and give solipsistic NATION a quick 1 to 5 star review on our iTunes page.Oh, before I go, I want to let you know that next week's show will feature a special mix from Eskmo and the following week we'll talk with the legendary Alec Empire, the founder of Digital Hardcore Recordings and Atari Teenage Riot! I'm also working on a show that will include an interview with Amy Grill, the director of the documentary, Speaking in Code, and a chat with King Cannibal. I'm still working out who will be the other guests on the edition of solipsistic NATION so stay stuned!Photo Credit: Yago VeithMad E.P. "Hellbass"Mad E.P. "Fire & Mud (Instrumental)"Interview with Mad E.P. & O'SlickMad E.P. "Apocalypse (Filthy One)"Truckasauras "Hold On (Dutty Larry Mix)"Heyoka "Galactic Tea Pad"Interview with Sean Horton, founder of the Decibel FestivalVoodeux "Bones"Ben Neill "Afteimage"Ben Neill "Monochromatic"Interview with Ben NeillBen Neill "Futura"Absense "Good Love" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Apathesis "Untitled" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Interview with Thesis of EchodubMoonchild "The Glass Lake" [FREE DOWNLOAD]

I've never said this before about previous editions of solipsistic NATION but today's show is not safe for work. I figure we're all adults so I don't feel the need to give such a disclaimer but I decided just this one it would be be a good idea to cover my ass so you can cover yours.That said, I don't have a lot to talk about this week's show other than listen to it because it rocks so I thought I'd take this opportunity to talk about the gear I use to make solipsistic NATION. It's a question that comes up now and again so I thought I'd address it.First off, I rock the Sennheiser e 835 microphone. There are better microphones out there but Sennheiser e 835 is a solid, inexpensive microphone and it has served me well.I run my Sennheiser e 835 through a Behringer Eurorack UB502 mixer which I then run through an Alesis NanoCompressor which is connected to my Mac Mini.I use Skype to conduct the interview for the show and Wiretap Pro to record the interviews. Wiretap Pro has been updated and is now called Wiretap Studio but Wiretap Pro is perfect for my needs so I never felt the need to purchase the upgrade.I use Sound Studio to record and edit my voice overs as well as my interviews and the IDs for which are then run through an application called Levelator to further smooth out the highs and lows in the audio.I use GarageBand to sequence and mix solipsistic NATION. I suppose I could use GarageBand to record and edit the voice overs, interviews and IDs as well but I find that Sound Studio gives me the fine degree of control I require. Besides, as I mentioned, I'm using a Mac Mini and while it's a great computer I think I would pushing the machine to it's limits to simultaneously run Skype and GarageBand and I just don't want to take that chance while recording interviews for the show.Once the show is mixed it is exported to iTunes and I then encode the show as an MP3 at 128 kbps/44.100 kHz using an application called the iTunes-LAME Encoder. It usually takes 15 minutes to convert the show to MP3 using the iTunes-LAME Encoder and while I could use iTunes' built-it MP3 encoder which is much faster (it takes just a few minutes to encode a show in iTunes) the iTunes-LAME Encoder delivers a MP3 with superior audio. If I'm going to compress the music to a MP3 I might as well give you the best sounding show I possible can.In the past I've also been asked why I don't encode the show at 192 or 320 kbps for higher audio fidelity. The answer is simple. I'd love to encode the show at 192 or 320 kbps but that would significantly increase the file size of the show which in turn would increase the time it would take to download the show to your computer. solipsistic NATION has a global audience and not everyone has a high speed internet connection and I want people to be able to download solipsistic NATION as quickly and easy as possible.I've also been asked by some people why I don't encode the show as an AAC. This is another dilemma I had to wrestle with. AAC is great because at 128 kbps an AAC file supposedly sounds better than a MP3 encoded at 128 kbps. Also, I could include album art, links and additional information in an AAC file but the problem is that AAC files can, for the most part, only be played on Apple hardware and software like iTunes or the iPod. I want solipsistic NATION to be as easily accessible to as many people as possible and encoding the show an an AAC would limit the size of my audience. Who in their right mind would want to do that?So there you have it: that's how I create each edition of solipsistic NATION. As you can see, it's a pretty inexpensive operation. It's pretty easy to produce a show but I have to admit that even though I've been doing this for a couple of years and have it down to a science it still takes a considerable amount of time to produce each show. But I find producing solipsistic NATION a fun and rewarding experience and I hope you enjoy each show.See you next week!Photo Credit: TReynolds08hai! Robotto "Breathe" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Lucidstatic "Aux8 (Copy Paste Repeat Remix)" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Bassnectar "Teleport Massive (feat. Zumbi)"edIT "Artsy Remix (feat. The Grouch)"Alice In Videoland "MF"Thunderheist "Jerk It"The Robot Disaster "Guitars Are Overated (Suxx Rmx)"Mochipet "Anthem"Tiga "What You Need"Starkillers Vs Armand Van Heldan "Funk.Phenomena"Kanye West "Robocop (MOTOR Club Remix)" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Larry Tee feat. Amanda Lepore "My Pussy (Jeff Doubleu Mix)"Aaron LaCrate "Just Wanna Featuring Samir"

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 the head of some person or creature, real or imagined. Let's say you draw the head of an ostrich. You then hand the paper to the next person but the ostrich head would be covered so they couldn't see what you had just drawn. That person would then draw a torso and they decide to draw the buxom figure of Marilyn Monroe. They then pass the sheet of paper to the next person but covering up what they had just drawn as well as the head of the ostrich. The next person decides to draw the legs of a gorilla. Yeah, let's go with that. The legs of a gorilla. Once the drawing is done everyone gets to see the complete picture and have a good laugh. The Exquisite Corpse mix goes something like that.For today's show I have chosen a song to kick of the Exquisite Corpse mix and then sent it to a podcaster. And not just any podcaster but a podcaster who, like myself, plays electronic music.Once they have the song they have to choose a song that would segue nicely after the track I have selected or go off into an entirely different direction.The song they have selected is sent off to the next podcaster and so forth and so on until the Exquisite Corpse mix is complete. Each podcaster only hears the most recently selected song and must base their selection solely on the song they have just heard.In fact, the mix you'll hear today will be just as much as a surprise for them as it is for you.At the end of today's show we'll hear from each podcasters and find out who they are, what song they chose for the mix and why. Enjoy!Oh, if you dig today's Exquisite Corpse mix then you'll definitely want to listen to the first and second Exquisite Corpse mix.Photo Credit: Sam JavanrouhThink Tank "A Knife & A Fork" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Selected by Bazooka Joe, solipsistic NATIONDynastic "Kabouter (Remix)"Selected by Gareth Noyce, RK2Dan Berkson, James What "Mescaline Circus (Original Mix)"Selected by Ryan ScottVoide "Space Sponge"Selected by Snowy, ElectronicastAleksi Virta "Princess Melodiae" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Selected by Pete Cooper, BleepshowZeropage "Void Sensor"Selected by Michael, Electronica MonthlySlepcy "With Charles Bukowski On The Ride"Selected by Spartacus RooseveltDementio13 "Your Link Does Not Work"Selected by Pixieguts, PixieCastBeckett & Taylor "Smash"Selected by Anji Bee, The Chillcast

Today's show posed an unusual problem.solipsistic NATION is an hour long program, more or less. That's usually not a problem but once a month on solipsistic NATION I feature a live set from an electronic musician and not all of their sets are an hour long. When that happens I'll either play some of their studio tracks afterwards or if their live set is around 30 minutes I'll pair them up with a live set by another artist. Problem solved.But as I said, today's show posed an unusual problem.Our guest on today's show is Jamie Watts, AKA KiloWatts and will listen to his performance at the Forward Festival in Washington D.C. recorded earlier this year.I've always dug KiloWatts' music because Jamie has a knack for crafting songs that have a kind of hopeful buoyancy to them. Go listen to The Headphone Experience or Native State Records editions of solipsistic NATION to see what I mean.Jamie's been a busy guy this year. In 2009 he released Six Silicates and Undercurrent and a third album, Focus & Flow, out later this month that is a collaboration with Vanek. I was lucky that I asked Jamie to be on the show months ago because otherwise I don't know where he'd find the time to do it now. Jamie was kind enough to send me a recording of his live set at the Forward Festival and here we get to the problem: instead of just clocking in at an hour or less Jamie's live set is an hour and 20 minutes long!As a rule, I try to keep solipsistic NATION to an hour . I suppose I could of just chopped off 20 minutes but I really didn't want to do that because I really like his live set and I know you will to. In the end I decided to play his entire set. This is a podcast, after all, so I don't always have to adhere to a rigid length to the show. The only problem that remained is that for those of you who listen to solipsistic NATION on KYOURadio will only hear the abridged version of Jamie's performance at the Forward Festival. Happily, you can always listen to the performance in it's entirety at solipsisticnation.com.Anyway, enjoy today's show. Come back next and we'll do it all over again. But completely different.KiloWatts "Live at Forward Festival (Washington D.C., March 21, 2009)"Interview with KiloWatts

Today's show is great! I'll be talking with Jim Moynihan from Omelette Records, Great Scott from glitch.fm, Steve Nalepa and Deru.Jim Moynihan is Spoonbill and he is also the founder of Omelette Records, a wonderful collective record label with artists that include the likes of Spoonbill, Frank Riggio and Alpha Channel.Great Scott was our guest back in May and joins us again to talk about glitch.fm, an internet radio station featuring the best of glitch hop he helped launch a few months back.Nalepa is another regular on solipsistic NATION. The last time I spoke with him he had just completed Flatlands:Remixes and had just begun working on the DVD version of Flatlands:Remixes.Deru's live performance on solipsistic NATION began a tradition of featuring live electronic music on the show that continues to this day. I've anxiously been awaiting the release of Deru's new album, Say Goodbye To Useless, since he mentioned it on Twitter about six months ago.Oh, hey, be sure to check out the related videos below for your continued edification and enjoyment.Photo Credit: Randy MoraSpoonbill "Gumtree (Respoon)" [FREE DOWNLOAD]Spoonbill "Moth Adjust Stereo, Excerpt"Interview with Jim Moynihan, founder of Omelette RecordsFrank Riggio "Perplex People" [FREE DOWNLOAD]HipGnosis "grainydontstop"Ill-Esha "spook FL"Interview with Great Scott, founder of glitch.fmIll-Esha "kitchen sync FH2"Nalepa/David Last "Flatlands (David Last Remix)"Nalepa/RND "4th of July (RND Remix)"Interview with Steve NalepaNalepa/Rena Jones "Rhodes Racer (Rena Jones Remix)"Deru "I Want"Deru "Hello"Interview with DeruDeru "What Happens When You Ask"Cinetic Energy - Frank RiggioIll-Esha IntroNalepa + VJ SynestheteDeru - Next Door

Today's show is pretty cool. I'll be spinning tracks that came entirely from musicians I've met on Twitter.A couple of years ago my buddy Al told me that I had to get on Twitter. I was very cynical about social networks but Al had never steered me wrong in the past so I signed up.I thought Twitter was pretty stupid and at that point there weren't too many musicians and record labels from the electronic music scene to make it all that useful to me. I just posted notices about editions of solipsistic NATION that had been released.I didn't get it about Twitter. And then one day it just clicked.Last December I was on a two week vacation from work. I was getting bored and so I just started spouting off whatever was on the top of my head, stuff related to electronic music and otherwise. I was pretty silly and pretty frank but what surprised me was the amount of conversations about some of the stuff I said generated. And that later led to other conversations.At the same time Twitter was getting more and more mainstream attention and there were a lot of musicians and record labels joining Twitter. Suddenly Twitter became very useful.Just for fun, I put the word out on Twitter that I wanted to do a mix of electronic music from artists on Twitter. Today's show the result of sifting through three hours of music.It was hard to pare down three hours of music into a one hour mix. I've done my best to give you a sample of the diversity of music that was sent my way.Keeping with the Twitter theme, I asked all the people on today's show to talk about their music in 140 characters or less, which you can read below.I hope you enjoyed today's show. If you did, let me know on Twitter at http://twitter.com/solipsistic If I get enough responses I'll put out another Twitter mix in a few months.Wildcafe Does House "You Know (Radio Cut)"@wildcafe I'm introducing my first release to you. It's called Wildcafe Does House "You Know?" It's an electro house smasher. Take a deep breath ;)Charles Feelgood "Basshole (Charles Feelgood Remix)"@feelgood "Basshole" Charles Feelgood Remix(Original Jon Pegnato and Matty Schol)-Jackin beats, ripping bass, with a touch of Bmore, out now on Shush Music at Beatport!Great Scott "Defcon"@djgreatscott "DefCon" pays homage to my favorite time of the year: the notorious hacking convention! Vox via Tim Leary's "Tune In, Turn On, & Drop Out"3'OhTree "The Beast Inside"@3ohtree A dark, angry, Dubstep track that treats sub-woofers how they are meant to be treated. Written & produced with pure hardware, no mac or pc.hot mess "contra in a laundromat"@neondoom "Contra" is basically taking the idea of Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon" and relating it to trying to hook up in a club.Auditory Canvas "Let's Go Stomp in the Mud"@auditorycanvas Inspired by a trip to Lightning in a Bottle Festival 2008, it poured down half of the weekend. still had loads of fun though.James & Evander "Dro"@JamesAndEvander Dro was the first song we glitched guitar on. Its short for "Dntel Rip Off." Lots of layers of the Moog. LAYERS! GLITCHHHH!Phylum Sinter "Sedna_Demik"@phylum_sinter Sedna_Demik is a chimey, noise-percussion track, taken from my album 'from unity to segmentation' on enpeg digital (out now!)alka "immolated"@_alka immolated: a condensed aural view of life. swirling tones escalate to 1:20 when pulsing rhythmatics surge + overtake until an eventual decaybllix "In the Pines"@bllix The disappointment you feel that it isn't a Nirvana remix helps me relive the time I stole baby Jesus from grandma's yard over and over.Mystical Sun "Blue Lotus"@mysticalsun flowers of blue dub for drifting and dreaming.Dave Seidel "Nur"@DaveSeidel "Nur" means light. Just intonation, micro-rhythms & acoustical beating. From upcoming release "Elementals" on @stasisfield.

This week's solipsistic NATION features select tracks from Sleevin Records mixed by the label's founder, Simon Littlewood, AKA Simo.I know Simon through Goldilox.I knew Goldilox from back in the day when she was part of Boston's emerging electronic music scene in the mid 80s. She was a member of D.D.T. Last year I put together a show featuring D.D.T. (a few months later I would feature a live set from D.D.T. on solipsistic NATION recorded from the station that made me what I am as a DJ, WMFO.), Big Catholic Guilt, You Shriek and Think Tree. It was great to catch up Goldilox, Elaine Walker and Noel McKenna and it came up that Goldilox had sine moved to San Francisco and was helping run Sleevin Records with Simon. I made plans with Simon to have him on the show but as happens from to time, those plans never came together.Last month I noticed that a number of albums from Sleevin Records were being promoted by IODA Promonet, a great service I use to find music to play on solipsistic NATION which reminded me of my plans to have Simon on the show. We got in touch and here you are: today's show.This may or may not be true but I believe San Francisco is a hot bed for electronic music. I know other cities like Los Angeles or New York have electronic music scenes but there seems to be something special about San Francisco that has countless great electronic music and a community that embraces that music. Sleevin Records is a perfect example of great electronic music coming out of San Francisco alongside the likes of OM Records, Cheb i Sabbah, Asphodel, etc... The list is long.Enjoys today's offering of tracks from Sleevin Records!By the way, next week I'll be giving aways free CDs on Twitter. Follow me at http://twitter.com/solipsistic for your chance to win some great music!SIMO feat. Diana Luna, Borrina Mapaka, Renee Wilson "Dub City"Moody Eva "Fuck Off"Interview with Simon Littlewood, founder of Sleevin RecordsSIMO & Drunken Monkey "Step Into"Moody Eva "Grab Your Tits"Techture "Rusted"SIMO "Mindless Banta"Interview with Simon Littlewood, founder of Sleevin RecordsSIMO & B.Smiley "It's A Nice"SIMO & Drunken Monkey "Rennie's Skank (JFlea RMX)"B.Smiley & Native Intelligence "Whacktrack(B.Smiley's Dub Mix)"SIMO & Mancub "Punks Of Funk (Prato RMX)"Interview with Simon Littlewood, founder of Sleevin RecordsMoody Eva "A Little Taste"Techture "Signal 1"Techture "Cuts In Radar"SIMO & Drunken Monkey "Controlled Manner"Interview with Simon Littlewood, founder of Sleevin Records