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solipsistic NATION: Tripswitch, Live

by smallworld May 6, 2012 solipsistic NATION

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 music that feels well-worn and new at the same time. There’s something about his music [...]

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solipsistic NATION: unMaker

by smallworld December 27, 2011 solipsistic NATION
unMaker

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 beginning with me: patient zero! Okay, it’s not that bad. I just wanted to add [...]

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solipsistic NATION: Summertime Rolls

by smallworld August 28, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Since I don’t have any guests on this week’s show so I guess I’ll take this opportunity to ramble.Today my friend Sandi and I were out driving to go grab a bite to eat. While we were waiting at a stop light a SUV pulled up next to us and playing some bass thumpingly track. [...]

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solipsistic NATION No. 252: From Here to Tranquility

by smallworld August 21, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Playing the best of all genres of electronic music means exploring new labels. Just last week, for example, we heard some wonderful stuff from Ember Music.Playing the best of all genres of electronic music also means playing recordings of live performances and in the last few months we’ve heard concerts from Zion Train, Matta and [...]

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solipsistic NATION: Ember Music

by smallworld August 14, 2011 solipsistic NATION

One of the things that thrills me most about the label showcase on solipsistic NATION is that it gives me the opportunity to discover even more new music with a mix that is is lovingly handpicked by the labels founders. In today’s case that would be Kurt Lorenz and Bill Bendrot of Ember Music.Ember Music [...]

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solipsistic NATION: Beautiful Hallucination

by smallworld July 31, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Today’s show was originally going to have interviews with Amon Tobin and Dr. Toast about their new albums; an interview with the folks from the Norbergfestival, which is taking place in Sweden this weekend; and an interview with Geeta Dayal about her book about Brian Eno’s album, Another Green World.That would have been a great [...]

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solipsistic NATION: Excursions in Ambience

by smallworld July 24, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Today’s show is very special for me and I imagine it will be a very special show for a lot of people, because today we’ll be talking with Brian Long and showcasing music from the Excursions in Ambience compilation album series.Back in the early 1990s when I was first falling deeply in love with electronic [...]

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Hypnagothique – Orchestral Manoeuvres From the Dark

by P. Emerson Williams July 5, 2011 Tuesdays

Orchestras of the damned weave a hypnogogic spell over a charred landscape. Artists mostly known for their heavy metal, industrial or post-punk oeuvre revel in symphonic timbres through technological or by scraping strings with rosin coated h0rse-hair with results ranging from chill-out to chilling.

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solipsistic NATION: Epiphyte

by smallworld June 26, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Today’s edition of solipsistic NATION is epic but it fought me every step of the way in it’s creation! Arranging and preparing for four interviews, waking up in the wee hours of the night to call Pitch Black’s Michael Hodgson, endless hours of editing and mixing, two essential applications crashing constantly, etc. It is by [...]

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solipsistic NATION: Waveform Records

by smallworld June 12, 2011 solipsistic NATION

On today’s show we’re going to hear select tracks from artists on Waveform Records. We’ll also talk with Forest, who is the label’s co-founder.Today’s show is kind of a big deal for me. Back in the early 90s there were a clutch of albums that came out at roughly the same time I was falling [...]

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solipsistic NATION: alka, merohedra, Alexei Borisov and 80(sun), Live

by smallworld June 5, 2011 solipsistic NATION

It’s such a beautiful day here in San Diego that I decided to get out of the studio and record today’s introduction with you from my roof deck. There’s a light breeze and from where I’m standing I can see the Pacific Ocean. I wish you were here to see it with me. After living [...]

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solipsistic NATION: blueOrb

by smallworld May 22, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Today on solipsistic NATION we’re going to bring in the Rapture with a mix put together for us by Praketh, who is also the host of the blueOrb podcast.Praketh has only released a handful of shows on blueOrb but when he does, well, they’re just breath taking!I first came across Praketh’s blueOrb podcast back in [...]

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solipsistic NATION: :papercutz, Live

by smallworld March 13, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Producing solipsistic NATION is a labor of love and it keeps me out of mischief but it does eat up a lot of time. Last week’s show featuring Meat Beat Manifesto’s Jack Dangers, Bassweight dubstep documentary director Suridh Hassan, DJ Umb of Generation Bass and [tlr] of NVR-NDR took 21 hours to put together.When I [...]

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