NATION

solipsistic NATION: NVR-NDR, Live

by smallworld October 16, 2011 solipsistic NATION

[tlr] makes his triumphant return on solipsistic NATION as NVR-NDR with a special live set and a handful of studio tracks from his Extreme Hyper Impact album![tlr], you may recall, was on the show this time last year with a mix of select tracks from the Magicore blog he runs with tooth_eye and Phil. That [...]

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solipsistic NATION: Blotter Acid

by smallworld September 26, 2011 solipsistic NATION

So here’s the pitch: 100 songs on one show.This show has been brewing for, I don’t know, the last three or four years. Since solipsistic NATION was first launched I’ve accumulated a huge library of music. To be honest, at this point it’s a constant deluge and I’ll never catch up with it. There’s only [...]

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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: Speak Onion, Live

by smallworld August 7, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Speak Onion is Dan Abatemarco and Dan was our guest on last year’s show about music made with iPods, iPhones and iPads. Dan’s back again with a live set recorded at the Charleston in Brooklyn for Immigrant Breast Nest’s record release party.Dan’s music has elements of breakcore and drum and bass in it but what [...]

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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: Katabatik Records

by smallworld July 10, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Today’s mind bendingly fantastic show is all thanks to you! Well, not you specifically, obviously, but those of you on Twitter and Facebook who suggested that I feature Katabatik Records on the next label showcase. I’ve been doing this show long enough to know that people like you who listen to this show have good [...]

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solipsistic NATION: Zion Train, Live

by smallworld July 3, 2011 solipsistic NATION

This week’s show came together so quickly my head is still spinning!Once a month on solipsistic NATION I feature a live performance from an electronic musician. I usually try to have a bank of live sets so I don’t have to scramble at the last minute to get a show out. I say “usually” because [...]

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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: The Centrifuge

by smallworld April 10, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Today on solipsistic NATION we’ll showcase The Centrifuge, a UK-based electronic arts collective that runs a digital record label and organises events around Europe. The Centrifuge focuses on the expression of the experimental aesthetic in electronic music, with an emphasis on electronica, glitch, ambience and minimalism, acid, IDM and drill and bass.When I relaunched solipsistic [...]

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solipsistic NATION: Igorrr, Live

by smallworld April 3, 2011 solipsistic NATION

I’m going to talk gear for a bit so please indulge me.I relaunched solipsistic NATION in 2006 because I had just purchased a Mac Mini and it came with GarageBand pre-installed. GarageBand changed everything because suddenly I could create shows easily and quickly. It’s safe to say that if I hadn’t picked up my Mac [...]

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solipsistic NATION: Iberian Records

by smallworld March 20, 2011 solipsistic NATION

This month’s showcase features a label that actually appeared on the Dubsonic edition of solipsistic NATION and that label is Iberian Records. That show also included music from Boka Records, Hot Flush Recordings, Immerse Records and a lot of other labels putting out fantastic dubstep EPs and LPs.That show was just a snapshot of each [...]

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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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solipsistic NATION: Nueva Forma

by smallworld January 16, 2011 solipsistic NATION

Last month I featured a live set from Masmöd. I’ve been a fan of Masmöd’s for a couple of years now so it was a pleasure to finally have him on solipsistic NATION. Masmöd, who’s “secret identity” is Michael John, is also one of the co-founders of Nueva Forma, and after our interview I asked if he’d be interested in appearing on one of our label showcases. As you can tell by the title of today’s show, he agreed.

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