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 Featuring the best of all genres of electronic music. Copyright: Copyright 2007 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:00:30 +0200  I try not too talk too much on solipsistic NATION because I've only got an hour to cram as much music and interviews into each edition of the show. I don't want to waste your time with my banter. Besides, anything I can't fit in the show I can always say in the show notes. We're just months away from a presidential election here in the U.S. and after the longest political campaign in our country's history things are really heating up. It's been said that politics are a full contact sport and this campaign has been particularly ugly and for good reason: one of the former candidates, Hillary Clinton, is a woman and Barack Obama, is a black man. Despite the changing face of America our country has yet to fully come to terms with the much needed equality of women and race in our nation. Simply by being in the campaign Clinton and Obama has forced America to think about the issues of sex and race. While that is a good thing it also means that a lot of people can express their bigotry. Sometimes it came across in an obscure manner such as when pundits observed Clinton's tactics as being a form of "muscular" politics (none of the other male candidates politics were identified as "muscular"). Sometimes it was more egregious. For example, there were many times when Clinto was told that her place was in the kitchen, often by other women. The campaign has narrowed down to McCain and Obama so now America's discomfort with the possibility of having a black man as a president has become more pronounced. Recently there were a batch of pins that read "If Obama is President...will we still call it The White House?" When Obama gently banged fists with his wife, Michelle, a FOXNews anchor asked if the fist-bump might actually be "a terrorist fist jab." It goes on and on. When I'm optimistic I see all this as a good thing because it means my country is addressing it's collective fears and hopefully we can move on. If Obama is elected president racism will still exist in our country but it's a step in the right direction. Even if Obama is not elected president it still is a victory. The U.S. is finally moving past an antiquated mindset. When I'm not so optimistic I get really pissed off. Can we please move into the fucking 21st century. But rather than rant about all this on solipsistic NATION I figure it would be more productive and just play some music that kicks ass and today's show does just that. Turn it up and get your rage on! Photo Credit: Chad Davis
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 55.24 MB here Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:00:06 +0200  It amazes me just how many music labels are out there that are putting out some of the most phenomenal music I've ever heard. What's wonderful about electronic music is that these labels can focus on a specific genre and mine the very best music that that genre has to offer. Ultimae Records, for example, focuses and ambient/trance music while Native State Records specializes in the glitchier and dubbier stuff. Today on solipsistic NATION we're joined by Taylor Deupree, the founder of the 12k music label. 12k an independent boutique label that showcases artists who specialize in experimental electronic music. To date, 12k has released over 40 CDs since the label's inception in 1971. Due to the caliber of music Taylor offers 12k has become one of the most respected experimental electronic labels in the world. Each album from 12k is a special and made even more unique by Taylor's insistence that he only releases 500 copies of each CD. I think that 12k puts out some of the most beautiful electronic music I've ever heard. Since most of the albums on 12k are quiet things I've come to enjoy how the sounds of the environment I'm in when I listen to 12k releases become part of the music while the music colors my perceptions of the environment I'm in. It's a sublime experience. See if that happens to you when you listen to this week's show.
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 61.04 MB here Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:35 +0200  For those of you who live in the U.S., Happy 4th of July! Today is a special day for me because July 4th of 2004 is when solipsistic NATION was first broadcast on Free Radio San Diego (FRSD). Back then, studio of FRSD was located in a toolshed. We had an air conditioner but that only brought down the temperature down a few degrees and I had to turn it off whenever I went on the mic for on-air announcements to avoid the air conditioner's hum. Another challenge of doing an electronic music show on FRSD was that our station used Ots Labs radio software. Ots Labs has come a long way but when I first began solipsistic NATION their app was great for programing the schedules for shows but lousy for doing the seamless segues you expect from an electronic music show. Despite the software and our air conditioner I managed to put out a decent show each week and built up an audience in San Diego for people who were starved for just such a program. In addition to solipsistic NATION's four year anniversary I'll have released 100 editions of the show as a podcast in three weeks and in September solipsistic NATION will celebrate two years of weekly podcasts. 2008 is a banner year for solipsistic NATION! This week's show is special for another reason because I've released one show featuring a live performance by an electronic artists for nearly a year. When I began the live segment I thought it would be something that I would do occasionally on the show and never expected that it would become a monthly segment. In the last year I've has live sets from the likes of Robert Rich, Hol Baumann and Meat Beat Manifesto and in the next few months you can expect to hear concerts by The Orb, Bass Science and Aes Dana. To celebrate solipsistic NATION's four year anniversary we have a live performance from Bubblegone and Verzerren. Play it when the fireworks begin! One more thing: Travis Nobles of the hidenplace music blog, who I had as a guest DJ on the show back in February, has put out his first mix. Beautiful stuff and you can download it here.Photo Credit: chromedecay
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 62.07 MB here Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:00:44 +0200  This week on solipsistic NATION I've got a great show for you! Last year I interviewed JP of Rabbit Junk for a documentary on digital hardcore that I'm working on. He's since released his latest album, Life Is Where You Get Fucked, and was kind enough to send me a copy of his CD. On his new album JP has combined metal, punk, hip hop and electronica. It's an exciting venture and I wanted to have JP on today's show to talk about his CD. I've also been kicking around the idea of doing a regular feature on artists and bands who played a major role in the early days of electronic music. While this notion has been bouncing around my skull I came across Hula's web site. Hula was an electronic based band I was into during the 80s and so I contacted Nort to have him on the show to talk about the band. A few weeks ago I was perusing XLR8R and read their review of Lulu Rouge's Bless You album. I was intrigued and went to Lulu Rouge's MySpace page. After hearing their song, "Melankoli," I instantly fell in love with their music. As you might have guessed, I invited them to come on today's show. Our last guest is Cheb I Sabbah. I had Cheb on solipsistic NATION for a retrospective mix of his musical career so far. Cheb released his latest album, Devotion back in January. I've been meaning to have Cheb back on solipsistic NATION for quite a while and this week's show seemed like it would be a perfect fit. So there you have it: a great show with great guest and great music. Enjoy! Photo Credit: JohnKit
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 65.15 MB here Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:59 +0200  I hate Pete Cooper! Each week I face the same dilemma: what do I feature on solipsistic NATION? My priority is to play the best of all genres of electronic music but I've only got an hour to work with. Add to that the interviews, the live sets and the spotlighting of music labels of note and the question becomes what do I take out? Those are the kind of decisions that I agonize over. The obvious solution is to release solipsistic NATION as a daily podcast. That would give me the opportunity to do everything I want to do with the show as well as giving me the chance to be an actual DJ and play more mixes. But honestly, I spend so much time putting out one show a week that doing a daily podcast would most likely kill me and given my obsessive compulsive tendencies that would happen pretty quickly. Back in January I had Snowy who hosts Electronicast on solipsistic NATION as a guest DJ and he told me about his favorite podcast called bleepshow, hosted by Pete Cooper. Since I'm always on the lookout for new shows to listen I gave it a try and became a regular listener. Pete does a daily one hour podcast where he plays the best electronic music that netlabels like Monotonik and Thinner have to offer. bleeppshow is fun, informative and eclectic. Pete does the kind of show I only wish I had the time and energy to do. I hate Pete Cooper! Photo Credit: Ultra (No videos on Flickr)
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 48.38 MB here Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:00:45 +0200  The last couple of months I've been thinking about the electronic music community. Electronic music has been around for decades but to me it has always seemed underground, even more so than punk. What's weird about that is that electronic music is a presence in almost all genres of music today. Almost every artist or band employs samples or drum loops, from your local bar band to Madonna. And yet if you asked your average person on the street they'd be hard pressed to think of an electronic music artist or band they know. But if you're listening to solipsistic NATION then you're obviously a fan of electronic music and may be part of the electronic music community. Today's guest is Dave Heckman, the founder of Metropolis Records. Dave's label specializes in electro, industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and goth and his roster of artists include the likes of KMFDM, Front 242 and Snog. While it was a pleasure to talk to Dave about Metropolis Records what I really enjoyed was the history of the label and the community that grew around the label. As Dave points out, genres like industrial came out of the post-punk scene and that scene has always had a strong community. Electronic music in general may still be underground, and maybe that's for the best, but there has always been people who have kept the scene fresh and exciting.
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 66.31 MB here Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:00:23 +0200  When I relaunched solipsistic NATION as a podcast my only plan was to play for you the best of all genres of electronic music. But after a few weeks I realized that I could pursue the things I wanted to do but couldn't do at the radio station I used to spin at. At first it was just doing interviews but that quickly grew to include documentaries about electronic music, showcasing artists and record labels, guest DJs and featuring recordings of live performances. The live shows have been a lot of fun because it gives me the opportunity to focus on a specific artist and hear music by them I might otherwise not know about. When I began the live shows I thought it was just something I'd do every once in a while but it has become a regular segment of solipsistic NATION. The only problem is that very few live sets are an hour long. Originally I'd pad out the show by adding a few studio recordings by the featured artist but then I got the brilliant idea (okay, the obvious idea) of featuring two live performances back-to-back! Today's show features Jason Chung, AKA Nosaj Thing, and Robin Rimbaud, AKA Scanner. I first found out about Nosaj Thing through Nalepa. Nalepa was singing praises to Jason and Nalepa had never steered me wrong so I downloaded a few tracks by Jason, which were absolutely beautiful. I highly recommend Jason's Views/Octopus EP. Jason's set comes from his performance he gave for dublab. I've been a fan of Robin's music for years, maybe decades at this point. Recently Robin made some songs from his many albums available to podcaster, which gave me the excuse to have him on the show back in April. Afterwards I asked Robin if he had any live recordings I could play in the show and he was kind enough to give me a copy of his concert at The Rhiz. In the near future you can expect to hear concerts by The Orb and Bubblegone. You can also expect to gear more sets back-to-back!
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 62.3 MB here Fri, 30 May 2008 09:00:08 +0200  Back in the mid 80s I fell in love with hardcore punk. The rage, the belligerence, the do-it-yourself ethic; I loved all of it. But while I was thrashing out to the likes of Minor Threat, Bad Brains and Agnostic Front I was also listening to electronic based bands like Skinny Puppy, Wire and Clock DVA and this caused a problem with my hardcore ideology. I was supposed to despise the latter bands for their "pretense" and "artiness." They were, after all, the antithesis of hardcore. Hell, you'd actually have to learn to play your instrument beyond furiously bashing out bar chords. My hardcore punk phase didn't last long, though. I had always loved all kinds of music and I found most of punk terribly boring, never mind the conservative mindset of most people in the punk community. Leaving hardcore punk behind (but not the music), I started listening to more and more of these electronic based bands. The mid 80s were an interesting time for electronic music because while electronic music had been around for many decades it was always in the domain of composers like Edgard Varèse and Iannis Xenakis. Suddenly anyone could go to their local music and purchase some synths and sequencers for very little money. Well, it was still expensive but not insanely so. And so music started going into some weird places. I lived in Boston while all of this was happening and while Boston's galaxies of colleges and universities ensured a incredibly rich and vibrant music scene there was very little in the way of electronic based bands. But there were a few like D.D.T., Big Catholic Guilt, Think Tree and You Shriek and they were all great and they were all very unique. A couple of months ago I thought it would be cool to have D.D.T. come on the show and play some of their songs but then it occurred to me, why not have some of the other bands that I loved so much on the show as well? I contacted them all and to my delight, everyone wanted to participate. It was great talking to them and the conversations brought back a lot of memories of my days in Boston that I had completely forgotten about. If you're fans of any of these bands then I'm sure you'll experience the same thing. If you're new to D.D.T., Big Catholic Guilt, Think Tree and You Shriek then you're in for a very special treat! Photo Credit: Boston Pozivivor
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 72.48 MB here Fri, 23 May 2008 09:00:28 +0200  I had originally planned to release this mix during the week of Valentine's Day but I decided against it because I had meaning to have Lovespirals on solipsistic NATION for quite a while so I shelved the mix for a later date. Speaking of Lovespirals, if you dig this week's show then you'll want to listen to the Chillcast, which is hosted by Lovespirals chanteuse Anji Bee. Today's show is a mix of acid jazz and trip hop and is very romantic and very sexy. In fact, you might use it to woo that special someone or, better yet, use it during lovemaking. Trust me on this. I've actually used a couple of my shows for that exact purpose. It is a bit disconcerting to hear my voice over the speakers during pillow talk. If you want more sexy music may I direct you to the Just Chill edition of solipsistic NATION? I think you'll find it very sensuous. I also recommend the Through A Glass Darkly. Either one or both of those shows will set the mood for trysts. Photo Credit: DrJoanne
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 56.82 MB here Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:49 +0200  As long as I've been a DJ my shows have been two to three hours long. I couldn't imagine doing a show in less than two hours. I saw my shows as a journey that I took the listener on and those journeys took time, ideally three hours so there would be a first act, a second act and a third act. But when I relaunched solipsistic NATION as a podcast I had to do away with that structure. If you listen to podcasts then I'm sure you've noticed that shows usually clock in anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and there's a reason for that. Your average radio listener will tune into a station for seven to 15 minutes and then spin the dial or turn off the radio. Podcasts are different in that most people will listen to a show from start to finish and asking them to sit for two to three hour show is asking a lot. So an hour is the most you can expect a person to listen to a show. At first that seemed a tremendous compromise after doing years of two to three hours radio programs. How I could condense that journey to a mere hour? I felt like I was cheating you, the listeners and myself. But after a few months of doing one hour editions of solipsistic NATION I came to accept that limitation. After that I began to think of it as a challenge. How much great music and engaging interviews could I pack into an hour? Pretty soon I came to think of any show longer than an hour as being excessive. When I think of doing a three hour show now I see it as wilderness that I would quickly get lost in. I'm afraid my shows would meander aimlessly. Today's guest DJ is Pietrobot, who we had on the show just a few weeks ago. Pietro is the co-host of Digital Nimbus, an electronic music program on KUCI 88.9FM in Irvine, California. Pietro is also the managing editor of Igloo Magazine. Pietrobot, alongside his fellow DJ and wife, Freakquency Modulator, blaze a trail into the wild frontier of electronic music. Each week they lead their listeners through unknown sonic landscape, introducing the listeners to natives along the way in the form of interviews and live performances. Despite everything I said before, I envy Pietrobot and Freakquency Modulator and their leisurely safaris through sound. We have the good fortune of having Pietro with us to navigate through through this week's mix. Don't be afraid to lose yourself in the music. Photo Credit: nana_cindy42
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 51.3 MB here Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:58 +0200  I've got a great show for you today! Well, actually, Robbie Martin from Record Label Records has got a great show for you. I'm just the host for this week's shin dig. I first met Robbie about four months ago when he was kind enough to send me his latest album Gaseous Opal Orbs. I enjoyed his CD so much that I had him on the show as a guest. I twas only then I found out that Robbie is the founder of Record Label Records. That's one of the joys of producing solipsistic NATION, the show constantly surprises me with the people it puts me in contact with. Record Label Records is a cool indie label that features such artists as Scorn, Kush Arora ( who I've also had on the show as a guest, by the way) and Sote. I like Robbie's label because he features music by artists who fall on the experimental side of electronic music but lacks the pretension of your more artier musicians. There seems to be an element of playfulness and adventurousness than your typical soundsmiths who are usually over serious.
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I had become a fan of Meat Beat Manifesto during the 99% tour and was psyched to see them again on their Satyricon tour. I went to the nightclub they were going to perform at with my buddy in hopes of catching their soundcheck. No such luck, but we did get to meet the members of Consolidated. Nice guys but I don't think they were to impressed to see me eating a Whopper from Burger King. Later that night, Harry, my soundman from WMFO, and I went to the nightclub for the show. Consolidated put on an incredible multimedia show and as much as I loved Meat Beat Manifesto I didn't know how they could possibly top their opening act. I needn't have worried because Meat Beat Manifesto put on a show that I'll never forget. That's saying quite a lot for two reasons. One, I've seen some top notch show and, two, I was out of my head that night. I'm amazed I can remember anything for all the beer and whiskey I was drinking, and I'm not much of a drinker in the first place. Meat Beat Manifesto were phenomenal. The music was unrelenting and their multimedia stage show was a paranoid hallucination. The beats were pounding and the bass was throbbing and despite my tendency to be one of those guys who stands against the wall tapping his feet to the music I couldn't but help hitting the dance floor. I met a lot of cool people that night. None that I can remember after all these years but cool all the same. That's another thing I like about Meat Beat Manifesto, they've built up a community of smart and wonderful people around them. To this day if I meet someone who is also into Meat Beat manifesto we almost always instantly bond. Anyway, the night came to a close and Harry managed to herd me into his truck and drive me home. I don't remember anything after that. What I do remember is that Heidi, my girlfriend at the time, had spent the night working at a club and was covered in cigarette smoke, sweat and beer scum came home from work to find my passed out in a puddle of my own vomit. Not my proudest moment. Angel that she was, she undressed me, got me in the tub and washed me down and put me to bed. She's a far better man than I because if I came home to that, I would have just left me on the floor and went to bed. Writing this all down I realize that this doesn't sound like such a great story but somehow I'm very fond of that night. If you have a favorite Meat Beat Manifesto concert story, email me and I'll read it on the show. All the songs that appear on this week's solipsistic Nation come from Meat Beat Manifesto's Live '05 album, courtesy of Jack Dangers.
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 68.6 MB here Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:00:54 +0200  Damn, this week's show is packed with great stuff! When I relaunched solipsistic NATION as a podcast one of the first shows I did was a documentary about Nerdcore. Shortly afterwards I learned that Negin Farsad was also working on a documentary about the genre called Nerdcore Rising. The documentary was recently released and I knew I had to get Negin on the show to talk about her documentary. Another person I've wanted to get on solipsistic NATION is drum and bass artist Panda. As luck would have it, Panda has put out a new album called Retake Manhattan that simply rocks! Panda and I have been exchanging emails during the last year and I nailed a date to get hm on the line to talk about his new CD. It's rare to hear an electronic music concept album and Panda sails around the globe in a mere hour and ten minutes. Speaking of new releases, Meat Beat Manifesto has released a new album titled Autoimmune that is so bass heavy that it could move a freight truck across a parking lot. Just imagine what it can do to your ears! I had the pleasure of seeing Meat Beat Manifesto last week and they put on an awesome show. They're on the last leg of their U.S. tour so visit their website to see if they're playing in your area. If you've missed them, no worries, Jack will be on next week's show with a live recording of one of Meat Beat Manifesto's performances. I've mentioned previously that one of the blogs I frequently read is Igloo Magazine. I've been talking with Pietro Da Sacco, Igloo's managing editor, and I asked him to come on this week's show to talk about his 'zine. Pietro will be back on solipsistic NATION next month with a beautiful mix of electronic music that's going to make you weak at the knees. A few months back solipsistic NATION was picked up by KYOURadio 1550 AM in San Francisco. KYOURadio plays an eclectic program of talk and music shows but what make the station truly unique that all the content comes from user generate content. That is to say, podcasts. I invited KYOURadio's station manager, Stephen Page, to come on today's show to talk about the station and the dramatic changes radio is currently going through. Last, and by no stretch of the imagination, least, is an interview with Martin Rev and Alan Vega of Suicide. Alan and Martin are old school and began Suicide way back in the 70s. Often imitated but never duplicated, Suicide is one of the original proto-electronic music bands who have influenced genres such as techno, industrial and electroclash. Suicide was never ahead of their time, just that everyone else was behind the times and desperately trying to catch up to the path that Suicide was blazing. Photo Credit: pausetivespace
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 60.98 MB here Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:00:04 +0200  I've been trying to remember when I first came across Scanner (the stage name of Robin Rimbaud). I'm quite sure it was a compilation CD but I can't recall which one. No matter. What I do recall, however, was that the track featured recordings of phone conversations that he had snatched from the ether. At first I regarded it as a cheap gimmick. But I kept coming back to the track, listening to it over and over again as I wrestled with the complications of what the song meant. The conversation was compelling because of it's intimacy. It was simply two people talking, gossiping and joking, completely unaware that they were being recorded and, as far as I know, unaware that their conversation would be incorporated into a song. Despite Robin's unsettling soundscape the conversation had a warmth to it. It lent humanity to Robin's bleak music. Was this his commentary that we all can make the simplest connections with each other despite the alienating effects of the very technology that makes that connection possible? But the question also sparked some anger. What right had Robin to steal their conversation? It rankled that he would intrude on their privacy and then compound the intrusion by using it in his art. But that provoked the question of my role as a listener. How could I point an accusing finger when I was just as complicit by being drawn into the song. True, I'm not the one who made the recording but if I was truly outraged I could have pressed stop on my CD player as soon as I realized what was going on. But I kept listening. Again and again. And all of this raises the question of our governments who are more and more eavesdropping on our phone calls and reading our email and text messages. It's one thing for an artists to do it but quite another for the government to do it. The common explanation these days is that the government is doing it to monitor for terrorists but it also acts as yet another panopticon to keep people under control. As Foucault observed, if you think you are constantly being monitored you will begin policing yourself which is very unsettling. Robin has since moved away from using recorded phone conversations in his music but he's always had a unique of making me questioning and reevaluating the world I live in and always shifting the context. Robin is a perfect example of one of the reasons I love electronic music so much because it has the capacity to go far beyond a dance track with cool sounds.
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 55.01 MB here Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:00:25 +0200  When I think of Germany and electronic music I often think of the robotic sounds of Kraftwerk or the pummeling tracks of techno of the 90s. When I think of Germany I don't think of electronic music that blends jazz elements with house and r&b that will either shake your ass or seduce you. I admit it's a stereotype but there you have it. Well, I believed that until I came across Compost Records. Compost Records was founded in 1994 by Michael Reinboth and in the last 14 years Michael has released music from some of the most talented artists around. Beanfield, Trüby Trio, Jazzanova; these are just some of the dynamic talent that Compost records represents. On today's show we'll talk with Michael and find out where his love affair with r&b, jazz, funk and soul began and how his career as a music journalist led to launching Compost Records. And, of course, will accompany our conversation with Michael with select tracks from the roster of artists on his label. What better way to get your groove on?
attached file: type: audio/mpeg size: 59.19 MB here Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:00:40 +0200  There is so much electronic music coming out these days that more and more I've come to rely on blogs. Just as solipsistic NATION acts as a filter to what is the best of all genres of electronic music so to do the blogs I frequent. And what blogs do I read? Pitchfork is a great source for music news but Pitchfork's reporting is broad in scope and I find myself having to sift through a lot of articles to find information useful to me. XLR8R is more in line with the kind of music I'm interested in but I don't rely on XLR8R alone. Neural.it is a fantastic site for reviews of experimental electronic music. Igloo Magazine is a great site for reviews of electronic music, although I wish they would have more in-depth articles and reviews. More recently I've begun following the Headphone Commute and Phlow Magazine. Headphone Commute posts articles featuring music that I really enjoy as well as interesting and concise interviews with electronic musicians. Phlow Magazine extensively covers free MP3 music culture, which is great because you can download the music they review as you ready their articles. I'm a big fan of Travis Nobles hiddenplace music blog. I respect Travis's thoughts on music so much that I had him on solipsistic NATION as a guest DJ back in February. One of the artists he featured in his mix was Planet Boelex. I was so taken with Planet Boelex that I contacted Ossi, the man who is Planet Boelex, to arrange an interview and to feature his release, Live At Virus Festival 2007, Lithuania, on today's show. The music of Planet Boelex is a sonic soundscape that envelopes you like gossamer but is rooted in driving beats and an emotionally complex structure, giving his music a depth and force that belies it's tenuous first impressions. Just as Ossi's music metamorphasizes so to does his performances. Live At Virus Festival 2007, Lithuania is a document of Ossi's development as an artist at a specific time in his life. Ossi is constantly honing his craft and his next live release will significantly different from his previous release. Today's show represents a snapshot of where Planet Boelex was in 2007. I can't even begin to imagine where he is now.
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This week on solipsistic NATION we're going to focus seven labels that are putting out some of the finest dubstep you're likely to hear.
The labels featured on today's show are Nozl Recordings/Bloodied Blade Recordings, Boka Records, Hot Flush Recordings, Iberian Records, Immerse Records, Lodubs and Studio Rockers. Today's show is sponsored by eMusic. eMusic is the number one site for independent music with over three million tracks to choose from. Right now eMusic is offering a 14 day free trial with 35 free song downloads. If you cancel before 14 days, you get to keep all 35 tracks for free! If you sign up at emusic.com/nation you help support solipsistic NATION, and, more importantly, you support the artists. In keeping with the theme of this week's show, below are some dubstep artists you can find on eMusic. Enjoy!
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And then there are artists like Amon Tobin who creates music that is so distinct and unique that his sound is as identifiable as his finger prints. It's like listening to 'Trane; one you him blow his sax it gets etched into your brain and from then on, you will always be able to pick out a Coltrane tune in a crowded and noisy bar. Amon first his the scene as Cujo with his 1996 release, Adventures in Foam. Amon was definitely influenced by drum and bass be he stood out, even then. Foam was laced wild horns, jazz drum breaks, Latin rhythms and a touch of exotica. Whatever the hell it was, it was great! Amon quickly followed Foam with Bricolage, Permutation and Supermodified and took those themes further and further and as he went along his music got weirder and heavier. By Out from Out Where Tobin had become a full fledged soundsmith, tweaking and twisting his samples well beyond their source material. Foley Room found Amon sampling field recordings of lions, motorcycles and wasps rather than vinyl dug from crates and transforming it all into something utterly recognizable as being Amon Tobin. I hope you enjoy the ride! Photo Credit: Bruno Bollaert
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