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It’s been a cold, windy, rainy week here in Southern California. I’m not complaining because we typically have weather of 72 degrees and clear skies for most of the year so one month of rain is a pretty decent trade off for living in a place that is otherwise a paradise.

I’m actually happy about the rain we’ve been having because our guest DJ this week is Ingo Vogelmann and the mix he put together for today’s show complements the weather here in Southern California. Ingo’s mix is moody and reflective. Like I said, it goes perfect with rainy weather.

You might know the name Vogelmann. Ingo is a very popular DJ and producer with many followers. If you’re a frequent listener of friskyRadio then you’ve no doubt heard him spinning progressive and ambient sets. Ingo is also a resident DJ for Stylecharts.de at Rheingold, Düsseldorf (Germany), PrivateMonkey in Düsseldorf and at Club 3Klang in Essen (Germany).

Join us next week when we’ll talk with Steve Nalepa and hear music from FuzZ, St. Andrew and Virtual Boy who are students from Steve’s Music Technology class.

1. Mika Denn “Virginia (S. Mayer Remix)”
2. Interview with Ingo Vogelmann
3. Ashley Wallbridge “Solidaritet”
4. Neoplastik “Physical Reaction (Kaanturker Remix)”
5. Saul B “Show Me How (Luke Porter Remix)”
6. Interview with Ingo Vogelmann
7. Nero “Spinal Coda”
8. Vogelmann “Telescopia”
9. Wael B “Bleeding Out”
10. Alan Fitzpatrick “Reflections (Petar Dundov Remix)”
11. Edu “Cold Glance”
12. Interview with Ingo Vogelmann
13. Graziano Ruan “Sweatming”
14. Derek Howell “Weightless (Luke Porter Remix)”
15. Interview with Ingo Vogelmann

On today’s show we’ve got a fantastic mix from the mighty Riley Warren. Riley is a DJ and a producer and is the founder of Zero Digital.

Riley is a fellow San Diegan who I met through Twitter (you can follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/RileyWarren).

I love Twitter. I know that in a few years we’ll look back on Twitter the same way we think of, say, Yahoo’s instant messenger: just another tool that we take for granted. But today, right now, I think it’s a fantastic tool for communicating with a large swathe of people. I’ve been using Twitter to talk with listeners of solipsistic NATION about what they like about the show or invite them to participate in the interviews with my guests. I’ve also used Twitter to build relationship with musicians and record labels. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Anyway, back to Riley.

We had been talking back and forth on Twitter and when I earned that she also lives in San Diego I suggested that we get together for lunch at the Krakatoa Cafe. I had a great time talking with Riley about her career as a DJ and a producer and her record label. I invited her to put together a mix for solipsistic NATION and here it is. I know you’re gonna love it!

I think next week I’m going to bring things way down with an ambient set. What with Riley’s mix and last week’s mix from Lot49‘s Meat Katie and the live show from Somatic Responses the week before that I think it’s time to kick out the space jams.

See you then!

1. Fergie “Ireland”
2. Interview with Riley Warren
3. D.Mag “Deep Down (Fog Remix)”
4. Huntemann & Winter “In Your Car (feat. Xenia Belaiyeva)”
5. Robin Hirte “Green”
6. Daniel Portman “Disclosure”
7. Kolombo “Sniff (Riley Warren Edit)”
8. Siwell “Kenya”
9. Luciano Lima “Graphite (K-Pax Remix)”
10. Eelke Kleijn “Dopamine Theory”
11. Deepgroove “Acid House Music (D.Ramirez Tribal Mix)”
12. Joni & Bakke “Envision (Ilya Malyuev & Ormatie Remix)”
13. Interview with Riley Warren
14. Pan/Tone “Lost Highways (Gui Boratto Remix)”
15. Tiger Skin “Response”
16. Chic Miniature “Escandalo”
17. Interview with Riley Warren

Once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a record label that is putting out amazing releases that you absolutely need to know about.

Recent shows have featured labels such as PublicSpaces Lab, Room40 and Digital Hardcore Recordings. Today on solipsistic NATION we’re going to hear music from Lot49 mixed by the label’s co-founder, Mark Pember, better known as Meat Katie.

Lot49 is a name taken from Thomas Pynchon‘s novel The Crying of Lot49. In the novel Lot49 is an underground information store, which is inspired Mark and co-founder Dylan Rhymes because they describe Lot49 as a treasure trove of quality underground music from across the dance music spectrum.

Special thanks to Melissa MacTavish for arranging today’s interview. Melissa busts her ass to help promote singles and albums by artists like those featured on today’s show. You can find her on Twitter at 713punky or email her at melissamact@gmail.com.

Speaking of Twitter, you can find me at twitter.com/solipsistic.

Join us again next week when our guest DJ will be Riley Warren!

1. Sly Fidelity “The White Knight (Christian J Remix)”
2. Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes “Roll Player”
3. D. Ramirez “Venus & Mars (Meat Katie & D. Ramirez Remix)”
4. Interview with Meat Katie, co-founder of Lot49
5. 30Hz “Subliminal Criminal (Magic Johnson Remix)”
6. Blende “Peaches”
7. Dustbowl “Set Up”
8. Interview with Meat Katie, co-founder of Lot49
9. Meat Katie & Kid Blue “Indian Queens”
10. Meat Katie & Dopamine “Nectar”
11. James Cocozza “Garf (Dopamine Remix)”
12. Interview with Meat Katie, co-founder of Lot49
13. Vandal “Obey”
14. Meat Katie & Jono Fernandez “Pace (Lützenkirchin Remix)”
15. Vandal & Blende “Health Boy”
16. Meat Katie & D. Ramirez “Stop The Revolution (Bassbin Twins Remix)”
17. Vandal “Idiots (Audiojack Remix)”
18. Paranoid Jack, Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes “It’s Like Liquid”
19. Meat Katie “Cracks”
20. Interview with Meat Katie, co-founder of Lot49
21. Vandal “Captain Magic (Rudi Stakka Remix)”
22. Dylan Rhymes “I Am Sweet (Hyperion Remix)”

We’re going to start 2010 with a bang here at solipsistic NATION! Today’s show features a live set from John and Paul Healy of Somatic Responses.

I confess I hadn’t heard anything by Somatic Responses until Nicolas Chevreux of Ad Noiseam kindly sent me a copy of their Reformation album my way (listen to my interview with Nicolas here). I instantly became a fan and played them on the show back in October. I know I’ll play even more tracks from Reformation in the near future but on today’s show we’ll talk with John and Paul Healy about their botched Detroit show and subsequently rocking a set through a television in a Doubletree hotel. If that sounds funny to you then you’ll find my interview with John and Paul hilarious! I had to constantly back away from my microphone during the interview because they had me laughing so much.

Looking back on 2009 I’m really impressed with the quality of live shows that have appeared on solipsistic NATION. Recent shows have featured King Cannibal, Eskmo and KiloWatts. In fact three of the most downloaded shows of 2009 have featured live sets from Amon Tobin, Lokua and Exillon. I’ll continue to deliver great recordings of live shows in 2010 in the next couple of months with Hecq, Mad EP, Terminal 11 and Ill.Gates!

1. Somatic Responses “Live at Schizophrenia 4.27 (Doubletree Hotel)”
2. Interview with John and Paul Healy of Somatic Responses

Today on solipsistic NATION we’re going to close out 2009 with an interview with Toby Marks of Banco De Gaia and hear tracks from his 20 year retrospective album, Memories Dreams Reflections.

I first discovered Banco de Gaia way back in the day when I was first getting into electronic music when I heard Banco de Gaia’s El Ahram Mix of “Desert Wind” on the first Excursions In Ambience compilation album. Excursions In Ambience was one of those albums that I listened to over and over again! It featured the Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia, Tranquility Bass and The Future Sound of London as well as Banco de Gaia and had a profound impact on the music I would listen to for years to come so it’s pretty cool to have Toby on today’s show!

Toby often mixes Arabic and Middle Eastern samples against a bass heavy reggae, rock, ambient dub or trance but overall there’s a spiritual dimension to his music. At least I think so, and it’s been a wonderful ride listening to Toby grow as an artist and expand his musical palette. Memories Dreams Reflections does its best to encapsulate the history Banco de Gaia and I’ve done my best to select tracks from the album to convey that experience. No surprise, I completely failed, but it was fun to make the effort. There are quite a few live tracks on today’s show as well as covers of legendary prog rock groups such as Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Hawkwind. I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I did.

See you next year! We’ll kick off 2010 with a live set from Somatic Responses!

Photo Credit: night_beat

1. Banco De Gaia “China”
2. Interview with Toby Marks of Banco De Gaia
3. Banco De Gaia “How Much Reality Can You Take?”
4. Banco De Gaia “No Rain”
5. Interview with Toby Marks of Banco De Gaia
6. Banco De Gaia “Drunk As A Monk”
7. Banco De Gaia “Spirit Of The Age”
8. Banco De Gaia “Starless”
9. Banco De Gaia “Echoes”
10. Interview with Toby Marks of Banco De Gaia

I use Twitter constantly to post updates about solipsistic NATION or to keep in touch with friends and listeners of the show. Twitter has also been a great way to develop relationships with musicians which gave me the idea to put together a #twittermix. I out the word out on Twitter for musicians to send me their best track to feature solipsistic NATION. The show was such a success that I thought it was time to do it again.

Like last time, I invited artists on Twitter to send me their best track to be played on solipsistic NATION. And like last time, I was flooded with great music. Too much, in fact, to play on one show so today’s mix is just a sampling of the diversity and great music that was sent my way. In the spirit of Twitter I’ve asked each artist featured on today’s show to talk about their music in 140 characters or less.

You can follow all the artists featured on today’s show by clicking the links below (oh, and you can follow me on Twitter at @solipsistic). Also, some of their music is available for purchase and some are available as a free download!

I’d like to thank everyone on today’s show once again for sending their music my way and taking to record introductions for their tracks.

My apologies to everyone I was unable to include on today’s show. I was sent so much great music but there was no way I could get to it all in one show. No worries, I’ll release another Twitter mix in a couple of months.

Join us again next week when our special guest will be Toby Marks of Banco de Gaia! You can follow Toby on Twitter at @bancodegaia.

1. Deadmau5 “Ghosts n Stuff (Elite Force Re-Fix) (DJ Version)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
   Follow Elite Force on Twitter @eliteforce
2. Bubbles “Monkey Death March”
   Follow Bubbles on Twitter @bubblesmusic
3. lowfreq “Maps (Bookworm Remix)”
   Follow lowfreq on Twitter @lowfreq
4. The Artbreaker “Mash Homework”
   Follow The Artbreaker on Twitter @grindthieves
5. Prophetnoise “Let’s Get Bass”
   Follow Prophetnoise on Twitter @prophetnoise
6. Miro Gee pres. Angelique Cinelu “Very Very Hot”
   Follow Miro Gee on Twitter @mirogechev
7. Half-BIT “Earthquake (The G·A·P RMX)”
   Follow Kieron James on Twitter @kieronjames
8. ps “332k_080319” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
   Follow ps on Twitter @psenough
9. bllix “Duir”
   Follow bllix on Twitter @bllix
10. Synoiz “Getting Safer (Single Mix)”
    Follow Synoiz on Twitter @Synoiz
11. Labguest “Busline Bassline”
    Follow Labguest on Twitter @labguest
12. NQ “Trainyards”
    Follow NQ on Twitter @nq_music
13. Shiftless “Warm Elixer (feat. Travis Nobles)”
    Follow Travis Nobles on Twitter @hiddenplace

Once a month on solipsistic NATION I showcase a music label that is putting out amazing releases that you need to know about. Today on solipsistic NATION we’ll listen to music from the excellent PublicSpaces Lab net label.

There are netlabels for nearly every genre of music but I suspect electronic music dominates the field of netlabels. Monotonik, after all, is one of the oldest netlabels in existence. Besides, electronic music and netlabels go together like tubes and toothpase. It’s a natural fit.

A few months back I had Fernando Fonseca on the show to cover the 2009 Net Audio Festival in Berlin. Fernando is also the co-founder of PublicSpaces Lab and I invited him to come back on solipsistic NATION to share music from PublicSpaces Lab and talk about his netlabel and the state if the industry.

If you enjoy today’s show then you’ll also enjoy my all-netlabel show that featured Axel Barcelo of Discos Konfort, Sebastian Redenz of Thinner and Simon Carless of Monotonik. You’ll also enjoy Travis Nobles‘, host of the hiddenplace music blog, netlabel mixes part 1 and 2. More recently, I had Marie Craven (AKA Pixieguts), the co-producer of the Pixicast, on the show with a mix of electronic music she loves from various netlabels.

Join us again next week for yet another Twitter mix!

1. Torsion “Sundrops on the Ocean (Original Piano Mix)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
2. Interview with Fernando Fonseca of PublicSpaces Lab
3. Torsion “Sundrops on the Ocean” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
4. QuarterBit “Kyoto Protocol Letter Count” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
5. Heliofante “Voyageur Heliophantique (Joint release with Gorríon de Miga)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
6. Torsion “Sunrise (previously unreleased track to be included on a upcoming compilation)”
7. Esfera “Fedora (Joint release with Gorríon de Miga netlabel)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
8. ambienteer “Liquid” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
9. Interview with Fernando Fonseca of PublicSpaces Lab
10. Swaying Smoke “Tunnels II” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
11. Sómio “San Feliz” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
12. Julien Mier “The Nomad Carried Her Home” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
13. Loser “Núr” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
14. QuarterBit “Sub Existir (previously unreleased, to be included on QuarterBit’s next EP)”
15. Interview with Fernando Fonseca of PublicSpaces Lab
16. Torsion “T Minus 12V” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
17. Dustmotes “Annica” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
18. Kieron James “Cosecha Original Sound Mixed with QuarterBit – Sub existir” [FREE DOWNLOAD]

I’ve been a fan of King Cannibal since his So… Embrace The Minimum EP and became an even bigger fan when his Let the Night Roar rocked my world. You can imagine my excitement when Dylan Richards (AKA King Cannibal) was kind enough to share his live set from the Glade Festival with me!

It was also a pleasure to talk with Dylan and learn how he rocks a live set from his laptop and what performing at the Glade Festival was like. I was also intrigued how Dylan is able to so deftly shift between dancehall inspired jams to super heavy, menacing dubstep or what his approach is to remixing everyone from The Prodigy to Scorn.

I’m really happy with the live sets that have been featured on solipsistic NATION. Not only has King Cannibal been on solipsistic NATION but in recent shows have included live sets from Ezekiel Honig, Eskmo and KiloWatts. Future shows will include live sets from Somatic Responses. Mad EP, Terminal 11 and Ill.Gates!

Photo Credit: Benedetta Sodini

1. King Cannibal “Live (Overkill, Glade Festival)”
2. Interview with King Cannibal

King Cannibal – So… Embrace The Minimum (Live)

The music on today’s show comes to us by our guest DJ, Marie Craven, know to many as Pixieguts. Pixieguts is a member of the bands Cwtch and PIXSID. She is also the founder of the Palace Network and co-produces the Pixicast with Dave Almgren, also know as Voide. Pixicast is a show that focuses entirely on music that comes from indie and net labels.

Pixieguts was also kind enough to provide the show notes for today’s show.

GreenGender‘s track, “Recondite Loss” is full of delicate emotion, irony, political comment and simply good to hear.

Dementio13 has been making electronic music since the 1980s and “Disappeared (The Ballad Of Milton Friedman)” is from his 2009 EP release, The Ballad of Milton Friedman. The range of Dementio13’s music mixes up and travels around various genres like post-rock, ambient, drum and bass, trip-hop, idm and alternative.

I’ve chosen Humeka‘s “The Sound” because I just particularly love this one. It’s from the Discuss album which is available for free download from many sites like Internet Archive and Jamendo.

HipGnosis‘ “Underground Looms” is a deep instrumental, abstract, experimental, glitch-hop track and also has occult influences in his music including the conscious deployment of binaural sounds.

Ugress ( which means “weed” in Norwegian) is in Bergen, Norway and is sensationally eclectic and prolific electronic artist who has a number of side projects in various styles and genres as well as the main Ugress act. There’s a strong popular culture influence in his music and a fair bit of quotational genre references in it.

Crimson Death is a music project that Pixieguts frequently collaborates with. Crimson Death often has a death metal and goth influence in his music and he performs live as a black metal/drum and bass DJ (maybe the only artist doing this particular combo).

Gurdonark is Robert Nunnally and hails from Texas. Robert mixes experimental, ambient and minimal music and is a Creative Commons champion and all his music is available for free.

Reconsiderate is a really unusual rapper from Wisconsin. His lyrics tend to reflect a kind of 21st white guy angst expressed with a great deal of unique wit and verve and his music has a raw experimental edge unusual melodic qualities.

SK123‘s “Ankylosing Spondylitis” is a track from the 2008 album, Skizm, and is one I play over and over. I love it and so much more of SK123’s music. SK123 plays exquisite and energetic minimal music, a kind of music you’d call minimal techno if that genre term hadn’t come to be so associated so strongly with club dance music (which is often not all that minimal really).

The Incognito Traveller is an incognito artist who is listed on the label page as ‘unidentified.’ “Marguerite” is currently the top track in the large ‘Pixies Palace‘ group tag radio at Last.fm (for which over 5000 artist, albums and tracks have been tagged to date).

1. GreenGender “Recondite Loss” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
2. Dementio13 “Disappeared (The Ballad Of Milton Friedman)” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
3. Interview with Pixieguts, co-producer of Pixicast
4. Humeka “The Sound” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
5. HipGnosis “Underground Looms”
6. Ugress “Robot Army” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
7. Crimson Death “Koka Kola”
8. Gurdonark “Hope” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
9. Reconsiderate “Hey, Thanks!” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
10. SK123 “Ankylosing Spondylitis” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
11. The Incognito Traveller “Marguerite” [FREE DOWNLOAD]

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.

1. Odd Nosdam “We Bad Apples”
2. Yppah “Bobbie Joe Wilson”
3. The Gaslamp Killer “Turk Mex”
4. Telling on Trixie feat. DJ Brodii “Your Silence (Vocals Up Remix)”
5. Sketches For Albinos “Tanzen als Gabe es Kein Morgen”
6. Lymbyc Systym “Contemporary Art”
7. Small Color “Daisy”
8. Skytree “1000 Miles from Everywhere” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
9. Broken Spindles “We All Want to Fit In”
10. Jogger “Napping Captain”
11. Hol Baumann “Handwritten Notes”
12. 5-40 am “Alone In the Day My Dear Kristine” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
13. January “Careful What You Tell The Sky (Album Version)”