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solipsistic NATION No. 277: I Am Electro

On today’s show our guest is Nathan Phelan, host of The Electro Show.

As the producer of solipsistic NATION I rarely have time to listen to other music podcasts. There simply isn’t enough hours in the day so there are only a handful of them. Macedonia’s Both Sides of the Surface is one. There’s also Mikel OD’s Most People Are DJs podcast and the Spartacus Roosevelt podcast and definitely the Headphone Commute podcast. But I barely have enough time to listen to even those clutch of shows, so a podcast better be very special if I am going to make time for it.

I expect it’s the same with you, too.

So, why The Electro Show?

Mainly it’s because Nathan has also embraced a freeform approach to producing a show about electronic music. Every genre is grist for his mill. And like myself, Nathan eagerly wants to turn people on to great music even as he himself explores the vast terrain of electronic music in all it’s myriad forms.

Join us again next week for the fourth annual #twittermix featuring electronic music from artists on Twitter. Best one yet!

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  1. Boards of Canada “Left Side Drive”
  2. Interview with Nathan Phelan, host of The Electro Show
  3. Breeze Squad “Almost Beating”
  4. Goldfrapp “Ohh La La”
  5. John Wills “Emancipation”
  6. Response “Backbone”
  7. KMFDM “Krank”
  8. Zed Bias “Fairplay”
  9. Vandal “Bats!”
  10. Interview with Nathan Phelan, host of The Electro Show
  11. John Craig “Breaking Up (Crazibiza Remix)”
  12. The Chemical Brother “Do It Again”
  13. Danny Tenaglia “Dibiza (Jaimy Tribal Mix)”
  14. Interview with Nathan Phelan, host of The Electro Show
  15. Mogan Page & Lissie “The Longest Road (Kesha van Ford Remix)”
  16. ATB “9P.M. (Till I Come)”
  17. Bro Safari “Da Worm (Bro Safari: Self-Indulgent Remix)”
  18. Caspa “Fulham 2 Waterloo”
  19. John B “Numbers (Camo & Krooked Remix)”
  20. DJ Korsakoff “Unrivalled (Re-Style Remix)”
  21. Interview with Nathan Phelan, host of The Electro Show
  22. Tommy Trash “Cascade”
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Brian Eno “Thursday Afternoon”

When we discover the music of Brian Eno we discover that the world of music is far larger and more mysterious that we previously imagined. At least that’s how it was for me. I was first turned on to Eno by a friend to Ambient 4: On Land, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, the collaborative album he did with David Byrne. Each album blew out the boundaries of what I thought music could be and I was astonished that there was more to uncover in the path that Eno had blazed.

Take this video, “Thursday Afternoon,” for example. A moving painting set to ambient music, which is another kind of a moving painting. It’s just one, of thousands, of pieces that represents Eno’s journey into sound. Thanks to Youtube, we all get to explore together. Watch it here.

Enjoy!