Synecdoche

It’s been a long week for me here at solipsistic NATION. Last weekend I got hit with some sort of bug that had me bedridden for a couple of days. I’ve spent the rest of this week digging myself out from under a pile of work that accumulated while I was down. Recording the voice overs for today’s show while sick was not a lot of fun either.

But you don’t need to know about all that.

Despite being sick I still have a great show for you! Today’s show features a mix from our guest DJ, EshOne.

EshOne is a musicians and an impresario and runs the San Diego Dubstep website. EshOne is also affiliated with San Diego’s Brokenbeat.

I talk to people from all over the world on solipsistic NATION but we all need to support our local music scenes so I’m very pleased to have fellow San Diegan EshOne on today’s show. I’ll make my way to the next San Diego Dubstep show as soon as I’m over this damn cold.

If you just tuned in to solipsistic NATION because of last week’s show featuring Hecq, welcome. I hope you enjoy this week’s fantastic dubstep mix from EshOne. Stick around for next week’s show featuring a live set from Ben Frost!

1. EshOne & Misk “Facedown In The Muck”
2. King Slaff “Neinte”
3. Interview with EshOne
4. Shahin Badar & The Nasha Experience “Distortion”
5. Undertow “Tribalism”
6. Pete Lawrie “Panic (Monkey RMX)”
7. Interview with EshOne
8. Bulletproof “Imagine”
9. Squarewave “Zulu”
10. Monkey “Ninth Life”
11. Spektrum “Hotstepper (Bulletproof Remix)”
12. The Thirst “Could This Be Real (Ghost Remix)”
13. Ghost “Think Ur Greezy”
14. EshOne “Malbec”
15. Bulletproof “Samcro”
16. Ghost Ft. D Twist “Club Music”
17. EshOne Ft. Erica AP “Fast Enough”
18. El-B “The Romp”
19. EshOne “Texas Pete”
20. Bulletproof Ft. Rugged Teck MC “Step 2 U”
21. EshOne “Faux Beau (D-Fab VIP)”
22. Bulletproof “Soundtrack To Forever”
23. Interview with EshOne
24. EshOne “Float”
25. Misk “Alabaster”
26. Rachel Bennett “Tell Me (EshOne Dub Mix)”
27. Djinn “Solace”
28. Interview with EshOne

February has been a great month here on solipsistic NATION. So far we’ve had Alex Paterson on the show with a live set from The Orb, which was epic!

Last week Kristian Peters came on the show and we played select tracks from his label, Sending Orbs.

Next week EshOne will come on solipsistic NATION to talk about San Diego Dubstep and play a mix that’s guaranteed to make your sub woofer throb.

And then we have today’s show.

Our guest is Ben Lukas Boysen who records and performs under the name Hecq.

How to describe Ben’s music?

We’ll you’ll hear for yourself on today’s show. But let me quote HC from his Headphone Commute blog. He describes Ben’s music this way:

“Twisted rhythms swirling around your brain like an inhaled sip of wine and a gulped breath of smoke. Divine soundscapes crawling beneath the barbed wire of the restraining acoustic prison, begging to rather be shot in the back then remain draining their minimalism onto the cold surface of tears and blood.”

Ben has put together a mix for us that is equal parts spine tingling and mind blowing and he joins us today from Berlin.

Photo Credit: Liis Roden

1. Hecq “Spires Awake”
2. Interview with Ben Lukas Boysen of Hecq
3. Hecq “Mercury” (Unreleased)
4. Frank Bretnschneider “Polaris (Hecq Remix)”
5. Hecq “Bad Karma”
6. Hecq “I Am You”
7. Hecq “Hole In The Sky” (Unreleased)
8. Hecq “Sleep through The Day”
9. Hecq “Dis”
10. Hecq “Dis”
11. Broken Note “Dub Version (Hecq Remix)”
12. Interview with Ben Lukas Boysen of Hecq
13. Kid 606 “Holiday (Hecq Remix)”
14. Hecq “Tiamat (Unreleased)”
15. Buckfunk3000 “Jump (Hecq Remix)”
16. Hecq VS Exillon “Spheres Of Fury (Techdiff Remix)”
17. Si Begg “Are You A Big Boy DJ? (Hecq Remix)”
18. Hecq “Coldfire (Live At Maschinenfest 2009)”
19. Milipede “Deepest Peace (Disturbed as Hecq Remix)”
20. Ben Lukas Boysen “MDI03”
21. Hecq “Night Falls”
22. Interview with Ben Lukas Boysen of Hecq

If you’ve been listening to solipsistic NATION to any length of time you know that once a month I showcase a record label that is releasing absolutely fantastic music you need to hear. If you’re new to solipsistic NATION, well, now you know.

This edition of solipsistic NATION is different. Last month on Twitter I asked what labels I should feature on solipsistic NATION and many people said I should showcase Sending Orbs. I had heard of Sending Orbs thanks to the Headphone Commute blog who had reviewed Yagya‘s Rigning album. So when folks on Twitter said I should feature Sending Orbs on the show I jumped at the chance to have Kristian Peters, the co-founder of Sending Orbs, on solipsistic NATION.

Sending Orbs is an electronic music label located in the Netherlands that was founded in 2004. Sending Orbs’ main goal is to release as much beautiful and high quality electronic music as possible. Sending Orbs distinguish themselves from other labels by conducting a severe artist selection, a fair treatment to their artists and a high art standard.

Speaking of high art, Jeroen Advocaat does most of the album art for Sending Orbs releases. Jeroen’s artwork is wonderful and gives the label a consistent look and feel and visually expresses the sound of Sending Orbs.

So for today’s show, sit back and kiss the sky!

Join us again next week for a special set featuring a mix by Hecq.

1. Secede “Vega Libre: Entering Next”
2. Kettel “Whom”
3. Interview with Kristian Peters, co-founder of Sending Orbs
4. Yaga “Rigning Níu”
5. Funckarma “Loaded”
6. Interview with Kristian Peters, co-founder of Sending Orbs
7. Legiac “Dide Skin”
8. Secede “Leraine”
9. Blamstrain “Frame Math”
10. Markus Guentner “Toter Hafen”
11. Interview with Kristian Peters, co-founder of Sending Orbs

Once a month on solipsistic NATION I feature a live performance from an electronic musician and boy do I have a treat for you today because today’s is a live set from The Orb recorded at the A.B. in Brussels September 25th of 2009! As an added bonus, we’re also going to talk to The Orb’s co-founder, Alex Paterson.

The Orb was founded by Alex Paterson and The KLF‘s Jimmy Cauty in 1988. The Orb began as ambient and dub DJs in London and developed a cult following among clubbers “coming down” from drug-induced highs.

The Orb has released nine studio albums to date as well as several remix albums and live albums and while there are many rotating members of The Orb Alex Paterson has always remained at The Orb’s core.

I’m a huuuge fan of The Orb! One of my favorite memories of The Orb was listening with my soundman Harry to The Orb’s Live 93 double album while out of our minds at WMFO. At one point we were both leaning out the window staring at the sky howling as snow pelted our faces while The Orb’s “Towers of Dub” throbbed over the speakers.

As I said, I’m a huge fan of The Orb and I love all their albums so I’m thrilled to play their live set from Brussels and have Alex Paterson join us from his home in the UK!

You can download the recording The Orb’s live performance at the A.B. in Brussels without my interview with Alex Paterson here.

Join us again next week when we’ll talk with Kristian Peters of the Sending Orbs record label.

Photo Credit: ©temple1201

1. The Orb “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)
2. Interview with Alex Paterson of The Orb
3. The Orb “Towers of Dub” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)
4. The Orb “Sleeping Tiger/Mother Nature/Outlands/DDD” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)
5. Interview with Alex Paterson of The Orb
6. The Orb “Chuck Peaks/Little Fluffy Clouds” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)
7. Interview with Alex Paterson of The Orb
8. The Orb “Rock” (Live In A.B. Brussels-September 25, 2009)

A few weeks back I got an email from Steve Nalepa. Steve’s been on solipsistic NATION in the past and Steve has always been on top of what’s new and fresh in the electronic music scene. So when Steve mentioned several students from his Music Technology class that he teaches at Chapman University who were performing with him I knew I had to have them on the show.

As I said, Steve has been on solipsistic NATION several times. Steve’s live set that he performed for the Dub Beautiful Collective was featured on the show back in January of 2008. Steve also performed with Matt B of Bass Science and one of their live sets from Tokyo was featured on the show in September of 2008. More recently Steve appeared on the show to talk about his Flatlands:Remixes album.

Henry Allen and Preston Walker are Virtual Boy and met at Chapman University and joined forced in Steve’s Music Technology class. Virtual Boy’s How Long Does It Take To Get To Space? has been released on 1320 Records after they were hired to remix Nalepa’s Sunflowers single.

David Streit is FuzZ. David is also one third of theGREENLAB, a film production company working with experimental musicians in and around Los Angeles. theGREENLAB are currently hard at work on a documentary about the Low End Theory club in Los Angeles.

Andrew Swanson is St Andrew. For the past 10 months, Andrew has worked alongside famed UK electronic musician Adam Freeland, helping create the Freeland Live set for Glastonbury 2009 and beyond.

Join us next week for a special live set from The Orb and an interview with The Orb’s Alex Paterson!

Photo Credit: ©Phillip thornton

1. Nalepa “Sunflowers”
2. Nalepa “Sunflowers (St Andrew Remix)”
3. Interview with Steve Nalepa, Instructor of Music Technology at Chapman University
4. Virtual Boy “1982”
5. Virtual Boy “Anything Goes”
6. Interview with Henry Allen and Preston Walker of Virtual Boy
7. Virtual Boy “Lost Treasure”
8. FuzZ “Marshmellow Bazooka”
9. FuzZ “Schemin 1”
10. Interview with David Streit of FuzZ
11. FuzZ “Mr Rogers”
12. Adam Freeland “Mindkiller (St Andrew Remix)”
13. St Andrew “Kaido Songo”
14. Interview with Andrew Swanson of St Andrew
15. St Andrew “Snap”

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