Today on solipsistic NATION we’ll talk with Ellen Allien. Ellen is a musician, a DJ, a producer, a fashion designer and the founder of BPitch Control.
I’m very excited about today’s show because I have a list of music labels that I’ve wanted to feature on solipsistic NATION and I’ve wanted to do a show dedicated to BPitch Control for a very long time.
I’m not a big fan of techno because I find the genre fairly conservative and boring. Partly this is due to the constraints of the genre but mostly it is due to the lack of imagination of musicians who make techno. Not so with the artists on BPitch Control. From Modeselektor to Sasha Funke, all the music on BPitch Control is creative, fun and pushes the boundaries of what techno can be.
Ellen herself sums up all of that. She is a musician, a DJ, a producer, a fashion designer and the founder of BPitch Control. Her latest album, Dust is due for release today so the timing for today’s show is perfect! It was difficult to choose which track from Dust to choose but in the end I settled on “Huibuh” because it is a perfect example of Ellen’s ability to make techno her own by infusing “Huibuh” with Afro-Peruvian and Cuban elements without using those elements for mere exotica.
As always, whenever I have a guest on solipsistic NATION I ask people on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to contribute to the interview and on today’s show I have questions from bubblesmusic and tony_watt. If you’d like to participate in future interviews just follow me at http://twitter.com/solipsistic.
If you enjoyed today’s show then you’ll also enjoy the A/V show from October that includes an interview with Hannes Stöhr, the director of Berlin Calling, a movie who’s soundtrack was released through BPitch Control.
Join us again next when we’ll talk with Rhana June, Doctor Popular, Nuclear O’ Reilly, Will Marshall and Speak Onion. They’re connection? They all make music with iPhones and iPads.
See you then!
- Fuckpony “Orgasm On The Dancefloor Saturday Night”
- Interview with Ellen Allien, founder of BPitch Control
- AGF / Delay “Connection (Fritz Zander Remix)”
- Moderat “A Seamonkey (Untold Remix)”
- Chaim “A Thrill You”
- Interview with Ellen Allien, founder of BPitch Control
- Ellen Allien “Huibuh”
- Zander VT “Peace Of Mind feat Chopstick”
- Thomas Muller “Rebirth”
- Paul Kalkbrenner “Torted”
- Telefon Tel Aviv “Immolate Yourself (Thomas Muller Burning Man Remix)”
- Interview with Ellen Allien, founder of BPitch Control
- Jahcoozi “Watching You (Deadbeat Stalker Dub)”