“What the hell kind of show is solipsistic NATION?” you might be asking yourself.
One week I’m playing lazy hip hop beats, the next I’m getting aggro with a drum and bass show and then the week after that I have a guest DJ and then this week is a live performance by ambient glitch dub musician, Deru. What up with that?
There are a lot of excellent electronic music podcasts out there that specialize in one particular genre. While I enjoy and appreciate those podcasts I know that I could never focus on one kind of music because I would soon grow bored with the show. Also, in this iPod world of ours everyone listens to all sorts of music, so why shouldn’t solipsistic NATION reflect that a la carte sensibility?
Which brings us to today’s show.
Electronic music has a reputation as a genre that is performed by faceless musicians, and this is even more true for the ambient glitch dub hybrid. Or is it? The sonic landscapes of, say, Ezekiel Honig, are distinct from the sounds of Nalepa just as Deru’s audio hallucinations are uniquely his own. Deru says he loves the sonic grit of static and ambient noise but for all that his songs can be delicate and all of them are hauntingly beautiful.
solipsistic NATION will continue to feature mixes of electronic music, guest DJs and spotlighting subgenres but whenever possible, I will also release live performances on the show. And what better way to start than with a live performance by Deru?
Enjoy!
Photo Credit: PiotroN
- Deru Interview
- Deru “Live”