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solipsistic NATION No. 24: Jahtari

Each weekend on the Small World podcast I put out a mix of fantastic podsafe music. I really wanted to put a dub mix but I was finding it difficult to find podsafe dub music. Dr. Puff, host of the Puffcast, suggested I check out Jahtari.org‘s roster of dub artists. I’ve been hooked on their music ever since!

Today’s solipsistic NATION features music from the net label Jahtari as well as an interview with Jan Gleichmar, founder of Jahtari.

Jan got into dub after experimenting with the most different equipment and
styles (from gabba to digital hardcore to electronica). Due to lack of money Jan decided to create dub music on his laptop. Shortly afterwards Jahtari was born.

  1. Blue Vitriol “Re-Entry Dub”
  2. Volfoniq vs Trema “Recreadub”
  3. Krystoff “Holy Mount”
  4. Blaze Dem “Dubness Of This Creation”
  5. Normaa “Give Thanks To Be Part”
  6. Noisebeyondsilence “Sound Dimension”
  7. Disrupt “Bauhelm Dub”
  8. Disrupt “Gateless Barrier”
  9. Disrupt “Tubby ROM Module”
  10. Jahtari Riddim Force “Loose In Space”
  11. Parmon “Kimension Drums”
  12. Lingam Cutter “Kickermorphose”
  13. Ovr Thrustr “Half”
  14. Normaa “International Calling”
  15. Roots Ista Posse “8Bit Battle Dub”
  16. Mikey Murka “Sensi Addict”
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solipsistic NATION No. 20: King Dub Champion Sound System

Today’s show, all dub.

Back when I was a DJ at WMFO I sometimes used to fill in on some shows under the guise of King Dub. I’d speak with a slight Jamaican patois and pitch shift my voice and add some echo so I would sound like some interdimensional sound selector from the deepest realms of dub.

Dub, for those of you who don’t know, began as instrumentals of songs that appeared on the flipside of 45 rpms. In time, producers like Lee “Scratch” Perry and King Tubby began processing the instruments and vocals with effects such as echo and reverb, often with the instruments and vocals dropping in and out of the mix. But almost always with a massive low bass.

Dub later made it’s presence felt in electronic music and influenced techno, jungle, dubstep, drum and bass, house music, trip hop, ambient music, and hip hop.

  1. Dubmatix “War, Peace & Dub”
  2. Spiral Soundsystem vs Jerry Mane “Sizzled Dub”
  3. Nalepa “Pomme Granite Dub”
  4. Bluetech “AD”
  5. RaNDom “Crystal Dub”
  6. Subtronix “Bushwhacked”
  7. Ladyman “Infomercia”
  8. DJ Olive “Sub Bass Commandante”
  9. Once11 “My Real Face”
  10. Disrupt “Jah Red Gold And Green”
  11. Power Steppers “Gates of Dub”
  12. Volfoniq “Heroina Dub”
  13. Roots Ista Posse “Hooked Mi Up Dub”
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solipsistic NATION No. 2: End of Summer

End of Summer

Ah, summer comes to an end.

I’ve been living in San Diego for the last five years and to be honest, it’s always been summer to me. Natives and long time residents of San Diego can tell the differences between seasons but I’m only vaguely aware of them. As a consequence, all the months and years I’ve live in San Diego have blurred together. There’s only an endless “now.”

While today’s show is a celebration of the passing of the summer it’s more of a salute to my summers in Boston, where the days are hot, humid and lazy and the nights are sultry. I wouldn’t trade the weather in San Diego for anything but I do on occasion miss those New England days where the heat would bake into your bones.

Another thing I do miss about living in Boston are my seasonal libations. In the fall and winter my drinks were whiskey and scotch and in the spring and summer my drinks were gin & tonic and rum & coke. As I said, it always feels like it is summer in San Diego so I have to go out of my way to drink my whiskey or scotch.

That said, I raise a gin & tonic in honor of the summer of ’06!

Photo credit: sk8master

  1. Steelzawheelz “Discotron”
  2. Effecctive “Tulsa Riots Pt. 3”
  3. Vinroc “Wine Country”
  4. Sure Shot “Sleepy Strings”
  5. Shad “Last Cigarette”
  6. Madrid De Los Austrias “Buscando (Karuan vs. Circus Remix)”
  7. Mark de Clive-Lowe “State of the Mental”
  8. Wintermute “Chillstorm”
  9. Autolect & His Meltdown Movement “Open Road”
  10. Urbs “So Weit”
  11. Cj_Harder “Mothra”
  12. Cling “Slipping Away (Of The Darkness Remix)”
  13. Chimp Beams “Menina”
  14. Bombay Dub Orchestra “Mumtaz”
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solipsistic NATION No. 1: Relaunch!

I had always intended to bring solipsistic NATION out of retirement but there was always some sort of technical problem that prevented me from relaunching the podcast.

Originally I was going to use Macromedia‘s SoundEdit which came bundled with Director. Unfortunately, when I mixed down a set the track would be in mono and distorted. I tried doing the show using DJ-1800 and recording the set with WireTap Pro or Audio Hijack Pro but there was a touch of distortion in the recording I could never eliminate.

Last month the connection to the hard drive in my ancient G4 tower died. I didn’t have the cash to buy a new tower so I purchased a Mac Mini. The Mac Mini was much more powerful than my G4 and as an added bonus, it came pre-installed with GarageBand. Suddenly all my problems were resolved in one fell swoop.

There are some deejays who like to do everything live without a net and on the fly. I was never one of those deejays. Oh, I’m fine at improvising live sets but my preference has always been to map out my shows in advance, meticulously plotting the segues and overall flow of a mix. Given my anal retentiveness for planning shows GarageBand is perfect with how I like to work.

I hope you enjoy today’s first show in the relaunching of solipsistic NATION!

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  1. Thomas Feijk “Leak”
  2. Butcherd Beats “Butcherd Beats”
  3. DP-6 “Vital Force”
  4. Wade Robson “Battlewalk”
  5. OPGave “Hiroshima”
  6. Jerry Mane “Magnificent Growlla”
  7. African Express “Overtime & In The Zone”
  8. Oculus “Lo Ki”
  9. Chloe Day “Kingpin”
  10. Autolect & His Meltdown Movement “Calm”
  11. Acoustic Ladyland “Something Beautiful”
  12. Jel “WMD”
  13. Circuit Breaker “Left Hook”