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!

Photo credit: dro!d

Thomas Feijk “Leak”

Butcherd Beats “Butcherd Beats”

DP-6 “Vital Force”

Wade Robson “Battlewalk”

OPGave “Hiroshima”

Jerry Mane “Magnificent Growlla”

African Express “Overtime & In The Zone”

Oculus “Lo Ki”

Chloe Day “Kingpin”

Autolect & His Meltdown Movement “Calm”

Acoustic Ladyland “Something Beautiful”

Jel “WMD”

Circuit Breaker “Left Hook”