One of the things I love about solipsistic NATION<\/b> is that I can spend an entire show focusing on a specific genre. Electronic music rapidly mutates into ever new genres so that keeps the show fresh. I can also get reacquainted with established genres like dub or grime, which is always fun. But electronic music encompasses a lot of sub-genres and it is easy to overlook some of them. Take today\u2019s show, which features synthpop. It would have never occurred to me to do such a show until Kevin Thrasher emailed a request for an all synthpop edition of solipsistic NATION<\/b>.<\/p>\n
I was a teen during the 80s so synthpop was part of the soundtrack of my life during those years. While I enjoyed the pop stylings of bands like Flock of Seagulls<\/a> and Depeche Mode<\/a> the stuff I really enjoyed was a lot darker and definitely more twisted. Wire<\/a>, for example, twisted the genre beyond recognition with their album, The Ideal Copy<\/a><\/i>. Alice Cooper<\/a> kept within the boundaries of synthpop but infected it with his madness with Flush the Fashion<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n With year two of solipsistic NATION<\/b> I\u2019ve decided to have more guest DJs on the show. Who better to co-host this week\u2019s synthpop edition of solipsistic NATION<\/b> than Mikel O.D.<\/a> of the Most People Are DJs<\/a> podcast? Mikel plays a great selection of music on his show but he\u2019s got a special love for synthpop. The fact that he did all the hard work while I got to goof off was a bonus!<\/p>\n