{"id":1743,"date":"2008-02-01T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2018-12-27T20:24:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T04:24:52","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-75-dj-olive-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-75-dj-olive-live\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 75: DJ Olive, Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to say I\u2019m really really impressed with how well the live electronic music performance segments<\/a> on solipsistic NATION<\/b> have turned out. In the last couple of months we\u2019ve had some stellar sets from Nalepa<\/a>, Hol Baumann<\/a> and the Dub Beautiful Collective<\/a>. We\u2019re going to kick off February with DJ Olive<\/a>\u2018s performance recorded in Australia from on his album, Heaps As, Live in Tasmania<\/a><\/i>, released by The Agriculture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rather than opening with a bombastic intro, DJ Olive\u2019s music slyly creeps in, establishing some nice head nodding beats. Almost without you knowing it, Olive takes you on a journey that, to me, sonically captures what it\u2019s like walk through the streets of New York City. DJ Olive\u2019s music seamlessly blends hip hop, funk, jazz, dub, dancehall and Latin rhythms, often within a single song! A lesser artist might have chosen to draw attention to all those genres by rubbing your face in it but here Olive creates an organic mosaic of where those styles and traditions flow together. He does it so well that it\u2019s almost impossible to imagine his music sounding any other way.<\/p>\n

If you enjoy this week\u2019s show then you might want to check out<\/a> an earlier edition of solipsistic NATION<\/b> featuring an interview with James Healy from The Agriculture and a mix of music from the label, including DJ Olive.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Kay-Christian Heine<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n