{"id":2036,"date":"2009-11-20T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2018-10-27T16:01:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T23:01:04","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-168-nocturnal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-168-nocturnal\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 168: Nocturnal"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>Hello, people, how are you? Me? Frankly, I\u2019m relieved.<\/p>\n<p>Why, you ask? Well, I\u2019ll tell you.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><p>Earlier this week I announced on Twitter that this edition of Solipsistic Nation would feature minimal techno. The only problem is mixing minimal techno is more difficult than you\u2019d expect. Minimal techno can be surprisingly subtle and the segues just weren\u2019t coming together.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><p>I ditched the minimal techno mix and worked on an ambient mix but that sounded like crap, too. And so was the electro mix. And darkwave mix. You get the idea.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><p>I was floundering but as I was pulling tracks all willy nilly a show emerged. And one that, to me, at least, captures the feel of a fall evening. I hope you like it.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><p>Come back again next week and I\u2019ll see if I can get that minimal techno mix together.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?hide_cover=1&amp;light=1&amp;feed=%2Fsolipsisticnation%2Fsolipsistic-nation-no-168-nocturnal%2F\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b><a title=\"Odd Nosdam iTunes page\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/t-i-m-e-soundtrack\/id303283087\" target=\"_blank\">Odd Nosdam<\/a><\/b> \u201cWe Bad Apples\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"Yppah iTunes page\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/they-know-what-ghost-know\/id314129744\" target=\"_blank\">Yppah<\/a><\/b> \u201cBobbie Joe Wilson\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"The Gaslamp Killer iTunes page\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/my-troubled-mind\/id323765086\" target=\"_blank\">The Gaslamp Killer<\/a><\/b> \u201cTurk Mex\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"Telling on Trixie website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tellingontrixie.com\" target=\"_blank\">Telling on Trixie feat. DJ Brodii<\/a><\/b> \u201cYour Silence (Vocals Up Remix)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"Sketches For Albinos iTunes page\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/that-city-is-liar\/id280068283\" target=\"_blank\">Sketches For Albinos<\/a><\/b> \u201cTanzen als Gabe es Kein Morgen\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"Lymbyc Systym iTunes page\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/shutter-release\/id334468123\" target=\"_blank\">Lymbyc Systym<\/a><\/b> \u201cContemporary Art\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"Small Color iTunes page\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/in-light\/id337539170\" target=\"_blank\">Small Color<\/a><\/b> \u201cDaisy\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"Skytree website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skytree-music.com\" target=\"_blank\">Skytree<\/a><\/b> \u201c1000 Miles from Everywhere\u201d <b>[<a title=\"Free Skytree MP3 Download\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/EAR006\/01_Skytree-1000_Miles_from_Everywhere.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">FREE DOWNLOAD<\/a>]<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"Broken Spindles iTunes page\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/kiss-kick\/id301222312\" target=\"_blank\">Broken Spindles<\/a><\/b> \u201cWe All Want to Fit In\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"Jogger iTunes page\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/this-great-pressure\/id330873115\" target=\"_blank\">Jogger<\/a><\/b> \u201cNapping Captain\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"Hol Baumann eMusic page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emusic.com\/album\/Various-Artists-Imaginary-Friends-MP3-Download\/11638338.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hol Baumann<\/a><\/b> \u201cHandwritten Notes\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"5-40 am MySpace page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/540am\" target=\"_blank\">5-40 am<\/a><\/b> \u201cAlone In the Day My Dear Kristine\u201d <b>[<a title=\"Free 5-40 am MP3 Download\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rapidshareindex.com\/5-40-am-Monkey-in-the-Beard-2009-_351668.html\" target=\"_blank\">FREE DOWNLOAD<\/a>]<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a title=\"January iTunes page\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/careful-what-you-tell-sky-single\/id329097604\" target=\"_blank\">January<\/a><\/b> \u201cCareful What You Tell The Sky (Album Version)\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, people, how are you? Me? Frankly, I\u2019m relieved. Why, you ask? Well, I\u2019ll tell you. Earlier this week I announced on Twitter that this edition of Solipsistic Nation would feature minimal techno. The only problem is mixing minimal techno is more difficult than you\u2019d expect. Minimal techno can be surprisingly subtle and the segues &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-168-nocturnal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;solipsistic NATION No. 168: Nocturnal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listen","category-solipsistic-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/photo-nocturnal-L.jpg?fit=380%2C250","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2038,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions\/2038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}