{"id":2118,"date":"2010-05-20T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2018-11-04T10:00:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T18:00:46","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-192-bpitch-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-192-bpitch-control\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 192: BPitch Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today on solipsistic NATION<\/b> we\u2019ll talk with Ellen Allien<\/a>. Ellen is a musician, a DJ, a producer, a fashion designer and the founder of BPitch Control<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m very excited about today\u2019s show because I have a list of music labels that I\u2019ve wanted to feature on solipsistic NATION<\/b> and I\u2019ve wanted to do a show dedicated to BPitch Control for a very long time.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a big fan of techno because I find the genre fairly conservative and boring. Partly this is due to the constraints of the genre but mostly it is due to the lack of imagination of musicians who make techno. Not so with the artists on BPitch Control. From Modeselektor<\/a> to Sasha Funke<\/a>, all the music on BPitch Control is creative, fun and pushes the boundaries of what techno can be.<\/p>\n

Ellen herself sums up all of that. She is a musician, a DJ, a producer, a fashion designer and the founder of BPitch Control. Her latest album, Dust<\/a><\/i> is due for release today so the timing for today\u2019s show is perfect! It was difficult to choose which track from Dust<\/i> to choose but in the end I settled on \u201cHuibuh\u201d because it is a perfect example of Ellen\u2019s ability to make techno her own by infusing \u201cHuibuh\u201d with Afro-Peruvian and Cuban elements without using those elements for mere exotica.<\/p>\n

As always, whenever I have a guest on solipsistic NATION<\/b> I ask people on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to contribute to the interview and on today\u2019s show I have questions from bubblesmusic<\/a> and tony_watt<\/a>. If you\u2019d like to participate in future interviews just follow me at http:\/\/twitter.com\/solipsistic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you enjoyed today\u2019s show then you\u2019ll also enjoy the A\/V<\/a> show from October that includes an interview with Hannes St\u00f6hr<\/a>, the director of Berlin Calling<\/a><\/i>, a movie who\u2019s soundtrack was released through BPitch Control.<\/p>\n

Join us again next when we\u2019ll talk with Rhana June<\/a>, Doctor Popular<\/a>, Nuclear O\u2019 Reilly, Will Marshall<\/a> and Speak Onion<\/a>. They\u2019re connection? They all make music with iPhones and iPads.<\/p>\n

See you then!<\/p>\n