{"id":2124,"date":"2010-06-04T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2018-11-04T10:05:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T18:05:32","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-194-forensics-ill-gates-terminal-11-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-194-forensics-ill-gates-terminal-11-live\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 194: Forensics, ill.gates & Terminal 11, Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

So here\u2019s the deal. When I first started featuring live sets<\/a> on solipsistic NATION<\/b> it was a segment I thought I would do from time to time. It took a while but it soon became a regular segment on the show.<\/p>\n

I really like the live segments because on the face of it live electronic music seems like an oxymoron. Artists could easily just press play on their laptop and walk away and that would be the show. But obviously it\u2019s more than that and each artist has a different approach to live performances. Their aesthetics are different, their gear is different and the venues are different. It\u2019s those variables that make the live segments so engaging, not to mention it\u2019s live! There\u2019s so much room for improvisation and, gasp<\/i>, failure!<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s the thing, I often found myself scrambling at last minute to get a live set and an interview with the featured artist for the next show. Worse, sometimes I\u2019d have to skip the segment all together because I didn\u2019t have anything for the show. So about a year ago I emailed a lot<\/i> of artists I like and invited them on the show to feature recordings of their live sets. Makes sense, right? Build up a surplus of live sets and never have to worry about scrambling again.<\/p>\n

Some of the live sets that I got were less than an hour. No problem, I just padded out the rest of the show with a few studio tracks from the featured artist. But sometimes I\u2019d get live sets that were considerably less than an hour and my solution was to pair those set with other live sets of similar duration.<\/p>\n

Here we are a year later and I\u2019m down to the last handful of the shorter live sets. I could have waited another year and pair those remaining sets with other sets but I decided to release them today with an extended show. I just didn\u2019t want to put off these live sets any longer.<\/p>\n

So here you are: live sets from Forensics<\/a>, ill.gates<\/a> and Terminal 11<\/a>! If you like what you hear then support them by seeing them when they tour your home town or by purchasing their music.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned, today\u2019s show is the last of the live sets that I accumulated a year ago. But I only needed to learn the lesson of scrambling once and I\u2019ll have live sets from Prefuse 73<\/a>, DJ Spooky<\/a>, the Nortec Collective<\/a> and The Bombay Dub Orchestra<\/a> so stay stuned.<\/p>\n

Join us next week when I\u2019ll be showcasing music from Zero Digital Records<\/a>!<\/p>\n