{"id":2412,"date":"2012-06-02T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2018-12-05T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T03:34:37","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-283-tapage-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-283-tapage-live\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 283: Tapage, Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tapage<\/a> is Tijs Ham<\/a> and he\u2019s our guest on today\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019ve always enjoyed his music, I think he\u2019s really matured as an artist and as a musician with the release of Overgrown<\/a><\/i>, his latest album on Tympanik Audio<\/a>. All the elements that Tijs has worked with the last couple of years\u2014the soundscapes, breakcore and IDM\u2014are all there, but his use of all those styles of music is more precise. They\u2019re there more to support what he wants to express through his music than overwhelming the music, if that makes any sense. You\u2019ll see what I mean, because we\u2019ll also hear a live<\/a> in studio performance from Tijs on today\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

Speaking of shows, [tlr]<\/a>, who has been a frequent guest on solipsistic NATION<\/b>, will be performing tonight with Ming and Ping<\/a> and Mike Diva<\/a> as NVD-NDR at Til Two<\/a> here in San Diego. If you live in the area, go see them! I plan to be there so send me a tweet @solipsistic<\/a> and maybe we can meet up. That\u2019s if I get today\u2019s show out early enough.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t make the show, fear not. You can download [tlr]\u2019s\u2019s performance as NVR-NDR on the October 15th, 2011<\/a> edition of solipsistic NATION<\/b>. TLR was also on the show with tooth_eye<\/a>, A Beautiful Lotus<\/a>, Johan Ess<\/a> and Joshua Decker<\/a> with a mix of select tracks from their Magicore<\/a> blog back in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One more thing\u2026<\/p>\n

I get sent a lot of music, and even though I feature the best of it each week on solipsistic NATION<\/b>, there\u2019s so much that I can\u2019t pack it all into an hourly program. Even though I can\u2019t play everything that I think is great, I can still tell you about it, so I\u2019ve started a new feature on the solipsistic NATION<\/b> website: the song of the day<\/a>. Recent posts have featured Bonde Do Role<\/a>, Laid Back<\/a> and the Drop Out Orchestra<\/a>. All the music is exceptional and each post features a video or track from the artist. I also include links to download free MP3s if they offer them. If you like the show then I think you\u2019ll like the song of the day, so check it out!<\/p>\n

Join us again next week when we\u2019ll showcase music from Metal Postcard Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See you then!<\/p>\n