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Solvent has been releasing his unique brand of synthesizer-pop music since 1997, and is best known for his releases on Morr Music (2001’s Solvent City) and Ghostly International (2004’s Apples & Synthesizers, 2005’s Elevators & Oscillators). Solvent has created his own unique version of electro-pop: too elegant and sincere for the electroclash set, too complex and contemporary to sound like it was recorded in 1981, and too seeped in the time-honoured traditions of melody, songwriting and hands-on synthesis to be lost in the overcrowded world of IDM. Along with some notable remixes including Soft Cell, Alter Ego, and Adult., Solvent has also contributed standout tracks to several influential electronica compilations in recent years, including Putting The Morr Back In Morrissey (Morr Music), Disco Nouveau (Ghostly International), and Misery Loves Company (Ersatz Audio). His songs have also been licensed to several high-profiles DJ mix CDs, including Sven Vath’s Sound of the 5th Season (Cocoon), Dr. Lektroluv’s Lektroluv 5 (541), and Death in Vegas’s Fabriclive 23 (Fabric London). Today, Solvent is widely regarded in the underground electronica community as being at the forefront of electro-pop’s return to form.
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Apples and Synthesizers
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Subject To Shift
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Apples & Synthesizers
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Solvent City
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silverlage
Agreed. Solvent vs Joy Electric needs to happen. Pleeeaaase!!!????
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ptzuo
genuino.
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skrimstla
Is song "A Product Of The Process" a plagiat? Cold Cave or smthng
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straygod
крууууутой!!
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akzincke
this guy is rad.
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odiousjuice
Oh yeah, definitely gotta love the synths!
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Alec_Trevelyan
A great find today! Ghostly for life.
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Pillicide
A Product of the Process is so great.
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BraedenASP
Wow! Never been a huge synth guy, don't think i ever really listened to any but this guy is great!
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Glejs
Great new album!! <3 First listen got me hooked on Loss for Words, Formulate and Caught a Glimpse. YES I'm a sucker for robot vocals. :-) If you want, check out my music. Especially Glejs - Electropop EP. Lots of robots there!
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BUD2THECHUD
The new album is excellent from start to finish. Especially the finish.."Panoramic" is so beautiful.
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nevidlj-IVA
"currently resides in a room full of machines in Toronto, Canada." :--))
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MontezumasRache
ghostly podcast is pure awesomeness.
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listentoSCQ
Solvent has found a new fan in 'Subject To Shift'; excellent record! Album review here: http://theskeletoncrewquarterly.blogspot.com/2010/04/subject-to-shift-solvent.html
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opalinar
pc voice:)))))))!!!!!!love it!!!!
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Hah_
"THIS NEEDS MORE LISTENERS! " +1
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Y4S3
full of harmony
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LogoDesigner
this isnt the band i was looking for.
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gil3000
goin to see him in LA at the King King on Thursday - can't wait!
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silverlage
I honestly, sometimes, can't decide who I like better, Solvent or Joy Electric. Funny thing is the song they collaborated on is one of my least favorites. It is like "two rights, do make a wrong." They are both too talented with synths.
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