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Solvent is Jason Amm, a robot music composer, analog synthesizer fetishist, and co-founder of the renowned Suction Records label. Born in Zimbabwe in 1972, Solvent currently resides in a room full of machines in Toronto, Canada.
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.
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 & Synthesizers
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Y4S3 wrote:
full of harmony
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LogoDesigner wrote:
this isnt the band i was looking for.
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gil3000 wrote:
goin to see him in LA at the King King on Thursday - can't wait!
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silverlage wrote:
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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Deadbeatboy1334 wrote:
Could someone send me an mp3 of "Hung Up"?
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mforooz wrote:
thank you for drowning me in nostalgia <3
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zakQ58 wrote:
Найс
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obelisko1971 wrote:
Always come back to Solvent. Jason's sound is so rich and uplifting***
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newc-6 wrote:
wow! - a slowdive cover - awesome!
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nateconq wrote:
never have i been more infatuated with techno.
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skloot wrote:
Faaaaaaaantastic
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matthewgregory wrote:
A Panel Of Experts is pretty assgrabbing motherfucking awesome.
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matthewgregory wrote:
THINK LIKE US!
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yearlyornearly wrote:
SO GOOD
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psycho0dy wrote:
THIS NEEDS MORE LISTENERS!
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BUD2THECHUD wrote:
I second the love for "hello pop"..also I love "black turtleneck" Check out his other project Black Turtleneck if you like his Solvent stuff...
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SMiTTYcent wrote:
where's "hello pop"?!
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theStark wrote:
Refreshingly crisp electrons tickle the molecules surrounding my obdula obligata! Danke!
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scribbledstorm wrote:
spin cycle...spin cycle...changes lives
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scribbledstorm wrote:
yes? ree
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Recent Activity
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wildchildss, fratellicero, mjaucat and 6 other people added Solvent to their libraries. Tuesday evening
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zafka tagged Solvent with synthpop and idm. 16 days ago
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rmcaluma and mlee57 added Solvent to their libraries. 18 days ago
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cycling5buzz tagged Solvent with ‘idm’. 22 days ago
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romz19-t, smurphy88, ev1lC and 6 other people added Solvent to their libraries. 24 days ago
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twobon tagged Solvent with ‘stationtobe’. November 2009
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Mishutkin1706, DynamicalChaos, biff_77 and 6 other people added Solvent to their libraries. November 2009
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Pands added Solvent to the lineup of Ghostly International at King King. November 2009
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eighthave, KeirDoherty, rawerner and 4 other people added Solvent to their libraries. November 2009
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foolonahill235 wrote about Solvent in Top 50 Albums Scrobbled in '09 [12/1/08 - 12/2/09]. October 2009
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