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Lowfish, Skanfrom, Marumari, Plaid, As One

Formal Connection With:

Autechre
  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Electronica
  • Instrument: Producer
  • Representative Albums: "Solvent City," "Solvent," "Solvently One Listens"

Biography

Solvent is Toronto post-techno producer Jason Amm, who releases melodic electro/nica under that name through his own Suction label, cofounded with friend and label partner Gregory DeRocher (aka Lowfish) in 1997. Traceable to a number of nonexclusive influences spanning the last 20-odd years of elecronic music (early electro-pop innovators such as the Normal, Liaisons Dangereuse, Visage, and Soft Cell), Amm's music is a fidgety, lo-fi fusion of the range of those influences combined with strains of current post-techno comparable to Aphex Twin and Autechre. Solvent contributed three tracks to Suction's first 12-inch before the label issued his self-titled debut CD in 1998. A mixture of warm, melodic, reassuring melodies and by turns mellow and harsh rhythms, the CD drew instant comparisons to Aphex Twin, although just apparent were the influence of Yaz and early Human League. A split 7-inch with like-minded (if not like-sounding) Italian duo D'Arcangelo followed in 1999, as did another split with label partner Lowfish on German/British label City Center Offices. Amm also contributed Solvent material to compilations on Spelunk, Lo Recordings, Vinyl Communications, and Serotonin, and released his second full-length, Solvently One Listens, at the end of 1999. ~ Sean Cooper, All Music Guide
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Jason Amm

Background information
Also known as Solvent
Born 1972
Origin Zimbabwe
Genre(s) IDM, Electropop
Occupation(s) Electronic musician
Producer
Years active 1997 - present
Label(s) Morr Music
Suction Records
Ghostly International
Associated acts Black Turtleneck
Tinfoil Teakettle
Website http://www.solventcity.com/

Solvent is the stage name used by electronic producer and remixer Jason Amm (b. 1972, Zimbabwe). Although his music has been included in the electroclash movement (as his track "My Radio" appeared on Ghostly International's 2002 compilation album Disco Nouveau), many of Solvent's tracks fall under the intelligent dance music or electropop genres. Jason Amm's music is often associated with its strong influence from early 1980s artists such as Soft Cell and Depeche Mode, but the influence is much wider, spanning the last three decades.

Many of the sounds heard on his tracks are made by using analogue gear in more ingenious ways than was ever intended for the equipment.[citation needed]

With partner Gregory DeRocher (who records his own music using the pseudonym Lowfish), Amm owned and operated the Suction record label until its demise in 2008. This was partly because 12" records were no longer being manufactured in Canada, leading to costly imports from the USA.

Aside from tracks appearing on various-artists compilations, Amm has released several full-length albums using the Solvent moniker.

Discography

Albums

  • 1998 Solvent
  • 1999 Solvently One Listens
  • 2001 Solvent City
  • 2004 Apples + Synthesizers
  • 2005 Elevators + Oscillators
  • 2007 Demonstration Tape (1997-2007)

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