From the 2000 release "Eliminator" (Suction008) on Suction Records (Canada). Originally released on CD and Vinyl. The CD was produced here in Canada and released on our Suction Records label. The excellent K-RAA-K label in Belgium pressed and distributed the vinyl version for us. I think this was my best selling release.

FatBlex (2000)

Lowfish Reel Electronics Volume 15 - January 28, 2014

All over the place as usual. Includes a some of my favourite tracks from 2013.

“Mannschaft” - Kettle
“Enough Of Our Machines” - Son Lux
“Warm in the Winter” (Instrumental version) - Glass Candy
“Paralyzed - Container
“The Bite That Bleeds” - Lowfish
“Birdhouse” - Endian
“Crusty Juice” - MPIA3
“Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage” - Blawan
“Stay Out Here” - The Knife
“Annie” - In Aeternam Vale
“Excavation (Part 1)” - The Haxan Cloak

Lowfish -  Reel Electronics Vol.15 (Feb 1, 2014)

Ten machine music tracks I love right now.  

MPU101 – “M185-2SYS1M” (Ilian Tape)
Valentino Mora – “Inhalation” (Spazio)
FOQL – “Theon” (Enfant Terrible)
Brainwaltzera – “Reptikon 7” (Film)
Reptant – “Ectoplastic” (Planet Euphorique) 
Oscean – “Drivion” (Tresor)
Franck Kartell – “Soleil Froid” (Bass Agenda)
Mikron – “Nyniv” (CPU)
Ocoeur – “Opposite Sides” (n5MD)
Civilistjävel! – “Untitled” (Not On Label)

Lowfish "Reel Electronics" - Volume 29 (December 2022)

"Moth" from the 2023 album "Grey With Breaks" on Suction Records

Grey With Breaks

Moth

"Pooling" is one of my favourite tracks from the 2023 CD/Vinyl/Digital release "Grey With Breaks" on Toronto's Suction Records."

Pooling

Buy it now

Live version of the track "Scarborough Brutalist" from a live-set rehearsal recording in July 2023.

Scarborough Brutalist - Live Version

Unreleased, 2024

Far from that murderous Deadlands ground,
The land up swells; the dead still abound.
Traverses she those bygones of leprous civilizations
Those cities crumbled by the exhalted of oblivions.

Valkyrie

Valkyrie_3

A previously unreleased track from the 2022 reissue of Suction001

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Artists: Lowfish / Solvent
Title: suction001
Label / CAT#: Suction Records / suction001 (25th anniversary reissue)
Format: Vinyl 12-inch/Digital EP
Release date: November 11, 2022

2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Suction Records, the Toronto-based electro/IDM label founded in 1997 by two emerging producers, Lowfish (aka Gregory De Rocher) and Solvent (aka Jason Amm), the latter still overseeing the label to this day. The label’s inaugural release was a split Lowfish/Solvent 12”, marking both artists’ debut vinyl appearance.

Gregory and Jason had known each other since high-school, but a deeper friendship was forged during their university years, after Gregory introduced Jason to early Rephlex releases by Aphex Twin and µ-Ziq. Gregory had been making electronic music in his bedroom for more than a decade, but it was those Rephlex releases that ignited Jason’s passion to do the same. After several years of obsessive gear buying, music making, and playing tracks for each other, Lowfish and Solvent had hit their stride, and their demos even attracted the interest of legendary early IDM labels labels Skam (for Lowfish), and Isophlux (for Solvent). But things were slow-moving in those days — letters, faxes, phone calls… nothing was panning out. So that’s when they decided to start their own label, and put out 300 copies of this 12”, suction001.

The label was heavily inspired by contemporary artists like AFX, Autechre, and Panasonic, but on suction001, those influences collided with their ‘80s synth-pop and industrial roots to create something unique. 25 years later, it still sounds fresh, and like nothing else out there. On suction001, 808 drum machines are run through distortion and breakbeats are chopped and mangled, contrasting with melodic OMD-style leads and catchy synth-pop basslines — a sound the label would refer to as ‘distortion pedal new wave.’

Over the past 25 years, Suction’s sound has morphed and evolved, but in recent years has shifted back to it’s original Rephlex-inspired roots. That makes 2022 the perfect year to revisit this wild, 1997 debut, now reissued in a new, expanded edition for it’s 25th anniversary. The reissue adds 2 bonus tracks — a 1999 remix by Detroit electro-punk duo ADULT., along with a previously-unreleased version of Lowfish’s A1 cut, and also features new and improved artwork, including an insert with full label discography.

Limited to 500 copies, and comes with a Bandcamp download card.

Tracklisting:

A1. Lowfish “Helski Gotenks”
A2. Solvent “Course Hub with Garnish”
A3. Lowfish “Helski Gotenks (version)”
B1. Solvent “Flexidisc”
B2. Lowfish “Your Last Legs”
B3. Solvent “ESP (edit)”
B4. Lowfish “Peanut Butter Castles”
B5. ADULT. vs Solvent “Flexidisc (remix)”

suction001

Helsi Gotenks (version)

Canada’s foremost robot returns to his higher bpm electro-form with the “Thaw EP”. 

Four analog heavy tracks of melancholic system-100 and 808 workouts combined with icy strings and the catchy synth work he’s known for. Includes a previously unreleased version of the much-lauded “8_Op” (originally released on Satamile Records NYC, 2006) to ensure things heat and melt accordingly. A whirlwind of emotion, right on the cusp of bliss and melancholia. The artwork comes from Geometric Love / UK.

THAW

Theme To Tedium

An unreleased version of "The 7th." The original version of this track appears on the album Grey With Breaks on Suction Records.

The 7th - Broken Version

Lowfish Live 2001 (Remastered 2025)
Now Lounge Toronto, Canada.

This is a remastered recording of a live set I did at Now Magazine’s Lounge in Toronto in 2002. The venue was literally just up the street from my studio and home at the time, and you can tell by the length of some of my delay feedback transitions that I was pretty self-assured in the music I was making at the time (“they will love this two minutes of feedback as much as I do - I know it” :) 

My live setup at the time was centred around a Roland VS-880, TR-808, SH-101, Korg SDD-3000 delay, and a Deltalab Effectron delay, plus a mini-disc player and mixer, etc. I had no intention of maintaining momentum throughout the set it would seem and I played what I wanted. The version of Fatblex was improvised, as was the first track (the never-released “Precision Hell”).  I have just completed the remix of Solvent’s “A Panel of Experts” and finished the set with that. It's somewhat weird to play a remix of another artist in your live set, but I was (and am) super proud of how it turned out and remember wanting to hear it loud. 


Setlist:

Precision hell (never released)
No longer accepting complaints 
Fatblex (version) 
Cadmium Red  (version)
Agamemnon (version)
Theme To Parked Cars (version) 
Glued Smile 
A Panel of Experts (Lowfish remix)

Lowfish Live: Now Lounge, Toronto 2001 (remastered)

Lowfish - Reel Electronics Volume 18.

Tangerine Dream (vs. my ring mod pedal) - “Desert Dream”
Aphex Twin - “14 07 b”
MG - “Stealth”
Adolf Filter - “Inner Wall”
Varg - "Asocial 46”
Lakker - “Pylon”
Autechre - “444”
Varg & Hypnobirds - “Hogdalen”
Isreal Vines - "01 WWKD”
Alessandro Cortini - “Nebbia”
Silent Servant - “Still Life"

Lowfish Reel Electronics - Volume 18 - June, 2015

My remix of Solvent's "A Panel of Experts" off his excellent "Solvent City" album on Morr Music from 2001.

Solvent - A Panel of Experts (Lowfish Remix)

From the 2002 12"/CDEP "Maintain the Tension" released on Suction Records and manufactured by Morr Music.

Lowfish - Theme To Parked Cars

Lowfish Reel Electronics - Volume 21 -

Pye Corner Audio - "A Chance?"
Not Waving - "Redacted 1"
ALPHA 606 - "808 Trax"
Clouds - "T-Mobile Ekstraklasa"
Perspects - "Gimme Panic"
Silent Servant - "Dissociation"
Orphx - "Aurora"
Varg - "No Knowledge of Sorrow or Regret"
Absolute Body Control - "Me And My Desire"
Flavien Berger - "Léviathan" (edit)
Charlotte Isabelle - "Geridoo"

Lowfish - Reel Electronics - Volume 21

A collection of recent feel-good synth hits to start off 2019 …

Broken English Club - “Animal Town” (L.I.E.S)
Belief Defect - “Opium Den” (Raster)
Jensen Interceptor & Assembler Code - “Extraction” (Central Processing Unit)
Morah - “Coma Verenices” (brokntoys)  
Unfinished Portraits - “Closeness” (Lobster Theremin)
Betonkust & Palmbomen II - “Boven De Wet” (Pinkman)
LVRIN - “Lynch” (Pinkman Broken Dreams)
The Exaltics - “000458.00.9” (Solar One Music)
Chicago Jim - “A4” (Lobster Theremin)
Furious Frank - Dangerous Dancer [Ken Oath Records]
Outermost – “Surface #4”(Modal Analysis)
Caterina Barbieri – “How To Decode An Illusion” (Important Records)

Lowfish - "Reel Electronics" - Volume 27

My contribution to A Tribute to Robert Moog on the Netherland's always excellent Crème Organization label.

This is one of my favourite Lowfish tracks. Produced in 2005 the track is mostly Jupiter-6 (main lead and bassline), 808, Arp Odyssey (second bassline half-way through) and plug-ins/computer crap.

Membrane Switch

Martin C Martin is from my first full-length album on Suction Records in 1999 called "Fear Not The Snow And Other Lo-Fiing Objects". The "snow" refers to background noise/hiss/crap recording quality which also informs the name "Lowfish" (meaning Lo-Fi-ish). The name of the track comes from a dude I met playing in New York one time named - good guess - Martin C Martin. I had the poor guy show me his driver's license to prove it. This track reminded me of him.  
No idea what we talked about but it stuck with me.

This track is all Roland Jupiter-6, 808 and Roland s-750 sampler. The Jupiter-6 is used in split-mode and does about 65% of the song - everything was recorded in real-time/one pass to tape and recorded later to DAT and sequenced by an Alesis MMT-8.

Martin C Martin

This is my contribution to the 2002 Ersatz Audio label compilation "Misery Love Company" (EZ - 020). Every track on this comp is killer and you should seek it out :)... 16 years on and I still listen to it reguarly...

Dead House

"Arp 294ms" is from my 2018 release "Hypersensitivity" on Suction Records (Suction046).

You can buy a vinyl or digital copy here: 
https://lowfish.bandcamp.com/album/hypersensitivity

Hypersensitivity

Buy this record

Arp 294ms

A favourite Lowfish remix - this is my remix of Alpha Aesar's "Synthetic Sun" from their 2008 self-titled release.

Most of the drum sounds are from the Boss DR-110,  the lead is from the Roland Jupiter-6, other sounds are from NI FM7 and the bassline is from my beloved Dave Smith Evolver.

More info here: https://www.discogs.com/Alpha-Aesar-Alpha-Aesar/release/1427670

Alpha Aesar

Alpha Aesar "Synthetic Sun" (Lowfish Nuclear Winter Remix)

Lowfish live set from June 30, 2005 (we think this was from a show in San Francisco...anyone?)

I was in electro mode (mostly) at this time having just released a 12" on Satamile and was nearing the completion of the album "Burn The Lights Out", also on Satamile.

You can buy it here: 

https://satamile.bandcamp.com/album/burn-the-lights-out-by-lowfish

Burn The Lights Out

Lowfish Live - June 30 2005,  San Francisco

Unreleased track from 2008-ish...808+samplers+waldorf pulse+more samplers...

Mahler

This is my 2005 remix of Kero's track "Drop", for his Detroit Underground label. This is a newly remastered version. 

The record featured this remix along with tracks by Jimmy Edgar, Funkarma, Kero and locked grooves by Otto Von Schirach.

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Detroit-Underground-Part-5/master/197296

Various ‎– Detroit Underground (Part 5)

Kero - "Drop" (Lowfish's Killed And Rekilled Mix)(Remastered)

Latest mix of idm vs. bass vs. cold wave vs. misc electronics I'm into.... 

NOTE: The Jaar track and the Modeselektor both ALSO appear on the Rough Trade Shops Electronic 11 comp (which is awesome). Wasn't my intention to rip them off. They included them in their mix first....

Subtitles - Cold Rain
Skream - 2-D
Modeselektor - Evil Twin
Shed - Day After
Byetone - Opal
Lowfish - The Bite That Bleeds
Skanfrom - Aught
Solvent - Some Assembly Required
Sensational meets Koyxen - +weekend2 (remix work)
Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise If You Can See
Pan Sonic - Virta 1.
Aphex Twin - Tha

Lowfish Reel Electronics - Volume 11

Lowfish - "Quarter Bass" (demo)

This is my track "Flies For Eyes" (not Flys for Eyes) for the excellent 2016 mega box set project "Third Time Capsule aka 808 Box" on Spain's Fundamental Records. 

Lots of Roland Jupiter-4  and Jupiter-6 on this one.
Much respect to Alek Stark.

More info here:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Third-Time-Capsule-aka-808-Box/release/11484236
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"'How come he doesn't know it?' inquired Yossarian.

'Because he's got flies in his eyes,' Orr explained with exaggerated patience. 'How can he see he's got flies in his eyes if he's got flies in his eyes?' It made as much sense as anything else, and Yossarian was willing to give Orr the benefit of the doubt because Orr was from the wilderness outside New York City and knew so much more about wildlife than Yossarian did, and because Orr, unlike Yossarian's mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, in-law, teacher, spiritual leader, legislator, neighbor and newspaper, had never lied to him about anything crucial before. Yossarian had mulled his newfound knowledge about Appleby over in private for a day or two and then decided, as a good deed, to pass the word along to Appleby himself."

Third Time Capsule aka 808 Box

Flies For Eyes

Tracklisting:

Lowfxxx – The Whole Thing’s A Fall (unreleased)
Legowelt – Airplanes in the Rain
Vivian Koch – Blondy Electrogoerl
Anthony Rother – Simulationszeitalter
Kuldaboli – Maður Er Negldur
Kommuter – Transporter
Gestalt – Ecosystem
Exhausted Modern - Ancestral Influence
Beau Wanzer – Never Look Back
Facit – industrimusikvanner
Solvent – Burn The Tables
Caterina Barbieri - Pinnacles of You

Lowfish – Reel Electronics Volume 28 (October, 2019)

Previously unreleased extended version of the track "8_op".

The original version appears on the full-length album "Burn The Lights Out" released by Satamile records.

8_op (extended version)

The soundtrack to the ghost town out my window...

(unreleased track from January 2011)

Quiet (Ver 2)

Unreleased track from 2017 for a record that never got finished.

They Were Going To Do It First

Lowfish is battle-scarred Canadian electro and analog IDM producer Gregory De Rocher.
 
Founder of the Suction Records label (with like-minded Robot Jason Amm, AKA Solvent) in 1997 – Lowfish's extensive 20+ year discography spans releases and remixes on some of the world's most respected electronic music labels including:

Suction Records
Analogical Force
Ersatz Audio
Ghostly International
Satamile
City Centre Offices
Crème Organization
Noise Factory
Awkward Silence
ADSR
Vynalogica
Lo Recordings
!K7
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"Lowfish's music is deceptively simple, enormously catchy modern electro, eschewing currently fashionable digital trickery for good old analog skills" XLR8R

"Forget the watered-down schlock that passes for electro these days - this is pure, unadulterated synth music, and it rules" VICE

"Seriously, keine Verarsche! Hört mal genau hin, was sich da zwischen den Schaltkreisen entwickelt: ein Organismus, mehrere Zellen, Synthese dank 240 Volt!Lowfish, der bärtigste Bartträger von Toronto, forscht seit den späten Neunzigern nach Lebensformen im Schall. Gefunden hat er: zwei Dutzend EPs und acht Alben, die alle unter eigenen Label-Laborbedingungen entstanden sind. Sie enthalten Spuren von Delia Derbyshire, Mort Garson und Aphex Twin. Möglicherweise haben sich auch Tin Man und ein Dopplereffekt ins Petrischälchen verirrt. Wurscht, weil das ohnehin nur billiges Namedropping ist, um der organisch nach Luft hechelnden und ganz und gar lebendigen Gefühlsverwirrung einen Namen zu verpassen." GROOVE

LOWFISH

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