Originally from Sioux City, IA, composer and performer Jordan Dykstra lives and works in Brooklyn, NY with his beloved cat Basil.

Feature Film Score Contributions:
Inside the Uvalde Response (2023) — composer
Shaken (2023) — co-composer
Fair Play (2023) — performer and score conductor
20 Days in Mariupol (2023) — composer
Echo (2022) — composer
Globes (2021) — composer
Blow the Man Down (2020) — co-composer
Hail Satan? (2019) — featured composer
Documenting Hate (2019) — "consultant" (music editor)
It Comes At Night (2017) — asst. composer
No Going Back Before Present (2016) — composer
Restless (2011) — co-composer

I am the guitarist of The Silver Creek Bluegrass Band, and a singer-songwriter of country and folk music.

My earlier work includes experimental music played acoustically and electronically. 

An experimental record label based in Brooklyn, New York.

Musician and author from Phx, AZ. 
@r__ariel

POP MATTERS.COM
"......you realize you’ve just sat through a record made by a hell of a band. Forgive Yr Blood is anti-arena-rock made perfect. It’s a small-scale, lo-fi masterpiece...."
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/135681-solvents-forgive-yr-blood/


KEXP Blog: song of the day, 12.17.10
"....Listening to Forgive Yr. Blood,  is a folk-punk indie rock joy all the way through...."
http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2010/12/17/song-of-the-day-solvents-we-were-guests-here/

SSG Music:
"...Solvents commitment to craft is abundantly present throughout this short but sweet record...."
http://www.ssgmusic.com/solvents-forgive-yr-blood/

Rock n Roll Report:
"...rock n roll as the high art it has always deserved to be...if you only buy 1 album this year, make it this one...''
http://rockandrollreport.com/cd-review-solvents-“forgive-yr-blood”/

The Big Takeover
"...honest and heartfelt songs that should lead to their breakthrough.."
http://www.bigtakeover.com/recordings/solvents-forgive-yr-blood-bee-resin

Metro Mix NY:
"..an under the radar debut worth seeking out...."
http://newyork.metromix.com/music/essay_photo_gallery/new-music-in-stores/2334851/photo/2334898


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