Jason 'Solvent' Amm has been active since the late 90s, creating numerous indefinable mutations of dance, rich with the pulsing warmth and chaos of analogue circuitry. Recent years have seen Amm serving as producer, co-writer and interviewer for the independent documentary epic I Dream Of Wires exploring the history, demise and resurgence of the ultimate electronic music machine, the Modular Synthesizer. All the while Solvent has pursued the industrial, acidic sounds that have always lain dormant in his work, and this mix for R$N offers an emotional gut punch, with slow, stately machine music giving way to chunks of bristling techno and bursts of quivering, tentatively euphoric melody. We caught up with Amm to discuss just how a producer who doesn't "put a lot of stock into recording mixes" goes about making a mixtape...
Full interview here: http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/mixes/solvent-the-ransom-note-mixtape/

Alessandro Cortini - Stella 
Lowfish - Knives 
Alain Kepler - Radio Wave Tracker 
Clouds - Blood Skating 
Varg - Norrlandsbrigad 69R 
Cylob - Durftal 
Strider.B. - [Bradley's Robot A1] 
Gescom - Viral Rival (Rmxd By Ae) 
[UNKNOWN ARTIST] - [Papers001-B1] 
Cloudface - On None 
Blacknecks - Don't Dream It Be It 


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Solvent - The Ransom Note Mixtape

Modular Jam

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In their never ending quest to uncover and stand behind the freshest sounds from across the Hardcore Continuum, Marcus Visionary & Lush's Toronto based Inner City Dance imprint continues to build its ever growing profile as a label to watch. "In Our City" Volume 1 curates four crucial cuts of contemporary Drum & Bass sourced from a cast of artists who are all products of the cities storied love affair and history with the genre.

Up first on "In Pursuit", label regular Artifice contrasts slick blaxploitation funk horns and riffs with his unmistakable sci fi sheen and meticulous production. Precise beats and a rugged bassline anchor the cinematic horn stabs while a heart pounding congo line keeps the tension building excitement at edge of your seat levels. The car chase sonic imagery never lets up as Artifice expertly morphs and layers the hooks in and out leaving the dance floor breathless as they come along for the ride.

In Our City Volume 1 drops on Inner City Dance June 29th 2015.

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