Solvent

From Solvent's original OST: 
"New Ways: music from the documentary I Dream Of Wires"

Order DIGITAL (via Ghostly International):
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2CD: http://www.science-with-synthesizers.com/products/solvent-new-ways-2cd-deluxe
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Official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evRAaEK39IU

This is track#9, "King Vincent". Every sound on this record was created from scratch using a variety of modular synthesizer systems.

King Vincent

From Solvent's original OST: 
"New Ways: music from the documentary I Dream Of Wires"

Order DIGITAL (via Ghostly International): 
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CASSETTE: http://sciencewithsynthesizers.com/solvent-cforcomfort

Subharmonics

From Solvent's original OST: 
"New Ways: music from the documentary I Dream Of Wires"

Order DIGITAL (via Ghostly International): 
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This is track#6, "Elephant Generators". Every sound on this record was created from scratch using a variety of modular synthesizer systems.

Elephant Generators

From Solvent's original OST: 
"New Ways: music from the documentary I Dream Of Wires"

Order DIGITAL (via Ghostly International): 
http://www.theghostlystore.com/products/solvent-new-ways

Order PHYSICAL (via Suction Records):
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VINYL: http://www.science-with-synthesizers.com/products/solvent-new-ways-vinyl

Official Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzKdTpZ3KFw

This is track#8, "Pattern Recognition". Every sound on this record was created from scratch using a variety of modular synthesizer systems.

Pattern Recognition

From Solvent's original OST: 
"New Ways: music from the documentary I Dream Of Wires"

Order DIGITAL (via Ghostly International): 
http://www.theghostlystore.com/products/solvent-new-ways

Order PHYSICAL (via Suction Records):
2CD: http://www.science-with-synthesizers.com/products/solvent-new-ways-2cd-deluxe
VINYL: http://www.science-with-synthesizers.com/products/solvent-new-ways-vinyl

This is track#3, "Quantimations". Every sound on this record was created from scratch using a variety of modular synthesizer systems.

Quantimations

Artist: Solvent
Title: RDJCS5-ep
Label/Cat: Suction Records / suction022
Format: 4-song EP digital/lim.12" vinyl
Release Date: Sept. 6, 2011

A1: Curtains
 A2: Radiator
 B1: Mould
 B2: Tassels 
B3: Sandpaper [vinyl-exclusive]

Occasionally one reads about some musical instrument with an illustrious past, Jimi Hendrix's guitar, John Lennon's piano, selling for exorbitant amounts of money at auction. And typically, that's the last of it, the instrument disappearing into some rich collector's display case, never to be heard from again. Here then, is a bit of a different story. In April 2006, a Yamaha CS5 monosynth, having been owned by Richard D James (Aphex Twin), with the actual liner notes for his landmark "Selected Ambient Works Volume II" etched into the bottom, was sold at VEMIA auction for approximately $1200 - a bargain in retrospect. The winning bidder was, in fact, a friend of Solvent's, and the synth resides not in a display case, but in Solvent's studio, on generous long-term loan.

"RDJCS5", a new 4-track 12-inch / digital EP by Solvent, is the result. This is Suction022. Each and every sound on this record came from RDJ's old CS5, painstakingly programmed and multi-tracked by Solvent over the course of several months. The limited capabilities and sound palette of this humble little synth provided quite a challenge, but ultimately the results are not merely an exercise in technical synthnerdery; "RDJCS5" speaks more of Solvent's musical kinship to thee Analord. Opening track "Curtains" bears similarity to early Rephlex signing Bochum Welt, while "Radiator", "Mould", and "Tassels" each contain hallmarks of the classic AFX sound. At the same time, each track also sounds distinctly and unmistakably 'Solvent'.

The 12" vinyl edition is limited to 300 copies, in brown chipboard sleeve with sticker, and also contains an additional noise/drone piece at the end of side B. Entitled "Sandpaper", this cut will be individually hand-etched by Solvent, for a 1-of-a-kind cut/click/loop experience.

http://www.suctionrecords.com/rdjcs5

Curtains ['R D J C S 5 A 1' - suction022]

“Loss for Words" is the first single from Solvent’s full-length "Subject to Shift", and a sterling example of what happens when classic pop songwriting meets analogue circuitry.

Loss For Words

From Solvent's 2010 full-length "Subject to Shift" - available on 2x12" vinyl, CD, or digitally.

A Product Of The Process

Exclusive track from Solvent's 2008 retrospective "Demonstration Tape (1997-2007)", available on 2CD or digitally.

Creepy Crawler

Solvent *other* vocoder hit - originally released on Solvent's 2005 "Elevators and Oscillators" (CD/digital), and also available on the 2008 retrospective "Demonstration Tape" (2-CD/digital).

Wish

First released in 2000 as a 7" on the Bad Jazz label, then on the CD version of Solvent's Morr Music album "Solvent City" in 2001, now also available on the 2008 retrospective "Demonstration Tape" (2-CD/digital).

A Panel of Experts

First released in 1999 on the 10" compilation "Assorted Pieces", and later on the CD compilation "Snow Robots Volume 2". Tinfoil Teakettle = Solvent + Lowfish. Both releases on the Suction Records label. "Snow Robots Volume 2" is still available to purchase directly from Suction Records (http://www.suctionrecords.com/buydirect).

Tinfoil Teakettle "1982 For You" (Solvent + Lowfish)

Solvent's best-known vocoder pop "hit". Originally released on the 2002 Ghostly comp "Disco Nouveau", then re-recorded for Solvent's 2004 full-length "Apples and Synthesizers". 

Solvent

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