@suction-records recently crossed a pretty incredible milestone. The Canadian imprint, founded by Jason Amm (@solvent) and Gregory De Roche (@lowfish), has just celebrated its 25th anniversary. For more than two and half decades the label has curated a wealth of music, unearthed unheard artists and brought smiles to the faces of the electronic faithful.

WE FORFEIT, after a serious amount of datebook duelling, managed to catch up with Jason just before the Christmas. The result? A two hour show that charts the very first synthesizer steps of Solvent and Lowfish, the growth of their unique style of electronics and the evolution of the imprint and sound. 

From High School encounters and fax machine correspondences to Detroit recognition, Solvent maps how two Canadians broke onto the scene in the early 1990s. From these humble beginning, Amm describes new directions in his sound and the elation at discovering Rx-101. As Suction has evolved, so does the conversation with synth wave, coarse acid and braindance musings all coming to the fore.

Thanks very much to Solvent for chatting with us, thanks so much for all the years of music.

Solvent :: My Blue Car (Suction)
Lowfish :: Spiders and Glass (Solvent remix) (Suction)
Lowfish :: Walking with Scissors (Suction)
µ-Ziq ::Tango N' Vectif (Rephlex)@mikep
@lusine-official :: Charydis (@isophlux)
Lowfish :: Arch Melvin (Suction)
Solvent :: Panel of Experts (@soul-jazz-records)
@adultofficial:: Dispassionate Furniture (Ersatz Audio)
Perspects :: Desire & Efficiency (Ersatz Audio) @ian-cinch-jones
Solvent :: My Radio (@ghostly) 
Solvent :: Fasten (@minimalrome)
@rx-101 :: Bloom (Part 1) (Suction)
RX-101 :: August ‘97 (Suction)
RX-101 :: Sys.rx.9.b013 (Suction)
Kübler-Ross :: Bridges (Ice Machine) @kublerrossband
@ceramic-hello :: Gestures (Ice Machine)
Skanfrom :: Trains & Lines (Suction)
@digitalpoodle :: Soul Crush (Suction)
CrusHerr :: Off The Planet (Dope Sheets)
@uselessidea :: Mello Tron (Suction)
@june :: Navigation (Suction)
Solvent vs Lowfish :: CemBlex (CEM Rmx) (Vynalogica)
Solvent vs Lowfish :: Built-In Microphone (CEM Rmx) (Vynalogica)
Ceramic Hello :: Sampling The Blast Furnace (Suction)

Emitió por @radio-relativa 09/02/23

Radio Relativa #34 - Interview - Solvent (Suction)

With in order of appearance:
Marinkovic - Erotechnical Stimulation (2000)
Dominik Marx & Yannick Labbe - Straight to your Heart (2020)
Patrice Bauemel - Shower of Ice (2005)
Jonathan Kaspar - Muster (2021)
Kinetico - Stun Gun (1998)
The Arc - echo beach (1995)
Mandroid - Mandroid (1998)
Cosmic Trigger - Ghost of Acid (1994)
Taucher - Waters (Phase IV) (1996)
Rebel Velle - Glass Ball (1995)
Unknown - Trapez 19 (2004)
Johannes Brecht - Voicing Something (Adriatique Remix)(2022)
Dominik Marx & Yannick Labbe - Love Takes Two (2022)
Glowal - Flowers on Tears (2018)
Anii - Aniitime (2019)

Vinyl Mini Mix #28 - In my Placid House (acid techno | melodic) (1994 to 2022)

01. Being - McLaren [Special Emissions - 1995]
02. Benjamin Brunn - Über Der Stadt [Mole Listening Pearls - 1998]
03. Shad T. Scott - Sand Pail [Isophlux - 1995]
04. Move D - In, Out (Initial Mix) [Source Records - 1995]
05. Esem - Preledd [deFocus - 2000]
06. Aquarhythms - Spiritool [Astralwerks - 1997]
07. CiM - Numerique [dEfocus - 2000]
08. I-Liner - S-Bahn [Parallel Recordings, Ltd. - 1998]
09. Autopilot - Android School Pt. 2 [Elektrolux - 1999]
10. Dr. Walker And M. Flux - Call 1-800-Sex.E-Chick [Harvest - 1998]
11. Naohiro Fujikawa - The Synthetic Earth [Trip Trap Records - 1995]
12. Subtonal - Plunge [Elektrolux - 1998]
13. LA Synthesis - Frozen Tundra [Plink Plonk - 1996]
14. Optic Nerve - Optaphonik [Omnisonus - 1997]
15. Slam - White Shadows [Soma Quality Recordings - 1996]
16. Metro - $1.15 Please (Brownstone Express) [Nu Groove Records - 1990]
17. Metronome - Protecting The Universe From Mankind [Direkt (Sändningar) - 1999]
18. Delit-K - Best Before Date See Base [Versatile Records - 1998]

Hjärngymnastik 276: Hemodilutisk Högskoleprovsförkovring

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Two lads in Madrid and Valencia making mixes. Acid, ambient, disco, electro, electronica, house, italo, synth, techno, wave and heaps more.
Monthly show @radio-relativa, mixes on IntergalacticFM, @internetpublicradio and @narr-radio

20/6 - Midsummer Open Air
30/5 - groundBreaking w/ Kugg, Bimse Fett
18/4 - Fotografiska Stockholm w/ OB JUAN/SPIRI:TUAL/PENTTI IGOR
11/4 - Fotografiska Stockholm w/ BONDANZA


Taking a small break from recording weekly Hjärngymnastik mixes at the moment. I'll be back shortly.

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Hjärngymnastik is my weekly digging project where I search for electronic music released before year 2001, sourced from vinyl, CDs and digital.

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