Solvent is Jason Amm, a robot music composer, analog synthesizer fetishist,… Read Full Bio ↴Solvent is Jason Amm, a robot music composer, analog synthesizer fetishist, and co-founder of the renowned Suction Records label. Born in Zimbabwe in 1972, Solvent currently resides in a room full of machines in Toronto, Canada.
Solvent has been releasing his unique brand of synthesizer-pop music since 1997, and is best known for his releases on Morr Music (2001's Solvent City) and Ghostly International (2004's Apples & Synthesizers, 2005's Elevators & Oscillators). Solvent has created his own unique version of electro-pop: too elegant and sincere for the electroclash set, too complex and contemporary to sound like it was recorded in 1981, and too seeped in the time-honoured traditions of melody, songwriting and hands-on synthesis to be lost in the overcrowded world of IDM. Along with some notable remixes including Soft Cell, Alter Ego, and Adult., Solvent has also contributed standout tracks to several influential electronica compilations in recent years, including Putting The Morr Back In Morrissey (Morr Music), Disco Nouveau (Ghostly International), and Misery Loves Company (Ersatz Audio). His songs have also been licensed to several high-profiles DJ mix CDs, including Sven Vath's Sound of the 5th Season (Cocoon), Dr. Lektroluv's Lektroluv 5 (541), and Death in Vegas's Fabriclive 23 (Fabric London). Today, Solvent is widely regarded in the underground electronica community as being at the forefront of electro-pop's return to form.
UK magazine The Wire recently described Solvent as part of a new generation of composers "gleefully blurring the lines" between modern techno and vintage techno-pop. Solvent currently records exclusively for Ghostly International, and has been touring extensively since 2004, having shared the stage with Adult., Legowelt, Bola, Junior Boys, Matthew Dear, Lusine, Lowfish, and others.
Solvent has been releasing his unique brand of synthesizer-pop music since 1997, and is best known for his releases on Morr Music (2001's Solvent City) and Ghostly International (2004's Apples & Synthesizers, 2005's Elevators & Oscillators). Solvent has created his own unique version of electro-pop: too elegant and sincere for the electroclash set, too complex and contemporary to sound like it was recorded in 1981, and too seeped in the time-honoured traditions of melody, songwriting and hands-on synthesis to be lost in the overcrowded world of IDM. Along with some notable remixes including Soft Cell, Alter Ego, and Adult., Solvent has also contributed standout tracks to several influential electronica compilations in recent years, including Putting The Morr Back In Morrissey (Morr Music), Disco Nouveau (Ghostly International), and Misery Loves Company (Ersatz Audio). His songs have also been licensed to several high-profiles DJ mix CDs, including Sven Vath's Sound of the 5th Season (Cocoon), Dr. Lektroluv's Lektroluv 5 (541), and Death in Vegas's Fabriclive 23 (Fabric London). Today, Solvent is widely regarded in the underground electronica community as being at the forefront of electro-pop's return to form.
UK magazine The Wire recently described Solvent as part of a new generation of composers "gleefully blurring the lines" between modern techno and vintage techno-pop. Solvent currently records exclusively for Ghostly International, and has been touring extensively since 2004, having shared the stage with Adult., Legowelt, Bola, Junior Boys, Matthew Dear, Lusine, Lowfish, and others.
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Loss For Words even though he shivers when she calls his name still he…
My Radio It doesn't seem so long ago When I loved you, my…
My Radio (The Mitgang Audio remix) it doesn't seem so long ago when i loved you, my…
Wish the night falls, the stars are bright i wish you were…
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Allen r
This is one of my favorite synth pop song, I’ve been listening for 10 years now, and I always find myself coming back to this video and album! Do you think a similar effect could be achieved using the Roland VC 340 or the Behringer clone? I just received one and have been trying to match the tone! It sounds close!
CHRXS
I really do love this track. You are a legend and a total inspiration!
Joel Dukes
Solvent is classic signature synth perfection. I love it
Ray Hernandez
I am so in love with this track...absolutely beautiful...and the video is brilliant!!!!
rapturas
Thank you youtube autoplay, without you I probably wouldn't have discovered this awesome producer, at least not for a while - and thank you Jason Solvent, awesome music!
Cate Burrows
wow this is incredible. i found one of your albums at a small record store when I was about 17 and I remember scouring the internet for more but not finding much at that time, but I listened to this and 'black turtleneck' constantly. Come to Toronto!
slop paralysis demon
Oh gosh, yes, "Black Turtleneck" so many times when I was seventeen that it's etched into my brain today at 33. <3
LyndonTCorbett
I love the "flicking switches" at 3:02 - very cool!
D¡scoUFObattleship
had this song on replay during summer 2020
Jason Solvent
I achieved it with a vocoder (Roland SVC-350)