Solvent is the stage name used by
electronic producer and
remixer Jason Amm.
Although his music has been included in the
electroclash movement (as his track "My Radio" appeared on
Ghostly International's 2002
compilation album
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''
Disco Nouveau
''Disco Nouveau'' is the first compilation album of Ann Arbor, Michigan record label Ghostly International. Released in 2002, the album served as a modern update of Giorgio Moroder's famed Italo disco sound of the 1970s and 1980s and includes co ...
''), many of Solvent's tracks fall under the
intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music (commonly abbreviated as IDM) is a style of electronic music originating in the early 1990s, defined by idiosyncratic experimentation rather than specific genre constraints.''"…the label 'IDM' (for avant-garde, 'intel ...
or
electropop
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...
genres. Jason Amm's music is often associated with its strong influence from early 1980s artists such as
Soft Cell and
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
, but the influence is much wider, spanning the last three decades.
With partner Gregory DeRocher (who records his own music using the
pseudonym Lowfish), Amm owned and operated the Suction record label until its demise in 2008. This was partly because 12" records were no longer being manufactured in Canada, leading to costly imports from the USA.
Aside from tracks appearing on various-artists compilations, Amm has released several full-length albums using the Solvent moniker.
Discography
Albums
*1998 ''Solvent''
*1999 ''Solvently One Listens''
*2001 ''Solvent City''
*2004 ''Apples + Synthesizers''
*2005 ''Elevators + Oscillators''
*2007 ''Demonstration Tape (1997-2007)''
*2010 ''Subject to Shift''
*2014 ''New Ways (Music From The Documentary I Dream of Wires)''
External links
Solvent homepageSolvent at DiscogsSolvent at Morr Music Records
References
1972 births
Canadian electronic musicians
Living people
Musicians from Toronto
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