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Artist:	SOLVENT
Title:	Radio Ga Ga Part. 1
Label:	GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	GI 022EP

Part 1 of 2, includes: Original Mix, Perspects Cut-Up Mix, Schneider TM Mustanng Remake, Lowfish Remix.
       "Solvent, AKA Jason Amm, has been making his inimitable brand of Robot Pop since the Mid-90's, simultaneously co-running the revered Suction Records since 1997, a label that even Andrew Weatherall deems as essential territory.
       One of the few true classics of the new synth era, Solvent's 'My Radio' (from Ghostly's Tangent 2002: Disco Nouveau) has become one of the most lasting impressions of the last few years in electro. In keeping with Ghostly's commitment to pushing songs in the electronic realm, a coda release for the song, plus a new single, 'For You', was conceived between Amm and the label.
       Radio Ga Ga is a concept release as much as it is a remix collection. Encouraged to create 'interpretations' of the Solvent oeuvre, the featured artists have held true to the spirit of the original songs but also have added something completely new to their renditions. Mute's electronic-pop wunderkind, Schneider TM, dusted off his Fender Mustang for his rework of 'My Radio', complete with new lyrics and attitude, while Holland's electro master, Legowelt, turned the melancholy ode to the yesterday's radio into an F.U. body-music resistance track.
       Re-rubs of 'For You', a bizarre but funky love song, finds Suction co-founder, Lowfish, fattening the original up for the clubs and Morr Music mainstays, ISAN, stripping the song into almost an ambient seasoning of its former self.
       Also included are 2 new Solvent songs, 'Radio Goo Goo' and 'Polyphonic' which offer a glimpse as to the direction of his forthcoming 2004 LP, Apples and Synthesizers.
       Moody, emotive, playful and even sexy, Solvent's music seems to find that perfect place between wit and sincerity. Producing music with an ice-cold production style but warm rich centers."

Artist:	SOLVENT
Title:	Radio Ga Ga Part. 2
Label:	GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL
Format:	12"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	GI 023EP

Part 2 of 2, a 5 track EP featuring: a new Solvent track, Solvent's extended mix of "For You", Mitgang Audio remix, Legowelt Remake, ISAN remix.
"Holland's electro master, Legowelt, turned the melancholy ode to the yesterday's radio into an F.U. body-music resistance track. Re-rubs of 'For You', a bizarre but funky love song, finds Suction co-founder, Lowfish, fattening the original up for the clubs and Morr Music mainstays, ISAN, stripping the song into almost an ambient seasoning of its former self.
Also included is a new Solvent song, 'Radio Goo Goo' which offer a glimpse as to the direction of his forthcoming 2004 LP, Apples and Synthesizers.

Artist:	SOLVENT
Title:	Solvent City
Label:	MORR MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	MORR 013CD

Repressed. Hello, and welcome to Solvent City. Starting from the top floor of the Suction records tower, we see honorary citizen Jason Amm smiling down upon the city that he has built. With some assistance from fellow luminaries Lowfish and Skanfrom, Solvent has constructed a warm and inviting cityscape, bathed in the radiating glow of vintage synthesizers bordering the city's perimeter. "Some Assembly Required" is the theme song, accompanying us along the highway to the city's industrial zone. Here we see a team of Canadian snowrobots working around the clock to the track's motorik pulse. These bouncy synth-pop melodies inspire great productivity in our robots. As we approach the downtown core, we hear "Solvent City" booming from cars, bars and beatboxes. It's a big hit with the city's youngsters, bumping Depeche Mode out of the #1 position in the pop charts. "A Panel of Experts" is a song for the suburbs. This is the lushest track in town, with dusty home-organ beats and a choir of heartbroken synthesizers. Our citizens are not simple robots; we grow introspective with age, and we have music to reflect this. Let's stop the train here and spend some time to learn about the people that make this city tick. After returning from a busy day at the City Centre Offices, our robots head over to the supermarket. Here we find Berlin immigrant Skanfrom offering a fine, remixed selection of "Frozen Food," seasoned with majestic melodies and otherworldly bleeps. Once at home, citizens will turn on their desktop tape players for a study session in synth-pop architecture. "Built-in Microphone," with its octave-hopping bass lines and perfectly formed microscopic melodies, is a compulsory course, along with Vince Clarke 101 and Moog-history. Solvent City is well-known for its stunning attention to detail, and the citizens make every effort to educate themselves in the fineries of classic robot-pop. Concluding our monorail tour, we'll wind down with the icy beauty of Lowfish's take on "A Panel of Experts." This remix picks lost vocal snippets out of the airwaves and places them in the frosty landscape of our city's night sky. Beyond Solvent City there's only barren land -- littered with clicks, cuts, and cold digital noise. Make sure you stay within the city limits. This train is headed downtown -- please put on your dancing shoes.

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