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Artist:	SOLVENT
Title:	Elevators And Oscillators
Label:	GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GI 043CD

"In the wake of his hit Apples & Synthesizers LP, Toronto's Solvent returns with Elevators And Oscillators, a collection of new material and outstanding remixes culled from the Radio Ga Ga series. The breadth of remix material here, including treatments from around the globe, is stunning enough, but Solvent himself steals the show with four exclusive tracks, some of his best to date, making for an eclectic experience easily on par with the album that bore it."

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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