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SUCT 012 CD
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"Hello. Suction Records is proud to present Hand-Picked Fragments, the debut full-length release by Skanfrom. Skanfrom is a robot from Germany named Roger. For those of you who complained that Suction only releases music by Solvent and Lowfish, here you go. It has taken us over 4 years to find a suitable robot to join Suction's full-time ranks. Skanfrom is obviously the man for the job, blending elements of modern electro with the raw, stripped down approach of early-80's synth-pop. Try to imagine the melancholy electro of Bochum Welt or Solvent, mixed with the stark, muffled robot-pop of Kraftwerk's Radioactivity. Skanfrom has been releasing his distinct brand of minimal electronic pop for several years on his own A.D.S.R. label, but if you blinked you could have missed out, because his A.D.S.R.releases have been strictly limited to small pressings of vinyl-only singles and cassettes. Suction felt it was necessary to release a retrospective of Skanfrom's obscure, underground career. Hand-Picked Fragments is a selection of Suction's favorite tracks from Skanfrom's sold-out A.D.S.R.back catalog, along with several new and exclusive tracks recorded for Suction."
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SUCT 010
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"Hello. Snow Robots Volume 1 is a retrospective compilation CD from Canada's premiere source of robot music, Suction Records. Suction Records was founded in early 1997 by likeminded robot music composers Lowfish (Gregory De Rocher), and Solvent (Jason Amm). This CD compiles suction's out-of-print vinyl releases from 1997 in their entirety, and also features several exclusive goodies, both new & old. Suction Records' first 2 vinyl-only releases from 1997 highlight their 'distortion pedal new wave' beginnings. These tracks by Solvent, Lowfish and David Kristian are now available for the 1st time on CD. Originally brought out of the woodwork by Aphex Twin's Analogue Bubblebath material, the Suction robots joyously indulged in raw, distortion-pedal analog madness. But this was no Rephlex knock-off, for the Suction robots had already built up an impressive resume, with several years of bed-room- studio experience, and well-versed in the early works of Cabaret Voltaire, Human League and Skinny Puppy. The results are dark and filthy, but with a reckless sense of enthusiasm that will charm. To compliment the chaos, Suction have rounded out Snow Robots Volume 1 with six variations on Suction's patented melodic electro-pop theme: Two pre-suction tracks by Gregory De Rocher -- soothing, melodic and timeless electronica recorded in 1996 under the pseudonym pest(e); A remix of Solvent by Detroit's mutant techno-pop duo, Adult., who also run the seminal Ersatz Audio label; A remix of Lowfish by Germany's Lali Puna -- moody electronic pop with paranoid female vocals (their debut LP was released on Morr Music/Darla); And a brand new, exclusive track each from Solvent and Lowfish -- two melodic electro tracks that are definitive Suction."
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SUCT 011
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"Hello. Snow Robots Volume 2 is a retrospective compilation CD from Canada's premiere source of robot music, Suction Records. This CD compiles Suction's out-of-print vinyl releases from 1999 in their entirety, and also features several new and exclusive goodies. Suction Records' 3 vinyl-only releases from 1999 chronicle Suction's development from lo-fi electro mayhem to the melodic analog electro-pop sound that is now synonymous with Suction. This development was a reaction to changes in the bedroom-electronics scene, which was rapidly being overcrowded by computer geeks who treated music like code -- clicking their mouses furiously while already imagining the e-newsgroup fame that lay ahead. The Suction robots had had enough with all of this 'digital irony'; things just weren't sounding fresh anymore. And so, past masters were pulled from the record crates and re-evaluated with new ears; Depeche Mode, Roedelius, and OMD sounded warmer, and more vital than ever before, and this made a great impression. On Snow Robots Volume 2, you will still hear Suction's affinity for lo-fi weirdness, but you will also discover a noticeable refinement in these crucial robot-composer skills: melody, composition and synthesis. In 1999, Suction Records scoured the globe for robot-composers whose music demonstrated an affinity for these musical ideals -- and found some: D'Arcangelo, from Rome, who have recorded for Rephlex, Nature and too many others too mention; Pluxus, naive electronic pop from Sweden; Tinfoil Teakettle, who were easy to find as they are in fact a Solvent & Lowfish collaboration; and Manchester's Brioche Kretzaal, a collaborator with UK labels Skam & V/vm. The same traits were sought from our team of wonderful remixers: The UK's soothing electronica maestros isan (Darla, Static Caravan, Morr Music...); Rome's videogame-pop duo Mat-101; former Le Car member and current Detroit electro-pop subversive Perspects; and Suction's newest full-time robot, Berlin's skanfrom, who's debut full-length CD will be released on suction in 2001."
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