Formed in 1997, and inaugurated that year with a split 12” from new-comers and label founders, Solvent and Lowfish, this year Suction Records celebrates it’s 20th anniversary with the re-introduction of their famed Snow Robots series of compilations. While originally started as a North American answer to UK electronix labels like Rephlex, Skam and Warp Records, a sound that is still a staple of the current Suction Records catalog, Suction’s sound has also swerved into new territories, reflecting our love of dark ‘80s electronic music - synthpop, EBM, and beyond…. Snow Robots Volume 4 features an international array of artists, from Suction Records mainstays like Digital Poodle, June, Celldöd, and Ceramic Hello (with their much sought-after 1982 vocoder anthem), to label-favourites appearing on Suction Records for the first time: Beau Wanzer, Morah, and one of Skanfrom/Sleeparchive’s lesser known aliases, Civil Defence Programme.
A1 | –Civil Defence Programme | Wrong Diagnosis |
A2 | –Morah | Learned Robot |
A3 | –Beau Wanzer | Dead Heads |
A4 | –Celldöd | Pulsdisco 1.2 |
B1 | –Ceramic Hello | Sampling the Blast Furnace |
B2 | –Digital Poodle | Soul Crush (Manie Sans Délire Revision) |
B3 | –June (25) | Idealized States Of Perfection |