Suction Records

Hi, Suction Records began in 1997, making this year our label's 25th anniversary! Massive sale on now - 50-75% off on many items, and most of our stock available at a discount. Get your fix from one of the longest running electro/IDM/synth labels in the biz, from now until April 1. USA/Canada: https://suction.shop/collections/on-sale Europe/UK: https://suction-eu.shop/collections/on-sale BONUS postcard set, featuring photos of Aphex Twin's old hand-etched Yamaha CS-5 synth (originally included with our 2020 edition of Solvent's sold-out "RDJCS5-ep"), will be included with every order over $20/€20, while supplies last!

For those in the UK/EU who've been waiting for the vinyl to start showing up in shops over there, it's now in stock at Juno and Rubadub, and should be starting to land everywhere else over the next week or so...

Alesis Quadraverb - the sound of '90s IDM!

Available to order now: https://rx-101.bandcamp.com/merch After selling out of the BEIGE-vinyl edition of RX-101's "Dopamine" in less than 5 days, we pressed up a new colour-vinyl edition just ahead of our March 22 release date. AQUA BLUE-vinyl limited to 175 copies. We also sold through those "EP 1,2,3,4" tapes in under a week just before Xmas, so we've done another pressing of 40 - available to buy in sets-of-4. I don't expect we'll do another run after this batch sells out. https://rx-101.bandcamp.com/merch

Not quite... In addition to running Suction, I also run a production company called Waveshaper Media. We produced the "I Dream Of Wires" doc, and are currently in post-production on docs about Bob Moog ("Electronic Voyager") and Morton Subotnick ("Subotnick"). One of our Indiegogo rewards for the Subotnick doc was a 50th-anniversary LP reissue of "Silver Apples of the Moon" - also a Waveshaper Media release. I could've put it out as a Suction Records release, but it didn't really make sense to me as far as the label's vision. Anyway, it's been out for a while but I've just started offering it via Rubadub for EU/UK distro. More info here: https://waveshaper.shop/collections/subotnick Back to RX-101..... Another track from Dopamine has been premiered today, via Orb Mag... here's "Helium Spheres": https://soundcloud.com/orbmag/premiere-rx-101-helium-spheres

I would appreciate those not being shared.

Distributed by Rubadub - usually carried by Juno, Bleep, Clone, and all the other usual suspects. PS I'm working on a way to have an EU "warehouse" so that we can ship out EU orders from there. I've found the guy, now it's just a matter of figuring out the logistics and how to make an online store that can accommodate different shipping rates/zones. Bandcamp certainly can't, so it's going to take some research.... PPS our shipping rates to Europe are actually pretty decent. I guess you don't order many records from the US - you'd likely be paying nearly double what we charge...

Cheers - I agree! The whole album is in a similar vibe and consistent level of quality - truly a stunner! PS UPDATE we're down to 28 copies of the beige vinyl now: http://rx-101.bandcamp.com/album/dopamine

36 of the Beige vinyl left...

I prefer black vinyl myself and always buy the black vinyl if it's an option, but people love the limited colour vinyl editions, so it's always going to be something I offer. Anything that motivates people to want to buy a record, is a good thing in my books! I will say though: the idea that colour vinyl sounds inferior is a relic from the past... Colour vinyl pressings from the '70s and '80s DO most often sound noticeably worse, and wear out quickly. I'm not sure what the diff is from then to now, but the colour vinyl pressings we do sound exactly the same as the black. If there is any difference, I can't hear it.

Thanks a lot for the support, guys! Much appreciated

uhhh, wow - these Beige copies are flying - fair warning: these are going to be sold out pretty quickly

Pre-order's up: https://rx-101.bandcamp.com/album/dopamine "Dopamine" is Rx-101's first full-length vinyl LP. Available on 2x12", including a limited-to-175 BEIGE-vinyl edition, CD, digital. Three tracks are available to stream now, and you get an immediate download of them with all pre-orders. Release date 03/22.

ARTIST: RX-101 TITLE: Dopamine LABEL/CAT#: Suction Records / suction047 FORMAT: 2x12” vinyl / CD / digital album RELEASE DATE: March 22 2019 It’s been over a year since we at Suction Records last raided RX-101’s archives, but far be it from a lack of quality material. In fact, we’ve been holding back this special batch of melodic, chilled out techno and electronica for “Dopamine,” RX-101’s first full-length vinyl LP. Dopamine (suction047) is a cohesive body of work with clear references to Aphex Twin’s “Selected Ambient Works 85-92”, Polygon Window’s “Surfing on Sine Waves”, and Warp Records’ “Artificial Intelligence” series. For those of you new to the story, RX-101 is Dutch producer Erik Jong, who recorded hundreds of top-tier AFX/Rephlex-style tracks to cassette tape from 1997-1999, but never sent out any demos (“I didn’t think my own tracks were good enough, or feel the need to share my tracks with others. I simply wanted to make music without any pretension or specific purpose”). Suction Records discovered RX-101’s output via Erik’s Soundcloud page, which had been much discussed on Aphex Twin fan forum We Are The Music Makers, where many speculated that Erik was in fact a secret Richard D James alias. We were blown away the vast treasure trove of golden era ‘90s electronics in Erik’s archive, and began work on an ongoing campaign to release the music of RX-101. Although Erik was initially driven to electronic music production through the influence of house and techno, especially Detroit-area heavyweight labels Underground Resistance, Plus 8, and Transmat, it should be clear to anyone who listens that RX-101’s primary influence is the work of Richard D James. While RX-101’s output to date has been like an overview of many facets of the AFX/Rephlex catalog, from Caustic Window-style crunchy techno, to Bochum Welt-style synth pop, to Universal Indicator-style acid, the focus of Dopamine’s sound palette is firmly guided by the slow, funky and crisp 808 patterns, warm analog basslines, and evocative chords of Aphex Twin’s landmark “Selected Ambient 85-92” LP. It’s an immersive listen from start to finish - 13 tracks of armchair techno of the highest order. A1 - Dopamine A2 - Warm Electronics Box A3 - Tracker B1 - Search Path 101 B2 - Helium Spheres B3 - Rendezvous Beacon C1 - Those Friday Evenings... C2 - Docking C3 - Pulse Shaper C4 - Floating Waves D1 - Rx.4.a03 D2 - Atlas Booster D3 - Frogus Esophagus

BTW the ambient track playing in the video is from the new LP. He sent us an advance digital copy. The other track is Drab 2 from his Geothermal Sheep 12", which is my fav track of his...