Like most cities around the world, Toronto is experiencing a third wave of electro. Local hero Jason Amm (aka Solvent) has been making underground electro pop for over a decade now - since electro's second wave.

He loves analogue synthesizers - which date back to the early days of the genre, and he loves singing through a vocoder. What's not to love? His greatest hits CD Demonstration Tape (1997-2007) is essential listening, and his song "My Radio" should be heard by anyone who likes any kind of pop music.

Solvent and long-time friend/collaborator Lowfish cram their keyboards into the Rivoli tomorrow night, as part of their "Now We Are Dead" tour (an unfortunate goodbye to their former label Suction Records). I spoke with Solvent about his favourite city, his favourite band, and about the death of vinyl pressing in Canada.

Keep reading for the complete interview.