Lowfish

{{Short description|Canadian electronic musician and producer}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Gregory de Rocher

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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

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| alias = {{ hlist | Lowfish | Pest(e) }}

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| birth_date = 1972

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| origin = Toronto, Canada

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| genre = {{ hlist | Electronic | lo-fi | IDM }}

| occupation = Electronic musician
Producer

| years_active = Early 1990s–present

| label = {{ hlist | Suction | Satamile | Noise Factory }}

| associated_acts = Solvent (producer)

| website = {{url|https://www.lowfishmusic.com/}}

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Lowfish is the stage name of Canadian electronic musician and producer Gregory de Rocher.{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Sean|title=Lowfish: Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lowfish-mn0000301894#biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=16 January 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://xlr8r.com/reviews/1000-corrections-per-second/|title=Lowfish: 1000 Corrections Per Second|last=Nicholson|first=Peter|date=27 January 2004|website=XLR8R|access-date=16 January 2025}}

Originating from Toronto,{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/lowfish|title=Lowfish: The Exclaim! Questionnaire|date=17 November 2016|website=Exclaim!|access-date=16 January 2025}} de Rocher was a fan of Donna Summer's Eurodisco single "I Feel Love", and became fascinated with electronic music after attending a demonstration of modular synthesizers at a science museum.{{cite web|url=https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-list-january-24-2008/|title=The List: January 24, 2008|date=24 January 2008|website=Chicago Reader|access-date=16 January 2025}} He began experimenting with synthesizers and drum machines in the early 1990s.{{cite web|title=Lowfish|url=https://montreal.mutek.org/en/artists/lowfish|publisher=MUTEK|access-date=16 January 2025}} De Rocher recorded his early work under the name Pest(e), before establishing Suction Records with business partner Jason Amm (who records his own music under the alias Solvent), in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/da/article/ei-v10n8/|title=Electric Independence|date=30 November 2003|website=Vice|access-date=16 January 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/article/torontos-solvent-strives-for-timelessness|title=Toronto's Solvent Strives for Timelessness|last=Turenne|first=Martin|date=23 September 2004|website=The Georgia Straight|access-date=16 January 2025}} De Rocher then adopted his best-known moniker, a modified contraction of "lo-fi-ish". He and Amm have performed together under the banner of "Solvent vs Lowfish".{{cite web|url=http://www.phinnweb.org/5HT/interviews/suction/|title=Suction Records: The Dignity of Labour of Love|last=Rautio|first=Erkki|date=16 September 2003|website=pHinnWeb|access-date=16 January 2025}}

Aside from his own compositions, de Rocher has provided remixes for artists including David Kristian and Kid606. He has created cover art for various Suction Records releases.