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There are plenty of artists with this name, which comes from the science fiction tale "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Soma is the drug citizens take in a fascist future to keep themselves feeling nice & politcally sedate. You can see why it's such a popular band name. 1) Soma is an instrumental, electronic/organic project featuring the talents of David Thrussel from Black Lung / Snog and Pieter Bourke from Dead Can Dance. The music of Soma is built on the relationship and alliance between melodic/danceable structures and masses of various "found" sounds. The overall effect invokes a cascade of B-grade psychological/horror/thrillers, spaghetti westerns, strangely political sci-fi films and a vast volume of the finest conspiracy literature. 2) Soma is an Arabic female artist. Her debut album is called 'Eb Alek. She is a very sweet and very talented young artist who caught the attention of one of the biggest Egyptian producers “Nasr Mahrous”. 3) Sagi Ochion, known as Soma, is a DJ and son of Momi Ochion. DJing since age 12. Amanita Muscaria released at age 15. Influenced by father, Riktam & Bansi of GMS & especially Sebastian Taylor. 4) Soma and was started in Wisconsin. Their music can be desribed as: indie, powerpop, alternative. They just recently self-released another album, called "Back to Massachusetts". www.somamusic.tk www.myspace.com/somawi 5) Soma is from Sosnowiec(Poland). This one play something around nu-heavy-thrash-metal. The band started at this name about April '05, Those days Soma was: Biały - drums Mikos - bass Kuba - rythm guitar Przeszczep - lead guitar There was no vocal then. In this shape they had their first concert. Around september '05 Gruby (keybord) joined the band and some time later Kuba started singing. First concert with Kuba's vocals was stopped by organisator after second song. Next time they had more luck. It was in september '06 in Bukowno - Kuba's family town. Then band found new vocalist - Klaudia joined band on November '06 and had her 'first time' two weeks later on Kuba's and Mikos' birthday party in Antidotum club (1st December 06). Now they're collecting some money to record demo at last. Today members: Klaudia - vocals Biały - drums Kuba - lead/rythm guitar Przeszczep - lead/rythm guitar Mikos - bass Gruby - keybord 6) SOMA are a 5 piece rock act from Sydney, Australia. Their debut, independent EP BEFORE WE DROWN was released in late 2005 and the band are currently working on new material and finalising their new line-up before making another assault on the local and national scene.
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Composer/Guitarist Joshua Stamper’s Trademark Blur Between Classical-Jazz-Experimental Textures In Latest Album 'Soma Schema'
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AMT Public Relations
Straddling the jazz, classical, and experimental worlds, acclaimed Philadelphia composer/performer Joshua Stamper celebrates his 12th release as a leader: soma schema. Featuring his jazz-adjacent sextet color as time, soma schema is an opus of compositions and audio-collages inspired by Olivier Messiaen’s time-stretching processes, chopped-and-screwed remix techniques, and the harmonic worlds of Bill Evans, Joaquín Rodrigo, and Wayne Shorter. The music is imbued with love for the wild and mysterious “soma” of the physical world and the complex “schema” of higher-order ...
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Soma Records Launches Sci-Fi-Hi-Fi Series
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All About Jazz
SCOTLAND-BASED SOMA RECORDS UNVEILS NEW DJ MIX SERIES - SCI-FI-HI-FI. FIRST VOLUME MIXED BY EWAN PEARSON TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 4, 2005
The label that launched the careers of artists like Daft Punk and H-Foundation is set to launch Sci-Fi-Hi-Fi, a new series that brings together visionary producers and DJ's to present a sonic snapshot of their craft. The artists have no parameters to their selection and are free to represent themselves in any style they choose, portraying influences past, ...
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