Years active 2007 Website link Albums Subliminal ep | Associated acts Siss Gulsowdo Record label High SeVen Records | |
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Labels Critical Anthem Records Members Sollers 1,Sollers 2,Sollers 3,Sollers 4,Sollers 5. Origin Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan Genres Rock music, Hard rock, Pop music, Progressive rock | ||
Sollers is a band based out of Osaka, Japan. Sollers is based on Zen Spirits & French philosophy. (They are named after French author Philippe Sollers.) They formed in early 2007 from a group of musicians who, after playing together in various groups and guises decided to bring it all together under one new name.
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Influences
Their music is influenced by the artists that they love, which their singer describes as:
Zappa, Elvis, J.S.Bach, Brian Eno, Pat Metheny, Isaac Hayes, Colin Blunstone, Wagner, The Beatles, Dave Matthew's Band, Brahms, Jeff Buckley, Louis Armstrong, Morrissey, Donny Hathaway, Goblin, Queen, Radiohead, Rammstein, The Smiths, Beethoven, Sly & The Family Stone, Ennio Morricone, Marvin Gaye, Leon Russell, Bill LaBounty, Todd Rundgren, U2, The 5th Dimension, Bruckner, Yo-Yo Ma, XTC, Syd Barrett, The Mars Volta, Kestrel, Gipsy Kings, Blind Faith, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, E.L.O., Genesis, Iggy Pop, Jackson 5, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Mark-Almond, Captain Beefheart, The Clash, Keith Jarrett, Crimson, Limp Bizkit, Roxy Music, Steely Dan, T. Rex .....etc.
Members
Sollers 0 (organized human parts) Sollers 1 (singer & writer, bass) Sollers 2 (guitar) Sollers 4 (drums) Sollers 5 (piano, synthesizer)
Discography
Albums: Emergence Music (1st), Significance (2nd), Vitals (3rd), Mystique (4th), Affordance (5th), Liminality (6th), Shine (7th), The Waves (8th), Nostalgia (9th) & Cross (10th)