Sollers Osaka

Sollers is a band based out of Osaka, Japan. Sollers is based on Zen Spirits & French Philosophy. (They are named after French Author Phillipe 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.

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, guitar, bass) Sollers 2 (guitar) Sollers 3 (bass) Sollers 4 (drums) Sollers 5 (piano, synthesizer)

Discography

Albums: Emergence Music, Significance, Vitals, Mystique & Affordance. All Published in 2007

Track listing

EMERGENCE MUSIC

  • 1 Prologue
  • 2 The Tight
  • 3 You Cry
  • 4 Don't Let's Go
  • 5 The Flower
  • 6 I Stay
  • 7 Interlude
  • 8 A Letter
  • 9 Sense Of Wonder
  • 10 A Love
  • 11 Epilogue

SIGNIFICANCE

  • 1 Signifiance
  • 2 Civilization
  • 3 Static & Dynamic
  • 4 Music
  • 5 Feeder
  • 6 State, Away...Happiness A Lie
  • 7 Lust
  • 8 Sadness
  • 9 Mean
  • 10 Creation

VITALS

  • 1 Encounter
  • 2 Retribution
  • 3 Favour
  • 4 Finish
  • 5 Worldsite
  • 6 Ignition Stopped With A Wrong Timing Belt
  • 7 Until
  • 8 Show The Reason
  • 9 A Golden Saying
  • 10 The Fact
  • 11 Vitals

MYSTIQUE

  • 1 Void
  • 2 Wheels Of Fire
  • 3 A Specter With No Head
  • 4 The Horizon
  • 5 X-rated Shelter
  • 6 Can You Feel Now ?
  • 7 Buildings Left
  • 8 Afterimages
  • 9 Mystique
  • 10 Keep On Going

AFFORDANCE

  • 1 The Force
  • 2 Future Still Remains ?
  • 3 Once More
  • 4 Drifters
  • 5 Miles Away
  • 6 Exploitation
  • 7 Listen You Now
  • 8 Affordance