Soma Sonic
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Soma Sonic is a recording artist and production duo consisting of brothers Dominic Paterson and Francois Paterson from Canada
. Their musical style blends elements of Lounge
, Downtempo
, House
, Trip hop
and Dub
.
label Abstrakt Reality, and then re-released in 2000 on the Sonic Images label, owned by founding member of Tangerine Dream
, Christopher Franke
and distributed by Universal Music. The song Falling was featured in the Warner Bros.
movie Get Carter
starring Sylvester Stallone
and also appeared on the audio soundtrack release.
In 2002, as "France & Dom" the brothers released Modernism on the Los Angeles
-based Water Music Records
label, featuring vocal contributions from Gretchen Lieberum
. They have also appeared on many Water Music Records
compilations. Also in 2002, as "Soma Sonic" the brothers scored their first feature film Rub & Tug. There was also a soundtrack release for Rub & Tug in 2003 on Bobby Dazzler Records.
In 2006 the brothers released Simplicity on their Subsonic Recordings label, featuring vocals by Lyon
born, Geneva
-based singer Christelle Pechin. Songs from this release have been featured in a number of feature films and television series such as Nine Lives
, directed by Rodrigo García and Canadian television series ReGenesis
. Also in 2006, as "Soma Sonic" the brothers scored their second feature film Push, directed by Dave Rodriguez and starring Chad Lindberg
, Charlotte Ayanna
, Chazz Palminteri
and Michael Rapaport
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Their musical style blends elements of Lounge
Lounge music
Lounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a type of mood music meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place — a jungle, an island paradise, outer space, et cetera — other than where they are listening to it...
, Downtempo
Downtempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
, House
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
, Trip hop
Trip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...
and Dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
.
History
In 1999, their debut album Future, featuring vocal contributions from Katlin Kiss and Amanda Weiss, was originally released independently on their Subsonic Recordings label. It was briefly released in the U.S. on indieIndependent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
label Abstrakt Reality, and then re-released in 2000 on the Sonic Images label, owned by founding member of Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
, Christopher Franke
Christopher Franke
Christopher Franke is a German musician and composer. From 1971 to 1988 he was a member of the electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially a drummer with The Agitation, later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventually shifted to keyboards and synthesizers as the group moved away from its...
and distributed by Universal Music. The song Falling was featured in the Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
movie Get Carter
Get Carter (2000 film)
Get Carter is the 2000 remake of the 1971 crime film of the same name, starring Sylvester Stallone in the title role. The film also features Miranda Richardson, Rachel Leigh Cook, Alan Cumming, Mickey Rourke, and Rhona Mitra. Michael Caine, who starred in the original, plays a supporting role...
starring Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...
and also appeared on the audio soundtrack release.
In 2002, as "France & Dom" the brothers released Modernism on the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
-based Water Music Records
Water Music Records
Water Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
label, featuring vocal contributions from Gretchen Lieberum
Gretchen Lieberum
Gretchen Lieberum is a Los Angeles- based jazz vocalist and song-writer.Raised in Berkeley, California, she developed a passion for jazz, funk and urban beats within the Bay Area scene....
. They have also appeared on many Water Music Records
Water Music Records
Water Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
compilations. Also in 2002, as "Soma Sonic" the brothers scored their first feature film Rub & Tug. There was also a soundtrack release for Rub & Tug in 2003 on Bobby Dazzler Records.
In 2006 the brothers released Simplicity on their Subsonic Recordings label, featuring vocals by Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
born, Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
-based singer Christelle Pechin. Songs from this release have been featured in a number of feature films and television series such as Nine Lives
Nine Lives (2005 film)
Nine Lives is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores. Their themes include parent-child relationships, fractured love, adultery,...
, directed by Rodrigo García and Canadian television series ReGenesis
ReGenesis
ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto...
. Also in 2006, as "Soma Sonic" the brothers scored their second feature film Push, directed by Dave Rodriguez and starring Chad Lindberg
Chad Lindberg
Chad Tyler Lindberg is an American actor. He is best known for his film role as Jesse in The Fast and the Furious and for a rape scene in the 2010 remake I Spit On Your Grave.-Life and career:...
, Charlotte Ayanna
Charlotte Ayanna
Charlotte Ayanna is an American actress and former Miss Teen USA.-Early life:Ayanna was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but moved to Vermont at an early age. She had a troubled childhood, spending thirteen years in foster homes after her mother, Emma, was judged to be mentally unfit to look after...
, Chazz Palminteri
Chazz Palminteri
Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri is an American actor and writer, best known for his performances in The Usual Suspects, A Bronx Tale, and his Academy Award nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets Over Broadway....
and Michael Rapaport
Michael Rapaport
Michael David Rapaport is an American, actor, director and a comedian. He has acted in more than forty films since the early 1990s...
.
Film and Television Appearances
- Their songs "Bound", "Simplicity (instrumental)" and "Oxygen (electro instrumental)" were featured in the television series "FlashpointFlashpoint (TV series)Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and ran on CBS in the United States for its first three and a half seasons. In 2011, Ion Television began airing new episodes of the series in the United States...
"'s season three episode "I'd Do Anything". - Their song "Life's Seasons" was featured in the television series "MVPMVP (TV series)MVP is a 2008 Canadian television series that debuted January 11, 2008 on CBC Television....
"'s episode "The Code". - Their song "Could it Be Real (remix)" was featured in the television series "MVPMVP (TV series)MVP is a 2008 Canadian television series that debuted January 11, 2008 on CBC Television....
"'s episode "Trades and Rumours". - Their song "Memories (instrumental)" was featured in the television series "MVPMVP (TV series)MVP is a 2008 Canadian television series that debuted January 11, 2008 on CBC Television....
"'s episode "Double Overtime". - The title song "Simplicity" from their most recent album "Simplicity" is featured in an upcoming independent feature film Lost Everything, in the made-for-TV movie Matters Of Life And Dating, and in television series Painkiller JanePainkiller Jane (TV series)Painkiller Jane was an American-Canadian science fiction and action television series based on the comic book character of the same name. Airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the US starting April 13, 2007 and Global in Canada, it starred Kristanna Loken as the titular character...
s season two episode "Ghost In The Machine". - Their song "Could It Be Real" is featured in an upcoming independent feature film Lost Everything, in television series ReGenesisReGenesisReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto...
s season two episode "Massive Change", in feature film Niagara MotelNiagara MotelNiagara Motel is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Gary Yates. The film earned numerous nominations, including a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for Caroline Dhavernas.- Plot :...
, and in the made-for-TV movies Playing House and Intelligence. - Their song "The Well" is featured in an upcoming independent feature film Lost Everything, in television series ReGenesisReGenesisReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto...
s season two episodes "Lethargica" and "The Cocktail", and in the movie Push. - Their song "Everything" has been featured in the made-for-TV movie Matters Of Life And Dating and television series ReGenesisReGenesisReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto...
s season two episode "Gene in a Bottle". - Their song "Oxygen" has been featured television series The Jane ShowThe Jane ShowThe Jane Show is a Canadian television sitcom produced by Shaftesbury Films that was shown on Global from 2006 to 2007. The series stars Teresa Pavlinek as Jane Black, an aspiring novelist who takes a corporate job after her life undergoes a major upheaval....
s season two episode "A Jane In The Crowd". - Their song "Memories" has been featured in the made-for-TV movie Murder in the HamptonsMurder in the HamptonsMurder in the Hamptons is a true story made for TV movie, based on the events leading to the murder of multi-millionaire Ted Ammon and the conviction of Ammon's estranged wife's lover Daniel Pelosi.-Plot:...
and movie Nine LivesNine Lives (2005 film)Nine Lives is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores. Their themes include parent-child relationships, fractured love, adultery,...
. - The song "Falling" has been featured in the movie Get CarterGet Carter (2000 film)Get Carter is the 2000 remake of the 1971 crime film of the same name, starring Sylvester Stallone in the title role. The film also features Miranda Richardson, Rachel Leigh Cook, Alan Cumming, Mickey Rourke, and Rhona Mitra. Michael Caine, who starred in the original, plays a supporting role...
.
Discography
- Future (2000 Sonic Images)
- Modernism (France & Dom 2002 Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
) - Rub & Tug Soundtrack (2003 Bobby Dazzler Records)
- Simplicity (2006 Subsonic Recordings)
Compilations
- "Elevation 3" (Soma Sonic) Earthtone Records 2000
- "Get Carter (2000)" (Soma Sonic) Jellybean Recordings 2000
- "Under Water Vol. 2" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2001 - "Elevation 4" (Soma Sonic) Earthtone Records 2001
- "Chill Out In The City" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2001 - "Chill Out Lounge Vol. 2" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2001 - "Sub Zero: The Essential Chill Out Collection" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2002 - "Ambient Dreams" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2002 - "Leaves From The Tree: A Tribute To The Music of Peter Gabriel" (Soma Sonic) Vitamin Records 2002
- "Chill Out In The City: Second Cut" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2002 - "Café Ibiza Vol. 2" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2002 - "Purified: The Liquid Lounge Series" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2002 - "Velvet Lounge: The Ultimate Chill Out Experience" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2002 - "Midnight Lounge" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2002 - "Dinner At Eight" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2003 - "Ultimate Lounge" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2003 - "Four A.D." (Soma Sonic) Waveform RecordsWaveform RecordsWaveform Records is an American record label founded in 1994. It specializes in a "sensual and stimulating genre of chill and ambient music" that the label calls "exotic electronica"....
2003 - "Total Lounge" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2003 - "A Trip In Lounge" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2004 - "Smooth Chill: The Radio Singles" (Soma Sonic) Waveform Records 2005
- "Hotel Chill" (France & Dom) Water Music RecordsWater Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
2006 - "Stavedo 2" (Soma Sonic) The Sound of Everything 2007
External links
- Official Soma Sonic Website
- Subsonic Recordings Website
- Discogs.com Soma Sonic page