Soma Sonic
Electronica
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About
Soma Sonic/France & Dom are producers, writers, soundtrack composers and recording artists Francois and Dominic Paterson. Their debut album Future, a moody, down-tempo excursion, was released on their own Subsonic Recordings label in the fall of 1999, and re-released in the U.S. through Sonic Images Electronica/Universal in the spring of 2000.
The music of Soma Sonic has appeared on numerous compilation albums, movie soundtracks, feature films, and television shows both domestically & internationally.
In 2001 the brothers were approached by Los Angeles based chill - out electronica label Water Music Records (distributed by Universal Music) and offered a production/co-publishing deal. The formation of P Productions company was created to facilitate the deal.
The brothers then released side-project singles under their France & Dom moniker for Water Music Records. France & Dom tracks have appeared on over 17 compilation albums on Water Music Records/Universal including such top sellers as (Purified, Sub Zero, Chill-Out Lounge, Ambient Dreams and Hotel Chill). The production/co- publishing deal was fulfilled with the completion of a full-length 13 track France and Dom album entitled Modernism released in November 2002.
Francois & Dominic continued working on other production jobs, creating original music compositions and production music for various media through their own Subsonic Recordings company. As Soma Sonic, the bros. scored their first full length Canadian feature Rub & Tug and also wrote, produced, recorded and arranged all the music featured in the film and on the soundtrack album which was released in spring 2003.
In late 2003 Francois & Dominic met Christelle Pechin (singer/lyricist) on the new Soma Sonic album. Based in Geneva Switzerland but originally from Lyon France Christelle is a classically trained singer, pianist, harpist, and arranger. She has performed solo and with various bands and Orchestras throughout Europe.
After 2 years of writing, mixing, arranging, and playing, 26 new Soma Sonic songs were written. Recorded in France, Switzerland, Los Angeles and Toronto "Simplicity" contains 22 songs carefully chosen by France, Dom and Christelle. With music on the album being (written, produced, mixed, arranged and mastered) by France & Dom, all (Lyrics & Vocals) by Christelle Pechin.
In January 2006 Soma Sonic (France & Dom) scored there second feature film "Push" directed by Los Angeles based director Dave Rodriguez and starring Chazz Palmintari, Michael Rapaport, Chad Lindberg, Paul Ben-Victor and Charlotte Ayanna.
Francois and Dominic's boutique music production/publishing company Subsonic Recordings, continues to forge new relationships with music supervisors, art directors, film producers, film directors, and multimedia companies internationally.
SOMA SONIC OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.somasonic.com
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BLiNdMaTTeR, Feb 1, 2008:
Gagosian Liga, Jan 25, 2008:
"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov)
Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany!
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