Sono (band)

SONO (Lat.: "make a sound; be heard"; Esperanto: "sound") is a band from Hamburg, Germany and was started in 2001 by Lennart A. Salomon (vocals, Guitar) Florian Sikorski (Keyboards) and Martin Weiland (Keyboards, DJ).

Stylistically, SONO is somewhere between Pop and Electronica.

History and Characteristics

F. Sikorski and M. Weiland have been producing music together since 1995 and both of them pursue careers within the music industry: F. Sikorski is a sound engineer and runs a sound studio, "Maratone Music." Madonna, Britney Spears and Kelly Clarkson, among others, have been recorded and mixed there. M. Weiland is active in the commercial music business in labels and sales.

L. A. Salomon, originally a drummer, singer and guitarist for a large number of local bands around Hamburg, joined in 2001, marking the founding of SONO. He works as a composer and musician and runs, among other things, the funk and rock band projekt [http://www.jerobeam.com Jerobeam] .

Musically, SONO could be categorized widely as pop, with strong influences from techno, house, and electro. This musical diversity has provided SONO a considerable group of fans coming from various music scenes.

Aside from studio projects, SONO performs in various live constellations, from DJ live sequencing sets to stage performances including a large rhythm section.

Discography

Albums

* Panoramic View (October 2007; PIAS)
* RMXD (2006; PIAS)
* Off (2005; PIAS)
* Live In Cologne (2005) (iTunes exklusiv)
* Solid State (Zeitgeist/Polydor; 2002)

ingles

* All Those City Lights (September 2007; PIAS)
* Keep Control/Blame RMXD (2006; PIAS)
* Whatever (2006; PIAS)
* A New Cage (2005; PIAS)
* Heading For (Zeitgeist/Polydor; 2003)
* Since You're Gone (Zeitgeist/Polydor; 2002)
* 2000 Guns (Zeitgeist/Polydor; 2002)
* Blame (Zeitgeist/Polydor; 2002)
* Blame (Remixes) (Zeitgeist/Polydor; 2002)
* Keep Control (Fuel/Warner; 2001)

Awards

* Keep Control: Billboard: 2001 Year-End Chart-Toppers "Top Hot Dance Club Play Singles" #01

Literature

Astrid Vits: Du und viele von deinen Freunden 1. 34 deutsche Bands und Solo-Künstler im Interview. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN-10: 3896026216

External links

* [http://myspace.com/sonomusic Official MySpace (German)]
* [http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/s/sono/index.htm Biography on Laut.de (German)]
* [http://www.lastfm.de/music/Sono/+wiki Biographie bei Last.fm (German)]