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Ashley Soan (born 11 December 1969) is a British drummer. He is currently playing with
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. He has also done sessions with
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Early life

Educated at the Grove School In
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, Ashley Soan started having lessons at an early age with Brian Stone. He studied music at Salford University and studied with Dave Hassle then went on to study at Drumtech (now BIMM London & formally Tech Music School) in Fulham, London.


Career

Soan's first break was a short stint with
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and then in 1994 joined the band
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. He toured and recorded as a member of that band and left Del Amitri in 1997, and subsequently joined
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, then went on to tour and record with Squeeze, staying with them until their break-up in 1999. He has done varied session work since, including touring with
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, Tom McRae,
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, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook (of Squeeze) and recording with
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.Soan is a member of Producers/The Trevor Horn Band along with
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, Steve Lipson and
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. He continues to work on further projects produced by Horn, including with
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on his November 2009 release, ''
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''. He also works with Horn's former Buggles partner
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, including on the Downes Braide Association's 2017 album ''Skyscraper Souls''. Soan's most recent recording work includes
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,
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,
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and
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. As of 2020, Soan is again a member of Del Amitri, having recorded drums for the group's album ''Fatal Mistakes,'' which was released on 28 May 2021. On 30 October 2021,
Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...
announced that Soan would be joining her on her 2022 tour for her 16th album, ''Ocean to Ocean''.


References


External links


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