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History

Solar Project was started in 1988 by Robert Valet, Volker Janacek and Peter Terhoeven as a studio project. The debut album was published in 1990 and until 2007 further six albums followed, which are distributed by the French record label Musea. In addition Solar Project contributed to

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tribute albums with cover versions. Since 2014 new albums and re-releases will be published by New Music - Green Tree.New Music - Green Tree record label
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Musicians

* Holger vom Bruch:

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

* Sandra Baetzel:

Saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

Keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

* Florian Schlott:

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

* Sebastian Jungermann:

Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

* Peter Terhoeven:

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

* Robert Valet:

* Guest musicians

Discography

Albums

* 1990: The final solution * 1992: World Games * 1995: The House of S. Phrenia * 1997: ...in Time * 2001: Five * 2004: Force Majeure * 2007: Chromagnitude * 2007: Best of Solar Project (Vinyl) * 2014: Aquarmada * 2015: Here I Am * 2015: EMP & The final solution (2CD) * 2016: Paranoia * 2018: Utopia * 2020: Ghost Lights * 2022: Restless * 2024: Pictures at an Exhibition

Samplers

* 2000: Signs of Life - ''Pigs'' * 2002: More Relics - ''Echoes''

References

External links

Solar Project discography on discogs.com
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