Soman is a

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act from

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. They have had several hits in the Deutsche Alternative Charts.

Biography

Originally, Kolja Trelle worked as sound engineer with Absurd Minds,

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, and

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, and remixed songs by

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, and Tom Wax. Trelle signed a record deal with

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for his musical project Soman. Soman's debut album, ''Sound Pressure'', was released in 2003. In 2005, he released the single "Unleashed", which charted at number one on the Deutsche Alternative Charts (DAC).Soman

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. Retrieved 2010-04-11. His second album, ''Mask'', was released in 2007 by Infacted Recordings in Europe and was licensed to

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for a North American release. The following year saw the release of his third album, ''Re:Up'', on Infacted and COP International. Soman's debut album was reissued, with bonus tracks, via Infacted Recording for Europe in 2008 and

for America in 2009, under the title of ''Sound Pressure 2.0''. For live appearances, Soman supported

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tour in 2005, as played at WGT and

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in 2006. In August 2007, he appeared at the Infest Festival in Bradford, England. He has worked with alternative artist

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Discography

* ''Sound Pressure'' (2003) * ''Revenge'' (EP, 2004) * ''Unleash'' (Single, 2005) * ''Mask'' (2007) * ''Re:Up'' (2008) * ''Noistyle'' (2010) * ''Nox'' (2019) * ''Global'' (2020) * ''Vision'' (2022)

External links

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References

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