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History

Four of the band members have

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ian origins, but they were born in

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and

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, Italy. They met in local Ghanaian and

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communities and eventually decided to form a band. The opportunity came when they met at the recording studio of Joel Ainoo, one of the members. In the summer of 2016 they had a number of live performances. After that, the band participated to the selection of ''

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'': first refused, the judge

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brought them back after the band Jarvis had left the show. Soul System reached the final and finally won the competition. They presented the song "She's Like a Star". Together with Sergio Sylvestre, the band performed

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's "La pelle nera" during the third evening of the

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. At the beginning of July they released a new song called "Liquido", which contains a sample of "

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" by the German band

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. Their first studio album titled ''Back to the Future'' was released in September 2017.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As featured artist

References

{{X Factor (Italy) Italian pop music groups The X Factor winners X Factor (Italian TV series) contestants Musical groups from Lombardy Musical groups from Veneto