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Soul Ascension Biography:

Soul Ascension is a band from New Britain, CT led by Eric Downer. He is a well known act at The Downtown Cafe, and often performs with other local musicians in an open mic every Thursday night.

Eric, named after Eric Clapton, has been playing guitar since he was 16, and started performing in a High School jazz band. In his early years, he helped form the rock band “Xplicit.” The band’s albums were recorded locally at his uncle’s studio who is also a local musician. Eric says jokingly, “we were scrappin our lunch money to pay for recording costs. Actually, I think we still owe my uncle some money!”

Due to internal politics, or as some would call it, a big ego, changes were made to the drums and vocals, and the band’s name was changed to “Moon Child.” Eric recalls, “Yup, along with playing lead guitar, I started screaming, writing lyrics, and the music as well. Needless to say, the band broke up shortly after their second album in 1996.

Eric continued to write music, learn new instruments, and perform at open mics. As time passed, he decided to take his new works to the listening mass. “I'm positive that my new music is the most commercial and original music you'll ever hear. That's right, commercial and original in the same sentence, says Eric.”

Eric writes and plays all original songs. His first self titled album “Soul Ascension” features an interesting array of acoustic and rock industrial sounds. His most notable songs are “Willow” a light acoustic love song, and “Deemonds” a drum based devilish tune with catchy lyrics. Eric often throws in a cover song in his act including an impressionable cover of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.”

Eric recently recruited Mike kuznar on drums and jeff p, on lead guitar and is looking for more dedicated musicians to join the act. He just finished his second album "Down," and was the runner up on a national online music contest on Music Nation with the new song "Fly." Soul Ascension enjoys playing live, and loves to experiment with new musical sounds at thier shows.

Copyright 2005: BMI Artist
Special thanks to Chris A. (guest guitar player)

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