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Member Since1/3/2006
Band Websitethisissolo.com
Band MembersSolo aka Michiel Flamman
InfluencesBelle & Sebastian, Damien Jurado, Fionn Regan, Crowded House. Yes, singer-songwriters, with a touch of pop!
Sounds LikeBelle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright, Crowded House





Record Labelwww.excelsior-recordings.net
Type of LabelIndie


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   About SOLO

 

Solo is the Dutch songwriter Michiel Flamman in co-operation with among others Simon Gitsels. Flamman, debuted as J Perkin with the self-produced record Exhibit a few years back and has been performing at Dutch festivals and clubs since. In the meantime he's become something of a critics favorite and gained an ever growing fan base.

In 2004 Flamman joined up with his piano playing friend Gitsels to record the album Songs 'n Sounds in as little as two weeks time. In the Netherlands it was released by Excelsior Recordings.

The press hailed it as a sublime album:

Ten unbelievable tender popsongs,
(de Volkskrant, biggest newspaper in Holland)
with a quality to be jealous of.
(NRC, evening newspaper)
Fans of Tom McRae and Coldplay can praise themselves very happy with SOLO. (OOR, leading musicmagazine)

Solo was awarded with an Essent Award and performed at Noorderslag festival 2005, which was broadcasted by German Television in Rock-Palast.

In January 2005 Solo started the Songs 'n sounds Tour. A Silent Concerts tour together with the Silent Disco. A tour with up to 500 headphones available for the audience. After that they went on a 26-date theater-tour with Dutch top-act Spinvis.

In January 2006 Solopeople is released. A more band-orientated album, with intriguing artwork. The pop sensibility is upfront and some of the songs seem to be created for the sole purpose of being played over and over again on the radio.

February/March 2006 touring The Netherlands on 25 dates and scoring a number 19 hit with Come back to me.
March 2007 sees Solo return to theaters again as support for Spinvis. Solo-Selection an acoustic-live-album is released at the start of this tour.

Early 2008 some recordings take place in Mailmen studio in Utrecht, but in April Michiel and Simon move overseas to finish their third studio-album at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco. Though their best cooperation, Flamman and Gitsels split after recording Before We Part, hence the title.
Before We Part is released in November, again with enormous critical acclaim.

At the moment Solo is preparing for a new album (some demo's are found on myspace) and working on new songs constantly. Besides that he is playing shows with a new band.

Releases: Songs 'n sounds (CD, 2004)
Right here (EP, 2005)
Solopeople (CD, 2006)
Come back to me (EP, 2006)
Opportunities (EP, 2006)
Selection (CD, 2007)
Before We Part (CD, 2008)


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Beep! Beep! Back up the truck

Beep! Beep! Back up the truck



Dec 8 2009 1:27 PM

2 NEW ALBUMS FOR FREE




Reverence for Fallen Trees by The Black Atlantic.
The Black Atlantic is an acoustic indie pop band from the Netherlands. A Must Listen for fans of: Bon Iver, The Antlers, Fleet Foxes, Sigúr Ros & Patrick Watson.
-- GET IT FOR FREE --




Schotel van de dag / Lost Bear : 10inch Split
Schotel van de dag (dish of the day) is a brand new punk/hardcore/indie-band from Utrecht.
They came to this world to serve humanity with uncompromised guitar violence!
For this split they've teamed up with the 90's inspired hairy indierockers of Lost Bear.
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Rotten Snakes

Rotten Snakes



Nov 3 2009 10:20 AM

WE DRINK SOLOCANDY YO YO
Rotten Snakes

Rotten Snakes



Nov 3 2009 10:20 AM

VI DRIKKER SOLOBRUS
nopandtheband

nopandtheband



Nov 3 2009 10:17 AM

Hi Michiel
Thanks so much for the add. Been here, on myspace, only a few weeks now and started to upload some of my own songs. Would really appreciate your comments, if you can find the time. Meanwhile: keep making fine songs! I really like the demo of "it is real"

Groet
Nopandtheband 
Panda Face

Panda Face



Oct 21 2009 8:49 AM

mad love from panda face             
Miniimi

Miniimi



Oct 21 2009 8:48 AM

Thanks for the add!
Mach weiter so.. tolle Stimme, tolle Musik!
Viele Grüße
Melanie
Cue Fanfare

Cue Fanfare



Oct 21 2009 8:48 AM

That Glenlivet made us woozy this morning! Thanks so much for a fine end to a wonderful fortnight.... hope you had a safe drive home and that you and your wheels aren't too weary. See you again soon, Row and Rob x
Faber Optimé

Faber Optimé



Oct 21 2009 8:48 AM

Click here to go to the Faber Optimé web site in a new tab/window.

Sorry for not having been in touch awhile - been rather busy!

Just wanted to say that your valued friendship continues to be appreciated.

Have you checked out my MySpace and www.faberoptime.com recently?
Oh and did you subscribe for my free (infrequent, no spam!) newsletter?

You might also enjoy watching some of my latest films:

More (Rate! Comment! Favorite! Subscribe!) on my YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/faberoptime.

Take care and keep in touch.

Best,
Faber.

"Just a guy trying to make the world a better place."

ALPACA

ALPACA



Oct 21 2009 8:48 AM

Merci new amis spacéens, welcome
Thomas Schleiken

Thomas Schleiken



Oct 21 2009 8:48 AM

Hi Michiel,
thanks for the add
Greetings from Oldenburger Land
Thomas
Beep! Beep! Back up the truck

Beep! Beep! Back up the truck



Jun 20 2009 8:56 AM



Why? myspace
The addictive antidote for onedimensional hip hop. The ultimate mixture between indie pop, electronics en avanthop!

the Burning hell myspace
Sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, sometimes rock, sometimes roll. Always folk, never anti. Quirky? Maybe. Cute? Never. Combining happy little melodies and depressing Old World fatalism, the music of The Burning Hell is sure to make you smile and want to give up.

We rate this gig 5_stars stars on the scale of awesomeness!
Michael Strobel

Michael Strobel



Jun 15 2009 12:04 PM

Hey there, Nice to meet ya and thanks for the add. Rock on - Michael - The Strobez
Cousin Kate

Cousin Kate



May 6 2009 10:55 AM

Thank you for your myspace friendship :)
We hope you enjoy our music and wish you a magical week!
jay

jay



May 6 2009 10:55 AM

merci,klingt sehr schön)
grüsse aus berlin
Wut

Wut



Apr 22 2009 2:51 PM

Haha
Ja idd
Dat gebeurt niet vaak.. xD
We vs. Death

We vs. Death



Apr 8 2009 4:20 PM

release party




Zaterdag 11 april is het zover: We vs. Death presenteert haar nieuwe album 'A Black House, A Coloured Home' in Tivoli, de Helling.
Gasten: TokTek & Jelle Buma, I am Oak.
Aanvang: 20.00

Bestel je kaarten alvast online bij Tivoli.


gratis download & pre-sale





Je kan de volledige plaat nu al downloaden bij Mininova.
En wil je de eerste zijn met het kunstige pakketje in huis? Bestel 'm dan nu voor slechts 10 euro.


Groet!
We vs.
Death
ExcelsiorRecordings

ExcelsiorRecordings



Apr 10 2009 9:08 AM

Michael Strobel

Michael Strobel



Mar 12 2009 11:15 AM

Hi there, Thanks a million for the add, very nice to meet ya. Come by and see me play with my band The Strobez this weekend, 12th, 22h, Paddy Murphys, Rotterdam 14th, 23h, Bourbon Street Blues Club, Amsterdam 15th, 16h, Cafe de Kroeg, Arnhem 17th, 20h, Paddy Murphys, Rotterdam Cheers - Michael
Beep! Beep! Back up the truck

Beep! Beep! Back up the truck



Mar 11 2009 4:21 PM



Vrijdag, 27maart, de Neude, Utrecht:

Beep! Beep! Back up the Truck presenteert tijdens het Tweetakt Festival een avond gevuld met de beste&vuigste indie-rock van Utrechtse bodem. Met:

The Walt
Sheriff of Hong Kong
Stairs To Nowhere
Lost Bear

Gratis Natuurlijk!
Eerst even luisteren of deze bands wel de moeite waard zijn, jij kritische mafkees?? Vooruit dan maar, dat kan hier.

Kismet

Kismet



Feb 23 2009 9:01 PM



Vrijdag, 27feb, db's Utrecht:

Kismet presenteert haar eerste langspeelplaat getiteld 'Hiatus'.
Verwacht een mooi feest, puike muziek, voetjes van de vloer en gratis cocktails bij binnenkomst.

Niet overtuigd? Beluister de volledige plaat op 3voor12s De Luisterpaal.


tot vrijdag!

Kismet.

Thomas Azier

Thomas Azier



Feb 27 2009 4:57 PM

Michiel! Wat cool om van je te horen. Ben blij dat je die song mooi vind. Ik ben wat aan het experimenteren met mijn geluid en heb het gevoel dat ik steeds dichter bij iets kom wat echt van mij is...

Veel succes daar, en hoop je snel te zien/spreken.

Een hartelijke groet uit koud berlijn,

Thomas.
doghouse roses

doghouse roses



Feb 15 2009 8:17 PM

Hey Michiel. Great to meet you the other night. We've been listening to your songs with Matthijs which are great. I hope we can meet up again some time soon.
All the best
Paul & Iona
Beep! Beep! Back up the truck

Beep! Beep! Back up the truck



Feb 14 2009 9:26 PM



Zondag, 15feb db's Utrecht:

The Oxford Collapse (myspace)
Van het sub pop label komt al jaren niets dan goeds. We kennen natuurlijk Mudhoney, Band of Horses, The Shins en the Postal Service al. The Oxford Collapse doet niet onder voor al dat moois. Zij brengen sublieme noisy pop die doet denken aan: pavement, beach boys, solbakken, polvo en ook wel een beetje the Shins!

Organisms (myspace)
super band met super sound! Organisms bestaat uit: Lennie (Spider Rico), Robert (Solo Men Only, Fine China Superbone) Bart (Feverdream, Incense) and Niels (Low Point Drains) They play rock music and make cool stuff.

Redtheplaneeet!!! (myspace)
ultra hippe noise rock, met leden van Ghiu, teledubbies en oude Utrechtse helden Chleb!

Rauncher Launcher (myspace)
Utrechts' vuigste eenmansband!

where: db's, utrecht
cost: 6,
start: 16:30
this show on last.

Livingroom 78

Livingroom 78



Feb 10 2009 3:07 PM

Launchable Socks

Launchable Socks



Feb 5 2009 3:56 PM

Hey! show in groningen op de boot was vet =) ik koop nog een keer die cd!
tot de volgende keer dan maar

-Joost/Woos
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