eric solomon

Eric Solomon was raised in the Congo Africa. At 13 years old a civil war broke out forcing him to leave Kinshasa and move to Montreal where he found Solace in music. He had found his passion and taught himself how to play piano, sing, play guitar, produce and write his own music.

To get his road legs Eric went on a 5 year tour around Asia at the age of 16 with a band from New York City who took him under their wings and put him in front of an audience every night to hone his stage persona. Once I he felt ready, Eric came back to Canada to push his own music and got himself 2 top 40 singles at Canadian Radio, reaching #14 emerging Canadian artist on the billboard charts, his own MTV reality TV show, and a strong following in the touring circuit. Since Eric recently relocated to Los Angeles to support the many exciting things lined for Eric for 2012, with a release planned in the UK, a new music video and a new single about to hit the airwaves, some exciting collaboration, the sky is the limit for this artist. Eric is Currently on tour with Dragonette well known for their hit song collaboration with Martin Solveig called "Hello".

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SINGLES

"Addicted" (Aug, 2011)

• #14 Billboard Emerging Canadian Artist Chart
• #38 at CHR Radio
• French version "Accro de toi" reached #18 in Quebec territory.
• “Addicted” music video directed by Cazhmere and produced by The NE. Added to MuchMoreMusic (December, 2011).

"A.L.L" (Aug, 2010)

• # 18 on Billboard Emerging Canadian Artist Chart.
• #39 at CHR Radio.
• Added to MuchMoreMusic video channel on High Rotation.
• Featuring YouTube star Timothy DeLaGhetto.

RADIO ADDS

Z103.5 Toronto, NRJ 94.3 Montreal, Hot 93.5 Sudbury, Z103 Halifax, CKOI Montreal, O-97.3 Victoriaville, KiSS 92.5 Toronto, Hot 89.9 Ottawa, The Beat Kitchener, Hot 107 Edmonton, CKOI 107.7 Sherbrooke, NRJ 104.1 Ottawa, NRJ 94.5 Saguenay, NRJ 106.1 Sherbrooke, NRJ 92.1 Drummondville, NRJ 102.3 Trois-Rivieres, CKOI Quebec City, Proud FM Toronto, The Beat Vancouver, Sonic Vancouver, Bounce Edmonton, Sun FM Kelowna (HAC), Sun FM Penticton (HAC), Sun FM Vernon (HAC), The River Kamloops (HAC), Kraze Red Deer, The River Kamloops, K94.5 Moncton (HAC), B93 Lethbridge ,1053 Kiss FM Ottawa (HAC), K-100 Saint John (HAC), Majic 100 Ottawa (AC), Wired Saskatoon, Virgin Calgary, AMP Calgary, Virgin Vancouver, FM Red Deer, Kraze FM, Kool FM Victoria.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Album TIME BOMB (Nov, 2011) available on iTunes. Performed, recorded and produced by Eric Solomon. Mixed by Dave “Rave” Ogilvie (NIN, David Bowie).
• Opened for international group Ace of Base (July, 2011)
• Exclusive interview for single "I Found Love" and "A.L.L" featured on Entertainment Tonight Canada (Feb, 2011).
• Performed at world-renowned music festivals South by Southwest, Winter Music Conference, and CMJ (2010-2011).
• Starred in his own reality TV show on MTV Canada (June, 2011).
• Toured 25 cities with The Stereos and Neverest across Canada (March-May, 2011).
• Reached Twitter’s Trending Topics twice (April, May 2011).
• Album The Mixtape (March, 2011) mixed by The Kickdrums and HypeJones.
• Features original songs by Eric Solomon, Matisyahu and bootleg remixes by Eric Solomon.
• Premiered on official blogger for the Grammy’s, ArjanWrites.com
• EP Antarctica (May, 2010) Noteworthy feature on iTunes Electronic front page.
• Passion Pit’s "Moth’s Wings" remixed by Eric Solomon: Most downloaded track on Hype Machine and featured on RollingStone.com and ArjanWrites.com (January, 2010).

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