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Solitaire

Solitaire "Still Techno After All These Years"

About Me

In the mid eighties James Callahan performing as Solitaire, brought "One-man Synth Pop" to audiences in Baltimore and D.C. Ten years before Windows 95 and Pentium technology Solitaire delivered ground breaking computer driven performances. In 1986 Solitaire was voted Maryland's "Best Keyboard Player" by Maryland Musician Magazine’s Annual Reader poll. Much like his contemporaries, it looked as if Solitaire's reward for introducing music performance to the age of computers would be obscurity. But now some twenty years later; with a track released on the Anna Logue Records compilation LP "Echoes From Our Past", in Germany, a vinyl re-release of the 1985 single "System Overload" on ERA Records, a new 5 song DVD "Solitaire: Live at Maxwell’s ‘84" in the works, and a spot on the upcoming "Sirens in the Mix" compilation, Solitaire proves he’s "Still Techno After All These Years." Read more at: SolitaireMusic.Net
Solitaire Interview on Rappin' With Rockstars TV Show ..
See other band interviews at www.rappinwithrockstars.com. Watch this broadcast in High Definition - Baltimore, Annapolis, New York City and other selected Comcast/Time Warner Cable viewing areas. Check here for air dates and times.
System Overload (Video-Remix)

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Member Since: 4/1/2008
Band Website: solitairemusic.net
Band Members: James "Solitaire" Callahan
Influences: Kraftwerk, Flock of Seagulls, Howard Jones (Human's Lib era), Thomas Dolby, The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Depeche Mode, Cook Da Books, ABC, A-HA, Yaz, Silver Apples, , Visage, Ultravox, Talk Talk, Thompson Twins, New Order and Morrissey!
Sounds Like: A lonely mad scientist with lots of Low Frequency Oscillation, a vintage drum machine, and analog synthesizers, with Richard Butler style vocals, Morrissey like pessimistic optimism (aka depression) and a desire to be only minimally original or more accurately an original minimalist.
Record Label: SolitiareMusic.Net "A Very Independent Label"
Type of Label: Indie