Ash Soan
{{short description|British drummer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ash Soan
| image = Ash Soan in 2024.jpg
| caption = Soan in 2024
| genre = Pop rock, alternative rock, new wave
| occupation = Drummer
| years_active = 1990s–present
| current_member_of = Del Amitri
| past_member_of = Faithless, Squeeze, Producers/The Trevor Horn Band
}}
Ashley Soan is a British drummer. He is currently playing with Snow Patrol{{cite Instagram |postid=C2-LLuWNOVv |user=ashsoan |title=You can see me playing live this summer with @snowpatrol... |first=Ash |last=Soan |date=5 February 2024 |accessdate=30 May 2024}} and Tori Amos.{{Cite web |title=Drummer Ash Soan on why major labels are "killing the golden goose" |url=https://headlinermagazine.net/drummer-ash-soan-major-labels-killing-the-golden-goose.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=headlinermagazine.net}} He has previously played live with Seal, Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Sinéad O’Connor, Marianne Faithfull, Squeeze,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1998-06-19 |title=THE BIG SQUEEZE REINVENTION TURNS OUT TO BE A DIFFICULT WORD FOR THE BRITISH BAND TO PRONOUNCE |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/the-big-squeeze-reinvention-turns-out-to-be-a-difficult-word-for-the-british-band/article_c680a640-6e9e-5725-9ec9-d4b41b2b83c9.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Buffalo News |language=en}} The Waterboys,{{Cite web |date=27 Jan 2010 |title=MORE MUSICIANS CONFIRMED FOR THE "MR YEATS" WATERBOYS BAND |url=http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/mikescottwaterboys/News/index.php |access-date=2024-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330073945/http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/mikescottwaterboys/News/index.php |archive-date=30 March 2010 }} The Trevor Horn Band,{{Cite web |last=Ginneke |first=Ariane van |date=2015-07-13 |title=The Trevor Horn Band in Paradiso Amsterdam |url=https://www.maxazine.nl/2015/07/13/the-trevor-horn-band-in-paradiso-amsterdam/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=.: Maxazine :. |language=nl-NL}} Mike Oldfield,{{Cite web |title=Ash Soan {{!}} Gretsch |url=https://www.gretsch.com/drummers/ash-soan/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.gretsch.com}} Lisa Stansfield and Belinda Carlisle.{{Cite web |title=Drummerszone - Ash Soan |url=https://drummerszone.com/artists/ash-soan/7702/profile/?language=5#biography |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Drummerszone.com}} He has also done sessions with Tate McRae, Alicia Keys, Dua Lipa, Cher, Robbie Williams, Billy Idol, Adele, Taylor Swift and many more.{{Cite web |title=Artist Profile: Ash Soan |url=https://www.toontrack.com/news/artist-profile-ash-soan/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Toontrack |language=en-US}}
Early life
Educated at the Grove School In Market Drayton, Shropshire, Ashley Soan started having lessons at an early age with Brian Stone. He studied music at Salford University and studied with Dave Hassle then went on to study at Drumtech (now BIMM London & formally Tech Music School) in Fulham, London.
Career
Soan's first break was a short stint with Tom Robinson and then in 1994 joined the band Del Amitri. He toured and recorded as a member of that band and left Del Amitri in 1997, and subsequently joined Faithless, then went on to tour and record with Squeeze, staying with them until their break-up in 1999.
He has done varied session work since, including touring with Will Young, Tom McRae, Lisa Stansfield, Rick Wakeman, Belinda Carlisle, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook (of Squeeze) and recording with CeeLo Green, Adele, Clare Maguire, Will Young, Brian McFadden, Delta Goodrem, Vex Red, Pete Lawrie, the Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow single "Shame", Enrique Iglesias, Ronan Keating, Marianne Faithfull, Natasha Bedingfield, James Morrison (Songs for You, Truths for Me and the single, "Broken Strings"), Will Young (Let It Go), Alesha Dixon, Boyzone, Dua Lipa and Alicia Keys, Eros Ramazzotti.{{Cite web |url=http://ashsoan.com |title=Ash Soan |access-date=23 March 2020}}File:SoanProducersdrum.jpgSoan is a member of Producers/The Trevor Horn Band along with Trevor Horn, Steve Lipson and Lol Creme. He continues to work on further projects produced by Horn, including with Robbie Williams on his November 2009 release, Reality Killed the Video Star. He also works with Horn's former Buggles partner Geoff Downes, including on the Downes Braide Association's 2017 album Skyscraper Souls. Soan's most recent recording work includes Cher, Billy Idol, Mark Owen and The Wanted.
As of 2020, Soan is again a member of Del Amitri, having recorded drums for the group's album Fatal Mistakes,{{Cite web |url=https://www.totalntertainment.com/music/del-amitri-releases-new-single-its-feelings/ |title=Del Amitri releases new single 'It's Feelings' |access-date=23 March 2020}} which was released on 28 May 2021.{{Cite tweet |user=Delamitri |number=1370313707985760256 |title=Due to unavoidable issues regarding production relating to the pandemic, Del Amitri's new album 'Fatal Mistakes' has been moved to May 28th 2021. }}
On 30 October 2021, Tori Amos announced that Soan would be joining her on her 2022 tour for her 16th album, Ocean to Ocean.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ashsoan.com Official webpage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928204506/http://mikedolbear.com/story.asp?StoryID=1196 Interview]
- Ash Soan on [https://www.instagram.com/ashsoan/ Instagram]
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:English rock drummers
Category:British session musicians
Category:Squeeze (band) members
Category:Alumni of the University of Salford