Solmania

Solmania (ソルマニア, Sorumania) is a Japanese noise music project, founded in 1984 by Masahiko Ohno (大野雅彦). He was later joined by Katsumi Sugahara (菅原克己) (ex Outo), who first appears on Trembling Tongues (1995). Ohno is known for making his own experimental electric guitars out of spare parts and using them in his live performances and recordings; the guitars usually take an extremely bizarre form, utilizing unconventional body shapes, extra necks, strings and pickups in unusual places, and various extraneous gadgets such as microphones. Most of their instruments are multi-neck guitars and harp guitars.

Solmania
Masahiko Ohno performing live with one of his home made guitars
Background information
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genres	Noise
Years active	1984 (1984)–present
Labels	Alchemy
Members	Masahiko Ohno Katsumi Sugahara

Masahiko Ohno also works as a graphic designer, and has worked on almost all the releases on Alchemy Records and Hören.

Discography

• Gakinoizz (1984)
• H·A·D·A·Y·R·O (1985)
• Vexation (1985)
• H.C.P. Resolvent (1985)
• Wörkenemy (1985)
• Re-Rurr (1985)
• Energetic Enema (1986) (with Kyōakukyōjindan)
• Highdrophobia (1986)
• Erosion (1987)
• Metamorphor Chorus (1991)
• Morphine Nocturne (1992)
• Psycledelic (1993)
• Trembling Tongues (1995)
• Evil Bed (1996)
• DLO (1998)
• Live-Big Rig (1993)
• The Basement Tapes and Discs (2013)
• Kill (2016)

External links

• Solmania discography at Discogs