15 years ago, the career of a band that been a household name for solid, catchy, high quality Electro sounds ever since kicked off. That band is Solitary Experiments.

With five studio albums, three remix compilations, one EP and one single, as well as subsequent reissue editions, the lads from Brandenburg and Berlin are one of the most renowned groups in the realm of electronic Pop music.

Solitary Experiments were formed in 1994 in Frankfurt (Oder) by Dennis Schober and Michael Thielemann, with vocal support from Dana Apitz, and managed to gain a rather solid reputation within the scene with their first three releases "FINAL APPROACH", "PARADOX" and the remix album "FINAL ASSAULT" (...all of which were re-released by Out of Line in 2006 with bonus tracks.) With their debut for Out of Line "ADVANCE INTO UNKNOWN", the group then had their final break-though in the scene. The following double-EP "CAUSE AND EFFECT" helped to cement their status as darlings of the press and Electro-aficionados. Adding Steve Graeber on keyboards in 1999 band continued as a trio. Numerous tracks on compilations, tours with bands like Icon of Coil, [:SITD:], Neuroticfish, Funker Vogt and Blutengel, as well as headlining gigs and festivals all across Europe and the USA made Solitary Experiments a band that no Electrohead could pass by.

With 2005’s "MIND OVER MATTER”, the German quartet (adding Frank Glassl on live drums) managed to catapult itself to the forefront of the Electro scene. In 2006, the long-deleted first three albums of the band were re-released and one year later, Solitary Experiments followed up with another club smasher: "COMPENDIUM". Basically a remix-album, the CD also featured some massive collaborations with other artists, such as Feindflug or Agonoize.

On the next album “IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER”, the band showcased its versatility once again. It contains the club hits “Immortal” and “Rise And Fall” and quickly advanced to the most successful long playing album in the band’s career. Picking up the successful thread from the previous but further evolving the sound, the record showcases a perfect fusion of emotional depth and club-driven beats.

In 2010, Solitary Experiments were celebrating their 15th anniversary of working as a band. In honor of this special jubilee, they not only released the CD “COMPENDIUM 2” which features unreleased, collaborations, mixes, versions, as well as rare remixes they did for others, but also organized a commemorative festival in their hometown to celebrate the occasion which sold out weeks in advance. In March 2011, the band’s hit albums “ADVANCE INTO UNKNOWN” and “MIND OVER MATTER” plus selected remixes will be reissued as “THE GREAT ILLUSION” and Solitary Experiments will head out to an extensive tour.

To be continued…