Time to take off
ALEXANDROS Soilemezidis, (artist name- Alex Solo) came to this Earth 44 years ago in the Russian town of Suchumi.
MOVING to the sleepy Greek hamlet of Thessaloniki in 1991, his formative years were spent embracing the likes of seminal UK acts such as… DireStraits, Deep Purple, Rainbow, ELO, Uriah Heep… The latin, reggae and rock collections of the day and the other usual suspects.
AND so it was that after years of writing in his two native tongues – it was a move to London in 2015 that spurred hid decision to write in English… And so in the January 2018 “The Cloud Pilot “ project was born.
“The range of songs is eclectic “ , he remarks… “That reflect my
childhood and those heady days of the seventies and eighties…
Where Melodic rock was King – with tunes that still resonate today.”
ALTHOUGH the project is in its infancy – his baby is now close to being born… With a slew of the finest musicians from both the UK and his native Greece on track to help his dream come true.
SO… Why “The Cloud Pilot “?
“When you have a dream to chase
don`t fear to fall apart,
The truth about your own case
Is hidden in your heart”
“That means to pilot your own life and dreams” he says. “And for
you and you alone to be at the controls of your life`s ambitions”.
For Alex Solo… It does appear that the sky may NOT be the limit!
PROMO BIO by STEVE BLACKNELL, LONDON, December 2019