Sol Invicto
| Sol Invicto | |
|---|---|
| Origin | London, UK |
| Genres | Drum and Bass, Electronica, heavy metal, hip hop, Industrial |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Labels | Tech Itch Recordings |
| Associated acts | Deftones, Richie Londres, Stephen Carpenter, |
| Website | tinyletter |
| Members | Richie Londres, Stephen Carpenter, Technical Itch |
Sol Invicto is an underground instrumental group founded by Richie Londres ft Stephen Carpenter of Deftones on guitar and UK drum & bass producer Technical Itch. Music is only released directly to fans on the bands mailing list.
Sol Invicto is a self described cinematic industrial metal project which mixes atmospheric soundscapes with melodic heavy riffs, drum & bass breaks and live drums from Dan Foord. In 2014 the group brought in UK drum & bass producer Mark Caro (Technical Itch) to co-produce the project with Londres.
The project came together after Carpenter recorded guitars for Londres in 2006, the group released the tracks Unidose & Carrion in 2007 as well as bootleg remixes of Saul Williams & Tech N9ne tracks in 2008/09. The tracks were well received so it was decided to make the project official, Sol Invicto was formed and they began working on material.
Londres began working on their first EP (Initium) in 2010 with fellow producer Aj Cookson. Released on 6 August 2011 for free, direct to fans. The EP reached 5000 downloads in the first 10 days and went on to hit 15000 downloads in the first month, without any press/radio or videos. The EP featured Hella/Team Sleep drummer Zach Hill. Londres called Initium "a low-fi and experimental EP" and mentioned that the follow up EPs would be "(sic) more metal"
Sol Invicto were commissioned to remix 2 tracks from the up and coming Deftones 2010 album, Diamond Eyes, the title track Diamond Eyes & You've Seen The Butcher, with 100% of the proceeds going towards bassist Chi Cheng and his treatment. In 2011 they released two remixes for the Asking Alexandria remix album Stepped Up and Scratched also co produced with AJ Cookson.
Initium II was released over September to October 2013 to the fans directly via soundcloud, it's the first EP to feature drums by Dan Foord and a special track feature 50 audio samples submitted by fans. It features far more guitar work from Stephen compared to the first EP and retains the low fi approach of the first with a more updated feel from the last.
Initium III was produced by Richie and British drum and bass / techstep producer Mark Caro a.k.a. Technical Itch and Dan Foord on drums. They released all 4 tracks off the EP for free as well as a bonus track entitled Pancake. The three EP's will be released as complete special edition mix album.
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