Solange Knowles AKA SoL-AngeL Set to Release Sophomore Album SoL-AngeL and The
Hadley Street Dreams on August 26th
VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE, 'I DECIDED,' PRODUCED BY PHARRELL, BEING SHOT - IN LOS
ANGELES ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Talented singer,
songwriter, artist, and entrepreneur, Solange Knowles AKA SoL-AngeL, is ready
to set the world on fire with a sound that is sure to breathe life into a
sometimes stagnant music scene. With her sophomore set, SoL-AngeL and The
Hadley Street Dreams, on her new label home of Geffen Records through Music
World Entertainment, Solange takes us through a walk in yesteryear with an
uber modern twist. SoL-AngeL and The Hadley Street Dreams is due for release
on August 26th.
On SoL-AngeL and The Hadley Street Dreams, SoL-AngeL enlisted help from
producers and songwriters that she knew would capture the sound she wanted to
project instantly; but getting them to believe in her wasn't easy.
"I literally had to beg Cee-Lo to listen to my music but once he did he
signed on immediately," states the giddy SoL-AngeL. "We wrote and recorded
'T.O.N.Y' and 'Sandcastle Disco' (produced by Soul Shock) that same week.
Producer Jack Splash joined in to produce 'T.O.N.Y' and went on to produce two
more songs for me: 'Would've Been the One' and 'Ode To Marvin,' my special
take on Mr. Gaye's 'What's going On,' both of which I wrote with Splash and
Makeba."
For the remainder of the album SoL-AngeL went on to work with Pharrell for
the finger-snapping, feel-good first single "I Decided," Lil Wayne makes an
intoxicated guest appearance on "Champagnechronicnightcap," Bilal helps write
and appears on "Cosmic Journey" and "Wanna Go Back," which Marsha Ambrosius of
Floetry lends vocals to, and Raphael Saddiq produces the soulfully insightful,
"Same Song, Different Man," which features Estelle.
"By the end of the project, I had worked with all of the producers and
artists I had ever dreamed of including Q-Tip, Boards of Canada and Mark
Ronson," states SoL-AngeL. "When I got a call saying the legendary Lamont
Dozier would take the time out to write with little old me I was ecstatic
beyond words."
The video for "I Decided," directed by the creative Melina, will offer the
viewer a glimpse of who Solange, the visionary, really is: It is the ultimate
pop art piece. Its psychedelic, it's adventurous, it's colorful and not so
colorful, it's intelligent, and it's the inner makings of Solange. "I love
pop art; in fact I am a painter myself and have several pieces under my belt
that I haven't put on display but soon plan to." The "I Decided" video deals
with pop culture from the 60s to the future. It displays SoL-AngeL in
settings from American Bandstand, to the Civil Rights Movement, to New Wave,
and finally a "Cosmic Journey" future.
SoL-AngeL's love of music started at an early age when she became a
classically trained ballerina and a jazz, tap, and modern dancer. She began
touring internationally as a dancer for Destiny's Child when she was
13 years old and then she began to mix and match musical styles she
experienced in Europe, Africa, Asia, Mexico and Australia with what she loved
from America which was sounds from the 60's and 70's. Her influences from
that era range from Shuggie Otis -- who made the original "Strawberry
Letter 23," to The Supremes and the Marvelettes, to Dusty Springfield, to
Marvin Gaye, and to Minnie Riperton. A wide range of sounds from a young lady
that will definitely give you what you least expect.
SOURCE Interscope Records
Tresa Sanders of Interscope Records, +1-212-841-8272,
tresa.sanders@umusic.com; or Chanel Green of Music World Entertainment,
+1-310-402-7326, chanel.green@musicworldent.com, for Interscope Records
