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
Associated acts	Hijokaidan, Aube, Masonna, Vermilion Sands
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

Year	Title	Label	Notes
1984	Gakinoizz (ガキノイズ)	Fatagaga Tapes
1985	H·A·D·A·Y·R·O
	Vexation
	H.C.P. Resolvent
	Wörkenemy
	Re-Rurr
1986	Energetic Enema		with Kyōakukyōjindan (恐悪狂人団)
	Highdrophobia
1987	Erosion
1991	Metamorphor Chorus	Alchemy
1992	Morphine Nocturne	Vanilla Records
1993	Psycledelic	Alchemy
1995	Trembling Tongues
1996	Evil Bed
1998	DLO
1999	Live-Big Rig	Kibitsuri Tapes
2007	Noise May-Day 04	Alchemy	DVDr
2013	The Basement Tapes and Discs	Youth Inc.	9 CDs + DVD

Splits

Year	Title	Label	Notes
2017	Solmania / Harsh Noise Movement Split	HNM Records	Split CDr with Harsh Noise Movement

Masahiko Ohno solo

Year	Title	Label
2009	Destroy Ohno Monsters 1	Fatagaga
	Destroy Ohno Monsters 2
	Destroy Ohno Monsters 3
	Destroy Ohno Monsters X

External links

• Solmania discography at Discogs