Rock darlings Pluto and hip hop fusion supergroup Solaa have both been signed by Mushroom Music New Zealand.

The much anticipated third album from Pluto, Sunken Water, will be released in September closely followed by a nationwide tour with the reformed Supergroove and Crowded House. Rock darlings Pluto and hip hop fusion supergroup Solaa have both been signed by Mushroom Music New Zealand.

The much anticipated third album from Pluto, Sunken Water, will be released in September closely followed by a nationwide tour with the reformed Supergroove and Crowded House.Since forming in 2001, there have been many highlights for the Auckland five-piece. "Dance Stamina" won Song of the Year at the 2005 bNet awards and "Long White Cross" was a finalist at the 2005 Silver Scrolls as well as winning Single of the Year at the 2006 NZ Music Awards.

Pluto has supported the likes of Muse, Gomez, The Dandy Warhols and Neil Finn and performed at SXSW in Austin Texas twice. The band's second album, Pipeline Under the Ocean is just a few sales shy of double platinum status.

Songwriters of Solaa - Isaac Aesili, Dave Wright and Kurt Dyer - also join the Mushroom Music roster. Released in 2006, Solaa's debut album Steps In Time was a critical and commercial success, with their single "Sylphlike" reaching Number One on NZ alternative radio.

The collective have played regularly throughout NZ and Australia alongside Shapeshifter, Fat Freddy's Drop, Dave Dobbyn, Salmonella Dub and Che Fu. Having just returned from sold out shows on the east coast of Australia, Solaa are now writing for a new LP and
gearing up for summer touring in NZ and Australia.

30/7/07

Image: Savina Kim (Mushroom Music A&R) and Isaac Aesili of Solaa.