SOLAH

SOLAH is the stage name of Hannah Talbot. She works as a vocalist and songwriter and also performs as a DJ and producer. Her recorded work sits across drum and bass, liquid funk, jungle, drumstep and dubstep. She is based in Brighton, England and has been active on the scene since around 2017.

Public milestones and credits: SOLAH released her debut album King on Hospital Records in October 2022. She was shortlisted for Best Vocalist at the 2017 Drum&Bass Arena Awards. She provided the vocals for Shane Codd’s Top 10 UK single "Get Out My Head". SOLAH has appeared on releases and compilations for Critical Music, 1985 Music, Shogun Audio and Spearhead, and she has worked with producers including Halogenix, Spectrasoul, Pola & Bryson, DJ Marky and Unglued.

Background and entry into the scene are anchored around her vocal work. From 2017 onwards she has been cited as a regular feature on established drum & bass labels and as a collaborator for established producers; those collaborations helped move her voice into club tracks, radio edits and festival sets. The Hospital Records album King (Oct 2022) is the clearest catalogue statement of that trajectory.

Musically SOLAH’s output centres on melodic, soul-rooted vocals delivered with clear phrasing and an emphasis on memorable hooks. In her vocal-led drum & bass tracks she typically sits the voice forward in the mix while production elements — rolling breaks, sub-bass weight and pads — provide the instrumental bed. On liquid-leaning material the arrangements favour warm pads, sustained chords and mid-tempo drum programming; on harder or more dancefloor-focused cuts she pairs concise vocal lines with tighter break edits and reinforced low end. When credited as a producer or co-producer (on collaborative tracks) her contributions are commonly vocal arrangement, topline writing and the placement of vocal processing — delay and plate-style reverb — to create space over sampled or programmed breaks.

Specific production and DJ characteristics: SOLAH’s recorded vocals are often treated with time-based effects (short delays, plate and spring-style reverb) and occasional vocal comping or chops that become melodic hooks. Instrumentally her releases show attention to break selection and edit tightness — edits that keep the vocal pocket intact while letting sub-bass and low mids carry the tune. As a DJ she programmes sets that foreground vocal tracks alongside rollers and liquid cuts, linking club-ready rhythms to the melodic material she supplies on record.

Career highlights and concrete contributions include the Hospital Records LP King (Oct 2022), studio collaborations with Halogenix, Spectrasoul, Pola & Bryson, DJ Marky and Unglued, and label appearances on Critical Music, 1985 Music, Shogun Audio and Spearhead. Her voice crossing over into mainstream chart territory via Shane Codd’s "Get Out My Head" broadened her reach beyond DnB-specific outlets. Live, she has performed at SUN & BASS and Hospitality festival events, bringing those recorded vocals into DJ and live settings.

Connections and influences are visible in her collaborator list: working with Spectrasoul and Pola & Bryson aligns her with detail-oriented, soulful production; associations with DJ Marky and Halogenix show a range from classic energetic rollers to more modern, technical production approaches. Those partnerships supply concrete reference points for how her voice is used across different subgenres within drum & bass.

Where public biographical detail is limited, the verifiable record centres on SOLAH’s role as a vocalist and songwriter who also DJs and produces, her October 2022 debut album King on Hospital Records, her 2017 Drum&Bass Arena Awards shortlist for Best Vocalist, collaborations with named producers, and appearances on Critical Music, 1985 Music, Shogun Audio and Spearhead; she remains based in Brighton and active in festival and club contexts.