Educated at the Grove School In Market Drayton, Shropshire, Ashley Soan started having lessons at an early age with Brian Stone and then with Andy Richards. He studied music at Salford University and then went on to study at Drumtech.
Soan's first break was a short stint with Tom Robinson and then in 1994 joined the band Del Amitri. He toured and recorded as a member of that band and left Del Amitri in 1997, and subsequently joined Faithless, then went on to tour and record with Squeeze, staying with them until their break-up in 1999.
He has done varied session work since, including touring with Tom McRae, Lisa Stansfield, Rick Wakeman, Belinda Carlisle, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook to name just a mere few.
Ash is a member of The Producers along with Trevor Horn, Chris Braide, Steve Lipson and Lol Creme and he continues to work on further projects produced by Trevor Horn, including with Robbie Williams on his November 2009 release, Reality Killed the Video Star and most recently with Dido.
