"SSOP" was born two years ago, in the summer of 1998, with the intention of blending the sound of a rock band (including in its line-up guitars, bass, keyboards and drums) with that of a chamber orchestra, mainly composed of young classical musicians from the conservatories of Mantova, Parma and Bologna.

This basic formation was then completed by the vocal talent and versatility of Donata Luani and Luca Palleschi on voices, and by the true jazz experience of the young saxophonist Nicola Bardini. During the last two years the band has gone through a long concert series, culminated in the participation in "Mantova Jazz Festival 2000", on the 23 of July.

At present the Project consists of two reduced formations: first, the band supported by a string quartet, second the band only (guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, sax and voices).
The experimentation connected to the acoustic orchestral sonorities of the beginnings is slowly leaving room to new stronger influences, such as those of electronics and of authors like Robert Wyatt and Jeff Buckley.
The songs are mainly written by Massimo Tabai.