Boris “Bo” Saris (born 3 October 1980) is a Dutch contemporary
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singer-songwriter. In 2004 he won the Dutch talent show Idols.
Biography
Saris was born in
Venlo
Venlo () is a city and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg, about 50 km east of the city of Eindhoven, 65 km north east of the provincial capital Maastricht, a ...
, Netherlands. He was the winner of the second edition of the Dutch talent show Idols. Following a series of successful albums in the
Netherlands
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, he moved to London.
His first release under the moniker “Bo Saris“, he released the song ''She's On Fire'', which peaked at number 5 in the Dutch
Alternative Music charts in August 2012.
The EP release included remixes by house music producer
Maya Jane Coles
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and
drum and bass producer
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release.
He is also featured on the
Chase & Status
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song "Breathing" from their 2013 album ''
Brand New Machine
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''.
Bo has released two
EPs – ''The Addict'' and ''Little Bit More – Remixes''. His album, ''GOLD'', was released in May 2014. The single ''She's On Fire'' was featured in the movie ''Fifty Shades Of Grey''.
In 2016 he released a new EP, called ''Best Of Me''. Just before that he experienced difficulties in his life which had to do with his band and company ''Bo-Rush Productions''. He incorporated his emotions and experiences in the lyrics of these songs for this EP. In 2017 he released an EP again, called ''B-Funk''. With this EP Bo expresses his love for funk, and influences of Prince and Barry White are noticeable.
With the help of a crowdfunding Bo released his latest album in April 2018, called ''NEON''. The single, also called ''NEON'', is released shortly before. The second single ''All Night'' is released on 13 July 2018.
Discography
As Boris
Albums
Singles
As featuring artist
*2005: "No Sunrise" – Relax
(feat. Bo-Rush) (#20, NL)
As Bo Saris
Singles
References
External links
Bo Saris Official WebsiteBo Saris on Facebook
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1980 births
Living people
Dutch pop singers
Dutch soul singers
People from Venlo
21st-century Dutch singers