There are plenty of artists with this name, which may come from the science fiction tale "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Soma is the drug citizens take in a fascist future to keep themselves feeling nice & politcally sedate. Mr. Huxley, in turn, takes the name from a legendary visionary drug taken by the priests of Zoroaster, whose make-up is now lost. You can see why it's such a popular band name.
1)Soma is an instrumental, electronic/organic project featuring the talents of David Thrussel from Black Lung / Snog and Pieter Bourke from Dead Can Dance.
The music of Soma is...