Cleo Sol (born Cleopatra Nikolic in London in 1990) is an English soul and R&B singer-songwriter and a member of the anonymous collective Sault. Her solo albums on Forever Living Originals — all produced by Inflo — are warm, meditative neo-soul; Mother (2021) and Heaven (2023) are the ones to reach for first. Explore Cleo Sol vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Cleopatra Nikolic, performing as Cleo Sol, was born in London in 1990. She built her early career as a session vocalist and songwriter before launching her own recording career. She is a member of the anonymous London soul and R&B collective Sault (where she works with producer Inflo, her partner) and her solo catalog on Forever Living Originals is closely connected to that broader creative orbit. Sault and Cleo Sol share Inflo's production as a central aesthetic through-line.
Cleo Sol's sound combines neo-soul, contemporary R&B, jazz, gospel, and spiritual soul with Inflo's distinctive analog warm production, live instrumentation, and meditative, often spiritually engaged lyrical themes.
Forever Living Originals pressings of the Cleo Sol catalog have been issued in limited variant editions, typically with collector demand on release.
Listeners new to Cleo Sol typically start with Mother (2021) or Heaven (2023).
