Electronic Architecture I.D.M.A Nomination!

Electronic Architecture - Solarstone’s futuristic, ground-breaking compilation album - has been nominated in the Best Full Length DJ Mix category at the International Dance Music Awards. In essence EDM’s version of The Oscars, in terms of nods, this is as about as big as they come! To vote for Electronic Architecture and a triumph for true creativity over hype, click this link.

For more information, head over to the Electronic Architecture page!



 Solarstone 'Remodelled Vol. 1'!
Take two Solarstone tracks, strip them down to their bare riffs and rebuild them for a new decade. That was the task handed to our first two ‘remodellers’ for the first in this release series. RAM (whose RAMsterdam recently scored a top 10 in ASOT’s year) picked ‘The Calling’ from Rich’s discography. He has given it a voraciously energetic overhaul, whilst on the flip Haris C has brought ‘Solarcoaster’ a comparably fine towering, uplifting reconstruction. The first ‘Remodelled EP’ is out on Lost Language on the 25th of January.

solarSwarm 1st Release!
The latest imprint to join Solarstone’s growing label convention could just be the single biggest innovation in releasing music since The Big D (‘digital’!). Large statement, we know, but solarSwarm (summary strap-line: The World’s First Social Network Record label) is just that. One year in conception and another in its assembly, it’s now ready to bare its first fruit.

Run by the 100-strong Swarm committee, through that great age-old, tried and tested process of ‘one man, one vote’, they have been busy selecting the tracks, the remixers and the mixes that are released on the label. If you’ve got aspirations in the record label business and are finding it hard to break into, this could be the right first step for you. At the very least will give you some experience in how the whole shooting match works! If you’re interested, head over to www.solarswarm.com where you will find full details of how to join. 

‘Lost In Silence’ by Adam Fielding, the Swarm’s first release has been easing us through those painful January Mondays & Tuesdays on near perma-loop. Complete with its excellent Elfsong and Estiva revamps, you can get a hold of it bright and early on the 25th of Jan through Beatport and all good DD sellers. With plenty more to come through the early parts of 2010, we’re looking at both a killer new label and a record label evolution. Not every day you can say that, eh!

Solarstone Label Collective Update!

Bot Cyprian 'Astral Breeze' Another long-requested graduation from the tracklisting of ‘Electronic Architecture’ and following his gripping remix of 'Rain Stars Eternal's title track from RSEMIX, we're proud to present Bot Cyprian’s ‘Astral Breeze’. Coming through Solaris, the finished package includes the the Ambient, Celestial & Rozza remixes. All are available now thru the Solar Shop. Seek and thee shall find! Forthcoming on Solaris Recordings.
Gary Orvis 'Try To Find'  Courtesy of Solaris International comes Russia's Gary Orvis’ with his standout freshman production ‘Try To Find’. Fully loaded with a deep ‘n’ proper progressive remix from Nick Rowland, it has already notched up a tasty 5/5 in January’s issue of DJ Mag, who say that it has a "strikingly original melodic-cum-euphoric top-line" and that "over repeat spins the driving undercurrent of the backing track comes increasingly to the fore". Nice!
Adam Fielding 'Lost In Silence' Adam Fielding is a UK based electronic musician specialising in blending rich soundscapes with strong melodies to create music that is both diverse and accessible, while retaining a strong emotional undercurrent. 2008 saw the release of his debut album ' Distant Activity' in which Adam combined elements of atmospheric electronica with dance, shoegaze and symphonic sensibillities to create a unique musical experience. Find out more about Adam at www.adamfielding.com

New Album News!

As we write Rich is bunkered down & snowed in somewhere in the Welsh valleys… and he couldn’t be happier about it! After all nothing focuses the mind on completing a new artist album than not being able to do anything else! What more can we tell you about it? Well we’ve heard demos of several (as yet untitled) tracks. Included in those was a heaven-sent super-blissed-out breaks thang & a moody, downbeat, downright cinematic number. There was also a throbbing overtly clubby track called ‘Electric Love’, which may or may not arrive as the first single. The album title is tightly under wraps at the moment too, but as soon as the locks come off, the Solar News will fast bring it to your inbox.



Solarstone vs Tomorrowland 2010!
Solarstone has been announced as part of the gargantuan lineup for the 2010 Tomorrowland event. This years biggest dance festival will take place on the 24th / 25th of July at the Recreation Area De Schoore in the Belgium town of... Boom!!! Chuckles! Gets us everytime that one! Keep up to date with the event (which will eventually boast some 200 DJs!) here! 



 Solaris International Forthcoming Guestmixes!
Taking the Solarstone message global every single week, the Solaris International show has (amongst many other fine elements!) some cracking forthcoming guest mixes to look forward to. Currently kicking it with ‘Time Stands Still’, Mark Pledger will be stepping up to the plate, as will soft-tech maestro Ilya Malyuev, ‘The Calling’s remixer DJ RAM and Solaris Recordings favourite Forerunners. You can get that vital set-your-week-up-right first listen to Solaris International at 18:00 GMT Tuesdays on the forum (where you’ll also find interviews with the guest-mixers), listen again on the radio show player or leave nothing to chance and subscribe, as over 50,000 others already have, to the podcast.


 February Top 10!
01. System F - Out Of The Blue 2010 (Flashover)
02. Solarstone - The Calling (Dj Ram Remix) (Lost Language)
03. Emission - Time (CDR)
04. Adam Fielding - Lost In Silence (Elfsong Remix) (solarSwarm)
05. Solarstone & Orkidea - Slowmotion (Big Black Rat Remix) (Molecule)
06. Gary Orvis -Try To Find (Nick Rowland Remix) (Crashing Waves)
07. Stolen Souls - Break My Fall (CDR)
08. Predictionz - My Summerz (Approaching Black Remix) (Silk Sofa)
09. Alucard - Elation (Dj Eco Remix) (Solaris)
10. Arrival To Moon - Perfect (Gary Orvis Remix) (CDR)



Winter Uplifting Mix!

Richard's 'winter warmer' is available to listen to over on the DJ page.

Tracklist:
Solarstone- Late Summer Fields (Ferry Corsten Remix) (Solaris)
Union Jack - 2 Full Moon & A Trout (Orkidea Remix) (Platipus)
Tenth Planet - Ghosts (Solarstone Remix) (Solaris)
Jarre - Oxygene (Solarstone Remix) (JOOF)
Majera - Believe (Solaris)
Oliver Smith - Cadence (Anjuna)
Solarstone - Slave (Boyer & Sky Remix) (Solaris)
Dj Ange - The Last Testament (Conspiracy)
Mark Pledger ft Melinda Gareh - Time Stands Still (Solaris)
Bot Cipryan - Astral Breeze (Rozza Remix) (Solaris)
Solarstone - Solarcoaster (Haris C Remix) (Solaris)



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