For over ten years Rich Mowatt, more commonly known by his professional moniker “Solarstone” was producing dance floor congested zones having a convoy of adored nightclub classics, all out anthems and critically-acclaimed records. As a DJ, he whirls weekly at nightclubs across earth and for internationally-identified titles like Cream at Amnesia, Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher & full on-Ferry. Releases from Solarstone’s label jobs solarSwarm, Solaris, Touchstone & Molecule are crucial aspects of his very individualistic sets and are always backed up by the trance and prog whirling elite. Solaris Global, his weekly display loves a committed fan base and is air across 80 FM and Web stations.
Initially a 3-piece, Solarstone scorched a path throughout the emergent times of trance, producing their title against the nightclub hits like ‘Green Light’ (1995), ‘The Calling’ (1997) and ‘The Impressions EP’ (1998). As the initial trance wave peaked in ’99 Solarstone made an unforgettable mark around the scene using the Top-40 hit ‘Seven Cities’. The monitor – among the initial Balearic Trance anthems – was re-launched 3 instances and has offered in oversupply of 1/2 million copies. Remixed in 2002 by Armin van Buuren, its immediately identifiable sunset/dawn-sound heritage is nonetheless heard in tracks to-day.
So as to showcase distinct musical views & seems, Richard has additionally recorded beneath numerous pseudonyms. In 2002 he began the 1980’s-referencing Youthful Parisians ensemble that scored a huge introduction with “U Write the Rules”. The act subsequently skyrocketed with one of many ’04 identifying trance/prog songs, “Jump the Next Train”.
In ’99 he launched the under-ground anthem ‘The Hymn’ by Skyscraper on 4D Recordings, thereafter re-releasing it on his own Deepblue music label. He’s additionally has recorded along with Andy Bury as Area Kittens for Hooj Choons along with Fluid State for Perfecto. 2012 noticed him re-light two former links in a single job. The organic successor to Youthful Parisians, he again reteamed with Ben Dropped to make Federation – a different group-established live act. Drawing on a variety of impacts, from many decades, it had been brought in to Oakenfold’s Perfecto Flouro and contains so significantly resulted in 4 Beatport top charting songs.
Through the years Solarstone has consistently preserved a strict equilibrium between first generation tracks and remix functions. He’s remixed to get A-listing names like Paul Oakenfold (‘Bullet in The Firearm’), Ferry Corsten (on Moonman’s ‘Galaxia’ and many recently ‘Gabriella’s Sky’) & BT’s ‘Calling Your Name’. He’s also stepped outside his conventional zone to re fashion tracks by infamous acts like Radiohead, The Human League and Sarah McLachlan.
Solaris Worldwide is Richard’s lengthy-functioning, broadly syndicated radio display platform. Its weekly hour long arrangement contains characteristics such as the Progressive as well as the Uplifting Collections, Not The Sort of Thing We Normally Play, the Large Melody along with the Thrill Out Second. From the beginning cult-following, throughout the past 4 years the display has grown right into a melody-in vital for comprehensive cross-area of the digital dance neighborhood.
