''Solaris'' is an album by the British

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artist

Photek Rupert Parkes (born 6 September 1971), known as Photek, is a Los Angeles-based British electronic music DJ/record producer, and TV and film score composer. Photek was born and raised in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Photek has contributed music ...

, released in 2000. It was released on 19 September 2000 on the

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sublabel Science in Europe and on

Astralwerks Astralwerks (or Astralwerks Records) is an American record label primarily focused on electronic music that is now owned by Universal Music Group. Its material is distributed via Capitol Music Group in the United States. The label was founded in ...

in the US.

Production

Rupert Parkes produced ''Solaris'', trading in the drum and bass sound of the previous album in favor of techno and house influences.

Reception

According to

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. the album received a MetaScore of 70, meaning generally favorable reviews, based on 10 professional reviews. Metacritic ranked ''Solaris'' the 95th Best Album of 2000.

Track listing

# "Terminus" – 5:26 # "Junk" – 5:27 # "Glamourama" – 5:30 # "Mine to Give" – 6:41 #* featuring Robert Owens (

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

) # "Can't Come Down" – 6:59 #* featuring Robert Owens (vocals) # "Infinity" – 8:31 # "Solaris" – 5:12 # "Aura" – 0:47 # "Halogen" – 4:38 # "Lost Blue Heaven" – 3:13 # "Under the Palms" – 2:37

References

External links

* * Photek albums 2000 albums Astralwerks albums {{2000s-house-album-stub