Richard Mowatt, commonly known by his stage name Solarstone (formerly spelled Solar Stone), is an Irish trance DJ and producer based in Wales. The music project Solarstone was founded as a trio, and also used the pseudonyms Young Parisians, Liquid State and Z2. Over the years, Solarstone has developed a reputation for keeping to the original and classic trance sound. He is considered to be a veteran by fans in the trance music scene. Since 2012, Solarstone has been pushing forward a Pure Trance movement through tours where he aims to keep the trance genre true to its roots.

Biography

The music project Solar Stone was founded in Dudley in 1997 by Richard Mowatt, Andy Bury and Sam Tierney. Since 1994 the trio had been known as the Space Kittens. Sam Tierney left the group in 1997 owing to musical differences, and in 2006 Andy Bury also left, leaving Mowatt as the sole member. Solarstone has had three major hit singles in the UK. The most successful was Seven Cities, which reached number 39 in 1999. The song was one of the earliest and most famous examples of the

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genre, and has been re-released three times. The song has sold over 500,000 copies. In 2003 and 2004 Solarstone collaborated with

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, releasing the three singles "3rd Earth", "Naked Angel" and "Red Line Highway". The group's debut album, AnthologyOne, was released in 2006. In 2008, the second studio album, Rain Stars Eternal, was released. Solarstone has also produced several remixes and collaborated with renowned trance artists such as

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. In 2014, Solarstone and

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began a collaboration project known as

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. PureNRG have since released a number of singles, and perform live on stage regularly.

Radio shows

The Deep Blue Radioshow was produced by Rich Mowatt, the first episode of which was released on 19 May 2005. The first show featured a 30minute Woody van Eyden Guestmix and was nearly 2hrs long. The final episode of Deep Blue Radio Show was 116 DJd by Robbie Nelson and was released on 10 July 2008. Rich Mowatt and Robbie Nelson later produced the Solaris International Radio Show, beginning in 2004, which was distributed through various online channels. In the early years, the programme appeared irregularly and was a mix of interviews and new music. From December 2006 (Episode 33) it appeared as a weekly, two-hour podcast. The show was reduced to a 1hr show in episode 294. Solaris International was hosted on alternate weeks by Nelson and Mowatt and included new tracks and remixes, a half-hour guest DJ mix, and at least one classic trance track from the late 1990s or early 2000s. The final episode was number 465 which was released on 18 August 2015. On 2 September 2015, Solarstone launched the first episode of his new radio show ''Pure Trance Radio''. Episode 100 was broadcast on 9 August 2017, live from the

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Studio in Amsterdam. The show is released on various platforms. All episodes of the show are presented by Solarstone. Solarstone launched The Morning Show on 2 November 2020, streamed live on weekdays at his Twitch channel, features include the Coffee Break and the subscriber-requested Kickstarter.

Discography

Studio albums Compilation albums Singles

Remixes

* 1997:

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–

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* 1997: Chakra – Home * 1998: Dominion – 11 hours * 1999:

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– From Russia With Love * 2000: Moonman – Galaxia * 2000: Planet Perfecto – Bullet in the Gun 2000 * 2000: Cygnus X – Orange Theme * 2001: Junk Project – Composure * 2001: Jan Johnston – Silent Words * 2002:

– Southern Sun * 2002:

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- Sleep * 2003: Conjure One - Center of the Sun * 2004: Filo and Peri presents Whirlpool – Under the Sun * 2004:

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– World on Fire * 2008: Radiohead – House of Cards * 2009:

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– Gabriellas Sky * 2012:

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featuring Michael Logen -

Days Turn Into Nights "Days Turn into Nights" is the second single from Delerium's album '' Music Box Opera'' featuring singer-songwriter Michael Logen. Remixes were made by Seven Lions, Solarstone and Andy Caldwell. The last remix is nominated for a Grammy in 2014 ...

* 2013:

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featuring

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- Forever Is Ours *2013:

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- Love Theme from

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* 2015: Gai Barone - Mr. Slade * 2016:

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- Facedown * 2016: Gai Barone - Lost in Music * 2017: Raz Nitzan and Moya Brennan - Find The Sun (Solarstone Remix) * 2017: Eco - The Lonely Soldier (Solarstone Pure Remix) * 2017: Future Disciple - Jinka Blue (Solarstone Pure Remix) * 2018: Pink Bomb - Indica (Solarstone Pure Mix) * 2019: Duncan Laurence - Arcade * 2020:

and Adina Butar - In Search of Sunrise (Solarstone Pure Mix) * 2020:

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– Nails * 2022:

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– Love U More

References

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