Richard Mowatt (born on 20 October 1972), commonly known by his stage name Solarstone (formerly spelled Solar Stone), is a British trance DJ and producer based in Birmingham and Wales. The music project Solarstone was founded in 1997 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.
He's been on DJ Mag's top 100 list in 2008 and 2013.
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.Official charts, 1999-11-06 The song was one of the earliest and most famous examples of the Balearic trance genre, and has been re-released three times. The song has sold over 500,000 copies.
In 2003 and 2004, Solarstone collaborated with Scott Bond, releasing the three singles "3rd Earth", "Naked Angel" and "Red Line Highway". The group's debut album, AnthologyOne, was released in 2006. In 2008, their second studio album, Rain Stars Eternal, was released.
Solarstone has also produced several remixes and collaborated with renowned trance artists such as Paul Oakenfold and Thea Riley.
In 2014, Solarstone and Giuseppe Ottaviani began a collaboration project known as PureNRG. 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 A State of Trance 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 on his Twitch channel; features include the Coffee Break and the subscriber-requested Kickstarter.
Discography
Studio albums Year Name Release date Notes 2006 Anthology One 2008 Rain Stars Eternal 2009 RSEmix Remix album of Rain Stars Eternal 2010 Touchstone 08-2011 2012 Touchstone Remixed 01-2012 Remix album 2012 Pure 21-05-2012 2017 .---- 14-04-2017 Part 1 of album "One" 2018 ..--- 04-05-2018 Part 2 of album "One" 2019 ...-- 01-11-2019 Part 3 of album "One" 2019 One 01-11-2019 2020 Island 18-09-2020 2025 Innermost 06-2025
Compilation albums Year Name Release date Notes 2001 Chilled Out Euphoria 2005 Destinations vol.1 2009 Electronic Architecture 2011 Electronic Architecture 2 04-2011 2011 EA2 – The Ambient Edition 08-2011 2012 Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 1 19-11-2012 Mixed with Orkidea 2013 Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 2 28-10-2013 Mixed with Giuseppe Ottaviani 2014 Electronic Architecture 3 27-07-2014 2014 Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 3 27-10-2014 Mixed with Bryan Kearney 2015 Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 4 20-11-2015 Mixed with Gai Barone 2016 Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 5 28-10-2016 Mixed with Forerunners and Sneijder 2017 Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 6 27-10-2017 Mixed with Robert Nickson and Factor B 2018 Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 7 09-11-2018 Mixed with Kristina Sky and Lostly 2019 Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 8 29-11-2019 Mixed with Activa2021Electronic Architecture 414-05-20212021Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 911-12-2021Mixed with Stoneface & Terminal2021Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Volume 1003-11-2024
Singles Year Name Release date Notes 1997 The Calling 1998 The Impressions (EP) 1999 Seven Cities 2001 Speak in Sympathy featuring Elizabeth Fields 2002 Solarcoaster/Greenlight 2003 Third Earth with Scott Bond Release/Destination 2004 Jump The Next Train as Young Parisians featuring Ben Lost Naked Angel with Scott Bond 2005 Red Line Highway with Scott Bond 2006 Eastern Sea Like a Waterfall featuring JES 2007 Late Summer Fields with Alucard The Calling 2007 2008 4Ever Hold My Breath with Mr. Sam and Andy Duguid Spectrum Rain Stars Eternal 2009 Later Summer Fields Part of Me featuring Elizabeth Fields Lunar Rings featuring Essence 2010 Slowmotion with Orkidea Electric Love featuring Bill McGruddy Touchstone Is There Anyone Out There? 01-2011 featuring Bill McGruddy 2011 Big Wheel 04-2011 Samples 'Buffy Sainte-Marie – Little Wheel Spin and Spin' Zeitgeist 08-2011 with Orkidea Breakaway (Remixes) 10-2011 featuring Alex Karweit 2012 The Spell 16-04-2012 featuring Clare Stagg Pure 28-05-2012 Fireisland 16-07-2012 with Aly & Fila Falcons 10-09-2012 with Giuseppe Ottaviani 2013 Jewel 28-01-2013 featuring Clare Stagg Please 15-04-2013 Love Theme from Blade Runner 23-09-2013 Slowmotion II 30-09-2013 with Orkidea Lovers 09-12-2013 featuring Lemon Slowmotion III 23-06-2013 with Orkidea 2014 4Ever (Retouch) 15-09-2014 2015 Nothing But Chemistry Here 02-02-2015 includes vocal sample from Breaking Bad Shield Pt.1 27-04-2015 Once 22-06-2015 featuring Iko Fata Morgana 23-11-2015 with Gai Barone 2016 Lost Hearts 25-04-2016 Falling (Peter Steele Mantra Mix) 20-06-2016 featuring Marcella Woods Herald 05-09-2016 Lifeline 14-11-2016 with Ferry Tayle 2017 A State of Mind 03-03-2017 I Found You 28-04-2017 featuring Meredith Call Leap of Faith 12-06-2017 Slowmotion IV 17-07-2017 with Orkidea Hemispheres 18-09-2017 with John 00 Fleming Choosing His Angels 24-11-2017 featuring Alex Karweit Querencia 11-12-2017 with Indecent Noise 2018 Untitled Love 07-04-2018 featuring Rabbii Thank You 27-04-2018 I Want You Here 03-08-2018 featuring Thea Riley Motif 05-10-2018 2019 Shield Pt. I&II 01-02-2018 Landmark 21-06-2019 with Lostly Sky 04-10-2019 Spirit 06-12-2019 with Activa Indestructible 20-12-2019 with Betsie Larkin 2020 Voyager II 10-01-2020 with Robert Nickson Slowmotion V 07-02-2020 with Orkidea Monkey Mia 12-06-2020 with Future Disciple Rust 03-08-2020 with Ian Urbina Summer Fills the Sky 12-10-2020 island16-11-20202021S300029-01-2021Restless 4AMSlowmotion VIWith OrkideaWhen I DreamRediscoverAs 'Young Parisians'. With Katherine AmyGanzfeldAs Solarstone Presents GanzfeldEquilibriumWith Dreams of Wires2022SovereignMist on the HillWith Stoneface & TerminalHope2023VisionFeltAs '892NOW' with Obie Fernandez2024The OneWith Stine GroveA Long Way from HomeWith Darren Tate, Feat Julie ScottVelvet TreadWith FariusRevelationWith Evan HenziEvensongWith Obie FernandezAurora BorealisThinking of YouBarton SpringsWith Farius2025Shivelight
Remixes
1997: Energy 52 – Café Del Mar 1997: Chakra – Home 1998: Dominion – 11 hours 1999: Matt Darey – 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: Paul Oakenfold – Southern Sun 2002: Conjure One – Sleep 2003: Conjure One – Center of the Sun 2004: Filo and Peri presents Whirlpool – Under the Sun 2004: Sarah McLachlan – World on Fire 2008: Radiohead – House of Cards 2009: Ferry Corsten – Gabriellas Sky 2012: Delerium featuring Michael Logen – Days Turn Into Nights 2013: Armin Van Buuren featuring Emma Hewitt – Forever Is Ours 2013: Vangelis – Love Theme from Blade Runner 2015: Gai Barone – Mr. Slade 2016: Markus Schulz – 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: Markus Schulz and Adina Butar – In Search of Sunrise (Solarstone Pure Mix) 2020: Hybrid – Nails 2022: Sunscreem – Love U More 2022: Sawyer, Stubbs & Ledge – Reverie 2023: Emma Hewitt – Children 2023: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo – Reactivate
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