Title: Solarstone with Aly & Fila - Fireisland Lyrics and Music Video [2013-05-25]
Order on iTunes bit ly K0WbRz Order your signed copy via SolarShop bit ly JslNeD Released through Black Hole Recordings May 21st 2012 Solarstone s third studio album Pure heralds the frontline return for DJ producer singer and songwriter Solarstone aka Richard Mowatt A 13 track collection of new music it features musical co productions with artists like Aly Fila and Giuseppe Ottaviani and vocal team ups with singers including Betsie Larkin Clare Stagg Billy McGruddy and Hannah Magenta With the trance genre dividing and sub dividing rather than follow the fragmentation pack in 2010 Solarstone diverted to record his concept album Touchstone Now two years on he s back with a new long player and a new manifesto I recorded this album as a reaction to all the riven division that s crept into trance over the last 3 years It s a kickback against nonsense genre terminologies and a fight back against the self appointed style councils that try to tell us what music s cool and what the latest must like is Against tracks that have such a mish mash of sound styles that even their producers don t know what they are making This album is both a purification and celebration of the term TRANCE I m reclaiming it for all those who just want to dance to music that takes them to another place for whom this music is a feeling a passion a way of life So I say VIVE LA TRANCE You need to be proud of what makes you feel good To all of you who know your own minds this album contains PURE trance embrace it Richard Mowatt Solarstone April 2012 Providing the perfect launch point for Pure from its first propulsive beat to the opening sweep of its atomic synths the title track of Solarstone s new LP instantly addresses the big rooms Clarifying that vision further the celestially gazing Voyager masses its booming drums to pulsate the speakers for a heart in mouth outer space ride With the Billy McGruddy vocalled Shake The Demons Richard re establishes one of the most talked about connections from his Touchstone album Following the club hits Electric Love and Is There Anyone Out There the pair s latest co production extends a different tone Catching the mood of McGruddy s hazy higher than the sun vocals Solarstone directs them to the floor backed by mesmeric synths and killer 303 churn Pure Trance is a feeling a passion which exists outside of contemporary musical fads and fashions It is the bringing together of millions of fans for whom this music is a way of life Amongst its vocalists Pure debuts a very special new talent Over the course of the album s runtime Clare Stagg s folk tinged delivery makes three stunning appearances On current single The Spell she brings absorbing lyrics which balance aching lament with an un crushable spirit of optimism Don t be fooled though with its running bass bleep fuelled entrancing lead line and speaker baiting drums behind The Spell s immersive vocal splendour beats the hypersonic heart of a floor dominator Touchstone was recorded with at least one ear on the at home listen Pure though is constructed predominantly for the club Those on the hunt for the album s Seven Cities 4Ever Touchstone moment won t need to look any further than Fireisland Co produced with Egypt s Aly Fila from the opening throb of its bass guitar and shimmering Med head melodies it works in Spanish guitar flecks and sun kissed synths On Falcons meanwhile Solarstone is sharing studio space with Italy s Giuseppe Ottaviani with the pair conjuring a seismic uprush ing number With its calling female harmonies breath stealing synths and high end horsepower production Falcons is pure trance served by the shot glass Back in solo mode on Please Solarstone doesn t back off the throttle for a second creating a floor flamer that features the spoken vocal musings of a certain well known 60s rock poet Where the drums drop out of the album Pure begins to move in more introspective directions Backed by his sparse breakbeats and live strings on Where Do We Go From Here Richard duets with Betsie Larkin for a raw real and emotive vocal two hander Set against the mellow drama of chilled beat free ambience Swansong the album s fittingly titled closing track sees Hannah Magenta s heavenly choral refrain cut deep Solo with vocalists old and new and alongside heavyweight production collaborators Pure is album title and mission statement rolled into one Taking its producer back to his grass roots in the process he has distilled its sound This is pure trance and Pure Solarstone Credits Art by Andrew Debens designbyz3 co uk
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