Solarstone – The Music:
Originally a 3 piece (with former members Sam Tierney & Andy Bury), Solarstone blazed a trail through the emergent days of the trance phenomenon, founding their name with the club hits like ‘Green Light’ (1995), ‘The Calling’ (1997) and ‘The Impressions EP’ (1998). As the first trance tsunami peaked in 1999 Solarstone left an indelible mark on the scene with the Top 40 hit ‘Seven Cities’. The track - one of the very first true Balearic Trance anthems - has been re-released 3 times and has sold in excess of 500,000 copies. Remixed in 2002 by Armin van Buuren, its instantly-recognizable sunset-sound legacy can still be heard in tracks being released today.

Over the next 6 years Solarstone continued to feed the ever-hungry trance-masses with speaker-sensations like ‘Solarcoaster’ (2003), ‘Speak in Sympathy’ (2004), ‘Eastern Sea’ (2005), ‘Like A Waterfall’ (2006) & ‘The Calling’ (2007). In May 2008 he released ‘RainStarsEternal’ – an album described by DJMag as “a consummate all-rounder from the UK’s original trance master”. ‘R.S.E.’ has so far spawned six singles including ‘Spectrum’, ‘4ever’ & ‘Late Summer Fields’ - the latter of which Rich produced, sung and wrote lyrics for. In the autumn of the following year its remix companion piece ‘RSEMIX’ was released with refashioned tracks from the likes of Ferry Corsten, Probspot, Stan Void, Bissen & Pedro del Mar.

On the compilation front in 2006 he released his first long-player, the 99-06 compendium album, ‘AnthologyOne’. In the late spring of 2009 Rich launched his next compilation series, Electronic Architecture. Born from Rich’s longstanding love of pop art, it won plaudits and acclaim around the world for its imaginative premise and (in their article covering it) was hailed as “a magical blend of music, art and design” by M8 Magazine. In 2010 ‘EA’ received an IDMA nomination in the ‘Best Full-Length Dj Mix Category’.

Solarstone – The DJ:
Solarstone behind a pair of CDJs is some...