Solarstone. Electronic Architecture 2 (Official Promo Trailer)

In 2009 Solarstone released 'Electronic Architecture'... a knowing kick-back against the throwaway nature of today's mix CD. It was nominated for Best Compilation Album at the 2010 WMC International Dance Music Awards, running against releases by Deadmau5, Paul van Dyk, Above & Beyond and Armin van Buuren. It won press plaudits (and fan acclaim) for its imaginative concept, with Tilllate Magazine hailing it as "a magical blend of music, art and design" and DJ Mag calling it "a genuine gem".

As designated by its 'squared2' tag this is not just a follow-up, nor simply a 'Pt.II', but an evolutionary next stage in the EA story, Electronic Architecture2 will unfold a landscape sound-design like no other. Using studio-born, super-immersive mixing techniques crossed with bespoke graphical aspects, Electronic Architecture's geometric/isometric futuristic sky-cities will rise again.

Over at the EA2 website - http://www.electronicarchitecture.co.uk - you are able to deconstruct EA2's cover art and re-build your own version of its spectacular super-structure. As the release date gets closer, so excerpts of the music will be premiered there and they will combine with this powerful, yet simple-to-use tool to create an incredible, thoroughly unique interactive experience! We will shortly be announcing a competition in which a selection of EA2 prizes will be awarded to fans who come up with the best personalized re-work of the EA2 art, so make sure you save a screen shot of your EA2 Art creation.

And what about the music -- the Ying to the visual's Yang...? To uncover the 100% exclusive audio it carried, the original Electronic Architecture required a prodigious, exhaustive A&Ring mission... EA2 was no different! Seeking out music from newest, most talented electronic dance producers out there (from far-flung corners of the globe like China, Kenya, Japan and Australia) took Solarstone 9 months of precision dot...connecting.

From the early dystopian, Blade Runner-esque micro-prog of Piotro's 'Mist' thru to the thoroughly utopian trance shimmer of Aerium's 'Icedive' and Elfsong's 'Eta Carinae', the album pans out to reveal its full musical panorama. Treating the blending of its composite tracks more like that of a full-length musical composition, it creates a deep and intricate mix where you'll hear echoes of tracks long before they fully reach the laser.

Some of EA1's alumni return - Jahawi, Majera and Alucard all help to re-anchor the album's unique tone-set, while there's audio from progressive hall-of-famers too -- Tilt, Hybrid and Medway among them. Solarstone's naturally is well represented too with Orkidea's glowing recreation of last year's 'Touchstone' and the new single 'Big Wheel' both premiering on the album.

Come April 25th the audio/visual élan of Electronic Architecture's successor will be released in full via Solaris Recordings. For electronic dance fans around the world, it will not be a multimedia event to miss.

"Electronic Architecture2 captures the essence of what we all love about trance" -- MIXMAG Trance Album of the Month April 2011

EA2 Website: http://www.electronicarchitecture.co.uk
The Artist: http://www.solarstone.co.uk
The Label: http://www.solaris-recordings.com
Tour Bookings: http://www.twenty4sevenmanagement.com

Credits:
Art & Visuals by Andrew Debens http://www.designbyz3.co.uk/
EA2 Animations by George Bitiusca http://horhew.deviantart.com/
Video by LSSLSS - Marcel van Berk http://www.lsslss.nl

Category:

Music

Tags:

• dance music
• trance
• house electro
• clubbing
• progressive
• solars stone
• solaris
• electronica
• mix
• remix
• minimal

[distantlandmusic]

fk armin's awful asot pop compilations and anjunabeats happy candy kids trance... this is how a compilation suppose to look. solaris international radio show rocks as well!

[OfficialAerium]

solarstone kicks major ass with the EA series good to see there are still dj's putting time and efford in a compilation instead of bringing out another mix cd every half year with the latest hits.

big thumbs up for this comp

[rayofsun12]

Nice promo, congratulion :)

[thisishowirollman]

Rich Solarstone is amazing....

John Digweed is amazing....

DJ mag top 100 came out today, the top two Dj's on that list are NOT amazing.

[Andrezors]

@99trance Solarstone himself said that Big Wheel doesn't follow the traditional trance format and the song is great, so you don't know what your talking about.

[Andrezors]

Just because you don't like a certain style of music doesn't mean that it's bad, it just means you don't like it... This compilation is awesome though.

[RockkRs]

Solarstone one of my favourite djs!!!

[PolishStud101]

@distantlandmusic

I don't get it...

I've been listening to trance for as long as I remember, and I love all of armin's compilations in addition to above and beyond. I ALSO like solarstone. You guys are f'in retarded. It's ALL trance.

[ronnoides]

Solar Stone - Seven Cities (Original) is bar far better.

[DownhillMC]

amazing ;-)

[harut93]

@99trance im only 18 but i can say i know exactly what ur talking about :)