Various Artists, Ft. Solarstone
"Electronic Architecture 2 (Ambient Edition)"

When he first presented the follow up to Electronic Architecture, Solarstone promised that in every aspect the Squared edition would be "an evolution". The 2XCD main-line album is out now and has again wowed fans and press alike (with Mixmag saying that it was a "perfectly crafted international journey across (electronic dance music's) sub-genres". EA2 has seen Richard commission the world's first 'open-source' album cover, allowing fans to create their own bespoke version of its extraordinary cover image.
Slow-Mo Architecture: With its epic, pacific cool, EA's bloodline has always been as closely aligned to ambient as it has trance or progressive. Now as part of the Solarstone's continuing mission to provide the ultimate panoramic compilation experience he's isolated EA's chillout gene and put it under the microscope. ElectronicArchitecture2's multinational artist contingent have returned to their studios and summoned a quiet storm of sound, one with which Solarstone has created ElectronicArchitecture2 - TheAmbientEdition.
EA On The Beach: Mix1 is fully focused on delivering an unbroken 70 minutes of seaside atmospherics and sunspot sounds. The tranquilized, vocoded vocal of Kazusa & Shingo Nakamura's 'Dice' and the spider-ish synth-crawl of Aerium's Icedive start the (beach)ball rolling. Solarstone has transported the now highly recognizable shimmering sound-set of his latest single 'Big Wheel' far beyond the sunset horizon. From there the ocean-deep re-imagining of Janerio and Sovt's 'Dreams of the Sea', Jahawi's equatorially warm 'From Nairobi to London', Mike Saint-Jules' piano-lined 'Vespera' and the full beat-free immersion of Majera's 'Escapade' compete to out-chill each other.
V Is For Vangelis: The album's discs have two deliberate tonal slants, with the second providing a palpable shift away, towards enigmatic and more elegiac audio. The mystical Eastern tinge of Medway's 'Resurrection' launches the disc and is quickly followed by Piotro's film noir-ish 'Mist' and the long, held, evocative notes of 'Uncontrollable Day'. Further marking the mix's less-chilled, more-filmic lean is the lamenting, semi-dissonant electronica of Daniel Mahaud's 'Winter Solstice', the incredible live percussion of Cassino and Laben's 'Touchstone' remap and Elfsong's ambient re-touch to 'Eta Carinae'. The album culminates with an extraordinarily powerful half-speed retelling of Nick Stoynoff's 'Tokyo Nights' and Alucard's otherworldly (and infinitely Blade Runner-esque) 'Blanket Town'.
With Electronic Architecture2 - TheAmbientEdition, Solarstone has delivered the ultimate album expansion pack. EA2's 2 discs have become 4, creating a truly incredible 360_ listening experience.

01. Kazusa & Shingo Nakamura - Dice (Ambient)
Written & Produced by Kazusa & Shingo Nakamura.
P 2011 Solaris Recordings.
Published By Copyright Control.
02. Aerium - Icedive (Slow)
Written & Produced by Leander Johannes Rispens.
Published by Dharma Songs.
P 2010 Solaris Recordings.
03. Sergey Bogomolof - Sound Of My Summer
Written & Produced by Sergey Bogomolof.
P 2011 Solaris Recordings.
04. Solarstone - Big Wheel (Ambient Dub).
Written & Produced by Solarstone.
Published By Copyright Control.
P 2010 Solaris Recordings.
05. Jahawi - From Nairobi To London (Ambient)
Written & Produced by Jahawi Bertolli.
Published By Dharma Songs.
P 2011 solarSwarm Recordings.
06. Peter Liu - City Of Dreams (New Beginning)
Written & Produced by Peter Liu.
Published By Dharma Songs.
P 2011 Solaris Recordings.
07. Poonyk & Oxide - Weekend (Space Chill Version)
Written & Produced by Poo Nyk & Oxide.
Published by Dharma Songs.
P 2010 Solaris Recordings.
08. Mike Saint-Jules - Vespera (Chilled)
Written by Mike Saint-Jules & Chris Swai.
Produced by Mike Saint-Jules.
Published by Corsten Music Publishing.
P 2011 Solaris Recordings.
09. Almar - Wasted Time (Ambient)
Written & Produced by Marius Ene.
Published By Dharma Songs.
P 2011 Crashing Waves Recordings.
10. Active Limbic System - Vanity (Chilled)
Written & Produced by Michalis Patakas & George Tripas.
Published by Dharma Songs.
P 2011 Crashing Waves Recordings.
11. Janeiro & Sovt - Dreams Of The Sea (Chilled)
Written & Produced by Alexander Smetana, Alexey Doroshko & Evgeny Bychkov.
Published By Dharma Songs.
P 2011 Solaris Recordings.
12. Majera - Escapade (Ambient)
Written & Produced by Engin Ogutveren.
Published By Dharma Songs.
P 2011 Solaris Recordings.
13. Aeron Aether & Embliss - A New Dawn (Ambient)
Written & Produced by Gabor Kovacs & Tim Brandwijk.
Published By Dharma Songs.
P 2011 Solaris Recordings.
14. Dj Orion & J. Shore - Architect's Dream (Dub)
Written & Produced by Juska Wendland & Joonas Mikkila.
Published By Dharma Songs.
P 2011 Molecule Recordings.
15. Medway - Resurrection (Ambient Dub)
Written & Produced by Jesse Skeens.
Published by Copyright Control.
P 1998 Hooj.
16. Piotro - Uncontrollable (Day After Kortowiada Version)
Written & Produced by Piotr Truszkowski.
P 2010 Molecule Recordings.
Published By Copyright Control.
17. Piotro - Mist (Soft)
Written & Produced by Piotr Truszkowski.
P 2010 Molecule Recordings.
Published By Copyright Control.
18. Idle A.M - Walkthrough
Written & Produced by Daniel McDaid.
P 2010 Solaris Recordings.
Published By Copyright Control.
19. Daniel Mahuad - Winter Solstice
Written and produced by D. Mahuad.
Published by Dharma Songs.
P 2009 Molecule Records.
20. Matvey Emerson - Prizma (Ambient)
Written & Produced by Matvey Emerson.
Published by Alpha Numeric Music (BMI).
P 2010 System Recordings.
Licensed courtesy of System Recordings.
21. Solarstone - Touchstone (Cassino & Laben Version)
Written & Arranged by Richard Mowatt.
Produced by Solarstone.
Additional production by Cassino & Laben.
Additional guitar by Nigel Summers.
P 2010 Solaris Recordings.
Published by Copyright Control.
22. Abdomen Burst ft. Yavanndiel - Solar Eclipse (Fantasy Slowstep Version)
Written by Andrey Shirokov and Krisztina Szutor.
P 2010 Solaris Recordings.
Published By Dharma Songs.
23. Elfsong - Eta Carinae (Ambient)
Written & Produced by Krisztian Kertesz.
Published By Dharma Songs.
P 2011 Solaris Recordings.
24. Nick Stoynoff - Tokyo Nights (Tokyo Dawn)
Written and produced by N. Stoynoff.
Published by Copyright Control.
P 2009 Molecule Recordings.
25. Alucard - Blanket Town
Written & Produced by Peter McCowan.
Published by Dharma Songs.
P 2011 Solaris Recordings.
Compiled and Mixed by Solarstone.
Artwork by Richard Simpkins.
Design by Andrew Debens.
(P) & (C) 2011 Solaris Recordings