Solarstone has just released a new track called ‘Dolphin’, inspired by the music of JB Dunckel, best known for being half of the groundbreaking French electronic duo AIR.
It started off as a spontaneous piece of music but has now been officially released with the approval of the original artist. Solarstone was sitting in the departure lounge at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport after his performance at Luminosity and was listening to some music on the TV. After looking up the track using Shazam, he realised that it was ‘Dolphin’ from Dunckel’s solo album ‘Paranormal Musicality.’
He went straight back to an artist who he hadn’t really listened to much since ‘Everybody Hertz’. “Sitting in Schiphol, I Shazam’d it; and discovered ’Dolphin’ and ‘Paranormal Musicality’ (Dunckel’s 2024 solo album from which it’s taken). Having not heard much of JB’s music since ‘Everybody Hertz’, a while back, it took all of five seconds to get sucked back into it.”
He created this as a fun experiment for himself. This then became a staple in his sets as an unreleased track. This got to JB, and after getting in contact with him, he said, “I love it!” so it could be officially released. The track also represents Solarstone’s views on the direction of trance music today. It allowed him to take a step away from the repetitive sounds.
“That”, he says, “feels ever more flooded with cheesy bastardisations of 90s trance hits”.
“Instead of cheap nostalgia, ‘Dolphin’ offers the opportunity for something less obvious and, I feel, more emotionally complex.”
Sometimes the best dance-floor moments come from unexpected places.
You can find ‘Dolphin’ here
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02. Solarstone – ‘Dolphin’ (Extended Mix)
