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Solar Fields
Solar Fields
Solar Fields
Background information
OriginGothenburg, Sweden
GenresPsyChill, Psybient, Downtempo , Progressive Psy Trance, Progressive Trance, ambient
Years active2001 – present
LabelsUltimae Records, Joof Recordings
MembersMagnus Birgersson
Websitehttp://www.solarfields.com/

Solar Fields is the stage name of Swedish electronic music artist Magnus Birgersson. As of 2014, he has released fifteen albums, and has also scored all interactive in-game music for the Electronic Arts game Mirror's Edge.[1]

Biography

Gothenburg-based Swedish composer, sound designer, and multi-instrumentalist Magnus Birgersson created Solar Fields in the late 1990s.

Magnus was raised in a musical family and began playing piano and synthesizers in the 1970s. In the mid-1980s he began combining synthesizers with computers. In addition to his ambient work, he has also been a guitar player in rock bands, a pianist in jazz funk bands, and keyboard player in drum and bass bands."

He currently[when?] collaborates with Vincent Villuis, a.k.a. AES Dana, on H.U.V.A. Network and T.S.R. in the company of Daniel Segerstad and Johannes Hedberg from Carbon Based Lifeforms.

Under the moniker Solar Fields he composed 15 albums and appeared on over 60 various compilations. His first solo release was an ambient album named Reflective Frequencies, released on Ultimae in 2001. This was followed two years later by Blue Moon Station , which also included downtempo and trance, and was designed as a single fluid story.

In late 2005, Solar Fields composed Leaving Home and Extended, the latter being a limited edition.

His 5th album EarthShine, launched in 2007, featured more upbeat soundscapes blending morning trance, progressive, psychedelic, tribal and ambient music. This up-tempo album was warmly received by the progressive and psytrance scenes. This led to Electronic Arts (EA) and DICE commissioning Solar Fields for the in-game score for Mirror's Edge, a first-person action adventure video game released worldwide on November 14, 2008. The soundtrack was included in the VGC's "Top 20 Original Soundtracks in Gaming".

The following year, Solar Fields composed Movements. The album was ranked in the top 10 of best albums by Echoes listeners. The album Movements was also used as the soundtrack for the indie game Capsized from the small Canadian studio Alientrap in 2011.

In 2010, he used the harmonies and melodies of Movements in a remix album titled Altered - Second Movements and started the Origin series, four albums which aim to present archives and unreleased songs. Until We Meet the Sky and Random Friday were composed in parallel.

In 2013, he released the second album in the Origin series, Origin #02. He released his demo song "Cluster" later that year. His song "Pulse", along with a remix of it by Airwave, was released on June 30, 2014 by Joof Recordings.[2]

On September 30, 2015, it was confirmed by DICE,[3] as well as Solar Fields himself,[4] that he is indeed creating the in-game score of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, and that he had been working on said score for twelve months as of the aforementioned date.

Discography

Studio albums

Reflective Frequencies (2001)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."6.7"Magnus Birgersson4:23
2."Floating Channels"Magnus Birgersson7:46
3."Self Transforming Experience (First Movement)"Magnus Birgersson3:47
4."Blue Light..."Magnus Birgersson4:07
5."...Red Vortex"Magnus Birgersson4:46
6."Echoing Spectrum"Magnus Birgersson4:29
7."Inherit Velocity"Magnus Birgersson2:40
8."Zero Rotation"Magnus Birgersson7:07
9."Overlapping Particles"Magnus Birgersson5:27
10."Self Transforming Experience (Second Movement)"Magnus Birgersson7:05
11."Zone 12"Magnus Birgersson4:31
12."Nea 3"Magnus Birgersson2:47
13."Outlined Surfaces"Magnus Birgersson7:48
14."Breathing Neutron Empire"Magnus Birgersson6:03
Total length:72:41
Blue Moon Station (2003)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Confusion Illusion"Magnus Birgersson7:00
2."Elevator Sunshine Girl"Magnus Birgersson6:02
3."Cosmic Dessert"Magnus Birgersson5:58
4."Magic Eye"Magnus Birgersson8:00
5."Infection 268-7"Magnus Birgersson8:32
6."Magnetic Air"Magnus Birgersson6:20
7."Majestic Feeling"Magnus Birgersson9:33
8."Blue Moon Station"Magnus Birgersson7:32
9."Planet Zoo"Magnus Birgersson7:00
10."Third Time (A-Version)"Magnus Birgersson6:24
11."Swimming with Stones"Magnus Birgersson6:57
Total length:79:12
Extended (2005)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Air Song (8 AM Version)"Magnus Birgersson16:39
2."No Answer"Magnus Birgersson9:35
3."Station 5"Magnus Birgersson10:32
4."Winter Sun"Magnus Birgersson8:32
5."Combinations"Magnus Birgersson16:01
6."A Place to Think"Magnus Birgersson5:59
7."Detection (Far and Extended)"Magnus Birgersson12:37
Total length:79:55
Leaving Home (2005)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Home"Magnus Birgersson4:41
2."Time Slide"Magnus Birgersson5:01
3."Insum"Magnus Birgersson8:24
4."Star Fruit"Magnus Birgersson1:06
5."Magnetosphere (Star Fruit Part 2)"Magnus Birgersson2:45
6."Stereo Hypnosis (Magnetosphere Part 2)"Magnus Birgersson4:08
7."Air Song"Magnus Birgersson12:21
8."Cocoon Moon"Magnus Birgersson10:37
9."Monogram"Magnus Birgersson15:45
10."Times Are Good"Magnus Birgersson7:42
11."Leaving Home"Magnus Birgersson7:27
Total length:79:51
EarthShine (2007)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer"Magnus Birgersson8:29
2."Kick Back"Magnus Birgersson8:52
3."Black Arrow"Magnus Birgersson10:01
4."Brainbow"Magnus Birgersson11:20
5."Spectral Nation"Magnus Birgersson12:00
6."Adjustment"Magnus Birgersson9:48
7."February"Magnus Birgersson9:41
8."Cruise"Magnus Birgersson9:06
Total length:79:13
Movements (2009)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sol"Magnus Birgersson7:44
2."Circles of Motion"Magnus Birgersson8:09
3."Discovering"Magnus Birgersson11:04
4."Sky Trees"Magnus Birgersson7:05
5."The Stones Are Not Too Busy"Magnus Birgersson9:21
6."Dust"Magnus Birgersson5:01
7."Das Bungalow"Magnus Birgersson5:33
8."Feelings"Magnus Birgersson7:12
9."Patterns"Magnus Birgersson4:08
10."The Road to Nothingness"Magnus Birgersson6:46
11."Breeze"Magnus Birgersson7:35
Total length:79:33
Mirror's Edge (EA™ Games Soundtrack) (2009)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction"Magnus Birgersson5:34
2."Edge & Flight"Magnus Birgersson6:56
3."Jacknife"Magnus Birgersson6:25
4."Heat"Magnus Birgersson7:01
5."Ropeburn"Magnus Birgersson7:15
6."New Eden"Magnus Birgersson7:52
7."Pirandello Kruger"Magnus Birgersson7:09
8."Boat"Magnus Birgersson7:30
9."Kate"Magnus Birgersson7:13
10."Shard"Magnus Birgersson7:17
11."Still Alive"Lisa Miskovsky4:34
12."Still Alive (Instrumental)"Lisa Miskovsky4:29
Total length:79:11
Altered – Second Movements (2010)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Insolate"Magnus Birgersson9:15
2."eMotion of Circles"Magnus Birgersson7:23
3."Rediscover"Magnus Birgersson9:46
4."Closing the Sky"Magnus Birgersson6:34
5."Our Blue Stones"Magnus Birgersson6:23
6."Universal Dust"Magnus Birgersson6:25
7."Bngl.w"Magnus Birgersson7:20
8."Feel"Magnus Birgersson8:43
9."Changing Patterns"Magnus Birgersson4:11
10."Staring Into the Nothingness"Magnus Birgersson7:31
11."A Breeze Through Life"Magnus Birgersson5:42
Total length:79:07
Origin #01 (2010)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Silent Walking (Origin 2004)"Magnus Birgersson6:39
2."Unite (Origin 2007)"Magnus Birgersson9:23
3."Bigger Stream (Origin 2005)"Magnus Birgersson6:15
4."Almost There (Origin 2002)"Magnus Birgersson7:15
5."Next Waiting (Origin 2006)"Magnus Birgersson7:40
6."Embraced (Origin 2004)"Magnus Birgersson5:25
7."Going In (Origin 2004)"Magnus Birgersson7:48
8."Automatic Sun (Origin Unknown)"Magnus Birgersson3:30
9."Reborn (Origin 2008)"Magnus Birgersson9:09
10."OCT (Origin 2004)"Magnus Birgersson15:50
Total length:78:48
Until We Meet the Sky (2011)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Phase 1 - From The Next End"Magnus Birgersson9:17
2."Phase 2 - Broken Radio Echo"Magnus Birgersson3:56
3."Phase 3 - Singing Machine"Magnus Birgersson6:55
4."Phase 4 - After Midnight, They Speak"Magnus Birgersson3:40
5."Phase 5 - When the Worlds Collide"Magnus Birgersson6:33
6."Phase 6 - Dialogue With A River"Magnus Birgersson10:07
7."Phase 7 - Forgotten"Magnus Birgersson3:15
8."Phase 8 - Night Traffic City"Magnus Birgersson9:54
9."Phase 9 - Sombrero"Magnus Birgersson5:44
10."Phase 10 - Last Step in Vacuum"Magnus Birgersson9:13
11."Phase 11 - Until We Meet the Sky"Magnus Birgersson5:02
12."Phase 12 - Epilogue"Magnus Birgersson5:18
Total length:78:47
Random Friday (2012)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Light Control"Magnus Birgersson4:57
2."Random Friday"Magnus Birgersson6:16
3."Cobalt 2.5"Magnus Birgersson7:32
4."In Motion"Magnus Birgersson8:15
5."Daydreaming"Magnus Birgersson10:42
6."Swoosh"Magnus Birgersson7:40
7."Landing Party"Magnus Birgersson9:37
8."Lift Off"Magnus Birgersson9:31
9."Perception"Magnus Birgersson10:35
10."Polarity"Magnus Birgersson2:56
Total length:77:55
Origin #02 (2013)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Landform (Origin 2005)"Magnus Birgersson9:17
2."Mystic Science (Origin 2007)"Magnus Birgersson8:43
3."Active Sky (Origin 2003)"Magnus Birgersson6:56
4."Echo (Origin 2009)"Magnus Birgersson7:09
5."Unknown Presence (Origin 2008)"Magnus Birgersson5:50
6."Surface (Origin 2007)"Magnus Birgersson6:30
7."Lifebook (Origin 2003)"Magnus Birgersson8:12
8."The Missing (Origin 2006)"Magnus Birgersson9:36
9."Falling Shadows (Origin 2005)"Magnus Birgersson6:55
10."Asteroid (Time Machine Lullaby) [Origin Unknown]"Magnus Birgersson8:28
Total length:77:34
Red (2014)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jeezlh - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson9:14
2."Velvet Reptile - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson8:58
3."Confusion Illusion - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:28
4."Union Light - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:29
5."Combinations (On/Off Edit) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson5:12
6."Fiat Lux - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson9:19
7."Electric Fluid (Early Mix) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson6:51
8."Times Are Good (Sometimes Remix) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson8:06
9."Compressed Universe (Edit) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson6:51
10."OnFlow (Edit) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson8:23
Total length:77:51
Green (2014)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Level Out - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson8:55
2."Magic Eye (Remix) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson10:02
3."Sol (Remix) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:30
4."Spiritual Ocean - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson6:49
5."Levitate - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson11:23
6."Insum (Remix) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson8:17
7."H.U.V.A. Network - Rain Geometry (Solar Fields Remix) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:51
8."Respiratory Rate - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:26
9."The Sight Is White - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:26
10."Third Time (T Version) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson8:16
Total length:83:55
Blue (2014)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Life - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson6:38
2."Good Times - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:45
3."Air Song (Remix) - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:54
4."Passage - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:41
5."Water Silence - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson6:01
6."Blue Moon Station - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson7:53
7."Small Little Green Cubes - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson9:47
8."Something Crystal - Remastered"Magnus Birgersson8:41
9."Filteria - Cloud Kingdom (Solar Fields Remix) Remastered"Magnus Birgersson10:45
10."In Motion (Good Morning Edit) Remastered"Magnus Birgersson11:27
Total length:84:25

Soundtrack

References

  1. ^ "News from Magnus". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  2. ^ "Pulse". Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  3. ^ http://www.mirrorsedge.com/news/solar-fields-returns-to-create-mirrors-edge-catalyst-soundtrack
  4. ^ https://www.facebook.com/solarfields?fref=nf
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