Solar Fields
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| Origin | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genres | PsyChill, Psybient, Downtempo , Progressive Psy Trance, Progressive Trance, ambient |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Labels | Ultimae Records, Joof Recordings |
| Associated acts | H.U.V.A Network, T.S.R. |
| Website | http://www.solarfields.com/ |
| Members | Magnus Birgersson |
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.
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 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".
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