Monsoon heat (album edit)
(c) Philippe Meisburger 2016 / Solstize

Feel the tropical heat of the monsoon rains.

Key : Amin (camelot coding : 8A)
BPM : 126
Extended version lasts for 7:25

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro (Sonar X3), Korg legacy M1

Artwork photo by me. Original shot : https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippemeisburger/35738517550

Monsoon heat

Solstize - Monsoon heat (album edit) [Original]

After a long hot summer, suddenly the air fills up with moisture, turning our temperate climate into a quasi tropical one. The atmosphere gets thick, dark clouds gather in the sky, before unleashing their power in a flash of rain, lightnings and thunderstorms.

Its the atmosphere of that very short moment that this song tries to capture and to convey in the form of a progressive green house track.

The cover art is BTW a personnal shot of a summer storm that hit our town on june 6th, 2015.

Enjoy it !

Technical data :
Song length : 2:43
Key : Emaj (camelot wheel coding : 12B)
BPM : 126
Extended version lasts for 7:08

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro (Sonar X3), Korg legacy M1

Summer storms

Solstize - Summer storms (Short radio edit) [Original]

Relax...
It's summer...
You're lying in a lounge in front of the pool or the sea.
There are palm trees planted all over the place, and the white sandy beach isn't far.
The gentle marine breeze blows some delicate fresh air in the tropical heat.
You've got your favorite cocktail just on the table next to you.
The one you love is just here, right next to you.
Everything's fine.
You feel like in paradise. You are in paradise...

You're in the sunset lounge...

Enjoy it !

Technical data :
Song length : 3:26
Key : Amin (camelot wheel coding : 8A)
BPM : 127
Extended version lasts for 6:21

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro (Sonar X3), Korg legacy M1, Dexed

Cover art photography based on a CC-by image by Greg Knapp - https://www.flickr.com/photos/g4egk/8038668294

Sunset lounge

Solstize - Sunset lounge (radio edit) [Original]

It's summer.

The heat rises. The sun shines.

Flying like X-wings through a jungle of reed and sedges growing by the shores of their home ponds, the almighty dragonflies, the ultimate air force, designed 400 million years ago and still competitive, patrols the skies of their wonderful green and wet paradise. Join their extraordinary ride by enjoying that piece of music that embodies their short but intense life.

Technical data :
Song length : 4:11
Key : F#min (camelot wheel coding : 11A)
BPM : 127
Extended version lasts for 7:43

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro (Sonar X3), Korg legacy M1, Real strat

Dragonfly picture shot at the Petite Camargue Alsacienne, where the green house style is born.

Where million stars await your stare

Dragonfly ride

Solstize - Dragonfly ride (album edit) [Original]

It's a place, far far away.
Beyond the limits of our world, or atleast not far from it.

The air is warm, the sand is hot, the sea is beautiul

Dark clouds gather in the sky, above the palm trees, anouncing an intense tropical thunderstorm. The first lightnings strike the air. The first thunder can be heard.

In the real world, this would mean the party is over. But in the dreamworld where no real danger exists, it's just the moment the real fun begins.

Let there be light, let there be electricity, let there be joy, let there be... just life at its best !

Enjoy Palau beach !

The Palau islands lie between the Philippines archipelago and Micronesia, just above of Indonesia, in the very hot waters of the equatorial Pacific ocean. That place always felt to me like the very end of the world, and thus the place of all the possibilities...thus the name of the track.

Making off and track breakdown video here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWqF4f2zWt4

Technical data :
Song length : 3:32
Key : Gmaj (camelot wheel coding : 9B)
BPM : 124
Extended version lasts for 6:14

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro (Sonar X3), Real strat, Korg M1 Legacy, Dexed

Cover art based on CC-by images by Paul Stocker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/paalia/4309172717) and John Fowler (https://www.flickr.com/photos/snowpeak/3761397491).

Palau beach

Solstize - Palau beach (radio edit) [Original]

When the sunny summer days are here,
The air hot, the nature alive, 
enjoy an evening walk through the wheat, barley and corn fields as the sun slowly goes down towards the horizon. Enjoy those simple but magic moments where nature offers you and your friends the perfect scenery for some happy moments in life
 
Enjoy those moments of simple and happy life, far from the bling bling spirit often associated with housey music, follow me through the fields !

Technical data :
Song length : 3:44
Key : Bmin (camelot wheel coding : 10A)
BPM : 123
Extended version lasts for 7:32

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro (Sonar X3), Korg M1 legacy, Dexed, Lounge lizard EP-4

Through the fields

Solstize - Through the fields (album edit) [Original]

Bliss...
When summer is back...
When all worries are gone.
When the one you love is by your side.
When you both look in the same direction : a brighter tomorrow.
When you live those prefect moments,
You'll open the gates to your blissterious life too.

It's not about the money, it's only a fantastic feeling you can't buy but everyone could afford... if we were more open towards each other

Technical data :
Song length : 4:00
Key : Gmaj (camelot wheel coding : 9B)
BPM : 122
Extended version lasts for 7:24

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro (Sonar X3), Korg M1 legacy, Dexed

Cover art based on a CC-by (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) image by Andrés Nieto Porras (https://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8647038461).

My blissterious life

Solstize - My blissterious life (album edit) [Original]

Aitutaki...
A tiny dot of green in the infinity of the southern pacific ocean, in the Cook islands, somewhere beyond Bora Bora.
A place where the pristine waters of the lagoon meet the perfect beach.
Palm trees, a slow and relaxed pace, a dream that came true...

And when the sun sets, the warm tropical night surrounds you as the southern cross rises above the horizon. It's just the perfect time to enjoy some loungy green house music... enjoy Aitutaki !

Technical data :
Song length : 4:35
Key : F#min (camelot wheel coding : 11A)
BPM : 120
Extended version lasts for 8:20

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro (Sonar X3), Korg M1 legacy, Dexed

Cover art based on a CC-by image by Robert Young (https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertpaulyoung/2539281487).

Solstize - Aitutaki (album edit) [Original]

Huahine...
The very heart of Polynesia. The center of what they call their "Fenua".
A place, far far away, where old legends are still alive.
Old legends that gave birth to new ones, tailor made for the contemporary era.
The legend of the everlasting summer, longing and getting "fiu" as they say there on a wonderful beach as the sun sets over that magical island of the society archipelago...

Technical data :
Song length : 3:38
Key : GMaj (camelot wheel coding : 9b)
BPM : 124
Extended version lasts for 5:34

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro (Sonar X3), Korg M1 legacy, Dexed, Realstrat

Cover art based on a CC-by image by Simon Cook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/simoncook/6125812255)

Huahine beach

Solstize - Huahine beach (album edit) [Original]

White Sand blue sea (album edit)

The sand is white, the sea is blue, the heat surrounds you. You're on a tropical island that looks like paradise. Even if you're not physically there, this track aims to take you to that heavenly place.

Composed, produced and arranged by Philippe Meisburger A.K.A. Solstize

BPM : 123
Key : Amin

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Korg M1 and Korg wavestation (legacy collection), Dexed (DX7 emulator)

Photo : CC-by Sophie (https://www.flickr.com/photos/soga-smile/4857705534) & Jelle Wisser (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126202631@N03/14759654939/), edited by me.

ISWC : T-703.616.530.9
IPI : 407655357

White sand blue sea

Solstize - White sand blue sea (album edit) [Original]

Calling for Sunrise

Sun of hope, sun of positivity, sun of joy, sun of true humanity, please rise, rise...

Composed, produced and arranged by Philippe Meisburger A.K.A. Solstize
BPM : 120
Key : A Maj

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Lounge lizard, Korg M1 (legacy collection), Dimension pro, Real strat, Dexed (DX7 emulator)

Artwork photo by me (shot in Playa de Muro, Mallorca, Spain)

ISWC : T-703.616.533.2
IPI : 407655357

Calling for sunrise

Solstize - Calling for sunrise (album edit) [Original]

Borders are not the solution, they're part of the problem.
Open the world up !

Composed, produced and arranged by Philippe Meisburger A.K.A. Solstize
BPM : 122
Key : E min (Camelot wheel coding : 9A)

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Korg M1 (legacy collection), Dexed (DX7 emulator)

Artwork photo by me (shot in Hegenheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, Grand Est, France, Europe) Original here : https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippemeisburger/35289228094

ISWC : T-703.616.535.4
IPI : 407655357

Wide open world

Solstize - Wide open world (radio edit) [Original]

THANKS TO THE AMAZING SOUNDCLOUD COMMUNITY.
Your feedback on the first version of that track helped me a lot to improve my mix. Having fresh ears listening to your track always helps ! So if you spot a technical problem in my productions (like some of you spotted in the earlier version of that track), don't hesitate to let me know.
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Every road leads to where you aren't yet. Thus, hope and dreams pave our way to the future to come. The only question is whether the path we follow takes us to some better place or if it leads to a dead end.

Composed, produced and arranged by Philippe Meisburger A.K.A. Solstize
BPM : 116
Key : G Maj (9B)

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dimension pro, Dexed (DX7 emulator)

Artwork by me (https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippemeisburger/36403136965), shot in Folgensbourg, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, Grand-est, France, Europe in september of 2015, during one of our public astronomy observation sessions, held on that path by that tree.

ISWC : T-703.774.210.4
IPI : 407655357

Every road is paved with dreams

Solstize - Every road is paved with dreams (album edit) [original v1.1 - UPDATED]

First just a little sunbeam
Then a second one
Then more and more
Flowers blossom
The temperature rises
You know what ?
Spring is back !

Technical data :
Song length : 4:06
Key : Fmaj (camelot wheel coding : 7B)
BPM : 118
Extended version lasts for 7:37

Synths used : Synth1, Sylenth1, Dexed

Springshine

Solstize - Springshine

Love. Nature. Music. Green house, Deep house and other electronic music. Good vibes for an endless summer of the soul.

Note : Except for a few individual drum hits from legit sample packs and a few (rare) synth presets, everything is done by me : Composition, production, sound design, and even the singing.

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