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Solar X is Roman Belavkin, muscovite, founder of the Russian Art-Tek label and currently resident of the UK. Solar X started experimenting with Russian synthesisers while still at school in the mid 1980s. After a near-fatal car crash in 1992 left him confined to his apartment for two years, he began to experiment with his computer sampling his synthesisers. It was only a short period of time before he released his debut on the Defective label, which was received with tumultuous applause worldwide. In April 2001 the German de:bug described him as "a Russian Aphex Twin without a tank." Since this point in time he has been extremely productive, with releases on diverse labels such as his own Art-Tek, Seratonin, Perforated, Worm Interface, Hymen, K20, Itza and Rephlex. He appeared on the [komfort.labor] presents NATIVE LAB compilation on WMFrec.

www.solarx.mu.ru
http://art-tek.mu.ru/