Soliptic - Whirling Mathematicians (2021)

Unreleased Goa Records proudly presents "Whirling Mathematicians," the outstanding Goa Trance album that celebrates the return of UK artist Soliptic. Stephen Mercer’s first encounter with music was in his childhood when he learned to play the piano and the clarinet and took part in some cover bands. As a teenager, in the mid-to-late 90’s, he started producing ambient, chillout, and drum’n’bass. In 2000, while at university, he joined Keiretsu, a live band that blended drum’n’bass, breakbeat, and techno with rock, jazz, and folk. A year later, Stephen was introduced to the world of psychedelic trance by his housemate Brendan; classic releases recorded on minidiscs, such as Cosmology by Cosmosis, Twisted by Hallucinogen, and Rock Bitch Mafia by Green Nuns Of The Revolution. Their intricate melodies, expansive design, and ambitious and unpredictable structures soon convinced Stephen to start making Goa himself, a funny experimental solo project that he called "Soliptic". The name comes from the term "solipsism", a viewpoint stating that only our own mind exists; according to Stephen, music is one of various ways to express exactly that.