"Warm Spell marks the debut release from Naarm based artist Solar Cells. Created with a range of modular systems drawing from both East and West Coast synthesis traditions, complemented by a rhythm unit and a tape echo machine, Warm Spell is an idiosyncratic exploration of post 1973 Kosmische Musik, carefully honed over months of experimentation in Imaginary Sound Fields.

Central to the album is a fascination with cycling motifs, guided by a unique circular score. Each piece emerges from this framework using a closed-loop compositional system designed to transform minimal input into a dynamic world of pulses and animations.

All music created by Solar Cells can be defined by either: a. A pulse b. An animation c. A ratio of both by varying degrees

This simple compositional rule provides a template that produces immersive live experimentation and defined compositional outcomes.

The sound of Warm Spell nods to the innovative work of artists such as Harmonia and Cluster alongside processes inspired by Laurie Spiegel, yet remains uniquely its own, existing at the intersection of the dancefloor and experimental music.

Warm Spell is an expansive meditation on cosmic energy and dedicated to the inner glow of origin."-EMP

Solar Cells is a Naarm (Melbourne)-based electronic music project that operates at the fertile intersection of vintage kosmische traditions and contemporary experimentalism. Their debut album, Warm Spell, released in January 2025 on the Melbourne label Eternal Music Projects, marks a striking first statement: a deeply immersive journey of modular synthesis, cyclical motifs, and hypnotic rhythmic structures.

Drawing inspiration from the sonic landscapes of Harmonia, Cluster, and Laurie Spiegel, Solar Cells build soundworlds that feel both timeless and forward-leaning. Utilizing a potent arsenal of analog and modular equipment — including the EMS Synthi AKS, ARP Odyssey, Erica Syntrx, and tape echo units-the project generates lush, evolving textures anchored by an internal pulse logic that eschews linear song structure for meditative repetition and slow-blooming change.

In live settings, Solar Cells expands into Solar Cells & the New Vision System, embracing the tension between machine unpredictability and human improvisation. Their performances unfold like open systems: unpredictable yet coherent, structured yet free.

At the heart of Solar Cells lies a commitment to process-a sonic ritual where each piece emerges from a looping ecosystem of sound. Warm Spell captures this ethos with clarity and poise, establishing the project as a bold new voice in the lineage of electronic minimalism and avant-garde synthesis.