Solar X

Who is this?

Roman Vyacheslavovich Belavkin (Russian: Рома́н Вячесла́вович Бела́вкин; born 9 January 1971) is a Russian-British electronic musician, computer scientist, and wushu master. He is the son of mathematician Viacheslav Belavkin. As a musician, he is known under the pseudonym Solar X (also: SolarX). He is considered one of the pioneers of the Russian intelligent dance music (IDM) scene of the 1990s. He founded the label Art-Tek Records, the first Russian label specializing in IDM. He was European wushu champion (1992) and holds the title of International Master of Sport. Since the mid-2000s, he has lived in the United Kingdom, where he works as an associate professor of computer science and artificial intelligence at Middlesex University.

Career

1. 1971
   Born

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Moscow
• •Citizenship: United Kingdom, Russia
• •Known as: academic, researcher, musician, athlete
• •Sport: wushu
• •Genre: intelligent dance music, ambient techno, electronic music
• •Plays: synthesizer, analog synthesizer, music sequencer