In 2023, following the transition album The Language of Curiosity they decided to change musical direction and launched the multimedia, art rock project Starlite.One.
The love extended past each other's playing and the duo were wed in 2014 after a whirlwind romance, forming their new joint band, Starlite Campbell, in January 2016.
In addition to the band and session musicians Steve Gibson and Jonny Henderson, Valencian native Danny Boy Sanchez was co opted to play harmonica on track No.
On 12 November 2018 the band simultaneously released their new single Heart of Stone along with a limited edition, gatefold, 180g double phonograph record (vinyl) of their album Blueberry Pie.
The lacquers were cut by Miles Showell[4] at Abbey Road Studios and the pressing supported by the Isle of Man Arts Council.
Five singles have been released from the album which was made its debut on November 5, 2021 and has been extensively reviewed[9] by publications in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia including Blues Matters!, R2 (Rock'n'Reel),[10] Classic Rock[11] Again, it is produced and engineered by Campbell, co-produced by Starlite and mastered by Astley.
[15] In July 2023 the couple completed recording an art rock album Starlite.One, which fuses electronic elements with traditional instrumentation.
[23] Accompanied by drummer Steve Gibson, the band traveled to Australia to headline[24][25][26] the blues marquee at Wangaratta Festival of Jazz on Saturday 3 November 2018 to over 3,000 people with great reviews and extensive publicity.
[28] 2019 has seen them touring Europe and the United Kingdom which included a show at one of London's longest-running and most respected live music venues, The Half Moon, Putney plus the Forum, Darlington, The Met, Bury, Greater Manchester—which featured Josh Phillips[29] of Procol Harum on keyboards—Flirting With The Blues festival, Amersfoort, Porgy en Bess, Terneuzen and the Greystones, Sheffield.
In 2020 the band performed at The Great British Rock and Blues Festival (main stage), Skegness; Backstage at the Green, Kinross; Redcar R&B Club and the Half Moon, Putney amongst others.
[31] Between December 2021 and July 2022, Starlite & Campbell broadcast a weekly live stream on YouTube, Twitter, Twitch and Facebook from the Supertone studio in Portugal.
Both Starlite and Campbell are users of vintage equipment, specifically valve amplifiers for guitar and bass and use multiple brands including vintage Hiwatt,[33] Gartone, Germino, Vox, Matamp, Supertone, Ampeg and Van Weelden with speakers by Electro-Voice, Celestion, Supertone, Weber and Bergantino Audio Systems.
[37] They use bass/guitar strings principally by Curt Mangan, Thomastik-Infeld and Pyramid with Effects unit's by Lehle, DWJ Pedals, Supertone, Ernie Ball, Hudson Electronics, TC Electronic, Eventide, Echo Fix, Lexicon, Chase Tone, Headway, Sonic Research, LovePedal, Meris, OTO Machines, Skrydstrup R&D, Textone, Digitech, Voodoo Labs, GigRig, Origin Effects, CMAT Mods, Headway Music Audio,[38] Gamechanger Audio, Strymon, B. K. Butler, Stomp Under Foot, Danelectro, T-Rex,[39] Pro Co RAT, Ceriatone and Fulltone.
In January 2023 Starlite and Campbell launched their blog Vibes, where they write regular articles about life, culture, music technology and their art along with the occasional podcast.
The EP was released electronically and on 180g vinyl and features Starlite on vocals, Campbell on drum & bass synthesiser programming, MOOG E1 guitar, electric guitar, Theremin, backing vocals with Mark Cleator on an array of analog synthesizers by Moog, ARP, Dave Smith plus an original Mellotron.