Roman Belavkin

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.