with this here flw003, not only does subco bring you yet another mixed ep, it's also the longest title of a release ever (so long, in fact, that the database had to be tweaked to accomodate it).

"easily embarrassed" is the name given to this new project, and it's the joint effort of nick van der schilden and peter spaargaren (known for their plantbane project), in conjunction with nick's brother, jeffrey van der schilden, a.k.a. nekativ of dream wave project and trance-o-mania fame. with jeffrey, being the artist largely responsible for inspiring nick into making music, who in turn was largely responsible for inspiring peter into making music, now making his debut on subco together with -you know- nick and peter, things have come full circle in a way. a way spanning several years and a rather large full circle, that is. if you're not getting this, don't worry. it's just sprinkles of bonus info, wrapped into a nigh-incomprehensible sentence. sue me.

anyway, enough with the chatter. the crux of the easily embarrassed project is the forging of laidback, chilled-out ambient music with a strong psychedelic vibe and influences from anything you could think of. and this is what's taking place, here, on this sweet 4-track mixed ep. if you haven't started downloading yet, now's a good time to get to it, by the way.

to kick the transfer label into being, here is a release consisting of 4 tracks by various artists, varying from merely trance-influenced sounds to deep down psy madness.

for starters, vibenation brings us "the fall of arabia". in fact it's hardly trance, maybe not trance at all, but it bears influences from progressive and the harder stuff vibe has been doing in the past. also features nice arabic vocals. in all, a gentle opener to this release.
second, we have the more to-the-point beating "mirror image" by our old friend deFusion, known from the plantbane releases which he made together with saiko. it's a bit of a trance/house crossover, similar to the style of matthijs b.
then, the b-side of this release is the psy-side, starting with a co-operative track by cadra and saiko. to the experienced (or otherwise well-informed) listener, both artists' influences are audible in it: you could almost pick out which parts are made by whom. now, it must be said that for psy this track is almost cheesy, so luckily, it's not the last and there is one more to compensate.
gated reality are the guys responsible for the final track, and they do what they do best. what exactly that is, is as hard to define as ever, but at any rate... it's weird. "phunk'd" rolls molested organs, distorted incomprehensible voices and melodies that could be considered "plain wrong" into over 6 minutes of sonic insanity, and supports it with a tough beat, an equally tough bassline and the necessary drums.

cheers!

p.s. a big and loud "thank you" to jani (outgate) for his cover artwork.

again, a new name on this one. plantbane is the cooperative project of our very own saiko and void pointer, who has been around here somewhere for quite some time. as it is said, saiko always has large chunks of inspiration, but also, often has trouble finishing tracks. working together with void pointer apparently negates this predicament, and evidently results in nice packets of musical delight, the first of which is standing right in front of you.

"the last ingredients" is a goa-tune with reggae and arabic influences, and however strange that combination may seem, works quite well. saiko's style is also noticeable, but, mind you, has been augmented by void pointer's rather more twisted tendencies. the result is very much worth hearing, and asking for more. curious? then you know where to go from here. not curious? i say you should be. ;)

one year, eight months and 21 days. this is by far the longest musical break anyone ever had on sublogic, and it ends right here and right now. saiko has returned, at long last. and if it weren't for the technically improved sound, it would be like he had never been gone - his personal, recognizable style within goa is still the same. and we like it that way, too.

as for the sudden revival of inspiration, saiko's own description should put an end to all questions:

this track is based on the very hard moments of my relationship with my girlfriend. the first part of this track you'll hear a cheesy part with atmospheric string lines and a happy melodic line. a month before we broke up the relationship still went smooth and we were happy together. the second part is the monotonic part. that's were the hard times started. we really needed some time to think about everything what happened in that period. and there it comes, the last part of the track. the sad melody with the hard filtered and distorted saw sounds. that was the moment that the unreal became real. we broke up...
but i still love her, she conquered my heart. and this feeling will never flow away. never!

so what are you waiting for? download and press play.

stomping, exstatic clubtrance is what saiko engulfs us in with his new release 'demelsa'. his first buzz-track sounds naively happy; quite logical since the inspiration for this track was a girl :) crystal clear mastering finishes off this solid track, in which no major flaw can be detected. this track shows that saiko knows how to make a tune work. nice job!

saiko's appropiately named fantasy is like a trance remix of a classic rpg tune... starting off with peaceful strings, and showly evolving into a pumping cheesetrack; this is the type of cheese that you can't get quite enough of!

after some trips into the world of cheese, saiko's gone back to what he does best: producing fast, nervewrecking and above all excellent goa trance. bleepy 303 sounds, stroboscopic filters and near ambient melodies work together amazingly well on saiko's fast percussion work, forming a solid chunk of straight-to-the-point goa trance. need i say more? :)

this mushroom-happy clubtrance choon a la dance nation is the result of the cooperation between saiko and scene newcomer matthiasz. powerful string chords floating on a solid club bassline... listening to this track you inevitably start longing for the summer... we don't mind cheese like this! :)

extremely cool, laidback, ragga bigbeat sort of thang... flanged piano's, ragga mc's, and a ruff bassline support excellent rhythms and melodies. strange yet phat!

hallelujah! saiko treats us with another delightful goa trance choon! with sharp percussion, excellent leads and very nice moodsetting fx, this is one to remember!