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Meagashira // Project Omeaga

Meagashira / Project Omeaga (Enzyme Records, NL)

Meagashira is among the most popular producers of the Enzyme label. His productions are renowned for his singing synthesizer sounds, (computer)voice samples, and dark  atmospheres. Melodramatic melodies form the basis of the tracks, but they are never too happy, nor annoying. Synthesizer sounds always appear at the higher end of the sound spectrum. Add a few 3D-effects on top of that and the result is unmistakably a Meagashira hit.

To mention only a few: ‘End of Line’, ‘Swarm’, ‘Lost in Music’, ‘We Are Outsiders’, ‘Outcasts’ and ‘Who I Am. The hit ‘Through Inner Core’ can already be found in the bags of the DJs playing Early Rave, showing that this track never lost its attraction.

As an introvert person Meagashira has created his own specific, independent style, without taking notice of the fashionable hardcore styles of that moment. Nonetheless, his creations contain progressive elements by utilizing new ways of producing music.

His tracks surely do not come in large batches, keeping it exclusive. This is because the aspect of quality is never compromised in his productions. Meagashira always takes the serious approach when it comes to making music, so you'll not find any gimmicks in his productions. This motto has made him popular in the scene.

Project Omeaga was initiated when there was material to be released, which did not live up to the expectations of a regular Meagashira track. The tracks were more experimental, emptier and having a  less well-established structure. Ridicule or almost absurd elements are common ingredients for a Project Omeaga track: it's hardcore with a wink.

The first example of this new ‘genre’ is Prozac-Attack. A hardcore track can’t possibly get any emptier. The follow-up Prednison-Attack was to become a smash hit, but it was initiated as an experimental stomper. As B-2 track it took a while for the DJs to discover it, but in 2004 this track was played at every hardcore event in the world one can think of. Nice to know is that the synth-sound in the track is in fact not a synthesizer sound, but a thoroughly tweaked voice sample of the producer himself.

During the years to come the Project Omeaga project allowed for releases such as the Prednison-Attack VIP series, where 4 individual ‘Attack’ tracks were released on white vinyl. Other titles include Opbokken, Miss Parkinson and Lady Alzheimer. These obscure titles leave food for thought, but sometimes good songs do not necessarily have meanings understandable with common sense.