FLICA: “Sub:side” a new album (electronica – ambient from Malaysia) – Out the 2nd of February on Schole records

Euseng Seto, as flica, began in 2007. In his embryonic form, flica dabbled in a mishmash of the acoustic andthe electronic, composing easy listening melody tunes for debut album Windwane & Window. The release received an overwhelming response from Japan, which resulted in flica’s sophomore, Nocturnal, being released under Tokyo-based indie label Schole. It was during the transitionary period between his sophomore and third album that flica started delving into a darker and emotional ambient sound.

The resulting release, Telepathy Dreams, was a decidedly different approach to music making than the previous album. More focused on sound design-based compositions, the album was the maturity point of flica. This was also when he met and collaborated with visual artist Fairuz Sulaiman. flica, being a designer by trade, an audiovisual person himself, was inspired to incorporate more visual elements to his live set – creating a sensory synchronisation in sound and sight.In his current incarnation, flica is a combination of ambient electronica by way of oriental mood, or as he put it himself; “an Asian sound with experimental element.”
To celebrate his 10th anniversary as an artist, the new album “Sub:side” which will be released on the 2nd of February on Schole is the perfect synthesis of the artist’s previous works as well as a step forward focusing on a more lo-fi minimal approach, an ode on melancholy which may recall Boards of Canada or Hakura Nakamura.