I'm not that familiar with Jezper Joakim Söderlund's work, as he only really started producing in 2002, and I'm more knowledgeable when it comes to early to late 90s trance tracks. That being said, I know some of his creations, including
Genie (and its
Michael Splint vs. F&W Remix),
Medusa,
Escape,
Pandemonium, and
Tangerine. Escape definitely has a unique melody (as pointed out before me) and possibly high production values, but somehow it never managed to resonate with me on any meaningful level.
To me, it feels like a track that never really manages to 'pop' and grab me with its melody; it always stays in the background and never really gets going, and feels homogeneous all the way through. This is quite the opposite of what I expect to feel from a melancholic/uplifting trance tune. On the other hand, tracks like
Magic Waters (2004) by Ace Da Brain and
Arisen (2006) from Arksun (both from the same era and style) manage to move me deeply, putting me into a different emotional state and mindset.
I think the only Airbase production so far that stands out to me is Jezper's first single release, Genie (2002), and I might even consider it one of the all-time greats. However, this one is also a little bit problematic in a way that it feels like somewhere in the middle between a more classic 7:00-8:30 long 'club' track and an 8:30-10:00 long uplifting/melancholic, atmospheric tune, yet it's 11:32 long, which puts it into the same league as some of the monumental works that really put you onto a musical and spiritual journey (e.g.,
Mystic Force - Symphonik,
Sunday Club - Paladian Dawn, and
Li Kwan - Point Zero). The point is Genie is just too long for what it is trying to achieve, or another way to put it is that it simply doesn't have the depth and/or variety required to last close to 12 minutes.