Cassette Review // JZNZ "Plumes" (Personal Archives)

https://personalarchives.bandcamp.com/album/plumes

Cymbals lead the way to this deep, droning bass line.  It really feels like we're in the fog with this one, some sort of horror just creeping up on us.   Sounds like electric horns come through, making these sci-fi synth tones which change the mood from horror to fantasy.   As the drums become more dramtic, the tones come through like insects and this just has all the feelings now of a giant bug taking over a city.  

There's a really nice feeling of the synth coming through almost like keys to where it takes us on this magical journey.   A bit more of a smooth cymbal sound now brings in the xylophone and sax as this begins to take on the makings of a jazz number.   Everything just begins moving together as such a cohesive unit here.   It's blaring as well.   There is just this smooth, cool jazz way about this song though.   There is almost a Pink Panther vibe within here as well.  

Slow notes now with a sort of talking between songs in the studio feeling.   Buzzing comes through next in a big way and this feels like we're being attacked by a swarm of bees.   Deeper blasts come through now and I'm not sure if this is some sort of wind instrument or a cello but I enjoy the mystery too much to look at the credits.   We then take on this air of mystery, floating around almost as if with a flute.   But that feeling of sci-fi synths becomes confirmed when you keep listening.

On the flip side we drop into this sci-fi trance.  Individual notes drop into the space and then other sounds come through ringing.   This all has a very spatial and somewhat hypnotizing way about it.   The slow chimes can also just make this feel magical and like a fun trip into the sky.   It can feel as if it's fading out, but then it comes back in with this contracting sound.   A pulsating bass line is driving behind this all.   You can hear the horns- like the sax- blaring through now as well.   Even as this all comes through, you can still feel that pulse in the background.

Swirls come through now which can sound like sirens.   They grow more intense and it feels like we're in a whirlwind.   We hit a bit of static now and this song fades out.   Drums come in now with those sort sci-fi synths.   It almost feels as if we're marching and then it picks up the pace to where we're moving at a steady speed.   We're diving into this deep, almost classic rock type of sound, somewhere between Black Sabbath and Iron Butterfly.    The drums pour in over this hip bass line.   The sax flies in now as well.

This all becomes so rocking and it's just moving, just driving.   In the beginning of this cassette, you can really take different interpretations into the sounds.  But by the end, you just hear the drums, the bass and the sax come through in a way which is undeniable and just rocks.   I enjoy that this starts off with mystery and you can hear it how you see fit to, but by the end it just opens up and ends with a force that cannot be mistaken.