The
first thing that I need to note about this cassette which is kind of like a “duh”
moment for me and has little to do with the cassette itself is that on the back
of the actual cassette there exists this sticker that to me looks like a
bandage. I’ve seen these before, as
they’ve helped keep cases shut tight and been on the envelopes cassettes were
mailed in as well, and I just always thought that they were bandages for some
reason. Granted, bandages have a gauze
part in the middle of the adhesive sticker and these never did, but I always
just disregarded that notion.
So as I’m
looking at this cassette and flipping it over, what I thought was a bandage is
actually the inside cut out of the sticker that makes the label and goes over
Side A. Why on earth did it take me
this long to figure out that all of those bandage looking stickers were not
actually bandages, I have no idea.
This is
the fourth release from 5cm Recordings and to say that I’m a little bit biased
about it would be an understatement.
While I have no personal
connection to it (Never heard of Demonstration Synthesis before now, to be
fair) I do know that the three cassettes that came before this via 5cm
Recordings were all quite good and thus I expect nothing less from this. I mean, that Soma/Underwater Escape from the
Black Hole split opened me up to so many new worlds. Then you get Dhampyr, who again, I had to go
and track down all those musics afterwards as well, and BBJr.
“DS6”
begins with 1980’s synth type waves, filled with space lasers and I’m thinking
of Buck Rogers. There may or may not be
a keytar in here, but the overall vibe is definitely that of a sci-fi
soundtrack and you must think of that 1970’s into 1980’s science fiction realm
which is quite better than how sci-fi is on the whole in modern times. There is also a certain level of ambience
to the synth though, which is nice, and it can become rather tranquil at
times. Though when it is not hypnotizing
me into my happy place, there is a little bit of funk, maybe even soul.
As the
synth wave continues through Side B, it brings out something that resembles the
ocean but then also becomes somewhat trippy, sort of trance in a way even. I begin to think about what is happening,
what time it takes me back to, and how that era could be translated into this,
as the soundtrack of a movie or television series. What first comes to mind is naturally “Life on Mars”, which is the
closest thing I can get what I’m actually think of for an alternate medium.
Imagine
someone like Buck Rogers or Han Solo.
Just imagine someone who is sort of this badass space outlaw, but from
the 1970’s or 1980’s realm of sci-fi and not modern day times. Now imagine that hero being brought into a
1970’s or 1980’s sort of cop show, only they are the ones who have to help to
solve most of the crimes and track down the bad guys. Yes, there will be a lot of people saying “Far
out”, especially when that character reveals he is from a different place (But
not like Mork) Maybe the show or film could even be titled “Far
Out”, I don’t know, I’m not writing that.
I do however suggest that perhaps Hollywood should start listening to
cassettes since they seem to be out of original ideas, and have been for quite
a while.
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