Step into the intergalactic venture of Plasma Chasms's 'Already Waiting'! Comprising the dynamic duo of Australian Jane Drewett and American national Adrian Guerrero, Plasma Chasm was a creative idea that saw the light of day in 2020 with their self-titled EP in 2022. Formed in Los Angeles, their artistry comprises psychedelic rock with hints of So-cal vibes. It is a profound journey that has emerged from indie pop, and retro to a rhythmic garage tone, making you swim in psychedelia. As a group that has garnered massive critical accolades, let's witness the sparks of Plasma Chasms's brand-new release!
A poignant moment of surreal storytelling, this is a soft encounter between one's brain and mind.
A reflective travel tune that extenuates the artist's endless yearning and determination to wait for his lover, this has explicit moments of love and void that just hit right. With 'Already Waiting', one experiences the feeling of something being true, when we might think of it as a delusion. With the smooth flow of melodic bass lines and haunting guitar synths, the flow of this track constantly evolves, with every passage line. This will instil feelings of nostalgia, love, infatuation and yearning, and it feels like a dream too difficult to wake up from. Overall, I enjoyed this release and so will you!
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*We got a chance to conduct a one-on-one Q/A with the artist to know more about the release and here's what they had to say:-
1 - Ever since your first debut release in 2020, how do you think your sound has evolved?
Ans: (Adrian) I think we’ve learned how to keep sonic space for each other. Knowing when and when not to play. It's all been trial error up to this point. We’re still learning how best to craft music together.
(Jane) For the EP we kind of had our own songs we were working on and then we would add some input on but for Chrysalis we really worked together. It allowed us to have more unique combinations of our influence so where Adrian will have a more guitar, grunge, indie flavor, I’ll come at it from a more piano/synth dreamy or spacy flavor and I think this provided opportunity to have really interesting combinations for all the tracks on Chrysalis. Our one rule is there’s no rules.
2 - What was the inspiration behind this release?
Ans:(Adrian) We wanted this piece to be more modern and contemporary. Jane came in with the synth part and we built it from there.
(Jane) Ultimately we wanted to make more music that’s the kind of music we want to hear. We share a love of retro analogue tones and we set out to bring back the nostalgia of that era and capture all of the bands and songs that we love. In my dabblings with psychedelics they give you this spacey feeling like you’re experiencing these groovy colors and sensations from other dimensions. Music becomes an experience rather than just sound. I really wanted to try to capture this experience and offer the album as a journey
3 - How does this release stand apart from the rest of your artistry and how?
Ans:(Adrian) This was the first time we tried something more current sounding. Typically we play with more vintage sounds and tones. We felt it would be fun to give a more modern sound a try.
(Jane) We researched old recording techniques and equipment and how to capture retro tones. There were 2 lessons here - firstly with the high quality of headphones and stereo systems these days most people aren’t open to the kind of lo-fi nature of it and secondly it turns out old equipment requires a lot of maintenance and space to store it. Luckily we came in at the right time that we were able to expand with digital instruments and plugins to to try to capture these same aspects. Digitally some plugins are at the point right now where your ear can’t tell the difference between if it’s analogue or digital, which is fantastic. This opens up infinite new possibilities.
4 - Your sound radiates originality! How do you overcome creative blocks in your musical journey?
Ans:(Adrian) Walking away. If I’m hitting the wall then that's a sign I need to take a break and/or work on something else. It helps clear the mind and helps to regain perspective.
(Jane) Ironically listening to music. Writing a song feels a lot to me like carving a statue from a block of marble. As Michelangelo said “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free”, I feel like you’re chipping and carving away to uncover the song that exists somewhere in the ether. I will go and listen to music, my favorites and even things I’ve never listened to before and I will find clues as to the missing pieces.
5 - Is there any advice you'd like to give the upcoming artists in the indie-pop space?
Ans:(Adrian) Learn to produce and engineer your own music. Having full creative control from start to finish means your vision stays true all the way. I can't tell you how many times I've tracked and been genuinely excited about the recording, only to get the mix or master back and be completely disappointed. To be fair, I'm quite ambitious and very particular, so anything that's more of the same is boring to me. I need a path less traveled.
(Jane) Music is at such a strange place in time at the moment, it’s no longer just about music. You need to learn to do as much as you can, create your own content, manage your social media. Try not to let your music be boring, don’t try to be another copy of someone else, drop the rules and just make the kind of music you want to make. Don’t worry about if anyone will love it or hate it, just make your kind of art.
6 - How does this single relate to your personal life?
Ans:(Adrian) For me, I threw in a lot of personal stuff. Energetically and lyrically there’s a lot of things there that have sat in my head but have never jumped out. The song was the only place I could release that, I suppose.
(Jane) We all remember when our life had limitless possibilities and walking on air. The kind of feeling where you want to dance in the street. It’s really just tapping into that and trying to capture that and share that.
7 - Out of all the artists in this realm, which ones inspire you the most and why?
Ans:(Adrian) Hmm that’s a hard question. But if I had to give some answer I would say it sits between The Beatles and Rush. One for their ability to make the most timeless songs and the other for sounding and doing things no one else really does.
(jane) I love Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Bowie,. But I have been heavily inspired to make music through the incredibly talented Australian psych rock bands out there - King Gizzard, Psychedelic porn crumpets, Tame Impala, Pond, Gum, Bananagun. I think in Australia the music industry is so small that it takes the pressure off trying to have to be anything specific and provides the freedom to just have fun with it and make the kind of music you want to and then the result is all this incredible music coming out and such a great and supportive community.
8 - If you could pick any artist dead or alive that you want to work with, who would it be and why?
Ans:(Adrian) John Lennon or Kurt Cobain for dead and for living either Jay Watson or Melody Prochet. All of them have unique approaches to songwriting and would love to see what alchemy we could make.
(Jane) Thom Yorke is incredible at everything he does, Also I second Adrian on Jay Watson, I love everything he does with GUM, Pond. He has a great sense of sound.
9 - out of all the marvels you've released, which one is your personal favorite and why?
Ans:(Adrian) I think our album “Chrysalis” would fit that criteria at the moment. There’s lots of things on there that I’ve never done before or things that took me out of my comfort zone. And the record is so much better for it.
(Jane) I think my favorite is Dreamers often Lie. This song started out with this lo-fi sample tone in the demo, it felt a little hip hop. But then it kind of got this whimsical element to it.
10 - How do you want your listeners to perceive this release?
Ans:(Adrian)Through the lens of their own life and experiences. It’s meant to touch a chord and make you look deeper. These are your songs not ours. We just brought them over to this side of the multiverse.
(Jane) I believe you can imbue sound with emotion, especially through the voice. I hope that everyone that listens gets to feel something. That something stirs in them that they remember from a time in their life where they were really connected with someone, or something.
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