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Obsession Sessions IV is a Disco-themed concept I've been putting together for ages. This was one of the few planned mixes I've ever played out at Sublime Sundays. I tried recording Obsession Sessions IV in one take a few times, and songs would randomly be corrupted; but others that weren't corrupted on previous takes would be corrupted on subsequent takes. I know--super important detail. Obsession Sessions IV--like the other mixes in the OS series--is 60 tracks and about 4.5 hours long. Not sure what it is about the number 60, but the puzzle pieces always fit for me. I dunno--this last detail is pretty important. . .

This is the tail end of OS IV when I decided to break it into pieces and splice/ merge them together in Logic Pro. The first and second ends were recorded at subsequent days at Gelato Vero for Rise Ritual and the last day of Sublime Saturdays. I'd been working on this theme for three years; and I finally nailed down the format in a way that makes sense to me.

It all fit under a lttle, bittersweet bow. The theme of OS is long, layered transitions and all of them (besides OS I) are mixed in complementary keys. This adds a special, harmonic element that makes me obsess on them when I complete them. They also need to be a certain level of quality for me not to cringe. This one, in particular, is the last of the series I'm going to complete for a while, if ever. All of them were concepts I'd been thinking about and compiling for a few years. You need to know that I was highly critical of everything until it just snapped together. The few parts that I picked up to be less-than-perfect are acceptable; especially since I only gave myself a few bars to ready a lot of the following transitions. I pushed myself.

If you dig it, feel free to comment, like, and share! All tracks purchased in lossless quality. Also, if you like any of the tracks, I encourage you to buy them in lossless format and find a dark place to listen to it with a good sound system or a nice pair of headphones. These artists are giving us their soul so we can make it another day with that fleeting sense of inspiration; so be sure to buy their merch if you dig them and check out their shows/ events if you can!

TRACKLIST:

Underworld - Cowgirl (Remastered) (EDIT)
Jakwob - Feel So Good (TRACE7000 Remix)
Kim & Buran - Phazerdelique (Extended Mix)
Michael Jackson - Shake Your Body Down (Psychemagik Edit)
Nathalie Duchene - Praia (Yuksek Remix)
Sidwho? - Vote Bowie for President (EDIT)
Social Disco Club, Maia - The Way You Move (Greg Wilson Version) (EDIT)
SPACE - Tango In Space (Bottin Remix) (EDIT)
Soft Rocks - Talking Jungle (Justin Vandervolgen Remix)
Boys' Shorts - New Era (Extended Instrumental Mix)
Lele Sacchi - Dreaming Won't Do
Miss Kittin, Hot Since 82 - Naboo (Nick Curly & Jansons Remix)
Hot Chip - Eleanor (Krystal Klear Remix)
Rebolledo, WhoMadeWho - Chaser
Marvin & Guy - Discoteque
SPACE - Magic Fly (Greg Wilson & Peza Mix)
Alan Braxe, The Spimes - One More Chance (Lifelike Remix)
David Hasert, Diode Eins - Ah Oh Uh (Nicone Remix)
New Spectrum - Disco Nights
Datassette - Blue Monday (V4)

Gelato Vero Sublime Saturdays 9 • 27 • 25

Pastel Pagan threw down for us (and well) on the last Sublime Saturday at Gelato Vero for the season. We're so grateful she was available. I had a rare planned set, which is the first of three parts that I spliced and merged together to complete my last Obsession Session for a while, if ever again. You can check out Obsession Sessions IV under the Obsession Sessions playlist. 60 tracks and 4.5 hours long. Big Disco Energy!

Thank you to everyone who came out to dance, socialize, network, and enjoy the beauty of our San Diego sunset in one of the most iconic coffee shops in San Diego. Last, but not least, thank you to all of our guest deejays who reinforced the vibe with their storytelling and art. Your energy kept us all going.

TRACKLIST:

Thomas

Breakbot - Shades Of Black
Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
Marius - Jet Set (Ray Mang Version)
Bertrand Burgalat - Etranges Nuages (Yuksek Remix)
Lauer, Dita Von Teese, Daddy Squad - My Magic Number (Lauer Semi Dub)
Cicada - Cut Right Through (Reprise)
Arnaud Rebotini - Another Time, Another Place (Ipnotico)
Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope (Captain Planet Remix)
Dan Ghenacia - Rouge ou Noir (Extended)
Damon Jee, Rebolledo, Darlyn Vlys - Antiheroe (Rebolledo´s Cuco Heroe For Ever Version)
The Juan Maclean - I've Waited For So Long
Tiger & Woods - Gin Nation
Hercules & Love Affair, Aerea Negrot - Painted Eyes
Jay C - Fab Freddy Said (Peter Horrevorts Remix)
The Knife - Pass This On (Shaken-Up Version)

Pastel Pagan

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes
Ministry - Revenge
Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Jamie Jones 4Z Remix)
Yaz - Don’t Go
Bananarama - Venus (Extended Club Mix)
Alaska y Dinarama - A Quién Le Importa
Trans X - Living on Video
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Rosetta Stone - Adrenaline
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Blondie - Atomic
Boy Harsher, Boan - Machina
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark - So In Love
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
Ministry - Every Day is Halloween
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Boy Harsher - Pain

Thomas

Laid Back - White Horse (Diamond Edit)
Roomtown Bats - Up All Night (Quark's Cornbuckle Gurnfest Edit) HQ - ReUP
Olivia, Three Less One - Anesthetized Feeling
Pale Blue - I Walk Alone With Acid
Rework - Lipstick
Tiga, Audion - Let's Go Dancing
Datassette - Blue Monday (V4)

Gelato Vero Sublime Saturdays 10 • 4 • 25

Style Gere:  Industrial pop fused dark trance addictive, merge darkwave hip hop feel in sexual infused glitchcore, nu metal beautiful but death march Vocals seductively blended with horror with Lovecraftian and futuristic cyber matrix realities ripping atomic fusions, Addictive that explodes consumes
A massive, apocalyptic fusion of Dubstep, darkwave hip hop, glitchcore, pop trance, and nu metal, Crushing sub-bass and down tuned guitars pulse against brutal industrial percussion, layered with distorted glitches and trance synths, Seductive, androgynous vocals weave through static loops and whispered breaths, Intense drops, reversed FX, and warping reverb induce a breathless trance, while alien ambiance and glitchy death march rhythms spiral into an unresolved, otherworldly void, Intimately seductive blend Alien tech seductively blending terror, cosmic horror  sex, melting realities Soundscapes

Lyrics:

 Every wound is scarification within, 

Blind to sight,

Exposing the nerves as salt sleeps across the sores that bare the weight of the memory of pain,

Emotional Torment,

Rages like a tempest,

Forever lasting till the grave,

So is mood no Identity I can't keep it I walk away,

Finding myself in a room of mirrors,

Reflecting the parts of me,

Fragmented faces whisper tears to shine speak the last words of desire and suffering,

In the light of self thats missing a mouth,

One turns to four 

Host, 

To protector,

To destroyer,

Last The child,

Like a dagger splitting my mind in quatres,

But breaking the ties of thought and emotion 

In two that are destructive,

To infatuation a wild soul,

Love to self destruction, 

Stories untold, 

Slipping secrets to the world, 

One line at a time ,

My art of the mystery of what no one can see,

Trapped,

But I see the window the sun I might recover,

So in this winding road of words a hyperactive release of pain and agony,

I let the secrets breath to be seen,

In coded art of emotional thoughts I burn the symbols of communication 

To speak what I could never,

I want to be free,

I'm seeking peace,

But the sea of the world will soon over flood,

Running out in a disparate flash,

Please take these words to heart,

Their perfect but a broken part of me,

I want to speak,

I hope, 

It will be a good read,

I coil codes of memories that bleed into memory,

The blood of pure detached suffering,

Looking for a way to break the cycle within,

RooM Of MirroRs N MelaNKholyiA #1

With its third release, Acrylic Music TV Records presents “Merge EP” by Asper, one of the label’s founders. After appearances on labels such as Surrrealism, Abellum, Anathema, and Terranova, Asper returns to his home imprint merging experimentation and emotion.

Merge EP captures the moment when everything blurs: noise, silence, distance, presence. It’s what remains when everything melts into a single vibration.

Built around dense textures, evolving rhythms and subtle contrasts, the release reflects Asper’s ongoing exploration of immersive and introspective soundscapes.

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Release date: Fri 21 November 25

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Asper(IT) - Wanna Talk? [Acrylic Music TV]

Asper(IT) - Symbiotica [Acrylic Music TV]

Asper(IT) - Don't Forget [Acrylic Music TV]

Asper(IT) - Locals [Acrylic Music TV]

We are presenting ‘Opal’, a techno track by the enigmatic duo NØNE, taken from their four-track ‘Merge’ EP, out November 14th via NØNE Records https://www.beatport.com/label/nne-records/97310 

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Echo's N MelaNKholyiA : A Sonic Odyssey of Fragmented Souls
In the shadowed corners of  Indiana, Echo's N MelaNKholyiA emerges as a groundbreaking experimental music project, a testament to the transformative power of art in the face of inner chaos. Founded in 2025 by the visionary artist Nexus Khimera—known also as Void, Echos, Mothyii, Alice, Helix, 5, Nexus Etheric ,Odium, Raven, and Death Moth this endeavor is an AI-assisted alchemical fusion of raw emotion and sonic innovation. At 38 years old, Khimera channels a lifetime of introspection, beginning from therapeutic explorations at age 15, into a tapestry of sound that defies categorization. The project's name, with its deliberate misspelling, evokes distorted echoes of melancholy—fragments of pain rebounding through an eternal void, mirroring the fragmented realities Khimera weaves into every composition.
Khimera serves as the sole architect of Echo's N MelanKholyia, handling vocals, lyrics, production, and visual aesthetics with a chameleon-like versatility. Drawing from a deeply personal narrative of psychological navigation, the music acts as a manifesto for survival, blending co-conscious identity shifts and emotional rebirth. The band's conceptual "members"—envisioned as alters in a dissociative system—include Helix as the resilient core, Alice as the protective guardian embodying transgender identity and safety, Phuric, and Odium as the unflinching confrontor of hate and vacuum, Five as the frozen residue of past emptiness, and Suicide Gene as the unnamed pull toward nothingness, symbolizing unyielding survival code. These personas "speak" through layered vocals, reversed whispers, and glitchy confessions, creating a dialogue that invites listeners to confront their own shadows without judgment.
Musically, Echo's N MelanKholyia is a hypnotic storm of genres: traumacore's dissonant catharsis meets industrial gothcore's mechanical fury, nu metal's rap-growl aggression, post-darkwave's ethereal haze, glitchcore's chaotic distortions, and voidcore's abyssal emptiness. The result is an immersive, addictive soundscape—binaural beats pulsing at 40Hz and 174Hz to tie in seduction and euphoria, 3D audio for psychotic despair, and unpolished production that bleeds raw intensity. Themes delve into mental health's labyrinth: dissociation's void, addiction's grip, damaging relationships' scars, and the triumph of self-reclamation. Khimera's artistry extends beyond audio to visual realms, with album artwork featuring charcoal sketches, gothic horror elements, and luciferian symbolism, all crafted to evoke a "junkie holocaust death march" of creepy, apocalyptic introspection.
Since its inception, Echo's N MelanKholyia has released a series of chapters that push artistic boundaries, available on platforms like Spotify, Amazon Music, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz, and TikTok. The project's YouTube channel serves as a portal for official music videos, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and community engagement, fostering a space where fans can explore their own narratives through Khimera's lens. With collaborations leveraging AI for production and thematic depth, the band stands as a beacon for the disenchanted, proving that art can heal, empower, and transcend.
Subscribe to Echo's N MelanKholyia on YouTube for a journey into the melanKholyia—where echoes of the past forge omegas of the future. For inquiries or collaborations, connect via Facebook or X (@Mothyii13). All rights reserved © 2025 Echo's N MelanKholyia.

Sombrero Fallout delivers you alternative music intriguingly themed every fortnight.

As the son of a professional flamenco singer, Thomas has always been surrounded by music.  Exposure to flamenco influenced him because it has a dynamic range of emotions—from the "deep singing" style of cante hondo, to the more lively alegrias.  He has also worked in the corporate, independent, and online music industry for a number of years.  At one point he was a Content Manager for the Electronic Music genre at MP3.com, where he screened over 500 songs per day.  Exposure to a wide range of music explains the range of genres in his mixes—he uses whatever carries the mood.  From listening to Umm Kulthum's "Enta Omri" in his childhood, to New Wave and  Industrial as a teen, it became difficult for him to stick to one sound. Though vinyl was his original format of choice when he started in the 90s, the use of digital mixing has helped him better form soundscapes to expand your headspace.  Let him play with your moods for a spell.

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