FASCINATION III: ROOFTOP MIRAGE | Hardstyle Party House, Dark Club Hysteric Gothic Unwind | ELIGERE

In this third special Hardstyle House mix, I explore the ELIGERE musical theme “ROOFTOP ROMANCE” as yet another branch of the larger FASCINATION idea. See the previous session at    • FASCINATION II: RAISING THE ODDS | Hardsty...   -- Again, it began in a dream. This time it happened AT THE VERY FIRST SURGE OF FALLING ASLEEP. I did not actually fall fully asleep — I surfaced again almost immediately — but I managed to catch and retain the memory of what we can call here a DREAM-STATE. The strange thing was this: I seemed to be witnessing someone else’s conversation. There were at least two people, apparently of different genders. I could see and hear them almost from the outside, and everything about them felt COMPLETELY FOREIGN TO ME — THE PEOPLE, THE CONTEXT, THE SUBJECT, THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I was definitely the one observing THEM. They were not observing me. I was completely irrelevant to what was happening — almost exactly as when you watch a film or a clip and the people inside it have absolutely no awareness of you. But here is the point that stayed with me: IN ALL THOSE MOMENTS, IT FELT AS IF I HAD SIMPLY ENTERED A TRANSMISSION MEANT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. A MOTION-PICTURE TRANSMISSION FOR SOMEONE ELSE — OR FOR SOME OTHER PEOPLE — BUT NOT FOR ME. I was simply the spectator of events that seemed to have been intended for somebody else. And recently, this has happened to me several times. IN EVERY CASE, I CAUGHT THE “TRANSMISSION” RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE DREAM-STATE — OR WHAT WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A DREAM. I am almost sure many people have noticed something similar in themselves: those strange fragments at the edge of sleep where a scene seems already to be running, although you have no idea where it came from or why you are seeing it. But reflecting on this gave me a much bigger idea. If, once in a while, I can apparently tune into SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOW — something completely unrelated to me — then what happens when I switch back to THE PROPER SHOW? AND BY “THE PROPER SHOW,” I MEAN THE ONE THAT IS THERE RIGHT FOR ME. If you see what I mean: ONCE I CAUGHT WHAT FELT LIKE SOMEONE ELSE’S TRANSMISSION, I STARTED TO WONDER WHETHER EVERYTHING I SEE AROUND ME COULD ALSO BE EXPERIENCED AS A KIND OF “TRANSMISSION.” And, naturally, part of those transmissions would then feel like “MINE” — MADE, ARRANGED, OR AT LEAST PRESENTED RIGHT FOR ME. That is the point where the idea becomes uncomfortable. Because suddenly I am not only inside the scene. I AM ALSO A SPECTATOR OF IT. And then the question becomes: WHAT EXACTLY AM I RECEIVING — AND WHY? WHAT IF I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THESE “TRANSMISSIONS” THROUGHOUT WHAT I CALL “MY WHOLE LIFE”? But there is another complication. YOU DO NOT MERELY WATCH THE SHOW. YOU HAVE TO INTERACT WITH THE SHOW YOU ARE RECEIVING. You put your emotions into it. You put your attention into it. You spend your energy on it. You react to what appears. You make choices because of it. And this is where the whole spectator idea becomes much stranger. BECAUSE THE FREAKING SHOW IS INTERACTIVE. YOU ARE NOT AN ABSOLUTE, DETACHED SPECTATOR. YOU ARE ALSO A CHARACTER INSIDE THE CONTENT YOU ARE WATCHING. Depending on what appears in front of you, you become frightened, hopeful, angry, fascinated, attached, disappointed, excited, attracted, defensive or convinced. So in that sense, you are both the spectator AND the puppet of the transmission. YOU ARE A DREAM-PUPPET INSIDE AN INTERACTIVE SHOW. EVEN IF, FROM TIME TO TIME, YOUR DREAM SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN “SENT TO YOU BY MISTAKE.” But sometimes we may discover that what we perceived as ROMANCE belonged just as much to ILLUSION, MIRAGE. And how much of “romance” existed inside “the transmission” each person was receiving? P.S. And yes — I probably have to admit one more thing. If I really am going to be “transmitted” material throughout this whole thing we call life — whatever “the whole thing” actually is — then perhaps it is not so surprising that some completely unrelated strangers occasionally appear in the feed too. Because this obligatory-watching nature of existence already includes a remarkable number of “bloggers,” “vloggers,” characters, stories, opinions and lives that I would NEVER have voluntarily chosen to watch. Apparently that, too, may simply be part of THE SPECTATOR GAME. ---- Original underlying composition and sound recording: “Steam” U.S. Copyright Registration: SRU000580242 Registration date: 2005-03-04 Type of work: Sound Recording and Music Copyright claimant: Tadeush Zhakhovskyy All rights reserved. © Duplication, reproduction, redistribution, re-uploading or other commercial use of this music, in whole or in part, without permission is not allowed. ☕ SUPPORT ELIGERE Enjoying ELIGERE? Help us make more. ELIGERE currently earns no income from YouTube, you can support the project here: https://ko-fi.com/eligere 🔔 SUBSCRIBE Please help ELIGERE reach 1,000 subscribers. #FutureHouse #Hardstyle2026 #ClubMusic