Mesmer Swivel from Observation Gentle by Vireme

# Mesmer Swivel

Rotational consciousness takes physical form when the headset clamps down. We discovered this track during an unauthorized session in the East Wing, where three participants were wired to the titular device—a retrofitted EEG apparatus that lets subjects redirect signal chains through simple thought patterns. The framework began innocently: prepared piano strikes mapped across the stereo field, each note corresponding to a different corridor in the facility.

But something unexpected happened around the four-minute mark. The signals began chasing each other—first clockwise, then in unpredictable spirals that seemed to gain sentience. Eszter had positioned contact mics at twelve equidistant points around the room, capturing this dimensional rotation as it physically manifested in space.

The swirling panic you hear midway wasn't planned—it's the actual sound of feedback overload when Subject 27 seized control of the routing matrix, causing all channels to fold inward on themselves. We kept recording through the chaos. The staccato bursts represent voltage spikes that temporarily knocked out power to half the observation deck.

What makes this piece unsettling isn't just its erratic nature, but how it gradually erases the line between controller and controlled. By the final movement, listeners find themselves wondering if they're directing the swivel or if it's directing them—exactly the sensation reported by original test subjects in 1962.

This stands as our most vulnerable transmission from Loamfold. The whistling overtones that flutter between speakers? Those appeared on playback. They weren't there during recording.

We scavenge the frequencies others discard. Broken equipment, mechanical failure, industrial decay—these are our instruments. Prepare for sonic trespass as we transmit from the abandoned Loamfold Facility. No melodies, only disruption.