Nmesh – Welcome To Warp Zone! (2014)

October 8, 2023

I was searching RYM on the off-chance it had a listing already in place for Sam Powell’s work on the Sega Genesis Jurassic Park soundtrack when this DJ session came back in the search results (it samples one of the tracks from the Sega JP OST). What a happy little coincidence then, because this opened up an impromptu 4 hour journey that I listened to over the course of the rest of the day whilst working from home.

Welcome To The Warp Zone mixes all sorts of things together but primarily consists of snippets of old video game music mixed with that kind of “far away” sampling you get in nostalgic vaporwave albums. Towards the end, the pattern fractures more and more, allowing more ambient / moody pieces of music to take over. This works really well as you get a bit sleepy, and perhaps lose track of time. “How long have I been listening to this thing!?”

That is until a sample from the end of Mr. Bungle’s California album snaps you out of your trance lol

All in all, I really enjoyed this mix. Great stuff.