faces in the clouds podcast

Jazzy breakbeats, anyone?! Here's a little jam sesh I recorded Saturday evening as a pregame before a long night of dancing, intended for lazy Sunday recovery listening.

Its all about carefree, playful grooves. Jazzy, funky, soulful breakbeats, seasoned with a homemade psychedelic spice rub -- seared and pan-fried to medium-rare in a well-seasoned cast iron DJ skillet.

Best paired with a Bloody Mary. Enjoy your Sunday brunch! 🍳🥘🍄‍🟫🎹🥁🎺

Celebrating the solstice and the end of Gemini season with this impromptu mix, filled with deeply soulful uplifting house grooves.

All these tunes pass my feel-good vibe test and have been in my regular rotation lately, so I figured why not put them all together in a mix to enjoy this summer?

Its a mix of old and new, as far back as 2001 and as recent as last week, including tunes and edits by Jimpster, Antraum, Soul Clap, Kerri Chandler, Louie Vega, Moodymann, Kai Alcè, Wignomy Bros, and more.... pure summer vibes all day.

Enjoy!

Peace and love from Colorado... ✌️❤️ - Kev

Here's Volume 13 of my emotionally expressive mix series. Ongoing since 2012, these mixes tell stories based on my most meaningful life experiences. The entire process of compiling, mixing, and relistening is cathartic to me. This is how I close a chapter in order to have a blank new page to write the next story on.

About the narrative behind this mix:

This mix tells a tale of a beautiful love that blossomed rapidly, but unfortunately ended just as quickly as it began. It seemed as though it was all in the blink of an eye. What a journey, its one I know I'll never forget.

But the fact that things didnt turn out the way I hoped is okay with me. Sometimes, our final display of unconditional love toward someone is to simply let them go. We're all doing our best, and sometimes it just doesnt work out like we'd hoped.

Lets see what the universe has planned next....

I hope you enjoy the musical journey!

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(( Cover photo was captured by me in 2013 in Red Hook, Brooklyn NYC, as part of a series of images I captured using a wooden heart that I had found discarded in a trash pile. It was near some film studios so I think it was a theatrical prop of some kind. So I took that heart on a voyage around Brooklyn, looking for existing street art which the heart could be placed in front of, to create new art.

The concept was to find a more suitable home for that discarded heart. C'est la vie! ))

Here is a running Playlist of all the sets I've included in this series, including several sets that weren't officially part of the series, but are still relevant to my ongoing saga, and were compiled in the same manner by tapping into my memories and emotions:

💓onMySleeve Mix Diaries Playlist:

https://on.soundcloud.com/TouCl28T5k8XjTF2Mn

Another impromptu journey into deep house.

Deep, soulful, sundrenched, jazz-laced house music, with an uplifting and motivating spirit.

As the sunsets come later each day, something within me awakens from winter hibernation: gratitude.

So here's another "Feeling..." mix which portrays my inner weather forecast. Sunny and colorful. Orange, red, purple, and pink, to be exact. 😊

This one is all about momentum; embracing change, self-love, and building inner and outer strength, while embracing immense gratitude for each day.

There's also an ode to the sunset at the end, as chasing the sunset is a daily ritual which keeps me grounded and anchored to the beauty in life.

When in doubt, just look up to the horizon. There's nothing more hopeful than a beautiful sunset (or sunrise).

(Cover photo captured Feb 22 ,2026 in Broomfield, CO, USA.)

Here I am, doing what I do. Healing through music. This mix flows through the range of feelings I've worked through over the past month or so. Music is my emotional medicine, the conduit through which I fully process life's challenges (and triumphs, too!)

I'm grateful to have been gifted with this ability, rather than becoming stuck in place or avoiding the feelings all together, as many do. Around here, we go at those feelings head-on, dance through them, and let them go 🕊.

Everything in life is temporary, especially emotions.

Includes music by Larry Heard, Kerri Chandler, Fred Everything, Robert Owens, Steve Bug, Life On Planets, Subb-An, etc, etc.

Through the maze of emotions, onward and upward we must go! ↗️✌️

It's bitter-cold brick outside... but here's a light-hearted impromptu mix of some warm, uplifting, heart-felt, soul-enriching house music, featuring a bunch of tracks that have been in my rotation over here in recent weeks.

Features music by Jimpster, Jamie 3:26, Black Loops, musclecars & Toribio, Roland Clark, Mathew Jonson, Philippa, Jovontte, Picasso, etc etc.

Its all sunshine and rainbows. I hope the grooves help warm up your hearts and spirits during these frosty days..

🌞❤️

Some uplifting sunny wintry grooves with intermittent clouds drifting by. It is January, after all...

Its really all sunshine and rainbows 🌞🌈

Will leave this up for a week or so. enjoy...

Afterglow Sesh - Jan-17-2026 by Kev Obrien

kittyyy - slowdisco jam sesh - 12.15.25 by Kev Obrien

Just a fun jam session I played this afternoon during our chill New Year's Day hangout at home. Happy New Year to all of you, I hope you enjoy! This set is way outside of my normal musical realm, but it was fun to play something different to ring in the New Year.