Music for consenting adults

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BDSM Sessions The Ritual

Music designed to play as you play. Nine pieces, one unbroken evening, from the Red Room door to aftercare.

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To buy: the iTunes Store, £5.99 in the UK.

BDSM Sessions: The Ritual, album cover: crossed wrists bound in dark ribbon, a silver bangle catching blue light

Listen

Press play. Put the telephone down.

A scene has a shape: an arrival, a slow beginning, a height, and a gentle way back. Most playlists ignore it, and the wrong song at the wrong moment has undone more evenings than any knot. The Ritual was written in that order, so that the music changes when the evening does and nobody has to reach for a screen with one hand occupied.

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The running order

Nine tracks, in the order of an evening

  1. 1Red Room DoorThe threshold. The door closes, the lights go down and the rest of the world is dismissed.6:23
  2. 2PrepareTwo minutes to lay everything out: the cuffs, the limits, the stop word said aloud.2:16
  3. 3The RitualThe first instruction. Slow, deliberate and a little ceremonial, which is the point.3:59
  4. 4Subterranean PulseThe long one. Nearly eight minutes to settle into, and nothing in it to break your concentration.7:56
  5. 5InevitabilityThe pace gathers. You both know where the evening is going.3:39
  6. 6RushThe height of it.4:23
  7. 7PermissionAsked for, and granted.3:34
  8. 8Sub SpaceWeightless. Say very little and let it play.5:59
  9. 9AftercareA blanket, a glass of water, a hand on the shoulder. The most important three minutes of the evening.3:29

Who it is for

For two, for a room, for a set

For the two of you

Start it as the door closes. Forty-one minutes is a good length for a scene with a beginning and an end, and Aftercare tells you both, without a word, that it is time for the blanket.

For hosts

Play parties and dungeon evenings want music that fills a silence without demanding attention. Loop the album, or keep Subterranean Pulse and Sub Space for the long hours.

For DJs

Use it as a warm-up, a closing arc or a bed under a set. Buy the album for your library, or add it to a playlist. For anything bespoke, write to marquis@marquisdemayfair.com.

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Questions

Before you press play

What is BDSM Sessions: The Ritual?

An album of nine pieces by the Marquis de Mayfair, written to be played during a BDSM scene. The running order follows the shape of an evening: arrival, preparation, the scene itself, and aftercare. It lasts 41 minutes and 45 seconds.

Where can I listen to it?

It is on Spotify and Apple Music to stream, and in the iTunes Store to buy. It was released on 4 November 2026.

Why play it in order?

Because nobody should have to reach for a telephone in the middle of a scene. The nine tracks are sequenced so that the mood builds and comes down without anyone touching a thing: press play at the Red Room door and it will see you through to aftercare.

Will adverts interrupt it?

On a free Spotify account, yes. For an unbroken evening, use a paid streaming account or buy the album.

Is the album explicit?

No. The titles are suggestive and the music is not marked explicit on any store. It was written for consenting adults.

Can I play it at a play party or in a DJ set?

It was made with hosts and DJs in mind. It runs as one continuous arc for a scene of about forty minutes, or you may take single tracks: Subterranean Pulse and Sub Space are the long ones. Your venue's usual music licences apply.

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