I am called and grateful and blessed to hold space and play at these transformational events, and this was yet another very meaningful journey.

Deep gratitude to Amos, Barak, the team, and the dancers.


Highlights:

- Yiddish Downtempo, Israeli-Yaman folk, Jewish Klezmer and other local touches
- Remixes and covers of Bjork, Ray Charles, Nirvana and others
- A high-octane and soulful african tech-house song by Black Motion
- An organic Latin cover of a cheesy dance/pop song from the 90s
- An Indian-Classical one-song-journey by Anoushka Shankar

Featuring:

tetouze
Rafael Aragon
Inner Forest
The Human Experience
L'Entourloop
Baba Guzamba, 
Noa (Ahinoam Nini) 
Million Stylez, 
Thornato
Thomas Vent
Mike Rauss
Al Lindrum & Frederik Bohling
Kabanjak
Ghetto Funk Allstars, 
Ray Charles
Gramatik & Balkan Bump
ICHI
Bjork, M.Rux
Ramin Djawadi, 
Nirvana
Paki Palmieri
Black Motion, Tabia, Caiiro
Sergio Fernandez
Gregor Salto, Sergio Mendes, Simon Fava
Mo' Horizons
Shanti People, 
Droplex
Anoushka Shankar
Mark Eliyahu
Ruff Libner - Travelling Didjeridoo


#212

Ecstatic Dance TLV israel 04.01.22

Japan Underground Basement Set
Tsugaike Mountain 
Feb 25th, 2023

Late night at underground speakeasy in Japan. 
Loud, full, and big energy all around.
This set is a bit flirty, a bit dirty, a bit dark, a bit bright eyed, a bit of all of it.

Tanoshimi
Arigatō

Not the best of mixable transitions as this was a set done on the fly and I threw together as the crowd vibed, still had a hell of a time and it was wildly loud enough for no one to hear the bloopers.

**((愛している: jApAn::BaSEmEnT))**

Meta_ is Mariana Bragada, a singer, composer, and producer from the region of Trás-os-Montes in Northern Portugal. Her debut album, XIV - A Integração, is intimate and organic, with deeply emotive vocals and acoustic instrumentation, yet at the same time heavily features electronic production with deep bass and atmospheric soundscapes. She brings together elements of organic downtempo and trip-hop with ancestral wisdom and yearning vocals that express her hardships and fantasies while reflecting her Portuguese roots. 

XIV- A Integração is the sonic journey of Meta_, born in Trás-os-Montes Portugal, from her roots to South America. 
In 2019 she traveled to Pucallpa, Peru, where she had the opportunity and honor to connect with the Ayahuasca medicine plant and be in the presence of a family of Maestros and Maestras from the Shipibo tribe. Coincidentally, in the following 2 weeks, she performed Live Sound Design for Theatre shows of UmColetivo in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Montevideo, Uruguay. 
This album is Meta_'s ode to Mother Earth and the human experience, highlighting the symbiosis of organic sound with electronics, tied together with her unique voice. 
Emotions, visions and lyrics are expressed in 3 languages ​​- Portuguese, Spanish and English. It is in this complementarity that a unique sonic universe is created, born of Portuguese ancestry united with the internal and external journeys of Meta_ across the world. 
The songs were written, composed and sung by Meta_ with 2 international collaborations - Labaq (Brazil) and Bom Beijo (Sweden) and percussionist Manu Idhra (PT). Meta_ produced the album, with Bom Beijo jointly producing 7 songs. 
This is the space for integrating Meta_'s life lessons. Beyond duality, this album is based on the colorful, intimate and empowering spectrum of revealing yourself to the world, just as you are, with fears, dreams, pain and love. It’s about death, about life, about being here. 
It was in South America that Meta_ was born again and, so far from the land where she lives, she felt at home. It is with this journey and its alchemy manifested in the album, that the common and cross-border value that music has of union, ancestry and healing is visibly awakened. 
“I use the roots as wings, I will be a flying tree.” 
credits
released May 19, 2023 

Instrument & Voice Recordings- Bragança, in my family’s backyard kitchen (2020), Porto (2021), Sertã, Passaria- Martin and Juliana’s House (2022) 
Voice Recording- with Pedro Pulga in SoundHill Studios, Porto, Portugal 

Mixing: Cláudio Tavares 
Mastering: Yosi Horkiawa 
Design: Clau Smith 
Photography Cover: Ana Marta Dias 
Tapestry- João Freitas, amargo, Ruben Roxo, Meta_ 
Card Photography Team- Makeup- Ruben Roxo, Styling- Gonçalo Vieira , Vídeo- Flávio Silva, Jewerly- Mariana Castro, Vibes- Sofia Costa, Frederico, João Freitas, Support- Bernardo Bacalhau, Daniela Gandra - Aldeia de Couce, Porto 

Card inspired by VisionQuest Tarot by Gayan S. Winter and Jo Dose

Order 12" Yellow Vinyl

Meta_ TapesTree of the Soul

Elementals

Wasted Youth

Last Time

This set is inspired by a recent Ecstatic Dance that i played here in NYC> at Judson Church and opening ceremony up at mysteryland on the original woodstock 69' grounds at the healing garden.  Here i give you a glimpse of that journey. Straight global beats from around the world, heavy on the latin, brazilian, arabic, soul, african and deep grooves. Recorded live in NYC. Enjoy. 

Tracklist:
Humano- Lido Pimienta (el buho remix)
R Vincenzo- Electrotranse Do Alto Rio Negro
Rodrigo Gallardo- Agua de la Tierra (Nicola Cruz Remix)
el buho-schuvia
super grupo colombia- La cumbia del chinto (dengue dengue dengue remix)
jose Larralde- Quimey Neuquen (Chacha Via Circuito remix)
Caetano Veloso- Tom (Spaniol Remix)
Peter Power -Sun Sun Damba
Brazilian Shakedown Carrot Green


What Dreams May Come

El 34

Ecstatic Dance Liveset by Iradi 19 Nov 2017

Following the paths of precious sounding, we find ourselves in a mysterious place ... Cutting the sky, the images of stars falling from heaven enclose us in their wise arms ... Breathing Ajna ... Inhale, exhale ... The moon, towering above the mountain peaks, with its silver radiance forms a tree whose roots go deep into the being. Hermit musician who, using sacred sounds, creates a beautiful piece that has become the new chapter of Fairy Tale 2020 Happy New Year, friends are even better with Love and respect Vadimooov

Следуя путями драгоценного звучание, мы оказываемся в загадочном месте...Разрезая небосвод, образы упавших с небес звезд заключают нас в свои мудрые объятия..Дыша Аджной...Вдох, выдох...Луна, возвышаясь над горными вершинами, своим серебряным сиянием формирует древо, корни которого уходят в самую глубь существа. Музыкант-отшельник , который при помощи священных звуков создает прекрасное произведение, ставшее новой главой Сказкой 2020 С новым годом друзья дальше еще лучше с Любовью и уважением Vadimooov

2020

❆Happy ✵New Year✵ 2020❆

GET FUNKY!

Hi im 2Melo, djay, musician and maker of magick based in NYC. Cofounder of legendary global bass collective Cumba Mela, founder of JunXion NYC and producer of Ecstatic Dance NYC, Fine purveyor of global bass, transnational grooves and magical happenings.
contact and booking: mike@junxion.nyc