CACAO BASS Vol. 3 - Imbolc 2022

I've been hesitant to share this publicly since I recorded it, because I know it's not for everyone. It is truly a sonic experiment that traverses a lot of vibrational terrain ... So I already know not everybody will vibe. 😅 Regardless, I had always told myself that it was only going to be for my ears & personal process, but it felt like the right time to make it public as we are currently in the depths of a Gemini New Moon portal. 🌑  A time for self-advocacy & path-forging. So, here we go. 

I originally recorded this as a means to process the death of my Father, and the near simultaneous birth of my Son, 2 months ago. The mythic-ness of the timing (or lack thereof) between these incredible life-events is something I could have never imagined would be possible, yet they both happened... and I was left in their wake to make sense of it all. There I sat in deep grief, accompanied by an almost overwhelming sense of joy.

In the sparse moments of free-time I was given after Rael was born, I found my fingers gravitating ... almost yearning towards specific sounds, tracks, and samples that truly seemed to resonate with what I was feeling. Lots of Jazz elements that might Father might've enjoyed in his younger years. Sounds ranging from the bold, experimental riffs of Sun Ra & his Arkestra all the way to the intricate, sometimes explosive compositions of King Crimson. 

There are obscurely minimal, yet melodic structures throughout, though they always find their resolution. I also utilized a good bit of manual pitch manipulation as a means to affect the overall emotional theme, which definitely causes certain tracks to become something else entirely. There are meditative, ambient spaces littered with symphonic over-tones that, at times, become encumbered by chaos & dissonance. The dissonance, I believe to be useful in that the energy of chaos is always followed by a release & surrender into stillness. So, somehow, if you are willing to ride it out, you can find yourself floating in a bed of feathers on the other-side of what might seem an unbearable experience. It's all purposeful.
Another piece to this set's curation is that, while it was coming together, I had envisioned a very intentional space within which it would be listened. A room full of candles ... or perhaps a crackling fire under a Full or New Moon, such as this one. A bowl of copal burning off to the side. A ceremonial circle of individuals gathered with the intention of healing, mending, and perhaps spelunking the depths of their psyche, aided by their medicine of choice. This set, of course, as the backdrop for the experience. 

Truly, it gets weird, and there is real opportunity to evoke the ancient, embodied-self. As the curator of this experience, I find within it ample opportunities for exploration of the mind, a disillusionment of self, and perhaps a re-imagining of one's own internal landscape. A re-visioning of what is possible to perceive as a human-being processing the shape of life. Maybe you'll find something different. Either way, I hope you enjoy the ride, and perhaps receive something of value from the journey. 

If you've taken the time to read this much, I assume you are a supporter of what I do ... and for that I am eternally, profoundly grateful. 🙏🏾

somewhere between the gates

darkness and light

A Morning Dance next to the River Loira in the city of Nantes, France with 100 ppl dancing under the cold winter sunlight and the energy of the First New Moon in Aquarius of the year...high vibes, smiles, beautiful connections! 

Had the privilege to play the first Ecstatic Dance of 2023 for another thriving community of Ecstatic Dance in France.

Gracias a Joze y Camila por abrirme el espacio para compartir con su comunidad! 

yozefcostarica.com

Nantes Dj Set 2023

Moon Mix

Moon Mix #234 -AMBIENT- New Moon in Leo - 2023/08/16

A naughty joy to play to 1000 people on the Friday Night of Medicine Festival 2023 with an ensemble of thirty Witch Clowns on Stage! Things got loose. 

Rave Ritual is somewhere between a shamanic ritual and a fierce rave. Bridging the worlds of the sacred and the absurd, our dances facilitate safe spaces for you to totally lose your shit, break free of the box, and express yourself with wild abandon. Allow your inner weirdo to breathe, and move as your body wants to, not as you think you should. 

“A wickedly divine creation. This is ecstatic dance with claws on. Joyful, naughty, heart-opening.”

Witch Clown @ Medicine Festival 2023

Ecstatic Dance at Embodiment Fest Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Gaia Dance Temple 29/12/2023

A Special Request is an all request mix. Guests submit playlists and accomplice takes it from there. This episode is an eclectic musical journey of Disco, Pop, Jazz, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Glam Rock, Soft Rock, Classic Rock, Country and Funk.

Tracklist:

ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (Clean)
Beyonce - COZY
Metric - All Comes Crashing
Etta James - At Last
Feist - How Come You Never Go There
Serena Ryder - Good Morning Starshine (Radio Edit)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (GAMPER & DADONI Remix)
Arcade Fire - Everything Now (Radio Edit)
Elton John - Bennie & The Jets (Clean) (Extended)
Lady Gaga ft Florence Welch - Hey Girl (Clean)
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (Clean)
Blue Rodeo - Lost Together
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (Clean) (Extended)
Bill Withers - Grandma's Hand (Disco Tech Edit)
Florence + the Machine - Dream Girl Evil
Pearl Jam - Black (2004 Remix)
Shakey Graves ft Esme Patterson - Dearly Departed (Clean)
Arctic Monkeys - Arabella (Clean)
Allan Rayman - December (feat. Adria Kain)
Kaleo - Way Down We Go
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Dixie Chicks - Long Time Gone 
Beyoncé - Daddy Lessons (feat. The Chicks)
Dear Rouge - Best Look Lately
Lady Gaga - Dancin' in Circles
The Civil Wars - I Had Me a Girl
The Black Keys - Wild Child
Holly McNarland - Numb
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats - You Worry Me
Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird
Sarah McLachlan - Good Enough
alt-J - Every Other Freckle
Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman

A Special Request 004 | Disco | Pop | Alternative | Indie | Soft Rock | Classic Rock | Country

Live @ Atmosphere Gathering 
Forest Stage

Live Recording by ElementalRhythm

Cumberland, BC, Summer 2015

Sunday Afternoon at the Forest Stage~ 


artwork by CRYPTIK

Live at Atmosphere

Moonlight 
is sculpture, 
sunlight 
is painting.
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This mix should in fact be on my other soundcloud page. For more sounds that are more alligned with this mix, go to soundcloud.com/ruairi111

Ruairí - Spectral Gardens (mix)

NO MAN'S LAND Playlist – June 6 + June 13, 2019

Tune in locally on CIUT 89.5 FM every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm (EST) and listen live online at www.ciut.fm

ARTIST - TRACK
Tool - Intension
The Do - Laulelet (Martha & Ninze Edit)
Basher Toe - Gotas del chamaleon
Drumspyder - Salamander (Shankara Remix)
beatfarmer - Speaking with the Wind 
Omerar Nanda - Some God Ruled It (Original Mix)
Munn - Tan Simple (Nicola Cruz Remix)
WALA & Devin Kroes - Sapna
Goopsteppa - Midnight (ATYYA Remix)
Minnesota - Stardust Redux (Nanda Remix)
Mr Squatch - The Squatch Expands Life (Kalya Scintilla Remix)
Kaminanda - Philosopher's Stone
Needze - Hadze
Livia Andrei x Valentin Ilie - Moon Chant (Foxall Remix)
Shankara - Planck Epoch
Iorie - Don’t Know
Jpattersson - Rakoon Riddim (Superpendejos Remix)
Rabih Rizk - Samhain (Zuma Dionys Remix)
OME x Kuumba x DILOB - Presente
Arutani - Self Portrait (O/Y Remix)

No Man's Land

NO MAN'S LAND - June 6  + June 13 - Radio Mix 2019

Djing/producing since 1997, Toronto-born accomplice is well known genre slut from his early days of holding down residencies with iDJ, and Junglist Fridays at Blue Dog, both in Montreal. Now associated with the Breakbeat Massive, while residing in Seoul, South Korea, accomplice  was regularly featured at one off events in and around Seoul such as Pentaport, a monthly resident at the legendary Vinyl Underground in Busan, and a resident of Konkrete Jungle Seoul at Club Cargo.  Currently located in cottage country, accomplice continues to rock dance floors in unexpected ways.

Releases:
2008 - CC001R - Celestial Conspiracy - Waterwings EP
2009 - SUB007 - Substruk Records - Babylon EP
2010 - BLUDCLOTdigital005 - Bludclot Recordings - Loose
2010 - Monkey Dub Records - My Sound
2010 - Steppaheadz Recordz - Freedom Will Come

Mail me: jamieson@accomplicated.ca
Booking: booking@accomplicated.ca
Management: management@accomplicated.ca

A Special Request 004 | Disco | Pop | Alternative | Indie | Soft Rock | Classic Rock | Country

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