The Metamorphic EP has a volcanic theme influenced by my travels to Iceland. During my time there, I saw snow covered volcanic peaks, black sand beaches and glaciers. I also visited the Lava Centre, which had simulations of volcanic activity and tectonic movement. Iceland has extraordinary land formations, and often it felt as if being on another planet. My trip was during the Summer Solstice, and I experienced 23h/day of sunlight the entire time, which was awe inspiring and surreal.  

Track three, Liquid, was made on the plane and while in Iceland. I went to an ice cream shop in downtown Reykjavik, and there was a kid who was exclaiming excitedly about the liquid nitrogen machine. Every time the machine was turned on and steaming, he would run up to the counter and shout, “Look, liquid!” His enthusiasm was contagious, and it seemed as though it connected all the patrons at the shop regardless of language barriers or cultural differences. I wanted to capture the moment, so I took a short video which I later sampled into audio, chopped up, and time stretched beyond recognition.

The EP drops on November 30th on Swamp Music which happens to be the same night I will be performing for the Purple Couch All Stars at The Black Box in Denver alongside Gladkill, PRSN, Cualli, Dillard, Av8trix, Precious Hill, Erothyme, Droplitz and Jason Burrus. Hope to see you there.

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Antandra is the moniker of music producer and performer, Jacob Louis. His sound can best be described as bass infused rhythms with suspenseful atmospherics and etheric melodies. He has released music on Merkaba Music, Jumpsuit Records, Swamp Music, Pure Perception Records, Transcendent Tunes, Visionary Shamanic Records, Maia Brasil Records, Quantum Digits Records, Ektoplazm, LostinSound, Elliptic Audio Research, and he's performed at Kinnection Campout, CoSM, Burning Man, Source, Unitus, Pangea, T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi Equinox and many more. Antandra has shared the stage with numerous world-class acts including Ott, Birds of Paradise, Hedflux, Bluetech, Desert Dwellers, Sixis, Kalya Scintilla, AtYyA and Globular.

"There are few producers in the American psychedelic bass music culture rising faster than Antandra."
—LostinSound

"Fans of the psychedelic bass of Ott, Liquid Stranger, Kalya Scintilla, and Bird of Prey are going to flip out over the tasty tribal delights spun by newcomer Antandra."
—The Untz

"I've been obsessing over Antandra's remix on Ayla Nereo's Hollow Bone Remixes album!"
—Anonymous

I like a very wide range of music and like to dig for new and interesting sounds.

☥ ╳I make a journey. You make a journey. We make a journey together╳☥ 
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

DJ Story is a side project of Jacob Louis aka @antandra. He has been producing/DJing since the late 90s. His music takes the listener on a journey to a different kind of place. It's a place where the facades and storylines that play out in our heads get flipped upside-down, and we can truly awaken to our absolute transcendence. It's a surrealistic place you can imagine yourself coming to over and over again. 

We are one global community lucid dreaming our stories into the matrix of light, and music goes beyond language barriers to convey deep spiritual meaning.  DJ Story's life experiences traveling through the multi-verse have inspired him to compose and produce activating transmissions through subgenres ranging from indigenous, ambient, dub, and glitch to house, breaks, psytrance, and techno.  

Story has performed at festivals and events such as Burning Man, Source, Telemagica, Mystic Garden Gathering, Synergenesis full moon gatherings, and desert raves on the lineup with artists including Ott, Bluetech, Beats Antique, David Starfire, LYNX & Janover, EOTO, Random Rab, Phutureprimitive, DJ Dragonfly, Tipper, Rara Avis, Cheb i Sabbah, Desert Dwellers.