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Jungle Ecstatic Dance 23.04.2022

Every journey I play is personal, and this is one of the most personal and meaningful journeys i have ever created.

The music sings for itself, but if you're curious, read on....

I've played in Berlin a few times in the past, but this time I felt called to create a more personal journey.

When I was young, i became aware of the public discussion around the issue of playing Richard Wagner in Israel, because Wagner was a "fanatical anti-semite" and his music was used by the Nazi regime. 

I felt then and feel now that his music stands by its own merit. There's also a meaning in the fact that a Jewish-Israeli DJ is choosing to play Wagner in Berlin out of his own will.

I've included excerpts from Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin), the 1987 film by Win Wenders, which has inspired me deeply since i watched it in the late 80s and throughout my life. 

I've also included both Israeli and contemporary German musicians, along with African, Brazilian, and other world music artists.


Gratitude to Bhavya Theissen for inviting me, Avram the soundman, Pascal de Lacaze and Esta Polyesta for their support, Christina Dohr who held the warm up workshop, Annika Bunt and Leopold Hutter for opening their homes and their hearts, Katharina Harnack, the team and all the dancers (we had over 100 !) who responded so beautifully to what I played.

Translation of the poem that appears in the beginning :

Song of Childhood (English) by Peter Handke

When the child was a child
It walked with its arms swinging,
wanted the brook to be a river,
the river to be a torrent,
and this puddle to be the sea.

When the child was a child,
it didn’t know that it was a child,
everything was soulful,
and all souls were one.

When the child was a child,
it had no opinion about anything,
had no habits,
it often sat cross-legged,
took off running,
had a cowlick in its hair,
and made no faces when photographed.

When the child was a child,
It was the time for these questions:
Why am I me, and why not you?
Why am I here, and why not there?
When did time begin, and where does space end?
Is life under the sun not just a dream?
Is what I see and hear and smell
not just an illusion of a world before the world?

Given the facts of evil and people.
does evil really exist?

How can it be that I, who I am,
didn’t exist before I came to be,
and that, someday, I, who I am,
will no longer be who I am?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Featuring:

Treeboga
Nato
Yemanjo, Miriam Makeba
Onipa
Galathea
Benjy Wertheimer
Thornato
Sammy Senior, Johnny Cash
Poirier, Jahrkon
Mike Rauss
Bobby McFerrin
Alma Negra
Abidoza, Sphectacula and DJ Naves, Focalistic
Afro B
Maga Bo
Richard Wagner
Alma Negra
Trio Ternura
Secret Guest, Laurent Simeca
Black Motion, Tabia, Caiiro
Hans Zimmer
Maga Bo, Sabo
Varrick Frost
Bengatronics
Max Richter


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Csattogó (SavaBorsa ReWork 2022)

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Запись мантры "Govinda Jai Jai" с совместного концерта 25.06.16 музыкальных коллективов Ramaloka и Живая Музыка ОМ. 

4. Живая Музыка ОМ + Ramaloka - Говинда Джей Джей (Мантра live 25.06.16)

I was looking for this song online a while back and eventually found it on an old HDD. This is MDR's own composition. Bageshri starts at around 2.00.


MD Ramanathan - Sagara Sayana Vibho - Bageshri

Concert at The Music Academy in 1969. Not too sure about the accompaniments.

KVN - Krishna Nee Begane - Yaman

I don't think this requires a description.

KVN - Varugalamo - Manji

In the bone dry deserts, in the scorching sun
It is the mirage, it is the chase
That keeps us alive.

Recorded live @ Babylon Escape Festival 08/09/2018
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Raga: Kapi
Composed by Kalki Krishnamoorthy

Poonkuyil - Kapi

Pallavi by P. Subrahmanyam Pillai
Instrumental- Nadaswaram


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Playlist for Ecstatic dance sessions during the Women Transmutation retreat on 18-19 July 2020.

El Sonido De La Naturaleza: Uno by Nature Sounds 
Tiden Inne (Mose Remix) by Baptiste Sejourne & Kama Lila Sol
Mother Deer(Severnoe Tsartstvo) by OchelieSoroki
From The Ground Up (Eo & Kyrstyn Pixton Remix) by Ayla Nereo
Nikogo Ya Ne Bousya by Boogrov Jamala & DakhaBrakha - Заманили (Morphom version)
My Power by Tierra Whack, Beyoncé & Moonchild Sanelly Feat. Nija
Hot Hands by Darius Bruxo (Jaja Remix) by Nicola Cruz
Cuatro Vientos (Rey & Kjavik Remix) by Danit
Spearmint by Dawncall
From Varanasi To Rishikesh by Tikki Masala
Flip Side of Perception by Mystique Wind

Ecstatic Dance Women Transmutation | Mix #2

ED "Feel" by Dj Kudrya, January 20

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