My man!! Feeling that🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

On Friday, October 1st, Tropical Events turned 23 in Portland, at our 90th in-person event since October 1998!

Third in the order was Ben Annand, Tropical's resident DJ and founder

From Ben, this was my favorite set I've played so far in 2021.  I've been playing selectively at just 1-2 parties a month since things re-opened, and have been enjoying the chance to focus on each one more.

It is truly my goal to make each set unique and and the very highest-level I am capable of.  Striving for perfection we always fall short but still achieve a higher result than if we settle for mediocrity. 

Every chance to share music with dancers counts, and I feel that even more after the pandemic wiped all gigs out for a year and a half.

My favorite compliments on my set on site were one that it was varied, and the other that I don't wait around for tracks to end to mix.

Regarding variety, I used to take dancers on a more linear journey from here to there, but the last few years I've been celebrating the diversity of my music collection and have been changing styles up more.  Main thing doing this is to keep the overall energy level relatively steady through tracks of different styles with subtle bumps up and down - and I am very pleased with the results from this night. 

Musically this set starts off soft and vocal, then gradually goes back and forth between vocal and more techy and acidy tracks with energy a bit up and down towards a more energetic, rave-influenced finish ;)

Regarding not waiting for tracks to end to mix, that's usually true I don't play most tracks al the way out, with some exceptions of course.

I just find it absolutely boring both as a DJ, and as a dancer to hear 7 minutes of a track, with the last 30 seconds mixed out as a loop into the new track.  

I'm more moved by a skillful blend of two tracks that creates something more interesting and dynamic in the blend than heard separately, so I try my best to mix that way.  And let's face it, I'm there to work :)

Track Listing:

1		Glow (Steve Banks Remix)	Matt Prehn, Marcia Alves	
2		Back In Time (Jay West Remix)	Timothee Milton	
3		What We Do (Original Mix)	Sven Tasnadi	
4		Our Love (Christian Burkhardt Remix)	Giorgio Moroder	
5		Tunnel Vision - James Dexter, Arkady Antsyre
6		Can't Keep Up - Redondo, Sideburn, MC Chase
7		Ohh Do It Too - Ray Okpara, Jørge	
8		Keep It To Myself - Boris Werner	
9		Culture - James Dexter	
10		Simplicity (Mihai Popoviciu Remix)- SEDDON (UK)	
11		Difference - Mihai Popoviciu	
12		Galaxy - James Dexter, Leonardo Gonnelli	
13		Fiducia (Mihai Popoviciu Remix - Pornbugs
14		You've Got Me (feat. Linda Axelsson)Linda Axelsson, Col Lawton
15		Pupsik (Boris Werner Remix) - David Gtronic	
16		Make You Whole (Smokin Jo Dub) - Andronicus 
17		Who Got The Power - Col Lawton	
18		Corktown  - Marlow	
19		Escalateher  (Terry Francis Dirty Boy Rerub) - Hive71, Jake Beautyman	   	
20		Hola - Christian Burkhardt

You can check out Ben Annand's Soundcloud at @benannand
Follow Ben on IG here: www.instagram.com/benannand/
Like Ben's Artist Page at: facebook.com/benannandmusic

Pictures from the event are here: tinyurl.com/trop23pics

Tropical's next up is our most decadent event ever! 18-Bedroom Mansion Party in Palm Springs, CA Oct 28-31, 2021.

For info please request to join the group here:

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Ben Annand at Tropical 23-Year Portland, OR Oct 1 2021

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1 Canadian Geese (Extended Mix) - Ali Wilson, Matt Smallwood	
2 Jam On This (Original Mix) - Doc Martin, Hipp-E
3 Phatty (Extended Mix) - Rene Amesz, Jasper Clash
4 White (Loco & Jam Remix) - Andres Camp
5 Iyewaye (Loco & Jam Remix) - Oliver Koletzki
6 Break It Down (Original Mix) - Loco & Jam
7 Breathe (Original Mix) - Loco & Jam
8 Hologram (Loco & Jam remix) - Danny Fontana
9 Invent (Extended Mix) - Muzzaik
10 Godmother (Extended Mix) - Steve Mulder, Rafa Barrios
11 The Shadmock (Extended Mix) - Groovebox
12 Burning feat. Monce (Original Mix) - Monce, Paride Saraceni	
13 A Pinch Of Spice (Original Mix) - Loco & Jam
14 Don't Worry (Maxinne Remix) - Brokenears
15 Music Takes Control (Extended Mix) - Cami Jones, Maxinne
16 We Are The Beat (Maxinne Remix) - Defex, blondewearingblack
17 Take Flight feat. Celeda (Extended Mix) - Celeda, Denney, Dean Mickoski
18 Runnin' For The Rhythm (Extended Mix) - Funkerman, Tania Foster
19 Zorro (Extended) - Jaded, Carlita
20 It's On Fire (Original Mix) - Jordano Roosevelt, Maxinne
21 Detonate (Original Mix) - Loco & Jam
22 Snapper (Original Mix)- Leon 82

Goth Grandpa Mix 11 17 2022

I suffer the curse many DJs I know suffer, the curse of never getting our sets recorded! So I realized it's been a long time since I had done a studio mix, so I spent the week recording and listening and nothing came out right. Then I decided to reflect on my journey as a DJ and as human being. The moment that truly changed everything for me was the moment I found Terence Mckenna when I was in the 8th grade. Though that was a few years before I ever spun a jog wheel, it is the moment my journey began, and recently I purchased a record off of my friend with an excerpt from Alien Dreamtime, so I said this is where I will start my mix! Hope you enjoy, I feel like this set really captures my journey as a human and is a pretty good snapshot of my style as a whole, though my deep house side is a bit under represented here I would say. 

Set List
1. Speaking in Tongues (Live in S.F. February 1993) - Space Time Continuum 
2. Los Totoros - Javier Labarca
3. Paris (Mihai Popoviciu Remix) - Alex Connors, Hardy Heller
4. Tweak the Train - Quivver
5. Make Revolution - Yamagucci
6. Sink or Swim - Tom Demac
7. Madness (Cold Miles Remix) - Los Paranos
8. Perc Allucination - Ozur Crystal
9. It's Too Late To Call The Police - Mike Spirit, Starving Yet Full
10. Bowser (Broken Synth Mix) - Lucien Jack
11. Twi-ces (Edit) - :Terry:
12. Spectral - Nestor Arriaga
13. Te Henga (Jonny Cruz Remix) - Jayson Miro
14. Give me that Bass (Bastian Kay Remix) - Danny Nectar
15. El Vagabundo (feat. Pablo J) - Weisza 
16. Chico Sol - Pancho Piedra
17. Boom Room - GruuvElement's
18. Firebox (Stefano Noferini Remix) - Emery Warman
19. Magdalena - Fredo Guerre
20. Felicidade Sim - Giuliano Rodrigues 
21. Voyage - Nadja Lind
22. Bending Lights - Kai Vice
23. In This Room - Sonic Dust, Ratsouk
24. Fog FM - Anthony Naples
25. Wo Wei (Jerome Sydenham Remix) - Shinedoe
26. Somebody Else (Antrim Remix) - Artfaq
27. Binary Awakening - Tripswitch, Nanoplex

Cover Art Edit by Chase Williams

Gear Used:
Sources:
-1x Technics 1210 M5G with Ortofon Nightclub
-2x CDJ 2000nexus
-2x CDJ 2000nexus2
Mixer: Condesa Carmen V
FX: Ninja Tune Zen Delay

routed to Universal Audio Apollo Twin recorded via Logic Pro X

Define And Refine Vol. 1 (Decade DJ Anniversary Celebration)

Played out at the very first Teleport Festival in the Mojave Desert.

Teleport

Primordial resonant frequencies to make you move. Be the frequency. Be here now. Cymatic frequencies for shapeshifters. The music you have been looking for. Funky mix of electronic music for your soul. The purpose of life is to be happy. If you look for beauty you will find it everywhere. Fight back with love. Do your own critical thinking. Do good things when no one is looking. The truth can't be stopped. MUSIC IS THE WEAPON.

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Sun Worship festival, Bellingham, Wa [6/23]

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Its been a while.  This is a collection of some of my more "Jacking" stuff

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What a pleasure and an honor to play alongside my talented friends from Moontribe once again. The smiles and kinetic vibes on the dancefloor were something to behold. Here is my two-hour closing set for your enjoyment. Live in Love!
Photo Credit: Kris Simonsen

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