2025 Mixes

A collection of my best sets from the festival circuit, ranked by popularity, enjoy!

Ben Annand Festival Bests

This Classic Tropical House Set was recorded the old fashioned way - on 2 Technics 1200s.

Enjoy the music and memories, occasional pops, clicks and a skip :)

Comments welcomed, shares appreciated, please don't forget to favorite the sounds you like on Soundcloud <3

Ben Annand - All Vinyl Set -  Live at Dubtribe Sound System by Distant Beat, LA, CA March 23, 2013

Track List

1	Pion - Septembar (Ilias Katelanos Remix)	
2	Spencer Parker - I Love Nobody Else (David Labeij Remix)	
3	Davide Squillace, Guti - The Other Side Of Hustler 
4	Mauro Picotto, Riccardo Ferri - Bespoke (Julien Chaptal Remix)	
5	Mladen Tomic - Happiness 	
6	Oliver Lieb, Every - Feelin' (Summer (Brendon Collins) Remix)		
7	Dirt Crew - Sweeter
8	Okain, Hector - Tacos & Frogs
9	Daniel Poli & Rico Casazza - Soul Dance	
10	Gion - You (Harold Heath Remix)	
11	Tigerskin, Till Von Sein - 7477 featuring Till von Sein	
12	Carlo Gambino - Makes You Want Me (Al Bradley's 3am Deep Remix)		
13	The Messenger - From the Soul
14	Mihai Popoviciu, Toygun - Closer
15	Mia Wallace, My Boy Elroy - I Can Show You This (Julien Sandre Remix)	
16	Peter Corvaia - Wreck It
17	Marko Nastic - Meaning (Giuseppe Cennamo Night Mix)		
18	Marc DePulse - Westbalkon (Alex Q Remix Instrumental)	
19	Richard Empire - The Void (Sami Wentz Remix)		
20	Johan Ilves, Migova - Masquerade (Sebastian Davidson Remix)		
21	Hans Thalau - 005.1 
22	Sick Live - I Like That (DJ Haze Fuktup Dub)		
23	Javier Orduna, Inigo Oruezabal - Scent of a Woman (Gion in the Future Remix)		
24	Aga - Dark Skies
25	James Barnsley - Super Swinging Sounds (Andrade Remix)		
26	Dan Curtin - Its What You Wanted (Digital Exclusive)		
27	Flavio Folco - Documentary (Gery Otis Remix)		
28	Highest Sound Levels - Stars Flames During The Apocalypse (Rmx)		
29	Patrick Bateman - Club Queen (Billy Johnston & Gennaro Mastrantonio Remix)		
30	Luna City Express - Nut Talk
31	Jamie Anderson, Louis Osbourne - Electric Voodoo (Jamie Anderson Drums Mix)		
33	Moti Brothers - After Room		
34	C.e.l.l.u, Mad_Us	- Beginning
35	Ethyl, Huxley - Reflexions (Aybee Mix)		
36	Nivek Tsoy - Denied 	
37	Helly Larson - Walk Along 
38	Tigerskin - Miles High	
39	Jens Bond - The Faith
40	Peter Corvaia - Evening Influence		
41	Frank Donner, Matthias Naasner - Dream Come True (Rainer Weichold & Matt Keyl Remix)	
42	Skitish - Red Rose		
43	Einmusik - Jabloko 	
44	Ludwig Coenen - Frontline
45	Tanzmann & Stefanik - Basic Needs
46	Milton Jackson, Sei A - Jinzou (Manuel Tur Remix)		
47	Earth Dueley - More Like Everyone Than Anyone
48	Miro Pajic - Demon Kiss (Duky's Condemned Remix)		
49	Duky, Loquace - Sweet Temptations
50	Matt Star - Keep On Groovin (Mark Henning Remix)
51	Little Fritter - Fifteenth Avenue Funk
52	Nima Gorji - Music is culture	
53	Edmund - Inside Of My Head	

Live from the spectacular Desert Hearts 1 Year Anniversary at La Jolla Indian Reservation in Southern California, this set weaves deep house and tech house over 3 hours plus from 9pm to a little past midnight on the closing night of the festival.

It was an honor to play such an amazing event!  Thanks to the Desert Hearts crew - Kristoff, Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds, Matt (Marbs), David (Porkchop), Ryan (Deep Jesus), and what must have been 100+ volunteers to make the party all that it was.  I don't think I've ever seen so much art at an event, super impressive feel and vibe around all the art pieces and deco elements present.  Everyone was buzzing about it.  Such excellent organization and signage everywhere, it was really a sight to behold.  Many people were shocked by the high level of production at this event and the only reason I wasn't is that I have been to the 2 prior Desert Hearts events and also collaborated twice with the crew as "Tropical Hearts" - so... I had a feeling about this one :)  My expectations were high, and were still exceeded...

Last I want to thank the DH crew for letting me extend my set in Treavor's absence (his flight from Canada was cancelled) rather than filling in with someone not on the lineup.  I am biased of course but I believe you made the right call :)

* Photo by Piak Boonlert

Ben Annand Live at Desert Hearts One Year Anniversary, November 10, 2013

My return to Moontribe after 4 years!  Hey it ain't so easy to pull off living in Oregon... but good news, my venue booking business has me in California at least once a month so far this year :)

Anyway, it was great to be back!  For a March Full Moon this was a little more intimate than I was expecting - still a few hundred people there on a beautiful Thursday night though!

Musically this is on the faster,(130bpm) harder end of my range.  I did also slip in some breakbeats at the beginning and in the middle.

A lot of people haven't heard me play this style, and I always get a couple surprised comments when I play like this.  It's good to keep people on their toes!

I'll post the track list soon, but it takes a minute, and I wanted to get this up before it gets late :)  

I had a really great time here, and I danced for hours.  It was the first time I'd been in front of a huge system since the pandemic, sounded so good out there!  

Hope to be back for more soon  :)

Ben Annand Live FMG March 2022

My Full Moon 29-Year Story  

Alright alright I’ve got a new set for you and it’s part two of the infamous Moontribe 29-year kimono set that I previously may have made some waves about but hey, Tropical is my party, waves and kimonos for the win!

Why am I posting part two first?  A few reasons, some background first.  This set had many challenges. I made a great playlist for it from my entire collection, did everything except export to usb, and then my logic board failed the next day.  Bye bye playlist!

So I rebuilt, as we do.  But with limited time my rebuild was limited to the last year of music, as well as some brand new music.  On top of that, I had convinced myself that my sets at Teleport and Moontribe were at exactly the same time - 10pm to midnight.  I think I told like 30 people this too :)  And of course I made my playlists - even the old one that disappeared - based on the 10-12 time frame

Sunday morning I look at the directions email and my set is listed at 6:00-8:30pm.  I thought it had maybe been changed on me then checked my message thread and I’ve just totally made up the 10-12 thing :) 

Point is that close to summer solstice 6:00-8:30 is a daytime set into sunrise while 10-12 is night-time ascending energy - they are drastically different energetically.  

So I made another new fricken 29-Year playlist based on my music of the past year, daytime into sunset.  I decided both ahead of time and on the dance floor that this Moontribe needed some trippy desert house music so that was the first hour.  

I’m releasing this second half first, because it’s a little more along the lines that I had intended my set to be, and more diverse musically as it ranges from minimal to techno to tribal to broken beat and a bit progressive.  It’s the more unique half and more distinct from what I already have posted on Soundcloud too.

I will release the first half next Thursday, and then they will also flow together in correct order fro my Tracks section :)

Thank you Rithers for the lovely mastering job!  

I think I’ll be back at Full Moon in August, not 100% sure though - here is what I can officially announce is coming up:

July 22 Stone Junction Bar, Garberville, CA 
July 24 Eudream Campout, Oakridge, OR
August 5 Dubtribe, Garth and Ben Annand, Los Angeles, CA
August 10 Dance Klassique, San Diego, CA 
August 19/20 United Undivided, Denver, CO
August 22 Space Taco Tuesdays, Pomona, CA 
August 26/27 Utopia Festival, Salem, OR

Ben Annand - Moontribe 29-Year - June 2022 Part 2

One of my most emotional mixes, this set was recorded Live at Subtract open Air party just outside of LA (Valley) in an absolutely chaotic time for me.  Two days after my only lover of 16 years and wife of 12 told me she didn’t love me anymore and I went to LA with my daughter to process it.  It was also my first time back in LA since moving from there in 2019, and first time seeing/staying with my family since the pandemic.  Unsurprisingly I had trouble keeping myself together in these circumstances.

So suffice to say there are a lot of feelings in this set.  It would have actually been yet moodier but there was a hiccup on start time at this party that changed my set (2nd in order and rt before Doc Martin)  from early-ish to peak.  But it is still an emotional journey, at least for me :) 

It's my break-up set, and those can be powerful.  I'll never forget DJ Heather's at Tropical 2-Year Anniversary in LA in 2000.  It was raw and full of feels and one of my favorites, but I didn't get approval to release, I think it was too personal.

I like to play with the mix of dark and light generally - being a positive person and eternal optimist I overall lean towards light.  This set of course a unique moment in time for me.  It starts more moody and breaks through into the light, also reflecting a transition from more techy opener Bellhop to housier Doc Martin, and a balance of hosts Subtract and Sublevel.  Yeah, I think about all these things :)

It felt so good to be in LA at the party, seeing friends I hadn’t seen in years, feeling supported and loved!  In a euphoric moment towards the end I actually caught air behind the decks - not too often my feet leave the ground back there the way I mix, but Armando Kroma thankfully caught this on camera.  It was the hopeful part of summer 2021 for events and everyone was feeling it -  soon after Delta variant kinda wiped things out again.  

So why didn’t I release this set earlier?   I actually tried.  I had it mastered by Brian Saitzyk, but tbh for about 10 minutes in the middle my attention to my levels was poor in all the emotion and excitement and I pushed the pioneer mixer a bit so there’s a bit of crunchiness that can’t really be mastered out.  

So then I re-recorded it.  I don’t like to do this, I like the way I mix live better, as well as for the live set really to be the live set.  But sound quality is a factor so I did the re-record.  But then never released it.  I also was planning to push the set so the Delta V perhaps another reason I paused on set release...

Maybe too much time just went by.  Maybe it was too emotional for me as turmoil in my life continued.  Things worsened in my marriage, poly definitely did not work, dating after 15 years and a pandemic neither easy nor the focus I really wanted.  I made a lot of progress getting my groove back and enjoying my life in 2022 until my mom became ill very suddenly June 2022 and passed in September. 

Anyway here we are, I am releasing things, moving on in my life and starting to feel my fire again.  

As such I am releasing this set!   This is the original live version lightly mastered for overall levels by Brian Saitzyk.   If the audio quality is compromised some for emotion that’s an accurate reflection of my state anyway, and it’s really just a little fuzzy in a small part of the set anyway.  So, live and raw it is!  

Big thanks to Anton for bringing me, Brian Saitzyk for mastering, Mikey B for commiserating with me, Doc Martin and Andrew Bellhop for playing great sets before and after me, and all my friends for uplifting me (literally this time!), and Armando for catching that moment I broke through into pure joy <3

Ben Annand Live in LA at Subtract/Sublevel Open Air with Doc Martin - July 31, 2021

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Many thanks to @Rithma for the beautiful mastering job! 

Lightning in a Botttle 2022 was my first big festival after the pandemic and it was HUGE - more than 30,000 people.  I played Thursday night and there were only 3 stages going and already 18,000 people there.  This set was played on the Junkyard stage to I don't know maybe 1500-2000 people - a secondary stage became pretty main, and the mains of course were nuts at this fest.

I knew exactly where was going with this set, coming out of the pandemic with pure unbridled euphoric house vibe on the edge of underground and mainstream.  People were freaking out, it was so so so lovely there I can't even tell ya ♡♡♡  

Incredible experience and before I go any further let me thank Jesse and Dede Flemming for throwing the whole shebang, and Patricio for curating the Junkyard stage formerly known as Favela Bar.

DJing is an art, or it should be.  I'm not just transitioning tracks, I am almost always playing with tracks together with very short gaps in between. I spend far more time in the mix of two tracks than out.  

DJing is also a performance, particularly at a festival, and to be honest I'm way more natural musically than as a performer.  I think the most important thing is how a mix sounds listening back - lots of the more 'showy' sets I can't get through live let alone listen to later.

BUT PERFORMANCE IS STILL IMPORTANT!  People want to see the DJ having fun, and that's not always natural for me.  

LIB has been a great confidence builder for me, my sets have steadily improved and my DJ energy even more :)  It's become home for me and I have a really nice following there after 5 years straight.

Much credit to the amazing sounding DJ booth provided by Todd Anisman of ChinoSound - who became Tropical's sound guru right after the first tome I played in 2016 - I felt my groove and put on at least a decent show along with a really nice house set.  

MUCH LOVE TO THE ARTISTS FOR THE TRACKS I WOVE TOGETHER - I hope you also listen and enjoy my art ♡♡♡  
Credit where credit's due, and bite my style all you want, it's super flattering and more importantly gives exposure to artists who likely get less than they deserve.  

Special shout out to Kevin McKay who I've been following since 90s Glasgow Underground - always one if my fave vinyl labels - for the peak moment in the middle of this set when the crowd absolutely exploded for 'Move Your Body'.  

And another to Christian Burkhardt for appearing the most in my track list - I guess you know who my favorite producer is lately :).
 
But really, really, all these tracks and artists are super great, please look up and support  

Track List LIB 2022:   Artist - Track (remixer)

1 - Mosta - Paeonia (Lauhaus Remix) 

2 - Milos Pesovic - Don’t Scream

3 - Lauhaus, Maria Franca - Physical

4 - Giorgio Moroder - Our Love (Christian Burkhardt Rmx)

5 - James Dexter, Artslaves - Play On

6 - Chris Wood, Meat, Christian Burkhardt, BMW - Music

7 - Jorjick Croes, Kenny Kelly - Alma & Cuerpo (Shawn Jackson Rmx)

8 - Chris Wood, Meat, Christian Burkhardt, BMW - Super Sync

9 - Christian Burkhardt - In Today’s World

10 - LouLou Players - She Calls (Extended Mix)

11 - Chris Di Perri - For You Homie

12 - Milos Pesovic, Greck B - Head (Saul Antolín Remix)

13 - Alan Fitzpatrick, Reset Robot - Phantom

14 - Adelphi Music Factory -  My People (Love Can Live Forever - (Mark Broom 4am Dub (Extended))

15 - Kevin McKay - Move Your Body (Elevation) (Kevin's Extended ViP)

16 - Christian Burkhardt - Enough

17 - Gerd - 12 Minutes She Danced With an Alien (Jaris Voorn Ruff Mix)

18 - Cristian Merino - Peace, Freedom

19 - Dennis Quin - Are Fundamental

20 - MANT - Subconscious (James Dexter Rmx)

21 - Rob Pearson - Better (Rob Pearson Rmx)

22 - Riggs - Sleight of Hand

Ben Annand Live at LIB 2022 Junkyard Stage

If you don't like house with vocals swipe left lol.  This set for House Music Fridays so my musical direction was clear.  So again, if you don't like my vocals you can kiss my *ss-  just kidding you can check back for my Studio Mix at the end of March which will be minimal techno with a side of breaks :)

Big thanks to Matthew Brian for having me at House Music Fridays which was a super vibing night.   

A note on technique.  Vocal tracks are tricky and often have a lot of melody on top of the vocals so not the easiest to mix together.  For that reason, and others I made two playlists and alternated between more vocal, melodic tracks, and are stripped-down mixing tracks (some of these also have vocals). This creates the effect of coming out of vocals kind of bumping, then back into vocals which I personally love. 

I hope you enjoy this mix!  Next up for me, this weekend on the beach in El Salvador for Playa Mizata, next weekend in Northern CA (Humboldt County)for Electric Jungle at the Jam Arcata, and end of the month at Bug Out Campout 4 in Southern CA (Mojave Desert)

Just updated my schedule in my Soundcloud Bio, and will add a track listing crediting the artists her very soon <3

Ben Annand Live in San Diego March 10 2023 at House Music Fridays

Excited to release my set from LIB 20-Year Anniversary!  Every LIB experience for me seems to top the last.  

This year was special as I hosted Camp Tropical for the first time and had my daughter, Cerise, there for the first time since 2019.  And it was LIB's 20th year, and a brilliant one!

Huge thank you to the Flemming Brothers - Jesse, Dede and Josh and team for producing the Fest, to Patricio Motta for producing the Junkyard Stage I played on, and to Todd Anisman for the ChinoSound!

I always put a lot of effort into my LIB sets, and this year no exception but with the extra challenge of extra responsibility x 2 - organizing a Tropical group camp, and caring for my daughter, who made a few visits to the DJ booth during this set as well.

Honestly I did feel a little less focused that normal up there and wasn't sure how I was going to feel about my set when I got the recording.  I'm a harsh self-critic but I actually love this mix as much as any of the 6 others I've played at this lovely fest :)

Many thanks to the brilliantly talented producers whose tracks I mixed - here is the complete listing, tagged, so you can check their work <3

1. @Undo	 - Aliens Go Home
	
2. @Matthias-tanzmann, @francisco-allendes - Disco Mike
	
3. @Ddigglerofficial - Sunset

4. @Le_bigz (Big Al) - Smiling in the Sand (@tim-barnett-5 [Tim Tonal] Remix)
	
5  @A_los_martires (Cienfuegos) - Around You (@col-lawton-d90 Dub Remix)

6. @Okain - Locked

7. @Mihai-popoviciu-1 - Emotion

8. @Dinyadalonzo - Can't You See (@jameshopkinsuk Remix)

9. @kevinmckay, Notelle, Eppers - On My Own (@Joe-vanditti & Kevin McKay Extended Remix)

10  @Tuccillo - It's Not Over
 
11. @Francisdesimone - Efdies (@Kevinmckay Extended Remix)

12. @Djqmusic, @Finnmccorry - Speedy Gs

13  @Ralphsession  - Rize (@homeroespinosa Remix)

14. @Petebandit-f2f - Computer's Creativity

15. @Milos-pesovic - Pam Pam (@Juan-dragster-viveros Remix)

16. @Format-b-2, @Royrosenfeld - Human Dynamo 

17. @Paulcpaolomartini (Paul C, Paolo Martini) - Modulator

I definitely play with a certain aesthetic at LIB, which is to honor the crossing of the underground and mainstream in my own way.  I describe this set as banging and uplifting, with carefully chosen vocals.  I mean a festival is a celebration, and this just year 2 out of the pandemic I'm definitely favoring uplifting over dark.  

Ok, I do favor that generally, but same time I am processing some darkness over the past 2 years as I've experienced huge losses.  Last year's LIB I was processing the recent demise of my marriage, while this year I was processing the loss of my mom last September.

Recently in our West Coast underground music community we have lost some very special people and there's been a lot of sadness over that, especially this past week.  

One of the very best tools for processing loss is of course music and dance - I hope this set brings you light and joy in these challenging times <3

Please give this set a listen, a like, and a repost if the spirit moves you. Your comments are always welcomed, and usually answered <3

Ben Annand Live at LIB Festival 20-Year - May 26, 2023

This is one of my best set recordings so how come I never released it?  

Only because I had released a set with similar vibes right before playing. 

This was a really fun winter party - in fact I had a rather sketchy drive home to Eugene in a snowstorm...

Been meaning to put this one out there for a while.  In 2024, I'm dedicated to putting out more mixes so here ya go!

Ben Annand Live at House Party Reno Dec 2019

And now for something completely different!  

132 BPM Progressive-leaning techno mix :)

I wasn't expecting to be left at quite this fast a tempo but I'm glad I was :)  Only my Moontribe mixes tend to get over 130 like this, so it was a rare chance to spread my wings.

Deseract puts on a really cool party and the space, sound, lighting, and deco were all on point here.  It felt super underground and all my friends had a great time here.  

Hope you like the mix!  I'd love to play more sets like this :)

Ben Annand Techno Progressive Mix - Live in LA at Love and Lore by Deseract

My most varied and ambitious set to date!  

Hope you enjoy AnnandEdance - I put a lot of thought, time and energy into this interpretation of Ecstatic Dance.

From 0 bpm to 67 winding up to 126 and then back to stillness

Ambient - Downtempo - House - Techno - Broken Beat  - Progressive - House - Ambient

It's an extended journey just over 3 hours so longer then normal Ecstatic Dance formet.  And more 4/4 than most Edance but there is broken house and downtempo and evena Drum and Bass track in the mix

Mahalo to Simon Smith, Paul Sykes, and Garden Temple for the opportunity!

AnnandeDance Ben Annand live 3-hour Ecstatic Dance Set, Garden Temple, Big Island, HI

This set from 04-14-24 really exemplifies my deep house curation and mixing style.  

For 6 months I've been digging through my collection, resisting the urge to buy new music and instead learning my 29-year music collection better.

Over that time, I went back through and labeled thousands of tracks by energy and feeling and created playlists from there.  

The overall energy of this mix is uplifting and dreamy, starting and ending more vocal. 

You won't know many, or perhaps any, of the tracks.

The tracks were mixed on CDJ 3000s.

Never synced, never looped, never wasting time with filters and effects with just one track playing.

Fully concentrated on blending two tracks together beautifully with subtle EQ-ing only.

It's so weird, I was thinking this was the best I'd ever done with my levels on a live mix, perhaps because I was being a good boy, carefully watching the decibel meter at Mars Bar :) 

I added the fade in and out in Logic and gave it a light mastering in LANDR.  There I got a message that my mix was lacking in dynamic range - meaning there might not be enough difference between the high and low levels of the mix - which on a live DJ mix, I am taking as a compliment 100% :)

Ok enough geeky DJ talk...
As always, I'd love to know what you think in comments <3

Huge thanks to Chris Phleck and Ryan Stubbs (Duserock) and the Watch Our Step crew for bringing me to San Francisco, it's such a fun and friendly crowd.

Another big thanks to David Kiely of Mars Bar for providing a safe and lovely space for people to dance.

Final thanks to Anne Plehn for the great photo capture!  IG: anneplehn

Ben Annand Live Mars Bar 04-14-24 at Watch Our Step

It was so great to be back at Full Moon Gathering to celebrate 31-Year Anniversary!

26 of those years I have been an active Moontribe resident DJ, but it had been almost 2 years since my last visit.  Living in Oregon  makes things difficult, the stars have to align just right... and they did!

This is one of my favorite sets I've played!  I dug hard through my music, taking advantage of a months-long process of organizing and labeling my entire music collection.

Many thanks to the artist for producing the beautifully hypnotic tracks I wove together on this mix!  Without you, there is no mix, and there are no DJs <3

1 - Tribal Dance Pt. 2 - Einzelkind, Christian Burkhardt

2 - Little Helper 403-2 - Butane, Greg Ah Ree

3 - Stars Flames During The Apocalypse (Rmx) - Highest Sound Levels

4 - Vorsprung durch Hektik - Extrawelt

5 - Frog on the Run (Extrawelt plane Remix) - Fuzzion

6 - Old Giants - K-Fel

7 - Algodonles Blue Sky - Circulation

8 - Crunch n Munch - Twist3d

9 - Ceza - Clone Kent, kallin

10 - Minimal Habit (Damolh33 Remix) - Miguel Serrano

11 - Mathematical Symbols (Al Bradley's 3am Deep Remix) - Al Bradley, Swaab

12 - Go Home and Get It (Alexi Delano Remix)	- Majak, Diego Knows

13 - Neverhood - Dip

14 - Levitation (Monarc Remix) - Christopher Hermann

15 - Ambition - Milos Pesovic

16 - Twilight - Robert Babicz

17 - Rotational Orbit - Spiros Kaloumenos

18 - The Tunnel (Under the World) - Staffan Linzatti

19 - Kreatur (Hd Substance Remix) - Deepnaut

20 - Reset (DJ Emerson Remix) - Diego Negretti

21 - Dot - Noaria, Asio

22 - Early 69 - Damolh33

23 - Slob (Nick Curly Remix)	- Zoo Brazil

24 - Stage 49 - Epi Centrum

25 - Nurk - James Ruskin

26 - Mr Machine - Carl Finlow

27 - Hydrogen - Hallow

28 - Space Owl - Paul Ritch

29 - Lyd - D. Diggler

30 - Lunar Phase 04 - ZRK

31 - EGO - Danniie

32 - Reality Surpasses Fiction (Cari Lekebusch Remix) - Nima Khak

33 - Bizarrism - Jonathan Calvo

34 - Disidrose - Daniel Sbert

35 - Underrated - Dani Sbert

36 - Simulation (DJ Dextro Remix) - A.Paul	

37 - Beats And Pieces 24 - HD Substance

38 - Pattern 001 - Hollen	

39 - Andromeda - DJ M.A.X	

40 - Miner - Orion, Cari Lekebusch	

41 - Dimension - Dani Sbert

42 - Machines (A.Paul Remix)	- Cave Djz

43 - Cruise Control - Paul Ritch

44 - Not There (Chris Liebing Remix)	- Anfisa Letyago

45 - Lava - Daniel Sbert

46 - Riddle feat. Claudio PRC - Claudio PRC, Blazej Malinowski


Photo credits:  Corazon Landeros

Ben Annand Live at Moontribe FMG 31-Year Anniversary (3-hr techno set)

I’m excited to release my first set from Burning Man 2024!  What a wild ride it was!   

Vomiting Sparrows camp was just 2 ‘blocks’ away from the camp I stayed - Deaf Granny’s Kitchen . So I decided to walk over  

Halfway there, crossing 8:00 and B, the street had been watered down and I slipped in mud and ate shit.  Laughing, I picked myself up properly playafied and continued to Vomiting Sparrows at 8:30.  

I found Holly and Chuck quickly, and they were super friendly and hospitable, feeding me tacos and drinks.  

Yes, it was Tutu Taco Tuesday there, and yes I wore a Tutu, and yes I ate some great Tacos.  

Now I am one to take themes very seriously, and so my set featured lots of Spanish vocals and latin vibes to match the tacos.    

And yes the camp was reality called Vomiting Sparrows, but no, I did not vomit :)  I don’t take themes that seriously!  

This set was played 1-2pm and was on the slower deeper side but with plenty of soul and funk.  It was one of my favorites I played in BRC this year, and also one of my favorite crowds. 

Hope you enjoy!  Please like and Repost if you do!

Selfie with my friend Keisuke Shingu, who played after me <3

Ben Annand Live at Burning Man 2024 - 1  - Tuesday 1pm at Vomiting Sparrows

This second set release come from my Home Camp, Deaf Granny's Kitchen 

This was the best camp!  So glad I stayed here ❤️.   We had one of the best sound systems on the Playa thanks to @Antontumas Danley power.  And 90% of the camp was deaf.  What a unique experience!

It was really inspiring and interesting for me as a 15-year English Second Language teacher, to have this experience. It was at times like living in a foreign country where I didn't speak the language, which I have also done. Enhanced the feeling of Burning Man being like a different planet

Certainly motivating me to make ASL my 3rd language. The universality of it is very appealing.

But for this time being in the DGK camp where most could understand each other but not me was an extra trippy time, and I had to rely a lot on my smile and workarounds when more detailed communication was important.

Beyind that, everyone was super sweet and the camp was very well organized. Shade was plentiful and it did not hurt at all to hsve one of the best sounds systems on playa there. Kitchen was on point. It was a pleasure to keep the camp caffeinated. 

I'll be back in 2025 and will be hosting a night here as well!

Also be sure and check my first BM 2024 set from Vomiting Sparrows the day before:

https://soundcloud.com/ben-annand/bm2024-1

Ben Annand Live At Burning Man 2024- 2 Tues 9-11pm at Deaf Granny's Kitchen

This is my personal favorite set I played at Burning Man 2024 due to it's uniqueness and the vibes of the camp.  

It wasn't a huge crowd but it was contained nicely and people were down for the musical journey with me :). 

Musically it's varied and pretty hard to put into a genre but leans techno with some bubbly, melodic, progressive, and ravey energies

Thanks much to Jack Donevan for having me play, I had a blast!

Hope you enjoy, and hope to see you on the Playa in 2025!

Ben Annand Live at Burning Man 2024 - 3 - Thursday 2am at Syncitium

With a heavy heart for my friends affected by fires in Los Angeles this week, I release my set from just a week ago when we started the year with hope and optimism at Subtract and Moon Kitty's super fun shindig to open 2025.  

First of all, big thanks to Treavor and Anton for having me.  It was so, so fun to play this party.  I knew close to half of the people there, had many great conversations and much fun dancing after.  Moontribe DJs are no joke!  So much talent :). Sarkis was great too!  I was happy with my set and am excited to share it.

I lived in various parts of LA for 36 of the 38 years between 1980 and 2018. It is not the world's most beautiful city by any means, but I always tell my friends not from there how special and thriving the underground music scene has always been in LA.  It's a city where you have to know someone to have a good time I think -  one of the least digestible cities as a tourist.

But all it takes, or ever took, is to experience one good LA underground event and a whole world opens up to you.  If you are bored in LA, it's no fault of the music scene.  

For me this one event was 1995's Big Wig Thumper at what was then called the Orange Showgrounds.  Though technically my 3rd rave, the other two were in 1991 when I was just about to graduate high school, and appreciated it but wasn't really ready for it.  Let's just say I hadn't found my dancing shoes yet.  But in 95, I was ready and I never looked back.  I've thrown a hundred parties and DJed hundreds in LA since.  

This is a hard mix description to write because my favorite US city is in flames.  Many of my friends have lost their homes, and several venues I've hosted Tropical at have been destroyed.  It feels inappropriate to promote events there with the fires raging, and I've struggled to even post this mix.

But... it is music.  And music can only help.  

I am here to help in other ways too!  I'm not in LA, but super connected so reach out if you need help.  Also have space in my home in Oregon for friends who want to get away to clean air for a bit.

Hoping for safety for my friends, squashing of fires asap, and then hopefully a hard look at how prepared we are for fires like this, and how we can improve on that <3


Ben Annand Live at Moontribe NYD 1-1-25 Los Angeles

Re-releasing a vinyl mix from 22 years ago today as a Tropical Throwback, and modern day mixtape giveaway for the upcoming Be My Tropical Valentine Party in Hawthorne, CA on 2-22-25.

Along with the digital mixtape here, free late-night smoothies are back at Tropical!  Tickets are sliding scale $5-$20 at:

 tinyurl.com/BMTV2025

Tropical Throwback 22 Years - Ben Annand Live at Be My Tropical Valentine Los Angeles, Feb 14, 2003

Live @ Desert Hearts - Ben Annand - 037

Ben Annand has always had a major influence on Desert Hearts. We first met Ben at his Tropical Campout party back in 2012, and it was actually during that party that Mikey Lion & Lee Reynolds really connected for the first time. A lot of people don't know this but some of the very first Desert Hearts parties were actually collaboration events with Ben Annand called Tropical Hearts. They were raw, unpredictable, and amazing, but most importantly they were the foundation that our community would be built upon. Ben has always been a first class DJ in every sense of the word. He can play House, he can play Techno... he can pretty much play it all. This set in particular was one of our favorite sets from him. A truly classic House set from our Desert Hearts Spring Festival, this ones sure to take you back to 10am on Saturday morning. We love Ben and we know you will too! Enjoy! <3

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Thanks to DoLab - Jesse, Dede, Megan and all for producing another amazing festival that I'm so honored to be regular at, and to the Junkyard- Patricio and Chino for the amazing stage and sound!

Edit July 16 - Track List just added!  A million thanks for the artists represented here for their dedication to making interesting electronic music in a world with limited interest in that.  There are those of us that care!

1 - State Of Mind - Andromo (@andromo)

2 - Burning - Zetbee (@zetbee-1)

3 - Versace - Jorick Croes, Enrico Chirchiello  (@jorickcroes,  @enrico-chirchiello)	

4 - Special For Me (Extended Mix) - Michel De Hey (@michel-de-hey)

5 - Space System - Nick Dare  (@nickdare)

6 - Bonjour Tokyo - M.ono (@m-ono)

7 - Gorgeous (Oscar Barila Remix) - Oscar Barila, Vasily Umanets  (@oscarbarila, @vsiliyumanets)

8 - I Can't Lose You (Pete Moss Remix) - Mo'Cream	(@petemosstracks, @mocreamproductions)

9 - Control (Gorge & Nick Curly Remix) - Hank (@gorge, @nickcurly, @hankkorsan)

10 - Grow (Joel Mull Remix)- Paul Brtschitsch, Malte, Mrrod (@joelmull, @paulbrtschitschofficial) 

11 - MOOG Hero - Joel Mull (@joelmull)

12 - A Feeling (Instrumental) - Jasper Street Co., Nicole Moudaber (@jasperstreetco, @nicolemoudaber)

13 - La Petite Faveur (Fsk24 Remix) - DJ W!ld (@chris-carrier-841295497, @djwild)

14 - Cami's House - Hector Couto (@hectorcouto)

15 - New World - Tuccillo (@tuccillo)

16 - Celestiarp - Vini Pistori (@vinipistori)

17 - Indignation - Kevin Yost (@kevinyost)

18 - Nothing 2 Me - Jorick Croes, ØN.THE.RUN (@jorickcroes)

19 - So Good - Supernova, Thomas Newson  (@supernova, @thomasnewson)

20 - Daydream (Extended) - Archie Hamilton, Sadie Walker (@archiehamiltonmusic, @sadiewalkerband)

21 - Urban House (Leo Portela Remix) - Luis Caballero (@leoportela, @luis-caballero)

22 - Frunky (Ray Okpara Remix) - Berami (@rayokpara) 

23 - What U Need (Marco Grandi remix) - Moe Turk (@marco-grandi, @djmoeturk)

There are just a couple of parties that I play enough times to make a completely specific set for each time, and make it my absolute best.

One is Lightning in a Bottle, which I'm not a resident of but have played 7 of the last 8 fests.

I've prepared for many different time slots at LIB, always looking at this large and spectacular festival as one where people primarily want to dance and have fun.

So I ramp up my funk and vocals (usually playful but i did have one protest lyric in this year's - you can't miss it).  

I lean on the uplifting side, spend a lot of time choosing music and organizing a playlist so i can play appropriately for my time slot and come back thinking it was one of the best sets I've ever played.  

Something that was different for me this year is I took a year and a half off from buying new music prior to LIB in order to reporganize my collection, which now spans 30 years.

Sometimes it's better to understand better what you already have before adding to a massive music collection.

But I never intended my break to be that long!  It just kept going.  And I had a couple of hard drive farts in the middle which didn't help.  

But anyway,  I started buying music again about two months ahead of LIB because I wanted to play an all new music set,  and I also wanted to to  take the time to understand the new music very well.

The problem with playing all new music at a gig is that I don't always take the time to understand it well enough to know if it's as good as the music I already have.  It's fun because it's new... but is it really adding something?

So this time I really took the time to select tracks - I was picky AF!  
This time I spent a lot of time also to play with my tracks, mix them in different ways and really try to only include tracks that were blowing my mind, so that I could give that to the dance floor.

Also spent a lot of time on tagging producers in this description - hope it helps you to discover some great new artists and music!

Ben Annand LIB 2025 Junkyard Closer

Ben Annand set off Camp DayFunk 2025 with a heady, deep, and impeccably crafted dance floor-first set that captured the tone for the entire weekend. From the first beat, he pulled the crowd into a sound that felt both grounded and expansive, layering warm, textured elements with basslines that built steadily without ever rushing the moment. There was a patience to his flow, a quiet confidence that allowed dancers to lose themselves in the space between the kick and the melody. Equal parts meditative and body-moving, Ben’s set honored the spirit of the forest and the promise of the dance floor, weaving a sonic tapestry that felt ancient and new at once. It was the perfect invocation, a chapter that reminded everyone why we gather together in the first place.


Ben Annand : Camp DayFunk 2025 - Friday Night

I sure hope you enjoy my second set from Camp Dayfunk 2025 as much as I enjoyed playing it!   If you do, please give it a like and consider re-posting it on Soundcloud - it just takes a second and is the most helpful way to share cool music to new people!

Camp Dayfunk is a Minneapolis-based campout in just its second year, taking place 2 hours East in the Wisconsin Woods - and I enjoyed its quality, intimacy, and cute little camp touches immensely.  Both this event and this set are very special to me <3

Before anything, let's talk about the Mix Cover.  I got great pictures from my first set and none from this 2nd, and it's fine.  Because I got something better than a picture - I got a Danceflooor Badge!  

It was one of the greatest honors of my DJ career to earn one of only 8 Dance Floor badges given out at this event  - not for my 4 hours of playing music where I dance some but maintain focus on the mixing - but for my many more hours of representation on the dancefloor as a dancer, which is where this all started for me... and honestly has stayed.  

I fricken love dancing and absolutely think it makes me a better DJ to study and appreciate music from both sides of the decks. I don't dance to everything and also want to give props where props are due - the music at this event was rock solid, and receiving the dance badge has as much to do with the quality of the other DJs playing as it does my dance stamina.  Fun fact, the most I ever danced was at @mingameslaby in Japan in 2007 ;)

Okay, about the music and vision for this set!  My first set at the event, the night before, was previously posted to the event's Soundcloud (@user-467880110) and I had a full dancefloor and lots of energy coming back at me - a Dj's dream.

This, my second set, Saturday 4-6pm, was a bit different.  It's daytime, there's a beach, and @djdanmusic, @Dj-Mes, and Mazi aka @audiosoulproject are playing B2B2B on that stage.  Right at the same time as my set at the Pavilion stage!  First thing that comes to my mind after I realize they are simultaneous - wtf am I going to do?

Contrast is the answer.  If people want it funky, they're gonna want to be down at the other stage.  I mean I wanted to be there too lol.  And who the heck wants the 2 stages to sound the same anyway, that's silly.  So I leaned into this contrast theme for my set.  Someone told me that I may have confused people a little lol.  I said 'good!'  

I'm really glad I had the opportunity to play the night before, because that was my more funky set - though my interpretation is a bit different from most.  I also won some hearts there, which created more interest than there would have been I think.

So anyway, this set was a challenge - a friendly challenge to myself to play a 2 hour set that was a bit out of the box without losing people, that would serve as a worthy contrast to that devastating funk of Dan, Mes and Mazi.  
 
I would guess overall people there probably liked my first set a tad more - but for me this one was hands-down the winner.  Partly because it was a full 2 hours of new music. Partly because my cup was already full since  I had nailed my set the night before and even got extended an extra hour -  the best hour.  And partly because I had experienced some challenge locking the XDJ the night before, but was effortlessly near flawless on Saturday. I felt zero pressure to do anything but be myself, and play what I felt at that time <3

In general, I favor very full tracks that envelope you with sound.  Besides contrast, the theme for this set is laid back and expansive.  There's funkiness, sure, there are some peaks and valleys energetically, but not at all like the night set.  Overall, it's a smooth ride through deep house with some vocals, minimal house and even a touch of techno, all  around 124bpm. 

Thanks for reading to the end!  I Hope you enjoy the music, and perhaps this background too!


Contrast - Ben Annand Live July 19, 2025 at Camp Dayfunk in the Wisconsin Woods


Release #2 from Tropical 27-Year is on Oct. 9, 2025, the actual anniversary date of the event!

Recorded live 7pm-9pm Sunday September 28, 2025 on a beautiful night under a bouquet of stars in the high desert of Southern California...

...is Tropical resident / founder Ben Annand's 2-hour Sunday night set which bridges the musical space between Evan Hatfield's live ethnic techno, and DJ Dazy's deep house closing set...

This set has two different feels in its 2 halves, starting with a dreamy and lightly progressive minimal house vibe, and switching into deep house about halfway through.  

It was followed by an hour of Dazy and Ben switching off every 3 tracks, and then Dazy's 2 hour closing set, posted previously.

Enjoy!

Note:  Tropical 28-Year Hot Tub Oasis Retreat will take place Sept 18-21, 2026 and will be a completely private event.  If you are interested in attending, please complete the form:

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Ben Annand Live Tropical 27-Year Sunday Set

Recorded 10pm-midnight at the Super Trippy Hippie Outdoor Party, August 8, 2015

A journey through trippy house, tech-house and techno, rollercoaster seesaw of energy. 

Hope you Like!

 



Ben Annand Live at Super Trippy Hippie Outdoor Party, CA 8/8/15

One of my most powerful sets in so many ways, though totally beatless - this was the second time ever I played a fully ambient set live, and is the first one I've recorded and released!

Taking place approximately 5:30-7:00am Saturday morning at Tropical 27-Year Hot Tub Oasis Retreat, this is actually the second part of my complete set, which started at 4:30am and spent 1 hour winding down from 132 BPM to 110 BPM before going ambient - the point at which is where this offering begins <3

If you are looking for some music to put you to sleep, this is the first set I've ever released that was designed to to just that.  It's also great for yoga or atmosphere. 

In loving memory of Jared <3

Ben Annand Ambient Set Live at Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Sept 2025

What an amazing party Off the Grid Campout 2025 was!  I think my Sunday evening set there was my best flow of the year <3

My set started a bit weird as I lost a lot of the crowd right away, without a style change or much reason.   Sometimes people see a DJ changeover as a good break time so I did not take it personally though it's still not the direction we like to see things go lol.

Fortunately I stuck to my game plan musically and didn't go experimental to try to crowd please.  I hear about how DJs should be flexible and adapt to the crowd but that can go either way tbh.  It also takes strength to stick to your concept instead of overthinking it.

21 or so minutes in, from about when the super funky bassline from Huxley's track - "Monie," kicked in, I had the dance floor back. About 10 minutes later I mixed smoothly into Skiziz's remix of Deee Lite's Call Me. 'Why don't you get call waiting or something' - that dated reference always cracks me up. Playing either a remix or a familiar track is a rarity for me, but it worked of course.  

I was super happy with the flow all around, and especially from the moments described above,  to the end of my set here.  The dance floor responded too -  fully locked in and ultimately doubling from when I first took over. 

After my set, with my deck duties done, I finally got to let loose!  I popped about the party having way too much fun til 5am when it was time to go.

Huge thank you to Mikey Made, Jovie, and the OTG team for a spectacular experience, to Jiramanat, Zach and ChinoSound for dialing audio in just right as usual, and to Conscious United to welcoming this Oregon orphan into their amazing camp! <3

Ben Annand Live at Off The Grid Campout 2025

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Recorded live under the full moon at one of the most beautiful places in the world - Stellar Gardens in Kau'ai, Hawaii!

This is part one of a 2-hour set, make some noise if you want the second half ;)

Big thanks to my host, Jmeans, who brought me to this fantastic place and then to Oahu and Maui for other gigs.  

This was the cherry gig of the trip - outdoors, under the moon and stars, vibing crowd, great sound system and amazing dj booth.  

When the booth sounds this good the dj gets to experience the music on the same level as the dancers, this should not be rare but it is.  Mixing was effortless, I danced like I was in the crowd, Mahalo!

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Ben Annand Live at MuTribe in Kauai, Hawaii 5/11/17 Part 1

At long last, my first-ever downtempo set, created for Jessica Annand’s yoga class at Oregon Eclipse 2017 Global Gathering August 22, 2017

Infinite thanks to Symbiosis Gathering for the opportunity, and the artists below for creating the music I wove together with intention of coming out of darkness post-Eclipse at the spectacular Oregon Eclipse Global Gathering Aug 2017 :)

Special dedication to @HellyLarson who passed 5 days before this set was played and who produced so many of my favorite tracks including my wife's favorite - Wide Road - which appears here as track number 10.

1  Tibetan Sound Bowls - @KaruneshOfficial
2  Diving Dancer (Sofa Session Deep Mix) - @Klartraum	
3  Seasons Change - @KevinYost
4  Don't Mind Me - @Sinan-Kaya	
5  Eyes Of Gold - @KevinYost, @Guy Monk	
6  Lavender Mist (@Luna-City-Express Downbeat Remix) - @MartinezOfficial
7  Ornithine - @StephenJKroosOfficial
8  Swordfish - LunchBox	
9  Interlude - @Microstar-Music-Germany
10 Wide Road - @HellyLarson	
11 Space Time Delta - @NadjaLind	

This set was played the morning after the eclipse,  providing an uplifting soundscape specifically to Jessica Annand's yoga class, great for your yoga practice or any time you need your music to chill you out a bit.  

Musically this mix is a blend of ambient and downtempo, maybe some would call parts of it house lol but it does peak out at 100bpm so definitely completely different from anything I have released before

If you are a yoga teacher note that there is a bonus 15 minutes of chimes for savasana at the end

There were some technical issues with the live recording so this is a redo mixed in my home studio on 2 CDJ2000s on March 6, 2018

I am excited to begin releasing more studio mixes now that I work full-time from home, please stay tuned!

I'm also on tour this Spring!  Please check my Artist page for tour dates:

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Annand Oregon Eclipse Yoga Set (Downtempo)

Proudly presenting my new favorite techno mix, live under the March 31 full moon 1am-230am.  Track List added July 2, 2018

1  		Argos (Takashi Watanabe Remix)- Mari Mattham	
2		Time And Again - Deepbass	
3		Solar Wind - K-Fel	
4		Stellar - Steve Parker	
5		Floating In The Cloud Of Venus - Steve Parker	
6		Marbled - Gian Paolo Mantovani	
7		Floating In The Cloud Of Venus - Steve Parker	
8		Haze - Mladen Tomic	
9		Utopia 2 (Tex Ture Remix) - Za__Paradigma	
10		Ejakulation - Jesper Dahlback, Nima Khak, Swedish Naan Boys	
11		Obvious - Damolh33	
12		Statik - Dani Sbert	
13		White - Noaria	
14		Twin - Bastet	
15		Camden Rock - Shin Nishimura	
16		The Night We Call It the Day - Chicola	
17		Highlands (Patrick Zigon Remix) - Bardia Salour	
18		xet 2 (original mix) - Damolh33	
19		Rod (Pjotr G & Dubiosity Remix) - Steve Parker	
20		Satellite - TKNO	
21		Manethon - Sebastopol
22		Senpu - Rennie Foster	
23		Feel It (Sian 's Numb Remix) - Sebrok, Tassilo	

I had not played a nighttime fullmoon in about 3 years and wanted to supply something really special.

For some reason most of the interesting new music I've found lately is techno, so I felt well-stocked for this event

I got a little more experimental on the mixing to make the mix extra-trippy, check the transition around 10mins for example

Hope you enjoy this rather intense mix from me.  As always, play it loud! Recommend you download it for a higher-quality listening experience ;) 

And please do me the favor of reposting this set so it can see maximum exposure here on Soundcloud <3

Bookings contact benannand@gmail.com and cc: gunita@listedproductions.com if out of Southern California area

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Ben Annand live at March 2018 Moontribe 1am-230am (Trippy Techno)

My fave set of the 4 I played at Burning Man this year, this journey varies in style between techno, progressive, broken beat, tech house and tribal house!
*Photo credit:  Jacob Avanzato
Track list:
1		Mathematical Symbols (@albradley3am Deep Remix) - AlBradley, @Swaab  
2		Inward (Dub Mix) - @stankolevofficial
3		Dark Streets of Berlin - @ben_champell	
4		Relapse - Dani Sbert (@dj_dani_s)
5		Gridlock - L.K. (@lk-rec)
6		Equinox - @Noaria	
7		Revolutions Per Minute - @spiroskaloumenos	
8		Reportage Sur Moto - @nima-khak	
9		Neontrance - Tigerskin	(@dub-taylor)
10		The End Of Logic (@carstenfietz & Tobias Schmitt (@acrylnimbus)Remix)	- @briananeurysm
11		kullog (original mix) @damolh33	
12		Divergent - @aga-a-k-a-aziz	
13		Born Evil - @daviddurango
14		Heart Departent - miro-pajic
15		Juicy Chew - @martineyerer	
16		The Hidden Track - @jesseroseofficial, Dave Taylor, Put It On	
17		8th Of A Snake - @pbrstreetgang	
18		Another Zone - @folicstate	
19		Dry  Wet - @sinisa-lukic
20		Up to You - (@giuseppecennamo Remix) - @mannafromsky	
21		Crutch (@petedafeet Warehouse Edit) - Recruit	
22		Hula Hoop (@guido-schneider-3's Break That Brain Remix)- @evelinefink
23		Breath Deeply feat. Moto - @dan-curtin	
24		Ambition - Dani Sbert (@dj_dani_s)
25		There's enough for all of us feat. @michael_franti (@soinagawaofficial 12" remix) - @hardage	
26		Deep South - Rossano De Luxe	
27		Muuvin (@chriswood & @meat Muuvin & Groovin Remix) - @djleroi	
28		Resolution (@alberto-ruiz & @alexander-laurell-1 Remix) - Dani Sbert (@dj_dani_s) 	


This set was supposed to take place between 1 and 2am on Thursday night but was extended an extra hour - must have been dong something right ;)

Honk if you want more of this on the playa!  Or maybe don't honk if you're driving, but would sure appreciate Resposts, Shares, Comments, and Favorites.

I am on tour now, please send a pm or email me benannand at gmail dot com to inquire about an appearance in your city!
Sept 14 One Tribe Moon vibe, San Francisco
Sept 21 Family Function/ Los Angeles, CA
Sept 23 Apparitions Festival, Baja, Mexico
Sept 29 Tropical 20-Year Malibu Mansion Oasis, Malibu, CA
Oct 7 Sunday Night Mass, Burlington, VT
Oct 13 Soul State 2-Year, Tropical 20 Year Tour, Las Vegas
Oct 19 Tropical 20 Year Tour, Seattle
Oct 21 Tropical 20 Year Tour, Eugene
Oct 27 Tropical 20 Year Tour, Vancouver
+ more tba, get in touch for more info!

Ben Annand live at Burning Man 2018 - Electric Oasis - BRC 8/30/18

What did we do before Soundcloud existed?  Well we started with mixtapes, then moved to mix cds for a while.  Things started going digital around 2005/2006, and there was a gap before Soundcloud was founded in 2007 and of course took some time to become standard for djs posting live sets.  

In that little interim we had a bulletin boards called 4Four.  It was here that my mix post of a set I did for Frisky Radio in early 2007 caught the attention of Labyrinth Festival in Japan, and I was asked to play this exceptionally good event for the first time in September 2007.  It was the top dj experience of my life!  Maybe the top dance experience too, I really represented out there. 

I was honored to be asked back in 2008.  Things were a little different with the weather very wet; this was the last year at the Gunma location.  As well, I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed a day or 2 before flying and I was a mess.  I did pull it together for this set, though I will say it was not easy!

This is a unique set due to timing, around the same time music availability was transitioning from vinyl to digital, there corresponded an explosion of music in a previously neglected genre, minimal techno.  For me, the minimal revolution went way too far, and often wasn’t groovy enough for me, but there was a sweet spot of funky, trippy minimal music which I explore in this set from 2008.

I too, was transitioning from vinyl to digital at this time, and that showed in my mixing setup, which was 2 technics turntables, a first-generation serato interface, and my mac powerbook.  A few years later when my laptop died, I bought and switched over to CJ2000s.

Labyrinth is one of the top underground festivals in the world, it sells out of 2000 tickets in one day every year.  It was the kind of party famous djs made plans to attend even if they weren’t playing that year, and you know that’s rare!  The experience re-set the bar for outdoor parties for me, and has been an inspiration for Tropical, though on a smaller scale, ever since.  If you ever get the opportunity to go, take it!

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Live at Labyrinth Festival

Ben Annand Labyrinth Festival Japan 2008 (part 2)

This chill yoga set is the second festival collaboration of yoga teacher Jessica Annand and dj Ben Annand <3

Recorded 9am-1015am to the Yoga Sol stage at Lightning in a Bottle 2019 Thursday, May 9th

This class was titled "Vinyasa Flow with My Shadow' - a title originally intended pre-Eclipse at August 2017's 'Oregon Eclipse Global Gathering'   When our class was moved from pre to post-eclipse the concept changed so we resurrected the concept for our first collab at Lightning in a Bottle Festival.  (find the Oregon eclipse set here: @ben-annand/annand-oregon-eclipse-yoga-set-downtempo)

Special thanks to Martin Dragonfly, Jesse Fleming, and the LIB team!

Track listing coming soon :)

LIB 2019

Annand LIB 2019 Yoga Set (Downtempo)- Live to Jessica's 'Vinyasa Flow with my Shadow' class

This brand new but sometimes nostalgic mix is tech-house/techno/tribal with a dash of breakbeat in the middle - hope you enjoy the flow!  

Updated with track list Nov 13, 2019:

1		Helios (Pete Bones Mix) - TR20
2		Love to Love You Baby (Christian Burkhardt Mix)	- Tom Tom Club
3		Gridlock  - L.K.
4		Peak - Patrick Kunkel
5		Is Mine - Dani Sbert
6		Roll Over (Dani Sbert Remix) - FAC3OFF
7		Reachin - Mark Broom
8		A New World - Delta Funktionen Remix - Nemanja Nikolic
9		Environmental Product - Paranoid Jack, Robb G
10		Dusty Roads (Butch Remix) - Sante
11		Gorrenzo (Mihai Popoviciu Remix) - Alex Under
12		Mathematical Symbols (Al Bradley's 3am Deep Remix) - Al Bradley, Swaab
13		Gotten (Cele Remix) - Loui Fernandez, Pedro Rodriguez
14		rDNA (Vers 2) - Utku Dalmaz
15		Little Helper 187-3 - Loui Fernandez
16		They Made Me Do It - Chicola, Sahar Z
17		The Greater Of Two Evils - Quarion
18		Space Bells (Pete Bones' Foghorn Leghorn Mix) - Pete Bones & Daniel Allen
19		Dark Streets of Berlin - Ben Champell
20		Strange (Chicola Remix) - Tim Penner
21		Unknown Places (Stacey Pullen Remix) - Einzelkind, Christian Burkhardt
22		Ambivalent (Ethno Less Dub)- Stan Kolev

You don't miss LA when you fly through the smog layer and hit traffic - you miss LA when you wear your smile and feet out dancing to amazing music with friends.

Such a beautiful reunion of the old-school moontribe djs and dancers, thank you Treavor for putting it all together! It was a proper return and I was touched to hear I am also missed in Los Angeles ♡

This weekend I'm headed up north for Gorg O Mish in Vancouver BC Friday night and then Cascadia Saturday night. Never a dull moment!

Ben Annand Live at Moontribe Sunday Vibe July 21, 2019

I'm on a techno kick in January and good timing because it's been a while since I put out an intense one like this on Soundcloud.

When I lived in Socal, Moontribe was the place I could play like this :)
But can't make that much anymore.  

I never would have thought I could get away with this set in Sacramento. But the Lost in Groove team has cultivated something special there.  And it was full moon!

Sacratechno!

Proof is in the pudding
If you cultivate a crowd with good underground music they will grow to love it
Be it house or techno or whatever

You just have to do it, don't pander to what you think people want
It might take a little time
But it's worth it

Thank you Lost in Groove for the bomb party!!

Ben Annand 2020 Techno Set (Live At Technosaic In Sacramento 1-11-20)

An absolute dream of a party with 48 hours of house and techno on Funktion One Sound in a beautiful forest setting!  The best Tropical party yet!  Many thanks to Desert Hearts crew for working together with us on this collaboration <3

Recorded between 12:30 and 2:00am on Saturday night, right in the sweet spot but there were many many sweet spots at this event and absolutely every dj played to a great crowd.  

I took things deeper, back and forth between lighter and trippier for this one.  Adnan's set last year showed that you could go deep with the crowd at that time and get great response so I paid attention to that, knowing we had lots of banging music in the night and wanting to break that up a bit.  

One of the top dj experiences of my life, I was totally comfortable here and finally found the perfect balance between my need to be technically on point with my desire to let loose and have fun!  It was so much fun!  I could go on and on but I won't.  

Enjoy the music!  <3 <3 <3

Ben Annand Live at Tropical Hearts Spring Festival, May 4, 2013

I hope you enjoy my music and how I mix it.
For bookings contact benannand@gmail.com // gunita@listedbookings.com

2025 Confirmed dates

Jan 1 Los Angeles - Moontribe NYD
Jan 17 Los Angeles - Tropikroma LA Fire Benefit
Jan 31 Los Angeles - The Livehouse Presents
Feb 1 Orange County - True Ent LA Fire Benefit
Feb 13 Portland, OR - Silk and Sound at Secret Grove
Feb 21 Los Angeles - the Livehouse Presents
Feb 22 Los Angeles - Be My Tropical Valentinew
Feb 28 Pahoa, Big Island, HI - Bee Dance
Mar 1 Honolulu, HI - Centered at Bevy
Mar 2 Honolulu, HI - Anuras Afterhours
Mar 14 Guadalupe Canyon, BC Norte,. Mexico - Leyenda de Eterna
Mar 20 San Jose Del Cabo, BC Sur, Mexico - Afterhours
Mar 21 San Jose Del Cabo, BC Sur, Mexico
Mar 22 Cerritos Beach - Spring Fling at Big Fun Beach Club
Mar 28 Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
Apr 4 Eugene, OR - Soul Sessions at Play
Apr 5 Portland, OR - Lit at Capacity Social Club
Apr 18-20 Anza, CA - Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Retreat
May 2 Vancouver BC - Gorgomish Afterhours
May 3 Vancouver BC - The World Afterhours
May 21-25 Bakersfield, CA - Lightning in A Bottle Festival
more soon...

Biography:

In his zone from deep house to techno, Ben Annand pairs impeccably smooth mixing skills with a dynamic style that keeps the music moving, artfully playing with breakdowns and spending most of his time in the mix.

“For me, a great mix is the interplay of 2 unique pieces of music, creating something greater than the sum of the parts - and a great set weaves those mixes into a musical flow you can’t help but lose yourself in on the dance floor.”

Ben fell in love with dancing and rave culture in 1995, and learned to mix in 1996. Just 2 years later he became resident dj at the famed Moontribe Gathering, and started his own production company, Tropical. The first half of his career was mostly focused on DJing abroad, with 13 trips to Moscow’s Propaganda club, travel across Russia, Spain, and Mexico, an appearance at Wiggle at Fabric in London and two at the Labyrinth Festival in Japan.  

In more recent years, Ben Annand became a top West Coast festival DJ, and recently played a standout set at his 5th consecutive Lightning in a Bottle (CA). He has also appeared at Sunset Campout and Desert Hearts (CA), Oregon Eclipse (OR), Photosynthesis and Cascadia (WA), Shambhala and Motion Notion (BC, Canada).

As organizer of Tropical, he's donated over $32,000 to charity, hosted zero-waste events in Hawaii, and presented gender-balanced dj lineups.

Whatever his project,, Ben Annand is always contributing, and always thinking outside the box.

Ben Annand

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