assorted and unheard

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

This recording has been on repeat in my headphones for the past couple of weeks, ever since I re-discovered it! The setting was daytime in the desert, not too long after sunrise, and because it was October, the heat was not overbearing at all. The wind picked up towards the end, and the dance floor held strong -- Moontribers know how to get down in any condition!

I hope you enjoy this melodic, progressive journey as much as I do.

TRACKLIST:

1) Berührung (Original Mix) - Michael Ritter, Felix E, Sister Sol (DE)
2) Bliss Point (Original Mix) - Aera
3) Asking Much (Original Mix) - Upercent, Paul Brenning
4) Code Introvert (Original Mix) - igor Bartyuk
5) 4C41 (Original Mix)- ARCYDARO
6) With Me (Original Mix) - Ivory (IT)
7) Falling Together feat. Oona Doherty (Original Mix) - Jamie xx, Oona Doherty
8) Walk On Water (Extended Dub Mix) - Lauren L'aimant, King & Early
9) Be Human (Original Mix - Ivory (IT)
10) Touch My Sins (Yet More Remix) - igor Bartyuk
11) Baja (Original Mix)- SNYL
12) When The Sun Comes Up feat. JAI RYU (6AM Version) - Eelke Kleijn, JAI RYU
13) Stranger's Town feat. ZOE ASKA (Lost Strings Version) - Eelke Kleijn, ZOE ASKA
14) Make U Happy (Extended Mix) - Luttrell
15) It's Not Over (Original Mix) - Sahar
16) Perfect Blue (Original Mix) - Molac, Eduardo McGregor
17) Who is (Original Mix) - Jaydee
18) Vicious Lights feat. Kiki Cave (Lexicon Avenue Remix) - Gai Barone, Luke Brancaccio
19) Morgana (Booka Shade Remix) - Monika Kruse
20) Dawn (Original Mix) - Nicky Elisabeth
21) Tides (feat. Bajka) (feat. Bajka) - Beanfield, Bajka, Meduza, HEVOLVE
22) Something Right feat. Molly Moonwater (Original Mix) - Luttrell, Molly Moonwater

Live at Moontribe FMG, October 2024 - Melodic Tech

After 25 years behind the decks, I've learned that every DJ has a unique path.

I'm DJ Deckard, I’m launching 'A DJ's Journey' - a podcast that explores the stories behind the music with the DJs who shaped our scene.

My first guest is pioneer DJ Dan, taking us from the early West Coast rave scene up to today's electronic landscape.

Welcome to A DJ's Journey - where every beat tells a story.

A DJ's Journey Hosted by Deckard - Ep1 DJ Dan

Chris Irvin Live @ Lightning in a bottle Friday May 23 2025 Junkyard stage. What an amazing time & festival to be a part of! Thanks for my making dreams come true! Big love to the entire Junkyard family! Patricio, The Do Lab, all the Dj's & crew!! Home away from Home :)

Chris Irvin live @ Lightning in a Bottle L.I.B.  JUNKYARD stage

I kicked off LIB for the third year with my favorite Bulgarian vibe demon car, the Kuker! I played some of my fav tracks of the moment, alongside a bunch of my own tunes too. It was an absolute blast and I can't wait to do it again next year!

Live on the Kuker at Lightning in a Bottle 2025!

Marques Wyatt live from the Junkyard at Lightning in a Bottle 2025

Marques Wyatt @ Lightning in a Bottle 2025

The FnF Summer Campout is one of our favorites. The setting is amazing and the sound and visuals are unreal. I was honored to throw down this up beat Techno set Friday night. Hope you enjoy!

1. Radical Experience - sin:port
2. Let’s Go Dancing - Layton Giordani
3. Lifestyle - Lampe
4. Manipura - Belocca
5. Control - Charles D
6. Seven Life - Piero Dp
7. Voyager - Space 92
8. Just One Life - Cosmic Boys
9. Body Move - Kos:mo
10. Circus Freaks - Adam Beyer
11. ENERGY - Victor Ruiz
12. The Procedure - Danny Avila
13. Rudeboy Ramping - Belocca
14. When I Push - Eli Brown
15. Don’t Go - Adam Beyer
16. Somebody To Love (Danny Aila remix) - Ben Kim
17. Bom Bom Bom - Cosmic Boys
18. Injected with a Poison - UMEK
19. Flipping - Heerhorst
20. La Pointe - Belocca
21. X - Jay Lumen
22. Dreaming (Eli Brown Remix) - Dom Dolla

FnF Summer Campout 2025

Kicking off our 2025 mix release season from Otherworld, it's the Doddfather himself. Did you know? This is the first time he's released one of his mixes that he actually played at Ironic Spin! 
Amazing stuff. 
A quirky, bumpin', and fun journey through a myriad of Dodd-like sounds, played at the peak of our kick-off night on Thursday. Get into it, man.

Photo cred - Captured by Quinn

Tracklist:

Jex Opolis - Soundstorm (Jazzy Mix)
Siva Prayojan - Dream State (Viapo Remix)
Teleport-X, XAVi st - Many Things
Sharon Graziani - Calling Operation
Gorgin - Operation Hades
Bora Project - Control Surface (Hiboo Remix)
Space Food - Cama
Wepassana - Votume
Carbon - Soft Barker
DJ Tennis, Luke Alessi - Dale Dale
E-Talking, Paramida - Read My Lips 
Nandu, Redeckt, Tripolism - Dope Dance
Mikalogic - New Essence
dj pressed - GOLDEN GOD
Perote - Hallucination View
sub6, Michelle Adamson - 7th Son (Andre Absolut Remix)

Dodd - 12AM Thursday @ Ironic Spin 2025

For the past two years, I’ve curated playlists of my favorite UK Garage and related genres, discovering fresh sounds that inspired me to create Nova. I wanted a seamless mix of these tracks to enjoy without skipping around throughout Spotify, and I believe mixed music has a unique power to captivate.
 
Nova took a year to complete and is the most work I’ve ever put into a mix. Many tracks lacked DJ-friendly intros and outros, but recent AI advancements allowed me to break them into stems, remix, and edit them for the intentional transitions featured in this mix.

Thank you for listening.

Tracklist:

Body Ocean | Back To Me
Snackbox | Don't You Know
Snackbox | Won't You
MPH | My Mind
Cesco | Flump
Halogenix | Keeping You Close (Cesco Remix)
Yolanda Be Cool | Tremble (MPH Remix)
Pola & Bryson | Falling 4 U (MPH Remix)
Biicla | Y Are
Interplanetary Criminal | The Valley
Interplanetary Criminal | Slow Burner
Sammy Virji & Interplanetary Criminal | Damager
Charlie Shell | HITZ 4 THE HOOD
MPH | One Sixty
MPH | Raw
Hamdi | Counting (Sammy Virji Remix)
Sammy Virji & Skepta | Cops & Robbers
33 Below | Blinded
Lockerz | Gone
Lockerz | Make Believe

Gene Lee - Nova

I offer my closing set from Tropical Oasis Retreat Kauai as an artistic expression given from perfectly within my element, with zero prep and purely emotion, intuition and experience guiding the flow <3  Please repost if you <3 this set!

1  Full Moon - Onofrio Conte
2  Mooca (Javier Orduña Remix) - Garance	
3  In&out  - Aga		
4  Chinese Row (Sven Tasnadi Remix) AVANCE, Daniele Travali
5  Maleika - Gorge
6  Breath Deeply feat. Moto - Dan Curtin
7  Moogy - Polder, Lauhaus, David Labeij
8  Edgy Dream - Tom Clark		
9  Julia Bursts - Pete Bones	
10  Perpetual Beginner  - Earth Deuley
11  Mobile - Dema, Alex Mine
12  Transitions (Gorge Remix) - Toygun
13  Musica - DJ Mouse
14  Voces de Africa - Von Georgi, Nick Hollyster	
15  Let Me Take You - Carlo Riviera
16  The Love Story Teller (Sascha Dive's Dark Energy Dub)	Davide Squillace	
17  Crutch (Pete Dafeet Warehouse Edit) - Recruit
18  Chuggernaut - Sean Collier
19  Into The Garage - Davide Cali	
20  Savannah - Indira Paganotto
21  Nothing Personal - Meeshoo
22  Closer (Da Sunlounge Dub) - Mood II Swing, Carol Sylvan
23  Killing Krazy - Addex - Killing Krazy
24  Dreams Are Blue - Nick Dare
25  Just for You - T.Garcia
26  Nalingi Yo (Luv Boutique Remix) - Nicolas Bassi
27  Paint On Desh (David Labeij Remix)	- Nick Daring
28  Bustin' Loose - Special Interest
29  Compromise feat. Zoë Xenia -  ACUMEN, Zoe Xenia		
30  Cat String Theory - Aziz

Other great sets from Tropical Oasis Retreat Kauai are coming out weekly on Wednesdays on the Tropical Soundcloud, please follow the page here:  @tropicalhouse

I am thrilled to announce I am now a full-time dj, and so very excited to finally be able to put my full time and energy into music! 

I will be working extra hard (and having extra fun!) bringing my best to a growing calendar of fun party happenings in 2018 :) Please get in touch on social if you want to help bring me to your city soon!

*Photo Credit, MikeyBLoveslife

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Ben Annand Live at Tropical Oasis Retreat Kauai - Closing Set Jan 29, 2018!

Haunted electronics from techno's shadowy overlord. 

Download & Tracklisting: https://www.xlr8r.com/podcasts/2018/04/podcast-537-snts/

@sntsrecords

XLR8R Podcast

Download & Tracklist

XLR8R Podcast 537: SNTS

Next up from Tropical Oasis Retreat Kauai series is from Portland's Sheppard who opened up the dance floor with grace and style on Monday morning after Sunday night's rager in the woods :)

TORK Set #14 - Sheppard (Portland, OR) Monday Jan 28th, 830-10am

Please follow Sheppard at the links below:

@dj_sheppard
https://www.facebook.com/sheppardpdx/

And please help spread the Tropical love by reposting these sets on Soundcloud and Facebook :)

Look for our posts every Wednesday or Thursday !

TORK Set # 14 - Sheppard (Portland, OR) - Live Kauai, Hawaii, Mon Jan 29th, 830am-10am

You are listening to Treavor Moontribe b2b Anton Tumas on the Favela Bar stage at Lightning in a Bottle 2018.

Connect with Treavor Moontribe online
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/treavor-moontribe
Website: https://www.moontribe.org
Facebook: facebook.com/DJTreavorMoontribe

Connect with Anton Tumas online
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/antontumas
Website: www.subtractmusic.com
Facebook: facebook.com/AntonTumas
Instagram: instagram.com/antontumas
Twitter: twitter.com/antontumas

Visit Lightning in a Bottle's website: www.lightninginabottle.org

Treavor Moontribe B2B Anton Tumas at LIB 2018

Live from Moontribe's spectacular 25-Year Anniversary celebration at Los Coyotes Indian Reservation, june 28, 2018

It's not perfect... but it is psychedelic ;)

Follow Moontribe Collective on Soundcloud:  @moontribe_collective

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Ben Annand Live at Moontribe 25-Year Anniversary June 28, 2018

The Soul Hop crew brought Montreal's house legend Fred Everything to Vancouver in late September of 2018. This is my set from the night, a bit all-over, but the energy was crazy that night and demanded some experimentation. Thanks to Soren and James for including me in this deadly lineup and truly fun night of dancing. Hope you enjoy!

Live @ Open Studios 9/29/2018

Live Set from Soul Hop presents Fred Everything @ Open Studios

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 Live at Moontribe 25-Year Anniversary June 28, 2018

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