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On Saturday, as the torrential rain receded and the playa dried, we gathered with our Tokyo Sector neighbors for a night of muddy music at the Scarab art car...  I brought a fresh update to my favorite summer set, specifically designed for this amazing car's earth- and booty-shaking bass. Turn it up!

DJ Red - Mi Amor
Andruss - Frikitona
LO'99, Taiki Nulight - Records U Play (Extended mix)
INJI - Untz Untz
Da Hool, Joel Corry - The Parade (Extended)
Volac - Preach feat. Bright Sparks (Extended mix)
Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends (Lambert & Handle remix)
N2N - Ain't It Funky (Yeah!)
David Penn - Get Loose (Extended Vocal mix)
RSquared - Rebirth
Alphadog - Inspiration
Murphy's Law - Good Gracious
Joshwa - Supersonic
SkiiTour - Double Double (Extended mix)
Dillon Nathaniel - Be Good (Extended mix)
Wax Motif & KURA - Lo Que Soy
Dom Dolla - Eat Your Man (with Nelly Furtado) (Extended)
Justin Martin - Eye of the Storm
Late Replies - Hold Up
Soulja Boy vs Fisher & Aatig - Pretty Boy Swag (B-renn 'Take It Off' edit)
Rihanna vs Noizu & Westend - Rude Boy (Rivas 'Push to Start' edit)
Toby Romeo & Tim Hox -  Bulla
A-BO - GDB
Ben Sterling - All Over My Body
Chelley - Took the Night (J Worra remix)
BYOR - The Blur
Jem Cooke, Max Styler - Lose Your Mind (Extended mix)
Alastor, Jerome Isma-Ae - Reflection (Extended mix)
Diplo, Miguel - Don't Forget My Love (John Summit Remix - Extended)
Deadmau5, Kaskade - I Remember (Truth x Lies edit)
Gorgon City - Voodoo (Extended mix)
Callback Funk, Dancetronauts, Brian Williams - The End

Live on the Scarab art car, Burning Man 2023

Two good old boys playing tunes and having fun <3
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Lee Reynolds+Subrhythm - Chicago Afterhours

Playing techy neuro dnb in the desert for the Moontribe family is one of my favorite things to do. I added a little extra to the live recording because there were some tunes that I really wanted to include as part of the story, so enjoy!

Tracklist:

artist - track

Forbidden Society - Morph
CrucifyMe - Quicksilver
Kolectiv & Minor Forms - Darkest
Kalane - Backrooms
Volatile Cycle, Dropset - Tusk
MVRK, Temam - Arcane
Chase & Status, Becky Hill - Disconnect
Grinder - Away
Kaiza, Xeomi - Calimba
SUUNE & SIU - Impending
Notequal - Discarded
IGUBU - ANGELMAKER 
Scurrow - Avion
Phentix, Mean Teeth - Everfunk feat. Phentix (Volatile Cycle Rmx)
Survey - Charge
Sharks - watching everything burn right in front of me 
Scurrow - In A Rush
DMTR & SKORPION  - You Got Me
Exept - Blacksmith
Slwdwn - Behind The Mask
Audio - Flip Mode
NZK - Requiem
ShockOne - Don’t Think
Bobby x Ashka - Without U
Super Rush - Confession
Misanthrop - Maverick
Screamarts - Coalesce (Audio Rmx)
A.M.C, Junk Mail - Operator (Junk Mail Rmx)
Mandidextrous, Maddy V - Deep On This
O&P - Bones
Phace - SELF TALKING
Sleepnet - Lapse
Phentix - Protocol
Clikvork - Trinity
Grinder - Galactica
Dub Elements, Coppa, Midnight CVLT - Keep The Energy Up 
Ed Rush - Voidwalker
2Whales, Gydra - Caravan
Aegis - Existential
Phase - EVERYDAY
HighThere - Wimbo
Despersion - Despair
WAVHART - Impulse (Vorso Rmx) 
S.Murk - Wob Boi
Mayel - Echo
The Prototypes - First Sun
Trex - Would You
Archangel - Darkside
Amoss - And We Go
Shimah - Disintegrate

dela Moon - Moontribe 31-Year Anniversary FMG (extended)

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

hey hi hello, friends! here's my live set from Ego Trip's annual Leather & Lace event at SPiN with Serge Devant back in February. I was the small gal in the loft playing at midnight ;) 

Press play for an hour-and-a-half of grooves I've been digging lately ~ four on the floor house/techno/melodic breaks/lots of fun stuff to get ya moving. 

Torie – Live @ Ego Trip Leather & Lace XI: Veiled w/ Serge Devant | SPiN, San Diego - Feb 2025

Spring was definitely in the air for this Full Moon Gathering.. perfect weather, stellar sound, beautiful music and a full and energetic dancefloor all the way to the end! Thank you once again, Moontribe Collective for all the magic. This one was exactly what I needed, exactly when I needed it. May the music take you higher ✨
This is my 3:30am trance/techno set -- please enjoy at high volume.

❤️ Live In Love ❤️

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Katelyn Clark, Mitch Renaud - Obliquity II (Original Mix)
Solee - Aries (Original Mix)
Türen - Lunar Mirage (Extended Mix)
SMOKE G - Clash of Emotions (RPO Remix)
Rick Pier O'Neil, Elan Myles - Eternal Transit (Original Mix)
Phoibos - Lurker (One Million Toys Remix)
Mr. Rog - Elyndra (Original Mix)
Pedro Bolero - Maarsaai (Original Mix)
Piero Dp - Namaha (Original Mix)
Atlas - Nebula (Original Mix)
Rick Pier O'Neil, David Weed - Aztek (RPO Remix)
Blake Strange - Vertigo (Original Mix)
Reetu Bambrah - Rising (Original mix)
Odi Puncher - Your Language (Nakul C Remix)
Dmitry Kostyuchenko - New Horizons (Extended Mix)
Airwave - Noir (Extended Mix)
Art Of Trance - Seven Sisters (Basil O'Glue Remix)
Atlas - Gravitate (Original Mix)
NAVOJ - María (Türen Extended Remix)
àmou - Nidavellir (Original Mix)
Slavlotski - Crystal Nova (Enlusion Remix)
Rick Pier O'Neil, David Weed - Other Dimension (Part 1)
Christian Monique - Alphas (ORMUS Remix)
PROYAL - Army of Shadows (Pico Boulevard Remix)
Introspecto - Fragments (Original Mix)
Spiros Kaloumenos - Floating Point (Original Mix)
Ciø-ch - Everything Around the Circle (Original Mix)
Vladw - Mata (Original Mix)
Oscar Romarts - Radiation (Original Mix)
Phase Difference - Astral Veil (Original Mix)
Energy 52 - Café Del Mar (Tale Of Us Renaissance Remix)
Rick Pier O'Neil - Haurun (Nomas Remix)
Ormus - Neshama (Original Mix)
Blake Strange - Zeal (Original Mix)
Out of Orbit (Eitan Reiter), Shpongle - No Disco (Original Mix)

Moontribe FMG April 2025

This live set includes most of what I played at DNox in LA March 2025 .... This set flows into April 2025 Part 2, which is listed separately here. Overall, this is (more or less) the first hour and a half of my daytime 3.5 hour set in the desert at Moontribe. Enjoy the journey!

Live @ Moontribe - April 2025 Part 1

Opulent Temple Sacred Dance ML Deck Christine Michelle 2025

Techno Hypnosis for Catharsis. Live in Love ***

Live @ Moontribe Anniversary 32 _Night

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

My annual marathon closing set from Moontribe's 32 Year Anniversary was such a pleasure to play! What a vibe....

LiveatMoontribe32EarClosingSet

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

Track: Dreaming Of Winter
Artist: Fernie (@ferniemusic)
Label: Aurora Mística Records (@aurora-mistica-records)
Release Name: Somatic (EP)
Release Date: 25.09.2025
Buy Link: https://auroramisticarecords.bandcamp.com/album/amr012-somatic-ep

· Premiered by @vanitydust — www.vanitydust.ninja

Premiere: Fernie — Dreaming Of Winter [Aurora Mística]

Fresh Electro Breaks for Futuristic Lifeforms


Live@Moontribe FMG September 2025

Searching For Love (Original Mix)

CHILDREN 25 - REMIX // ESPECIAL MARIA JOSE NAVARRO .  REC-2025-09-30

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 Burning Man 2024 - 3 - Thursday 2am at Syncitium

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