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We'd like to welcome a long time Inquiry favorite to our roster! brandroid is making his debut Inquiry release this month and we are beyond jazzed!! Some of you may remember his remix of Kromagon's "Heacy Lohic" on our Distorted compilation a couple years ago.

His booty bouncing breaks are infectious on the dancefloor and now we get to listen to them on repeat in the comfort of our home, car, renegade soundsystems, wherever necessary to get that booty shakin'

Check out more of his tunes on his page here: @br_android

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DJ Brian - Hard Desert Trance 2

Return of the Psychedelic Sunrise Mix from Dream Canyon!

Hardesertrance 2 continues the tradition of it's predecessor and the Funkydesertbreaks series to give you the sound of the Desert Rave scene in the comfort of your own home.  Once again DJ Brian takes the helm delivering a seamless mix of upfront, uplifting trance straight from his sunrise set.

Tracklist:

1       Sonic Fusion – Emotions
2	System 7 – Ring Of Fire (Troniq & Volcaniq Mixes)
3	Electronic Home Entertainment – Earth's Last Defense (Part 1)
4	L.S.G. – Train Of Thought 1.2
5	Rotortype – Be Yourself (Original Mix)
6	E-Razor – India
7	Sandra Collins – Red
8	Astralasia – One Fine Day (Quirk Mix)
9	Albion – Air (Palefield Mountain Remix)
10	Slacker – Psychout
11	Enspiral – Let It Go
12	Amoeba Assassin – Rollercoaster (Listen And Feel Live Mix)

DJ Brian - Hard Desert Trance 2

I had a short but sweet time at Bug Out Campout 4: Garden of Dreams on day 8 and 9 of my Spring Break roadtrip with my daughter, Cerise.

This set went down at midnight on a pretty frigid desert night, did my best to warm people up with some break and then some techno.  Ok, fine, there's. little house in there too :). Something for everyone, hope you enjoy!

Overall one of my faster sets, starting at 130bpm and creeping up to 132 by the end. 

Many thanks to hosts Neil Bombshelta Black, Jason Deyarmin and Julia Daemia Styczynski for putting together a lovely event ♡

Definite highlight having Cerise bopping around to my breaks - she really has quite the dance moves!  She got cold tho and came and chilled for the rest of my set in back of the DJ booth while I moved more into techno.

Speaking of DJ booth, it was on point and I could hear great!  Sound system was proper for 1000, and decor and visuals were great too.  A lot of care was our into this little party, which of course is close to my heart ♡

Bug Out was intimate and fun!  I wish I had more time there but the time I was there I got to connect with some friends and some new people, all good vibes 🙂

 I hope to be back next year and stay longer- but it also  worked perfectly in this Spring Break adventure this time tbh.

BugOut Breaks And Techno (LIVE In The Mojave Desert 4 - 2-23)

After 30 years I didn't think Moontribe could reach a new peak, but we absolutely did with our 30 year anniversary Full Moon Gathering! The location was unreal, the weather perfect and the people brought so much love and dance floor energy, I was simply blown away completely! 

My annual super marathon closing set tradition continued and I gotta say, this one was my best one yet! I only made 2 mistakes which had me laughing in my head big time...guess I was just too busy paying attention to all the amazing people on the dance floor!!!! This is a deep journey into many styles and tempos, a ride from 3pm to 9pm, hot daytime into a super stormy sunset that whipped up the wind, brought a tiny bit of rain and even some lightening to really stir things up!!! Of course that happened right after I played the track "Eye Of The Storm" making things even more magical!!! WOW what an amazing time this was, I'll never forget it!!! 

Photo by @araya_photo

Set List

1- Lee Burridge, Junior, Lost Desert - Lingala (Beatless)
2 - Dandara, Reza Safinia - Shadow Of Creation
3 - Pandhora, Cafe De Anatolia, Youssef Meksi - Tataouine (Dandara Remix)
4 - about : river - Together
5 - Just Emma, Yago Ertan - Stay Here More
6 - Blindsmyth - Remember The Days (Floyd Lavine Remix)
7 - Husa & Zeyada - Inside Out (16BL & Wild Dark Remix)
8 - Santiago Garcia - Nanana
9 - Grace In Space - Mira
10 - Julian Stetter - Bear
11 - Yamil, Thimble - Guerreiro da Paz
12 - Chambord - Moonalaya (Noraj Cue & Unders Remix)
13 - Kerala Dust - Violet Drive
14 - ITAI - Wancy (Alvaro Suarez Remix)
15 - Jamie Stevens - Dante (Noraj Cue Remix)
16 - Kermesse, Sinego - El Malevo (Extended Version)
17 - Serious Dancers - Message From Bukhara
18 - Volen Sentir, Makebo - Into The Stars 
19 - Michael Simon - Eternal
20 - Illusory - Endless Fall (Sam Shure Remix)
21 - Erez, Yulia Niko - I’m Everything 
22 - Kevin Yost - Forget My Fate
23 - Sean Doron, Marc Gonen - You’re All I Ever Need
24 - We Saw Lions - Brighter Worlds (Jamie Stevens & Treavor Moontribe Remix)
25 - Fka Mash - Silver Skies Forever
26 - Leusin, Keksu aka Escenda - The Lightening (Grace in Space Remix)
27 - Yamil - Neila
28 - Wanduta - Fire Is Just Another Door
29 - Kermesse - Wait To Shine
30 - Harry Charles - Ei Tohu
31 - MUUI - Sun in Your Eyes Forever
32 - MUUI - In Your Orbit 
33 - TWO LANES - Passer (TWO LANES Rework)
34 - Hot Tuneik - Be as Bongo
35 - Trikk - Don’t Forget To Breathe
36 - PIERJ, bawab - The Seal Of Solomon (bawab Remix)
37 - Chloé Caillet - Moonwalk
38 - Rampa - 2000
39 - AIKON - Come Together
40 - Cut La Roc - Hip Hop Bibbedy Bop Bop
41 - Way Out West - The Gift (Way Out West’s 2010 Mix)
42 - God Within - Raincry (Spiritual Thirst)
43 - Djuma Soundsystem - Les Djinns (Trentemoller Remix)
44 - Stephan Bodzin - Boavista (Synthapella) 
45 - Grammik - Fallen 
46 - Soul Button - Incognito
47 - Delhia De France, Fur Coat - Eye Of The Storm 
48 - mytripismytrip, Nixe - Au Citron
49 - Henry Saiz - Data Girlfriend (Gonzalo Aranda Remix)
50 - Juan (FR) - Naata 
51 - Dandara, Arutani - Distance
52 - Landikhan - Yrb Dl Dbl (atalkingdrum's Sunset at Cenote Dos Palmas Mix 1)
53 - Juliano Gomez - Arrakis
54 - Hot Tuneik - Reflections feat. Limore
55 - David Dorad - Murmeli (Mira & Christopher Schwarzwalder Remix)
56 - Kyle Geiger - Bellhouse 2 (Rebar’s Version 6)
57 - Oceanvs Orientalis, Qualista - Atomic Alchemy
58 - Just Emma, Urem, Überhaupt & Außerdem, Max Street - Gold Standard (Just Emma & Urem Remix)
59 - Brassica - Milieus Metrix 
60 - Lorikeet - EOS
61 - Oceanvs Orientalis, Qualista - Space Age
62 - Emin Gök - Bataille's Will (Oceanvs Orientalis Remix)
63 - Santi & Tuğçe - Madrugada
64 - Kermesse - On The Road
65 - IV-IN - Insane
66 - Kratos Himself, Pollena - Diamond Dream
67 - Bedouin - Voice In My Head
68 - PROGedia - We Are The Night
69 - Bonobo - Elysian

a massive howl at the moon, a giant circle and group hug to end an all time epic gathering celebrating 30 years of Moontribe!!! 

The End….

Treavor Moontribe Live@Moontribe30YearClosingSet

After 30 years I didn't think Moontribe could reach a new peak, but we absolutely did with our 30 year anniversary Full Moon Gathering! The location was unreal, the weather perfect and the people brought so much love and dance floor energy, I was simply blown away completely! 

Here is my night time Techno set played from 9pm to 11pm on night 2 inside the most beautiful stage structure by Symbiotic Creations in front of a dance floor filled with super charged energy under the big bright full moon!!! 

Photo by @araya_photo

Set List

1 - Ivory (IT) - Try (Club Edit)
2 - Ivory (IT) - Feelin’ (Club Edit)
3 - Magit Cocoon - Send Return (Ivory (IT) Remix)
4 - AFFKT - Spider Charmer
5 - Shall Ocin - The Cliff
6 - Rick Pier O’Neil - Mul (Jeremy Rowlett Remix)
7 - Solee - Vivo (Citizen Kain Remix)
8 - James Monro - Rockers Unite
9 - Boris Brejcha - Parallax
10 - Cristoph - The Curst
11 - Blancah - Night Spells
12 - Agoria - Hélice
13 - Christian Smith - Vortex
14 - Bart Skils - Roll the Dice
15 - Marc Romboy - Hanenda
16 - Oliver Huntemann, Dubfire - Humano (Victor Ruiz Remix)
17 - Squire - Disco Astronaut 
18 - Pig&Dan, Gregor Tresher - Soulcatcher
19 - Popof - Serenity (Pig&Dan Remix)
20 - Sasha, Knives Out - Hoodie Alan

Live@Moontribe30Year Night Set

Saturday night on the Main Stage surrounded by 450 of your most beloved Friends and Family. Live set from our 25th Annual Summer Campout, June 3, 2023.

Lick the DJ - live at FnF XXV (Summer Campout 2023)

An incredible day was had by all in Budapest in late May on the Cruisin / Be Massive 20th Anniversary Boat Party on the Danube. 

My great friend (and amazing DJ/Producer) Metha invited me to celebrate Be Massive's anniversary and the brief was ... 'please play some classics from across the years as well as some new stuff - and we'd love to hear a little Zodiac Cartel too'.

This is the result. 
900 people. 
Nothing but the best vibes.

For 2023 bookings, please contact lesley (at) iamcru (dot) com
Much love,
Simon

More Elite Force / Simon Shackleton
https://www.simonshackleton.org/
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https://www.instagram.com/simonshackletonmusic

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https://www.instagram.com/bemassive
https://www.facebook.com/BeMassiveBudapest/

Elite Force (aka Simon Shackleton) - Budapest 2023 - Be Massive 20 Party

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

TrackListing
1	BringItDown	ManuelDeLaMare			124.01	     	05:44	6/9/14
2	HowYouDance	ManuelDeLaMare			124.00	     	05:25	6/9/14
3	MeRoar	FormatB			124.00	     	06:58	6/9/14
4	ShroomSoup				122.00	     	05:20	6/9/14
5	GoodOlDays				124.00	     	06:00	6/9/14
6	Change				124.00	     	05:12	6/9/14
7	The Mechanism	Disclosure & Friend Within	The Mechanism - Single	Electronic	120.00	     	06:26	6/9/14
8	InTheMixx				128.00	     	06:04	6/9/14
9	Don'tCallMeBaby	TommieSunshine			128.00	     	06:39	6/9/14
10	Revolution				126.00	     	05:09	6/9/14
11	BringBackThatFunk				128.00	     	03:50	6/9/14
12	ScattinGoodTimes				128.00	     	04:03	6/9/14
13	BabyBeer				130.01	     	04:59	6/9/14
14	Okay				123.00	     	05:59	6/9/14
15	PushingOn				122.00	     	06:57	6/9/14
16	Burning				126.00	     	06:11	6/9/14
17	LoveLight	SiWell			123.00	     	06:38	6/9/14
18	Built				122.00	     	07:05	6/9/14
19	BeatOrgan				124.00	     	06:23	6/9/14
20	Hey Now	Sasha			124.00	     	08:32	6/9/14
21	EveryNight				119.98	     	05:38	6/9/14
22	Hours	Tycho	Hours - Single	Electronic	120.00	     	05:44	6/9/14
23	Exercise 4	Bent	Ariels	Electronic	120.07	     	05:44	6/9/14
24	TheWhistleSong	FrankieKnuckles			125.98	     	11:16	6/9/14
25	DesertStorm				124.00	     	06:15	6/9/14

Moontribe FMG 21 year - John Kelley, day set

This two-hour mix was inspired by my many visits to Black Rock Desert and is a twisty cross-genre journey designed to encapsulate the spirit of my One Series sets (without the 7-hour commitment!).

As always, I hope you enjoy the ride and I appreciate you sharing the link far & wide... and if you're heading to the Burn please accept a dusty aural hug from afar.

Much <3
Simon

Simon Shackleton - August 2023 Mixtape

This is my set from the Beats 4 Love Festival which took place at Dolní Vítkovice in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in the summer of 2023.

Since I returned to the fray in 2023, I've been using Ableton and a number of controllers to create my sets and am loving the flexibility it gives me to do deeper dives into edits, overdubs, mashups and mixes. It wasn't uncommon during this set to have four or five audio channels running simultaneously. I hope you enjoy the ride!

Forbookings, please contact lesley (at) iamcru (dot) com
Much love,
Simon

Elite Force (aka Simon Shackleton) - Beats For Love Festival 2023

FnF Fall Classic 2023

Friday night on the Main Stage surrounded by 250 of my most beloved Friends and Family. Live set from our Fall Classic Campout, September 29, 2023.
Photo Credit: Justin Winokur | www.justwinkphoto.com
Quick and dirty mastering: @djdenise

Lick the DJ - live at FnF Fall Classic 2023

A RE:CONSTRUCTED set is a *long* way removed from a standard DJ set. Here's how it works.

Simon takes hundreds of tracks from his huge library, painstakingly deconstructs them (using Ai if needed to separate elements from the original tracks), and then pieces everything back together to create a hugely emotive and immersive musical story.

He uses Ableton Live and multiple controllers to trigger up to 16 individual channels of audio at any one time during the performance, and also performs live keyboard overdubs. The end result is a hugely addictive, compulsive and compelling blend of music that's often new, often familiar but always utterly unique.

This is storytelling on a giant canvas, and in 2024 we will be adding visuals and further live instrumentation to these RE:CONSTRUCTED sets.

Simon Shackleton presents Futureshock - Sci-Fi Re:Constructed - Denver, November 2023

Something a little different for ya.  Me at my moodiest.  In more recent years I apply tags to my tracks of different vibes so that I can organize my massive music collection better.  One of the biggest categories is 'Moody.'  

Of course a lot of people going out on Friday and Saturday night to my gigs are out to celebrate, so this category doesn't get as much play live as more funky upbeat rhythms.  As such it's somewhat underrepresented on my Soundcloud.

Well not anymore :). I'm dedicated to releasing more sets this year and I see this one as the start of a series.  Welcome to Ben Annand Moody AF :). 

The opener of this series is an opening set I played on a Sunday night from 9-11pm. It's actually just the first hour, 9-10.  It's ok to be moody when people are settling in :). It was also November just after the time change and loss of light... the beginning of the moody season in Eugene :)

An opening set is always interesting musically (or should be) because you get to start from scratch, and set the tone for the whole night.  So it's always a set that should be played with intention.

In this particular case, I was in a sensitive space because I had taken some really nasty criticism from the organizer of an event recently before.  I won't go into detail but it was very tactlessly and cruelly delivered.  So of course that affected my headspace both in terms of insecurity, and in terms of wanting to deliver a great set since I didn't entirely disagree with the criticism so much as I was hurt by the tone from a supposed friend.

So why am I telling you this?  Because this set is moody as fuck!  It opens with a lush vocal track that really spoke to me when my marriage suddenly went up into smoke. I find this track really intense so I haven't played it much but at home.   

The mix stays deep and moody, gradually building energy then wavering then building.  It's super trippy, a little dark/melancholy for me, but still house and totally danceable of course :)

So with all that said, I hope you enjoy this one and I will keep em coming!

Ben Annand Moody AF Vol 1 (Live at the Big Dirty in Eugene at Secret Sauce)

Huge thanks to DISTRIKT for another amazing REVEL at the incredible 16th St. train station in Oakland. The Friends and Family stage was back again banging it under the train tracks right where we love to be. The vibe was soooo thick all day and into the night. Here's what I played. Turn it up and rock out!

01. All To Reach (Original Mix) - The Brainkiller
02. On A Train (Krafty Kuts Remix) - Northbrook
03. Headspace (Original Mix) - Beta
04. Derecho (Beta Remix) - Yanix
05. Video Games (Mafia Kiss 16bit-Bounce) - Lana Del Rey
06. Rock The Disco-Tek (Wes Smith's Califunkya Remix) - Leuce Rhythms, Breaksjunky
07. Who Got The Vibe (Original Mix)- Dirty Kicks, Wes Smith
08. Ass Titties Goose & Jack (Lo IQ? Remix) - DJ Dynasty
09. Inspire (Guau Remix) - Illegal Content
10. Certified (Original Mix) - Lo IQ?
11. Battlefunk Galactica (Original Mix) - J. Scott G, Imprintz, Kloe
12. Funk Attack (Jair Ydan & Joey Avila Remix) - RanchaTek
13. One (House Mix) - Beta

Ethan - DISTRIKT REVEL Redux - 2015 FnF Sunset Steam Train Mix

Originally a set I prepared for a Los Angeles-based underground party series called Another Ridiculous Party in 2015. I recorded my set that night and then took it into the studio for further enhancements. The focus is definitely more of an energetic bass music sound than most of my mixes, given the context and lineup of that night.

Mastered to perfection by Dennis Bunton aka @iondriver.

Tracklist:

1. Anchor Hill - Giridhar
2. Quanta - Create Culture
3. Supersillyus - The Proof is in the Pudding (ft. Adam Psybe)
4. Mote - Lamentation
5. Plantrae - Enter the Seed
6. Tipper - Table Flipping
7. Somatoast - Microportal
8. Bwoy De Bhajan - Mubar Camel Liquor
9. Auma - The Old Magick
10. Bluetech - 667 (Kalya Scintilla Mix)
11. Akasha Experience - Liquid Grip
12. Moon Frog - Spirit Animal
13. Kodomo - Concept 1
14. Kalya Scintilla - Way of the Tarot
15. Kaya Project - Nightflower (Kaya Project rmx)
16. KiloWatts - Mother of Thousands

Analog Resonant Poetry

a sunny morning came to us after an intense night of dance, this is my chapter of daytime sound for the march 2017 full moon gathering.
all the techno in this set is my own original work as Myad.

Brandon Moontribe March 2017

PheuZen is a solo project by Treavor Moontribe of Desert Dwellers. This set was recorded live for Moontribe Collective's July 2020 Streaming Full Moon Gathering. 

Alien Breakdancing Vol 1 

1 - Bluetech - Underwater Cities (Unreleased) 
2 - Radioactive Man - Re-Evaluate
3 - Carl Finlow - Wave After Wave
4 - Galaxy Lane - Silver
5 - Morphology - Pod Bay 8
6 - Carl Finlow - Coulomb blockade 
7 - Hardfloor - Swag My Glitch Up (Morphology Remix)
8 - Morphology - Zilog Z80
9 - Achim Maerz - Night (Versalife Remix)
10 - Butane, Riko Forinson - Ascension (Jay Tripwire Remix)
11 - Fideles - Seven Days
12 - Cleveland - Gamma (Piezo Remix)
13 - Jeans - Grand Theft Mind Explorer

PheuZen - Alien Breakdancing

"That Peep That Show" B DAY BREAKS

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.