Live DJ set

Recess Live at Sun Worship Fest June 17th 2023

Recorded live at PEX-IT Deep Forest Stage at Immersejawn Festival

Live @ PEX-IT Forest Stage

Dear Artists of Life! People Music is my gift for you: 

Rhythms to bless your days + nights…
Voices singing about love + liberation…
We are ALL connected.

This mix was inspired by an opening set I played for People Music earlier this year — infused with deep love + respect for all the people who honor the roots of dance music + elevate our community with kindness. 

Enjoy 💋 XOX
~ Emily / GG

Please amplify + $upport art + music culture everywhere!

1- DJ Island - One Love
2- DJ Island + Monkey Safari - Sometimes
3- St Germain - Sure Thing (Osunlade Yoruba Soul Mix)
4- Jayda G - Are U Down 
5- Jason Hersco - Everytime (Girls of the Internet Remix)
6- JT Donaldson - Stay Inside feat. Liv.e
7- Osunlade - Momma’s Groove (Jimpster Slipped Disc Mix)
8- Dense + Pika - Colt
9- Eats Everything - Think About The Revolution
10- Shermanology - OK, Cool, Aight feat. Conquer Jones
11- Prunk + RUZE - Incredible
12- Tiger Stripes - Rasmus Plays Marimba (Dirty Secretz Dub Remix)
13- Cat Burns - Free (Shermanology Remix)
14- Ale Castro + The Checkup - Pleasure
15- Mark Laird - Rhythm Track 
16- RUZE - Felicidade
17- Ron Carroll + Gregor Salto - So High
18- HRDY - Don't Give Me Your Love
19- HRDY + Paulo Maria - Connected
20- Armand Van Helden + A-Trak as Duck Sauce - Ask Me
21- Saison - Please Don’t Go
22- Martin Waslewski - Getting Lonely

Mix cover by Seth @grym
Mastered by Gene @geneleemusic
Photograph by Shannon @portraitplaydate
New GG stylings by Brandon @8thdaycreate

People Music

Instead of Burning the Man on Saturday night, the rain pushed things out for a few days. Bound to confines of our village and having everything and more needed to keep the party going, the Mysfit Village: Home of The Narwhal decided to let Boobs N Berries throw down and keep the spirits high post flood. As word got out the Boobs bar overflowed with donations from neighbouring camps, the music ceased to stop, fire spinners kept lighting up and revellers came to shake the mud off themselves and danced all night. This renegade rained-in block party was a highlight for many people's burn and also for Jackpot and I.

Mursa & Jackpot Burning Man Sunrise On The Narwhale 2023

Recently ran a marathon and made a high powered tech house mix to help push me through the last part of the race. Let it be an aid to any activity that comes your way. SEND IT!  

Track list:

The Missing Channel (Static Electricity Mix) - Two Cold
Renegade (Adam Ten & Mita Game Remix) - Parallelle
Egypt Sunset - Maori 
Mundo - Bonafique
King Cobra - Tunnelvisions
Da Ding - Wyatt Marshall
Oh Baby Dance - Basti Grub, Natch & Dothen
Guaja ft. Emmanuel Jal, Nyaruach, (BenjyN-You-Up Freaky Dub) - LevyM
Solitude - German Brigante
Yeah Yeah (D Ramirez Instrumental) - Bodyrox
Kontrol Room - H Foundation
Cala A Boca - D-Nox & Beckers
Tina - Vintage Culture, Meca, Bhaskar, The Vic
Music4TheMassess (Andrea Oliva Remix) - VNSSA
The Paddle - DJ Touché
Katanga Slide - Two Cold
DGTS - Afrique
Acid Disco - Joeski
Spread - Kaiq
The Dark Side of Pleasure - Quiver
Revelation Love - Waltervelt
Lips Like Sugar (Way Out West Remix) - Echo and The Bunnymen

The SEND IT Mix

This edition of our mix series features luminary Seattle local and longtime friend of the crew Shaun Whitcher (https://soundcloud.com/shaunwhitcher). We've wanted a mix from this skilled master of the late night vibes for some time and he delivers with this well crafted psychedelic mix that is a perfect fit for the wee hours after raving. Shaun has been a longtime fan of Wicked (like us at Innerflight) and we are happy to have him play along with a legend and ace of the craft, Jenö. Joining them on the decks will be Lucky Cheese and Kadeejah Streets. The shindig goes down at one of our favorite Seattle underground venues on Friday Jan 26th. 

Info to the shindig can be found here:

linktr.ee/kadeejahstreets

No rest for the Wicked.

🚨🔥👀🔥🚨
! Peep Game !

Innerflight Broadcast 171: Shaun Whitcher

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)

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

Sunday Sundowns with the Ambient Mafia
Recorded live: February 25, 2024

With: Rhizome, Seventh Swami, and Dyson

00:00 – Rhizome (downtempo)
01:15 – Seventh Swami (chillstep)
02:15 – Dyson (organic downtempo)


Join us Sundays 6-9pm (PT)
twitch.tv/theambientmafia

Sunday Sundowns (2/25/24) with Rhizome, Seventh Swami, and Dyson

A bunch of fresh new favs flung together for springtime fun. Enjoy!
1. Felix G - Kingdom of the Past
2. Frits Wentink - Run Run Slow
3. Tom Sharkett - It's 5am Somewhere
4. Regularfantasy - Running Around
5. Felice - Infinite Suburbia (Lauer Remix)
6. Astro - Wanderer
7. Babsy - Dove
8. Easy Peelers - Flying
9. Seb Wildblood - Hazy House Vol. 1
10. Cassettes For Kids - Your Love
11. Jorge Savoretti - Activation
12. Amy Dabbs - Eleven Eleven Twenty Two (Extended Mix)
13. Debba - Just Wanna
14. Fort Romeau - Be With U
15. Aquarius TX - Sunset 17 (DJ Normal 4's Breaky Baby MixX)
16. Edmondson - Vanarama Bar
17. Pharakami Sanders - City '22
18. Tommy Villiers - For U
19. Lil Silva - Done Heavy
20. Maya Q - Way U Make Me Feel
21. Adam BFD - 107
22. Krotone - Insane
23. Soul Mass Transit System - I Can't (B With U)

Spring Fling Mix

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

Upcoming Confirmed Dates

Oct 7 - Infinite Energy (Tesla Coil Show and Dance Party) San Diego at 
Encore
Oct 20 Gorg-O-Mish Afterhours, Vancouver BC Canada
Oct 21 - Spooky Forest, Darrington, WA
Oct 27 - Howl 20-Year Anniversary, Portland, OR
Nov 3 - Tropical Tour Sacramento, CA
Nov 12 - Secret Sauce Sundays, Eugene, OR
Nov 25 - Tropical 25 Year Anniversary, LA, CA
Dec 31 - Tropical NYE 2024 - Elevated House Party in the Hills of LA
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 Moody AF Vol 1 (Live at the Big Dirty in Eugene at Secret Sauce)

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