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Various Live recordings from Full Moon Gatherings in the California desert. *** Live in Love***

2020-2022 & Beyond

Brad

This is the first half of my early morning set at Church of the Goddess March 2021. I kept the energy higher and tempo faster than my typical morning sets from the past. It was a blast and I hope you enjoy it!

LIve @ Church of the Goddess March 2021 Part 1

This is the second half of my early morning set at Church of the Goddess. Now we enter a more hypnotic, occasionally tribal, journey that ends in sheer funkiness. Enjoy the ride!

LIve @ Church of the Goddess March 2021 Part 2

Letting the Sunshine In to bring Joy to our hearts and souls. Early AM set played live in the Mojave. Live in Love!

LIve @ Moontribe August 2021

This one covers a wide range from dubby breaks, rasta vibes, electro, techno, and ending with some melodic grooves. It's always such a satisfying experience to play a multidimensional set. Live in Love ***

LIve@Moontribe_November2021

A mix celebrating the  beginning of a Lunar New Year and a new season of Full Moon Gatherings. A weave of trance-inducing hypnotic techno that takes you into deep space and returns you safely to the Springtime delights of Mother Earth. *** Live in Love ***

Live @ Moontribe March 2022

An atmospheric, bass heavy DJ mix on the deeper side of the dubstep spectrum with tracks by Gyu, Truth & Yayne, Dubsworth, Jafu, Ruckspin, Quark, B9, Daega Sound, Gerkle, RedRabbit, Bakir, Ezra, Pheral & Occult and Flame & Tiiu.  Mixed by Naasko.

Thanks and much respect to the artists and the record labels (Chord Marauders, Dubs Alive, Gradient Audio, Urban Scrumping, Echodub, Absys Records, Full Melt Recordings, NoMad Records, Ranking Records, Defy Records) involved in getting this music out there.


DEEP END

1. Lotus Heart  -  White Swan Records
2. You Can See Forever (Black Rock Spaces)  -  White Swan Records   
3. More Than Anything  -  White Swan Records
4. Dragon's Mist  -  White Swan Records
5. Pranafestation  -  White Swan Records
6. New Generation  -  White Swan Records
7. Bodhi Tree Dub (Desert Freak Mix)  -  Desert Trax     
8. Locks & Herbs  -  forthcoming on Desert Trax      
9. Crossing the Desert (Sattva Ananda Remix)  -  Desert Trax     
10. Spinning out of Nothingness  -  forthcoming on Desert Trax      
11. Snake Charmer (Amani & Sattva Remix)  -  forthcoming on Desert Trax 
12. Snake Charmer (Satori Mix)  -  White Swan Records
13. Desert Dub (DD Remix) by Adham Shaik - forthcoming on Sonic Turtle     
14. Moonlit Horizons (David Starfire Remix)  -  Desert Trax
15. Moonlit Horizons (Ricardin Unplugged)  -  White Swan Records
16. Drift by Variant Field  -  Desert Trax     
17. Mindscapes by Variant Field  -  Desert Trax     
18. Fields of Variance by Variant Field - forthcoming on Iboga Records

DD Live at Lightning in a Bottle 2011

A captivating 3-hour journey played on a beautiful Spring morning in the Mojave. Blessed by the murmurations of migrating White Pelicans. Live in Love ***

Photo: Lindsay Pursel

Live@March2024FMG

An ambient set (all originals) recorded at CoSM. 
Featuring tracks spanning the last 15 years.


Support CoSM 

Tipper - CoSM Ambient Set

AMANI Dj set in the chill space of New Zealand's Luminate Festival 2015

Track Listing:
1. Mars - Indian Sleeping
2. AtYya - Visionary Nectar
3. Soap Dodgers - Water Landing
4. Congi - Somnium (VIP Mix)
5. AtYya - Seeing Truly
6. Random Rab - Clairvoyer
7. Quanta - Recept (Griff's Footprints On The Brain Mix)
8. SIXIS - Transhuman
9. Living Light - Hidden Mission (Govinda Remix)
10. Goopsteppa - Welcome Aboard
11. Bluetech - Waiting For Initiation
12. Banco De Gaia - Wimble Toot (Eat Static Remix)
13. Nominus - Tasmanian Devil
14. Nominus - Scarlet Sutra
15. Kaya Project - One Hundred Lights (Grouch Remix)
16. Drumspyder - Ice Queen Master
17. Shaman's Dream - Pranayamystic (Drumspyder Remix)
18. Kalya Scintilla - Veer La Lutz (David Starfire Remix)
19. Drumspyder - Ya Ein Moulayiten
20. Ransom - Amazon Bass'n
21. Djanuno Dabo - Snimbe (The Polish Ambassador Remix)
22. Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Schwindelig (Minoru Remix)
23. Kalya Scintilla - Scintillating Sands
24. Bluetech + Shamans Dream - Breath Of Ma (AtYyA Remix)
25. Somatoast - Tiny Things
26. Akasha Experience - Silly Psybin 
27. Living Light - War of Consciousness (Erothyme Remix)
28. Jef Stott - White Tara (Vlastur Remix)
29. SIXIS - Mycolinguistic
30. KousK - Stallions
31. Supersillyus - The Proof is in the Pudding (ft. Adam Psybe)
32. Grouch - Entropath (Kalya Scintilla Remix)

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For bookings email bookings@desertdwellers.org

Hailing from the southwest region of the United States, AMANI has been a unique fixture in the underground electronic music scene, seasoned by over two decades of studio production and performance. From his early days at remote desert gatherings, to his constant touring of clubs and music festivals with world renowned downtempo sensation Desert Dwellers, his career has traversed many musical styles and genres. Blending world music with cutting-edge sound design, Amani Friend has amassed an enormous catalog between his projects Desert Dwellers, Liquid Bloom, and Variant Field. Traveling the international festival circuit and staying on the road with a jam-packed schedule, AMANI continues to bring his alchemy of ancient-future psychedelia to dance floors around the globe. Equally adept at sonically fueling the spirit of large yoga classes or high-energy dance floors, Amani’s sonic offerings provide a journey into the imaginative realms of movement and sound.

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AMANI Dj Set @ Luminate Festival

I was commissioned by yoga instructor Jessica Annand to craft two one-hour mixes for a yoga retreat taking place in July 2015 at Stewart Mineral Springs Retreat Center near Mt. Shasta, California. While I've played live during yoga sets before, this was the first time I'd created any in the studio. This is the first of the two. The word "Yitha" means "One" in the Karuk tribal language, indigenous to the region. There are gentle beats and expansive spaces in this mix, as per her request.

Mastered by David Sonoform. Tracklist:

1. Modcam - Sonic Zen (Album Mix)
2. Makyo - Soar Angelic
3. Samorost - You
4. Xerxes - Longyaard
5. The Sushi Club - Mujo
6. Union Jack - Water Drums
7. String Theories - White Dragon
8. Coppice Halifax - Greensea
9. Snakestyle (feat. Minnie Rogers) - A Rainy Night in London
10. Electricwest - Bruises
11. Keston & Westdal - Spring in December
12. Krusseldorf - Creation
13. Rhian Sheehan - Standing in Silence Pt. 4

Yitha

I had the distinct honor of playing on a lineup with three good friends at Club Zanzibar one night back in 2008. This set was directly inspired by their presence, and features many tracks produced by friends and friends of friends. A little dub, a bit of psychill, a smattering of trip hop, and a whole lot of love.

Tracklist:

1. Maneesh de Moor - Oracle
2. Helios - Nine Black Alps
3. Leo Abraham - Spider (Jon Hopkins Remix)
4. Bahramji & Maneesh de Moor - Dreamcatcher
5. Radiate - Witchkraft
6. Saru - Something Stronger (Greg Long Mix)
7. Paddy Free - Lali
8. Karuan - Feeling of Us Two
9. Orbient - In Time
10. The Jazzual Suspects - Ba Dada
11. Sola Rosa - Scratch Apprentice
12. Xerxes - Pirayana
13. Bluetech - Kingdom of the Blind (Third I Mix)
14. Hibernation - Trickle
15. Sympath - Zero Sum
16. Jon Hopkins - Sleepwalker
17. The Flashbulb - Addict Swelling
18. Shakatura - S.A.G.E.

Through A Looking Glass

THA ROMAN - Beginning Music

Desert Dwellers - Downtemple Dub - Remixed is Available NOW!!!
Remixes by Love & Light, Kayla Scintilla, Kaminanda, Eastern Sun, Aes Dana, Drumspyder, Duke Mushroom, Androcell, EarthRise SoundSystem, and Eccodek 

A FREE Unreleased track is all yours by simply emailing proof of album purchase to music@desertdwellers.org


Here's where you can buy the album:
Digital ::: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/downtemple-dub-remixed/id508331472?uo=4

Physical CD ::: 
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http://www.whiteswanmusic.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detailName/productName/DownTemple_Dub_Remixed/product_ID/3078


Much Love and Thank You For Your Support!!!



DownTemple Dub: Remixed is the latest offering of otherworldly down-tempo and psy-chill grooves from the Desert Dwellers. On this release, sound alchemists from around the globe have provided their unique production skills to the DownTemple Dub project. These classic Desert Dwellers yoga dub tracks have been re-imagined by some of the most forward thinking producers in the ethno-electronic scene, resulting in a genre bending journey of sonic bliss - the perfect accompaniment to your movement meditation. Like sonic incense, these spellbinding soundscapes burn with a boldly modern sound reverberating with echoes of our tribal past and future.


01. Point of Awakening (Androcell Remix)			8:09	
02. Crossing Beyond (Duke Mushrooom Remix)		5:52	
03. More than Anything (Love and Light Remix)		4:02	
04. Tala Odyssey (Drumspyder Remix)				6:10	
05. Bodhi Mandala (Drumspyder Remix)				6:19	
06. Dragon's Mist (Kaminanda Re-mist)				7:55	
07. Lotus Heart (Kalya Scintilla Remix)				6:42	
08. Pranafestation (Eccodek Remix)				6:25	
09. Sukhavati (EarthRise SoundSystem Remix)		6:22	
10. Yoga Dub Mystic (Eastern Sun Remix)			5:22	
11. You Can See Forever (Aes Dana Remix)			6:19	

Album produced by Amani Friend 
Original music by Amani Friend, Rara Avis, and Treavor Moontribe
Mastering by Gregor at Earresistible
Artwork by Michael Divine 

www.desertdwellers.org  ::  www.whiteswanrecords.com

DownTemple Dub: Remixed  {ALBUM TEASER}

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Brad - Live @ July FMG 2017

@ Moontribe 19 Year Anniversary

This is a live recorded mix from my set at Moontribe, Full Moon Gathering, March 2013. It contains some slightly more energetic downtempo but ends gently and ambiently. My favorite kind of flow for a closing set.

Mastered to perfection by Brian Saitzyk aka Eastern Sun.

1. Electricwest - The Inability to Relate Pt. 2
2. Celt Islam - Against the Grain
3. Third Ear Audio - The End
4. Nautilus - Nine Miles
5. Digitalis - Cold Fusion
6. KiloWatts - Deliriously
7. Lee Burton - Crash
8. TD Project - Always a Message
9. Dream Stalker - Dialekt
10. Erot - Into the Deep Consciousness
11. Kodomo - Concept 1
12. Quanta - Recept (Griff's Footprints on the Brain Mix)
13. Scann-Tec - Phone Call (Live Edit)
14. Electricwest - Bruises
15. Hibernation - Singularity
16. Gaudi - Chaine a Chaine
17. Ace Ventura & Lish - Into the Light (Bluetech Mix)
18. Dream Stalker - Kair
19. Vakuum Sounds - Journey After a Snakebite
20. Kiyoko - Shinagawa
21. Aes Dana - Jetlag Corporation
22. Frederic Robinson - So Close To Being Human
23. Evac - What Once Was West (feat. Rena Jones)
24. Chinese Man - He Said
25. Occam - Anzix
26. Rumpistol & Red Baron - Dinosaurs
27. Rain Dog – Beyond Their Years (DJ Maggie Edit)
28. VidasM - Lime Flavour

Cleared For Landing

For Brad's history and complete dj mix (mixtapes, CDs, some live recordings) archive:
http://www.foreverbecoming.net

For lots of CD and live mixes from Moontribe djs and friends from the community:
http://www.moontribe.org

Brad was born a music lover. By high school he was DJing backyard parties in Long Beach and had already become addicted to the latest 12" vinyl releases. His love and passion for cutting edge electronic music has not abated since that time.

Now a veteran of the West Coast rave community since 1992, Brad continues to perform regularly in the U.S. and Canada. His interest in the environment, yoga, and his philosophical nature are conveyed in his musical choices. He can energize any crowd with his seamless mixing, whether in a warehouse, intimate club, or out in the open desert. Brad defies classification by experimenting with a variety of musical genres, often cutting between techno, minimal, tribal, progressive, acid house, and breaks. He blends many intricate soundscapes to create the flow and funkiness that is essential Brad. His eclectic mixes take the listener on a musical journey where time and space seem to disappear. Using the language of music to unite and celebrate the earth and humanity is Brad's goal. Brad has been a resident DJ with Southern California's legendary Moontribe Collective since 1996.