It's safe to say that Desert Dwellers are the most OG desert DJs that we know. In fact, Treavor Moontribe was one of the founding members of Moontribe Collective, the original community of California desert dancers who've been gathering under the full moon since 1993. We owe a ton of our inspiration to Moontribe and we might even go so far to say there wouldn't be a Desert Hearts without our founding fathers of the desert scene.

While we've had Treavor Moontribe absolutely kill it for us in the past, it's his ultra psychedelic Desert Dwellers project with partner Amani Friend that really made international waves. Predominantly a downtempo project, we first heard about a super rare techno / tech house set performed by Desert Dwellers through our partner Kristoff. And he just wouldn't stop raving about it...

Honestly we had absolutely no idea what to expect from a techno set by Desert Dwellers other than the good word of one of our partners. Their set was the one true wildcard on our lineup and it ended up being one of the most radical sets of the weekend. With the first 1.5 hours of the set being all original material, Desert Dwellers pulled off one of the best sets we've ever heard at Desert Hearts.

With a heartfelt nod to those who paved the way for us, we hope you enjoy Live @ Desert Hearts- Desert Dwellers - 018 as much as we do. <3

Tracklisting:

(note - T.MT is Treavor Moontribe of Desert Dwellers)

1 - Desert Dwellers - The Elephants March On
2 - T.MT - Acid Trip
3 - Seed - Head In The Clouds (Desert Dwellers Remix) 
4 - T.MT - Oh Yeah Bootleg - 
5 - T.MT - Simply Effective 
6 - Micky K - Good Times (Desert Dwellers Remix)
7 - Saeed Younan - Analock (T.MT Massive Remix)
8 - Nanoplex - Sofa Surfer (T.MT Remix) 
9 - Desert Dwellers - A Little Spice
10 - Desert Dwellers - You Can See Forever (Luke Mandala Remix)
11 - T.MT - The Long Dark Road
12 - T.MT - Tidewater Spirit
13 - Royal Assassin - Turn Of Twilight (Desert Dwellers Remix)
14 - Desert Dwellers - Trail Of Nomads (Alex Kenji Remix)
15 - David Starfire - Sitarfire (Desert Dwellers Remix) 
16 - Sharam - Radio G (Day Mix)
17 - Pig & Dan - Seagulls
18 - Citizen Kain - The Way
19 - Fiberroot - Space Localizer 
20 - Vinayak A - There Is Something Missing (Deepfunk Remix)
21 - Butch & Hohberg - Ozymandias
22 - Maceo Plex - Conjure Bass

Live @ Desert Hearts - Desert Dwellers - 018

My set from the Moontribe 31 year anniversary. I played from 4-530am until sunrise. It was a magical experience and I hope you all enjoy the listen!

-=Psilovybe=- <)(>Moontribe 31 Year Anniversary<)(>

Recorded live somewhere in the Mojave Desert under a full moon.

Tracklist:
01. Dima Gastrolër - Strange New World
02. RNBWS - Concentrate
03. Club Mayz - The Domain of Night
04. Yo Speed - Celeste
05. Stuster - Signs 
06. Fobos Hailey - Chemical (Ben Pest Remix)
07. Sun People - Exhausting Care
08. Fobos Hailey - Shedance
09. DJ MELL G - DISTURBED MIND (Ben Pest Remix)
10. brandroid - 26 cherries (Boom Boom) (Bartek Industries Remix) 
11. Bartek Industries - ID
12. Ed Chamberlain - Dave TEK EDIT
13. K65 - The Sequence
14. Pruvan - Dumpster Fire
15. noRecall - Squish (Jason Code Remix)
16. Endmodell - Die Taktung der Maschinen (Teil1)
17. Sam Binga & Fracture - Trippin'
18. Wingz - Light Up 
19. Tomoyoshi - The Hum
20. Kalane & R3IDY - Let You Go
21. Trex - Dem Man 
22. Emperor - That's That
23. Enei - Storm
24. Latte - Let It Go
25. Enei - Hard Line
26. Covert Garden - Rude (VIP)

Bartek Industries @ Moontribe September 2024

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

Once again delighted to play for the incredible annual New Year's Day event put on by Moon Kitty - the indomitable duo of Anton Tumas from Subtract Music and Treavor Moontribe of Desert Dwellers. Here is 1.5 hours of delicious progressive hypnotic techno. Enjoy! 

LIve @ Moon Kitty New Year's Day 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

Continues directly from Part 1 (see separate listing)this is  Part 2 of my daytime set at Moontribe April 2025. Lots of melodic, techy, and tribal vibes ending with a good dose of funkiness. Live in Love

LIve @ Moontribe April 2025 Part 2

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

New sounds laced with classic samples and styles for all the party people. Live in Love 

Live @ Moontribe 32-Year  Anniversary _ Day

A re-created recording from the Living Room stage Thursday 12:30-2:30am at Shambhala 2025.

I can't put the full tracklisting here because Soundcloud might pull the mix down.  They have done so in the past. Ask in the comments and I'll respond.

Featuring many classic and new tracks that spin thru genres like a washing machine on heavy load. 

The Hardkiss Music releases including:

God Within - Raincry
Gavin Hardkiss & Bisi - Sawa Sawa Hey
Gavin Hardkiss - Afro Tamba Tamba
Hawke - Sunshine People
Hawke & God Within - Acid Funk (Rabbit In The Moon Remix)
Petoken - Lightbeam

Grab them at www.hardkiss.org

Hardkiss Vault: https://www.hardkiss.org/liner-notes
Gavin Hardkiss Archive: https://www.hardkiss.org/collection

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Gavin Hardkiss

Gavin Hardkiss DJ Set | Shambhala '25 Living Room Stage

An intense psychedelic tribal techno set from 129-135BPM. Played live at Moontribe's 24-year Anniversary Gathering 2017.

Moontribe 24-Year Anniversary Gathering (June 2017) - Night Mix

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.

Moontribe 24-Year Anniversary Gathering (June 2017) - Night Mix

Brad Moontribe