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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.


AMANI Dj Set @ Motion Notion (uptempo)

New Year's Day 2022, I was honored to play the opening set for the Moontribe Day Vibe party, outside in the sunshine next to the train tracks. This is the recording of that set.

Tracklist:

Udulele - Lamu Tamu [HEKA Remix]
Pedra Branca - Tambor
Symbolico - I'm Free
y e l a g u a - Micro e Macro
Sigil - Jahowl
Keerd - City 17
Jean du Voyage - Khanti
Zen Baboon - Weeedz (Radio Edit)
Erothyme - Human Rising (feat. Natalie Lain & Amalgamy)
Hibernation - Identify (The 'dela meets Seb' Re-Remix)
Electroslide - I'm a Cadillac
Knowtoryus - Bomberclaad Joint (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session)
islandman - Future Days

Open Up

This is a live recording of my opening set to celebrate my good friend Treavor Moontribe's 50th birthday. The evening took place at a Moroccan-themed restaurant in Hollywood, and Treavor played a 4-hour set after mine, so we were able to really dial in the flow. 

I've been collecting some tasty slow house music in the last few years without any real place to play them, and this set gave me a chance to flex that muscle a little, toward the end of the set. I had fun with it. 

Tracklist:

Phaeleh - Resolve
Mystic State - And Again
Congi - Pool
Sandspider - Late
Mah Ze Tar - Bahar Delkash (MORiLLO Remix)
Dov1, Hooves - Vital Ital
Jazzanova - Bohemian Sunset
Bluetech - Kingdom of the Blind (feat. Alyssa) (Third I Mix)
Sick-E - Insanity Waits (Feat. Phour Trakk)
Nightmares on Wax - 70s 80s
Erothyme - Panther Crick (Somatoast Remix)
stellar- - Slack Dub (International Observer Instrumental Dub)
Soble and Li'lith - Freedom Frequencies
Sofa Surfers - Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix)
Cihangir Aslan, Dilan Balkay - Night Owl
Dandara - Uivando
End of Time, Trippin Jaguar - Electric Visions
LUM - Nfrt.y.ty feat Sunru
D-Echo Project - Galactic Shine
ali dada - Tea Surf (Trippin Jaguar's Neon Wave Remix)
islandman - Kara Toprak (SONLIFE Remix)
Captures - Matakan Mwami
Beyhude - Alabora (Foxall Pale Blue Remix)
Max Cooper - A Model Of Reality (Tor Remix)

Live @ Treavor Moontribe's 50th Birthday

Mint Condition

Proud of this mix.  I spent a fair amount of time sequencing and practicing this set to get the right flow and journey over 1.5 hours.  I hope you enjoy listening and dancing to it as much as I enjoyed playing it.  

1.  Tim Green - Coriolis
2.  Valdovinos - Autumn Leaves
3.  Amonita - Amulet
4.  Steve Slight - Magellanic Cloud (D-Nox & Beckers Remix)
5.  Giles et Diego - I know who I am 
6.  DIM KELLY - Beyond The Depths
7.  Double Touch - Pomelo
8.  Nino Tores / Tal Tobi - Minako
9.  Anton MAKe - Catallopa
10.  Daniel Meister - Planet of the Apes
11.  Dor Danimo - Melomad
12.  Enzo Paradiso, Chär Spinelli - Eternal 
13.  Sébastien Léger - Secret
14.  Alej Ch - Floating
15.  JFR - Lasa
16.  Nathan Katz - Parallax
17.  Oliver Koletzki, Marlena Daever - Don't Ever Wake Me Up (Fabian Kroos Remix)

Solar Echoes DJ Mix

Bluetech - Solar Echoes DJ Mix - Aug 2024 (Live at EarthRise Inception Seattle)

AMANI Dj set from Australia's Rainbow Serpent 2015. 

Track Listing:
1. Bluetech - Cosmic Trigger
2. Goopsteppa - Fashionably Late
3. Grouch - Chops
4. Kromestar - Through The Blinds
5. Phaeleh - Afterglow (feat. Soundmouse)
6. AtYyA - Altar Form
7. Atman Construct - Parralax View(Sixis Redub)
8. Ganja White Night - Bubblegum
9. Ayla Nereo - Let It In (AtYya Remix)
10. Phaeleh - Whisteling in the Dark (feat. Augustus Ghost)
11. Sixis - Orbital
12. Sixis - Cyclic Time
13. Loxy & Isotone - Ancients (Skeptical Remix)
14. Truth - The Fact
15. Liquid Stranger - Spawn
16.  AtYyA - Oceanic
17. Bogtrotter - Wub Specter
18. Halfred & TRIBONE - Inseparable Parts
19. Bluetech + Shamans Dream - Breath Of Ma (AtYyA Remix)
20. Living Light - First Light (Supersillyus Remix)
21. Colibri - Vinja
22. Deya Dova - Symbiotic (Drumspyder Remix)
23. Eat Static - pERSEPOLIS 2
24. Drumspyder - Ingwaz
25. Kalya Scintilla - Yatram
26. Tipper - Table Flipping (Original Mix)
27. Bluetech - Light Years From Home

Connect on Facebook: www.facebook.com/amani.of.desert.dwellers
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.

CONNECT

AMANI Dj Set @ Rainbow Serpent Festival

This is the connective result (with a tiny change on the tracklist) of my latest DJ sets 'Transparensea' and 'Ecstatic Abundance' in one music story under the name 'Ecstatic Transaprensea' 🎶

Enjoy :)))

Tracklist

 Ekorce - Point Nemo
2. Somatoast - Tapping in Boyd Hill
3. Bios Lumen – Soothing
4. Faelow - Cave Pool
5. Soloe - Maze Quest
6. Imagination Project – Kaya
7. The Flying Mars – Aereo
8. Sasha Malkovich - Last Samurai
9. Sitaranha - Visagra (Translippers Remix)
10. Entangled Mind & Amy Naylor ft. R!llo - Orbit
11. Sasha Malkovich - Dance with the Dragon
12. Land Switcher - Zen Zad
13. Dubnotic – Cyberspace
14. Version Bizar Experiment – Arborius
15. Ekorce - True Colors
16. Amritone - Tasteless Reality
17. Liquid Bloom & PERE - Pajaro Azul (Basher Toe Rmx)
18. Floating Machine - Pakora (Zen Baboon Remix)
19. Balint Boldizsar - Mirage (Sahale & Samarana Rmx)
20. Seba Campos - Amiki Minongo
21. Islandman – Chaldene
22. Matanza & Dandara – Arrieta
23. Epstein & Sarkis Mikael – Elephante
24. Adrian Schneider - Fata Morgana
25. Hot Oasis & Nasiri – Nawamis
26. Wild Dark - Like A Whisper (Elfenberg Rmx)
27. Balint Boldizsar – Mirage
28. Juan (FR) – Bawa
29. Ryan Murgatroyd - iKalimba (Jonas Rathsman Rmx)
30. Klunsh - Isolated (Extended Mix)
31. Zigan Aldi Ft. Sandeck - Blue Hill (Pophop Rmx)
32. Pablo Fierro - Tel Aviv To Casablanca

* Image made with AI by Jackdrafahl

Johnny Blue x Juanito Azul : Ecstatic Transparensea

A deep and diverse journey recorded live at EMC2 Festival in the lush lands of Missouri. As always, we flowed across a wide spectrum from global bass, organic house, tribal downtempo, psybient pulses, ecstatic grooves, and cinematic moments all woven for the dancefloor.

EMC2 is rooted in the medicine tribe and inspired by the spirit of the land, and this set carries the essence of Earth, rhythm, and resonance shared under open skies with a beautiful community.

TRACKLIST: 
 0:00 - Desert Dwellers - Can We Begin Again (Feat Random Rab & Me~She)
4:12 - Poranguí & Liquid Bloom - Igniting the Sacred (Desert Dwellers Remix)
11:50 - Desert Dwellers - Utterly Intertwined (Cosmic Trigger Remix)
18:20 - Desert Dwellers - One Giant Consciousness feat Paul Stamets
22:40 - Shpongle - Juggling Molecules (Desert Dwellers Remix)
29:57 - Desert Dwellers - Wahat Khasiba feat Onanya
37:30 - Namito & Mahbobe Golzari - Bemann (Desert Dwellers Remix)
45:09 - Liquid Bloom, Bloomurian, Onanya - Forest Guardians (CALAGNA Remix)
51:00 - KOAST - Light (Desert Dwellers Remix)
55:40 - Desert Dwellers - Dub Sutras (Cosmic Trigger Remix)
1:02:00 - Desert Dwellers - Sawaswati’s Twerkaba
1:07:00 - Desert Dwellers - Sawaswati’s Twerkaba (CloZee & LuSiD Remix)
1:10:17 - Desert Dwellers - Realms of Splendor (DRRTYWULVS Remix)
1:14:00 - Desert Dwellers - Realms of Splendor (Erothyme Remix)
1:18:04 - Desert Dwellers - Realms of Splendor (Original)
1:20:38 - Encounters - Liminia (Desert Dwellers Remix)
1:29:00 - Name This Artist - Beauty of the Clouds
1:34:00 - Desert Dwellers - Wandering Sadhu (Live Ambient Mash Up)

Desert Dwellers Live Set at EMC2 Festival 2025

A fun night with Chris Murphy on violin (not recorded), and sharing the stage with the fabulous Caitlin Delphina (not recorded).

BeeDance Sept 2025

***FREE DOWNLOAD***

🔊New tech house! 💊Vitamin D💊 is a collaboration with my producer friend Cuzdav - it's a cheeky vocal idea on a bed of bass-ish tech house to jack up the excitement! Let us know what you think in the comments - if you really like it, please share!!! 👊 👊 👊

🔥 https://www.beatport.com/release/vitamin-d-feat-cuzdav/4888512 🔥


Vitamin D [Feat. Cuzdav]

Solid wood work

August 2016 Moontribe deep in the Mojave desert...4 hour closing set starting 8am...even left the computer glitch in the closing tune when my laptop confirmed it was too damn hot outside to continue! 

Track List:

1 - Animal Picnic & Aaryon - Tangram
2 - Solemn Eye - Dusky Cloud
3 - Dj Tonio - King
4 - Avitism - Mastodon (Mind Against Remix)
5 - Teho - Issue 1
6 - Matador - Remember
7 - Manuel Moreno - Lutas (Dahu Remix)
8 - Reinier Zonneveld - Crossing Borders
9 - Jonathan Kaspar - Tikal
10 - Pete Oak - Celsius
11 - Mind Against - Gravity 
12 - D-Formation - Balkia (D-Nox & Beckers Remix)
13 - Nick Warren & Guy Mantzur - Sad Robot (D-Nox & Beckers Remix)
14 - Butch - Veni, Vidi, Vici
15 - Kevin Yost - Don't Give In
16 - Thomas Schumacher & Caitlin Devlin - Every Little Piece feat. Caitlin Devlin (Hot Since 82 Remix)
17 - Nick Devon - The Poem (Dahu Remix)
18 - Rogriguez Jr. - Sulfuric State
19 - Third Son - Trigonal (D-Nox & Beckers Remix)
20 - Animal Picnic & Aaryon - Hydra (Nick Devon Remix)
21 - Yoni Yarchi & Tal Tager - Sirocco (Tara Brooks Remix)
22 - Hyenah - Soak it feat. Nonku (Andre Lodemann Remix)
23 - Dave DK - We Mix At Six
24 - Hyenah - The Idea (Frankie & Sandrino Remix)
25 - Eagles & Butterflies - Sun
26 - Khen - Sunflakes 
27 - D-Nox & Beckers - Last Call
28 - Miguel Puente - Enki (Hyenah's African Techno Dub)
29 - Mose Robert - Innocence (Treavor Moontribe Remix)
30 - Andre Hommen - Bassari People
31 - Hobo - Get C (J Mix)
32 - Ian Pooley - Mudou
33 - Monkey Safari - Walls (Guy Gerber's Office Sex Remix)
34 - German Brigante - So Good (D-Nox & Beckers Remix)
35 - Gai Barone - Mimosa (GMJ Remix)
36 - Khen - Emergency Routine
37 - Maher Daniel & Audiofly - Cluster Of Stars
38 - El Txef A - The Love We Lost feat. Woolfy (Bedouin Remix)
39 - Bedouin - Now Or Never
40 - Bedouin - Flights Of Birds
41 - DAVI - Change Your Life
42 - Bedouin - Metaphor
43 - Liquid Bloom & Shamans Dream - Whispers Of Our Ancestors

TMTLiveAug2016FMG

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Desert Dwellers is a pioneering electronic music project that bridges the ancient and the future, fusing deep bass, world instrumentation, and psychedelic textures into immersive sonic journeys. Founded in 1999 by Amani Friend and Treavor Moontribe, the project grew out of the legendary Moontribe gatherings in the deserts of Southern California and Santa Fe, New Mexicos desert rave scene. 

Blending influences from many genres, Desert Dwellers has released dozens of albums and remixes, toured across five continents, and collaborated with an eclectic array of artists from around the world. Their music has graced stages at Symbiosis, Ozora, Lightning in a Bottle, Boom, Envision, Shambhala, and Burning Man, resonating with audiences through both meditative journeys and powerful dancefloor experiences.

In 2026, Desert Dwellers will enter its most significant evolution yet. Co-founder Amani Friend will be stepping away from touring to focus on studio production and other creative pursuits, while a new collaborator joined the project, acclaimed producer and mixing/mastering engineer Sarkis Mikael. While continuing to honor the project’s signature sound and ethos “Music Beyond Borders,” Desert Dwellers is now expanding into bold new sonic territories. Sarkis, with releases on respected labels like Sol Selectas, Saisons, and Hoomidaas, brings a fresh creative spark and deep musical integrity.