The roots of my 20+ year journey in ecstatic music and dance connect most deeply in Africa. It was Alvin Ailey that first opened that portal for me. I then trained with an African Drum Troupe from Mali and began playing percussion for modern & contemporary dance classes. 

I translated many years experience of playing drum kit in an improvisational jazz ensemble onto my hand drum excursions exploring mind altering poly-rhythms steeped in shamanism. 

As we speak, there is something novel stirring in Africa at this very moment - A fusion of modern music, ancient rhythms and vocal chants that take the dancefloor to new revelations of insight & expression. 

Africa has always been dancing since time immemorial, to connect with the Higher Power and that energy can be felt in their music. 
Call it amapiano, afrobeat, new age kwaito, juju, gnawa, highlife or Afro-house… 

With 1.3 billion people of all shades, an estimated 2,000 dialects tucked from north to south into 54 countries, Africa’s envied musical offerings are wide-reaching. And there are deep cultural contexts to each evolving genre.

It’s no wonder why most of my dj sets are heavily fertile with African roots. To me, throughout the course of time, this diverse musical lineage has always understood and laid out the template for the POWER of deep ceremony and celebration. 

This Sunday I return to bring my music medicine to Kalani, the place that helped clarify my greatest inspiration - Freeform Dance. 

As always what happens is a co-creation between the dancers, sacred space holders, music facilitators, the ancestors and the elements.

Track Listing:
Give - DRRTYWULVZ
Valley of the Ancients (Mose Remix) - Deya Dova
Third Light (Bodie Remix) - Pitch Black
Reserva Pra Dois - Branko & Mayra Andrade
Purple Turtle - Ancestral Elephants
A Light from Afar, The Beginning of the World - Slow Rotation Inc
White Soul - Bahramji & Hot Oasis
El Teatro De Los Suenos - PAAX (Tulum)
Who Lights the Sun - Ari & Haunted Water
iLog Drum - Kabza De Small
Ababuyanga - Aymos, Major League Djz & Josiah De Disciple
Focus on the Beat - Major League Djz & Gyaki
Ongwana - Vetkuk, Mahouts, Kabza De Small
Tachen - Modeselektor
Protection From Evil - Ibibio Sound Machine
Kiss ( Extended Version) - Prince
Gravitate - OPIUO
Silk Drop .2 - Dirty Heaven
Zouka - Bang La Decks
Webra (Skrude Remix)- Hataah
Imagine That - DRRTYWULV
Need Your Love - Ashibah
Larry Bird - Sofi Tukker
Muta Sonics - Dafro
Nisikilize - Massh
Higher (feat Simmy) - Sun-El Musician
Sano (Hermetics Remix) - Chancha Via Circuito & Levi Torres
Intro - Kygo
Sun Circle - AH*NEE*MAH
You Are the Sun - Of Porcelain

Kalani Ecstatic Dance 7.10.22

This mix represents a potent journey of deep prayer for our dance community as well as the world at large. When I dive deep into a mix like this, I like to include music that I have received from artists who are friends or I've had the honor of collaborating with. It brings for me an even deeper heart resonance when I know that this work has connected us and we've exchanged inspiration. This set includes tracks from Mercan Dede, Shamans Dream, Scott Nice, Temple Step, Snow Raven, DRRTYWULVZ, Ra-Be 333, DJ Shub & others. Not to mention the additional inspiration I received from my dear brother, Max Fathom that informed this mix.

The opening track features Mercan Dede calling out to the long line of prophets of the Ages. The journey focuses on the music medicine of the Sufis, the indigenous medicine keepers of the Americas, the deep roots of our African ancestors as well as revolutionary bass, hip hop and rave culture throwbacks. It was the rave culture of the 90's when I first experienced what contemporary culture was capable of in achieving Unity on the dance floor.  The Sufi's and Native Americans as well as the African Drum Troupe from Mali that I toured with also showed me later on what is truly possible with the added layer of ceremonial intention. 

This mix is pure medicine and the state of grace that we all experienced on the dance floor together is my reason for doing all of this. I hope that this mix brings you release, empowerment, connection and joy. 

There’s something profoundly magical that happens when the bpm of the music synchs up with the dancers pulse rate. It usually occurs around 110-130bpm, where the music begins to carry the heartbeats of the entire collective of the dancefloor in sympathetic resonance. It’s miraculous when we reach this moment of ecstasy and it can be extended for an hour or more where the dancer completely loses awareness of time & space and any feeling of self consciousness. It’s known by the ancient Greeks as ekstasis - the state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself. 

From My heart

02 19 23 Kalani Ecstatic Dance

Over the past several months I've been really inspired by some of the incredible music contained within this ecstatic dance set. In fact, so inspired that I created a little mini tour of California so that I could bring this music to more people. 

It's a deep dive into some of the potent alchemical music that is bubbling out of Nigeria and South Africa right now, Creating a potent vortex of transformation invoking the elements and ancestors on the dance floor. 

Bringing us through a meditation on gratitude and expanding that out worldwide into higher tempo Drum&Bass from the UK by Jersey & Fred Again... and then full circle back into the African hybrid prayer of Jon Baptiste. 

This is a full spectrum journey that was first born out of the dance floor at Kalani and found it's fullest expression landing here in Oakland at Sweets Ballroom where I could feel the likes of John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Aretha and others that have blessed the air inside since the opening in 1920. 

Truly an honor to play ecstatic dance here at this EPIC VENUE where it has been going strong since 2008!

02 07 24 Ecstatic Dance Oakland

 the angelic sounds of Sasha Rose and ambient bliss of Jami Deva - a perfect energetic balance of Yin and Yang. It is sure to put you into an expanded state where deep healing can happen.  Qi Goddess has become famous in the Hypno-birthing community and has been used to relax new Mom’s while welcoming newly arrived beauties. The full length composition is about an hour long and is perfect for massage and healing sessions.

Qi Goddess [sample]

It's like bathing in luminous liquid light...

432Hz Attuned music composed using solfeggio frequencies of healing. The tones and harmonic structures used in this compostion facilitate cellular regeneration and subtle energy activation. The composition features all original music by Jami Deva and Rick Johnson. The effects of listening to harmonic empowered frequency can be a profound assistance to arriving at deep states of meditation & repairing  DNA. The original track is 60 minutes long of which this is an excerpt.

Gaia Healing

Gaia Healing (432)

Valentines Ecstatic Dance Set at Sacred Space in Ojai

This was a Super Magical Awesome Night.
The mix is 3 hours long so the first 45 minutes or so is warm up.
I hope you enjoy it. We sure did.
This mix gives you a pretty good idea of the water my dolphin body is swimming in while I'm mixing. <3

Track Listing:
Countdown to Zero - Damian Lazarus 
Yatram - Merkaba 
The Calling - Merkaba 
Fireflies - Lights & Motion
Coherence - Jami Deva
Glow - Lights & Motion
Evocation (With Eve Olution) - Merkaba 
Atom Dance - Björk 
Footsteps In The Stars (Temple Step Project & DJ Dakini Remix) - Deya Dova
Electric City -
Lazy Love - The Geek x VRV
The Way You Make Me Feel - Russ Liquid        
Hideaway (Kllrd Gre3ns Edition) - Kiesza 
On Trees & Birds & Fire (Sam Feldt & Bloombox Remix) - I Am Oak 
Halcyon Birds - Broken Back
Homeland Feat. Matthew Dear - Joris Voom
Show Me Love - Sam Feldt 
My Heart - Smith & Westin 
Roll The Dice (Urban Contact Remix) - Dawa         
Sky Roarer (Whitebear Remix) - Deya Dova        
Hip Hop Medicine H2O 888 - Dove Mosis
What A Wonderful World x Can’t Help Falling In Love With You (mash up ukulele cover) - Reneé Dominique" 
Is_this_Love_(Dubmatix_Re-Versioned) - Bob Marley
Sun Is Shining -  djblaze
Babys (Urban Contact’s Summer Soul Remix) - Bon Iver        
Shark (Illenium Remix)- Oh Wonder
Shadow Of The Sun (Adventure Club Remix) - Max Elto 
I Remember You - Bjork
The Spectacular Quiet - Lights & Motion"
Coherence -  Jami Deva 
LightLanguage-PERFECT - Lunaya 

V - Day DevaDance Set

This last trip to Kauai was completely transformational on so many levels and this set is pure creative reflection into the unfolding of the magic that I experienced. 

the set was performed at Ecstatic Dance Kauai's regular Sunday morning dance. There are several tracks that are profoundly sacred to me and have been the soundtrack of my life lately. I had been waiting for the perfect time to drop them on the dancefloor and it happened. 

The mix features some heart expansive ambient, Sufi, African, middle eastern, Siberian and Hawaiian prayers, shamanic cacao trance, exotic rhythms from Nigeria, Tanzania and S. Africa, ecstatic dnb, deep bass earth shaking drops, and some etheric unity message music at the end.  

People were left feeling inspired & blessed - some in tears and holding their hearts. 

Every time I play Kaua'i, I am already looking forward to the next time when I return. I love this beautiful community. Mahalo

ECSTATIC DANCE KAUA'I

This set was an initiation - into a new space, a new era, a new commUnity. To grow together in new ways - an invitation to dance & pray, laugh & cry, feel all the feels together, lift our hearts and work It all out on the dancefloor, like we do.

There was ALOT of intention put into this set: The past 5 years on Earth have been for so many of us the MOST challenging and on top of that, all that this Bay Area Ecstatic Dance community has been navigating...

This set marks a new beginning in so many ways with prayers for resolution, healing, blessing and rebirth. It is deeply alchemical - I put my headphones on and danced to it in my backyard to fully test the (recorded) journey myself.

I feel blessed and grateful to be here, deeply seen and felt by this extraordinary community. Thank you for having me. May we grow in beautiful new ways together. Mahalo✨

06 15 25 MOVEMENT Ecstatic Dance San Francisco

D&L Wedding Dance Mix

DevaDance Set from March 1st, 2016 in Ojai, CA.

Track Listing:
Luna Moth - Jon Hopkins
Low Light - Peter Gabriel
The Light - The Album Leaf
One Step Behind - Hol Baumann
Melodies & Desires - Lykke Li
Big Medicine (Bluetech RMX) - Mari Boine
Oshun (Extended Remix)- Hamsa Lila
Juanito's Patience - Thriftworks
ACSFP - russliquid
Looking Glass - Saturn
If Only (Daktyl Remix)- Maya Payne
Do Without (Grillz Remix)- Daktyl
Reset - Gentlemen Thieves
Spaceman - Upercent
Selection A (Extended Mix)- Curbi
You Know (Original Mix)- Zeds Dead & Oliver Heldens
KinKao - Perkulat0r
Cleopatra In New York - Nickodemus
Hey You - Slynk
Ease My Mind - Skrillex
High With You - The Aston Shuffle
Bouncybob (feat. Justin Mylo & Mesto)- Martin Garrix
Limitless - Rameses B
Lay Your Sorrows Down - Bluetech & Katrina Blackstone
Luna Moth - Jon Hopkins

Out From The Well Of Sadness - DevaDance Set

DevaDance Set  Feb 23rd

Track Listing:
Cloudless - Peter Gabriel
Channel Deq - Sasha
Pontiac - Sasha
Bring on the Night-Time - Sasha
Blue Window - Crayon & Dune
One Day - Baaba Maal
Cherry Mandala (Revisited) - James Hood
Stained Glass Fresh Frozen - Julien Dyne feat. Mara TK
El Ritmo De Mi Gente - Andrés feat. Lady
Tincture(saQi Remix) - Feral Fauna
KinKao - Perkulat0r
Waited 4 U - Slow Magic
Cuz You're The One - Daniel Bortz
Adventure Of A Lifetime (Matoma Remix)- Coldplay 
Pikachu - Oliver Heldens, Mr. Belt & Wezol
DANCE Allegro - Russ Liquid
Virtual Insanity (The Noisy Freaks Remix) - Jamiroquai
Superbad - TheFloozies
Soulgasm - Birds of Paradise
Enter the Seed - Plantarea
Puzzle - Beats Antique
Safe Haven - Rameses B
Chocolate (Oli Slack Remix) - The 1975
View2 - Sasha
Coherence - Jami Deva



Devoted - DevaDance Set

Track Listing:
A Prayer For The Soul Of Layla - Jamshied Sharifi
Path Of The Spirit Warrior - Kevin Wrenn
The Spirit - Various
Water Spirits - Shaman's Dream
Winne Yo (Part 1) - Mystic Rhythms Band
Intruxx - Glass Animals
Chapinero - Thornato
Koz Kazah (feat. KarenBe) - Thornato
Quest's End - SaQi
Ebudae (GeOMetrae Sacred remix)- Enya
Return Of The Bird Tribes - Deya Dova
Triptrap - Symbolico
Hip Hop Medicine H2O 888 - Dove Mosis
Temple (feat. M.I.A. & G-DRAGON)- Baauer
Down - Marian Hill
Lovit - Marian Hill
Rainfalling Throat (GeOMetrae Remix)
Eastern Sun (AtYyA Remix)
That Noble Dream
Healing (Reprise) - Chief Sonne Reyna
Standing Rock - Trevor Hall
Black Eagle - Janet Jackson
In the Sun - Donna DeLory

Prayer Dancing for Standing Rock - DevaDance Set

DevaDance Set 11/13/18
Track Listing;

Call To Prayer - Baaba Maal
Tudo Bem (feat. Vitor Goncalves) - Atropolis
Two Suns - TOR
The Inside - Rocket Empire
Meru (feat. Koresma) - Rohne
Northern Vision - Sine
Hey Amba - Tina Malia & Shimshai
Clairvoyer - Random Rab
SER DE LUZ - NU
Allo Allo - Zap Mama
Allo (feat. Omo Frenchie & Gafacci) - Mina
Snakecharmer - KRADDY & Bassnectar
The Temple of I  - Thievery Corporation
Human Beans - Symbolico
Har Braha - Symbolico
GOLD feat. Cengiz - NU
Yasou Astoria (feat. Stavros Skyrianos) - Atropolis
Xavier - Artifakts
Music Is the Answer (feat. SLO) - Joe Goddard
Tearing Me Up - Bob Moses
Kalimantan - Lotus
Truth Is Light - Joe Goddard
Saguaro - Djuma Soundsystem & Westerby
Kawahagi - Djuma Soundsystem & Westerby
Aware - VESHZA
Sages - Mikey Pauker
What an Interesting Creature - evolv
The Last Kiss - nExow
Coherence - Jami Deva

Call To Prayer DevaDance Set

Track Listing:
Rain, Then Snow - Jeff Greinke        
Every High (Piano Solo) - Kyson
Every High - Kyson
Dawn (2018) - Hiatus        
Destiny - Sol Rising
Ancestors Call - Carmen Rizzo & Huun Huur Tu        
Tiniri (Matthias Meyer Remix) - Sabo & Amine K
Clade (Frameworks Remix) - Edamame
Careless Love - Croquet Club
Birfday Suit - The Floozies
Oh Baby (Remastered) - Ficci, Snowflake, Trifonic
DOPENESS (feat. CL) - The Black Eyed Peas
BIG LOVE - The Black Eyed Peas
Dreams - Dov1, An-Ten-Nae & DNA
Time - CloZinger
Own Skin - cln
Really Love - Body Language 
Super Heady Spiritual Gangster - SOOHAN
Grimey - TroyBoi
Triptrap - Symbolico
Tearing Me Up - Bob Moses
Music Is the Answer (feat. SLO) - Joe Goddard" 
Answers - Alyss
Hermetica - J. Arif Verner

Rain Falls - DevaDance Set

Thanks for listening
and dancing
 <3

Track listing:

When There Was Only Us - Aether
Rising, Rising (Bassnectar Remix) - Crywolf
Metamorphosis - AK
Pull the Catch (Instrumental Edit) - Fat Fredds Drop
Hungboo (DJ-Kicks) [Mixed] - Peggy Gou
I Learnt Some Jazz Today - Tessellated 
Kingdom (feat. North Downs) [Adesse Versions Remix] - Maribou State 
The Last Dance (Sunrise Remix) - Eagles & Butterflies
Moonlight (Extended Mix) - Disclosure
Everything in It's Right Place - Radiohead
The Cosmic Dance - Anchor Hill
Morning Darling - KMLN & Roderic
Tonantzin (Drumspyder Remix) - Poranguí
Dark Matter - Digital Afrika
Love  Generation - Unknown
Madan (Remixed by Gekko) - Salif Keita
MyBoi (TroyBoi Remix) - Billie Eilish
Love Someone (9 Theory Remix) - Jason Mraz
Bathtime mix - Unknown 
"Canto de la Selva (Spice Trader Remix) - Poranguí
"Otorongo (Shamans Dream & Geometrae Remix) - Poranguí 
Tchori Tchori - BirdzZie
Wait (Kygo Remix) - M83
Kangaru - Jóhann Jóhannsson
Coherence (clip) - Jami Deva

Ecstatic Dance Hawaiian Sanctuary

Track listing:

Dawn (2018) - Hiatus
Cuica - Emancipator & 9 Theory 
Coming Alive - Two Another 
Broken Open (extended mix) - Samuel J 
Nature Boy - Natalie Cole 
The Prayer - GRiZ 
Shifting Things - Pumpkin & Kyrstyn Pixton 
ID (Ultra Music Festival Anthem) - Kygo 
Here for You (feat. Ella Henderson) - Kygo 
Episode (Dub Mix) - Autograf 
The Fire (feat. Savoir Adore) [Autograf Remix] - French Horn Rebellion 
Drifter - Be Svendsen 
Reunion (Talul & Soft Intro) - The XX 
Saguaro - Djuma Soundsystem & Westerby 
Le Freak (Oliver Heldens Remix) - Chic
If We Can't - Thomas Hayden & Ortal Isreal 
Magic Monkey - Equanimous 
Alien, Baby - Soulacybin 
Unicorn Intro - UNICORN 
Batuque (Jeremy Sole & Atropolis Remix) - Dom La Nena 
Baby Gurl - Craze & TroyBoi 
Shape of You Remix - Ed Sheeran 
Living (feat. Alex Clare) - Bakermat 
The Drums (Din Daa Daa) [feat. George Kranz] - Claptone 
Electric Pow Wow Drum - A Tribe Called Red" 
Mystic Rising - Equanimous" 
Meaning of Life - Rameses B
The Last Kiss - nExow

This was a deeply introspective dance for me.
My original intention was to create a mix that celebrates the full spectrum miracle of the Divine Feminine and at the same time I could feel so much happening in the collective psyche around coronavirus. This mix is what came through me with the mind-blowing Light of the Divine Feminine ever present by my side... 

TRACK LISTING:

INTRO
Acres - Sam Gellaitry
Whir - Affelaye 
The Ascent - CharlestheFirst
Connexion/SurrendHer - Klimeks
Further Away - Beauvois
Virga - Edamame
Ebb and Flow - CharlestheFirst
Play - Goapele feat. Lafa Taylor
Your Love (Déjà Vu) - Glass Animals

MAINSET
Happiness Is Easy (12" Mix) [1998 Remastered Version] - Talk Talk
Man O To (Be Svendsen Remix) - Nu
Decoy - Be Svendsen
Trust Myself (feat. Gallant) - Tia Ray 
Mountains (Shylow Remix) - Moontricks
Myth Of The Cave (Drumspyder Remix) - Deya Dova
Holding Back (feat. Gallant) [MOTSA Remix] - SG Lewis
Dark Matter - Digital Afrika
This Girl (Kungs vs Cookin' On 3 Burners) [Extended] - Kungs 
Oceans - RY X & Ólafur Arnalds
Save a Prayer - Dirty Vegas 
Dimitro - islandman
Dance Monkey - Tones and I
Oh Baby (Remastered) - Ficci
Anthem of the Silent Glades - Helucze
Sem Voce feat. DJ Pippi & Copenema - islandman
Here for You (feat. Ella Henderson) - Kygo 
Allo (feat. Omo Frenchie & Gafacci) - Mina
Believe (feat. Jo.Ke) - Viken Arman
All Inside - Bondax

Ecstatic Dance in the Wake of Coronavirus - @ Kalani

This is the first time ever I've recorded my DJ mix along with my vocal facilitation and drumming. It was a super inspired journey.  I am posting this so that you can get a taste of the whole experience of what we are calling Movement Church.
*** Please comment on it and share it if you feel so inspired. <3

THIS IS MOVEMENT CHURCH::
Globally synchronized non-local higher dimensional frequency deep dance channeling transmission on waves of aetheric grace from my heart to your ears. 

Subtly Guided psychedelic dance journey with ecstatic live beats activating the shamanic potential of the dance medicine. 

Imagine a deep dance prayer happening simultaneously in all corners of the globe. People gathering in their homes, dancing with headphones under the stars, on the beach, wherever they may be - all unified by the power of intention to dance through the challenges, breathe through the pain, raise the VIBE, GET CLEAR, RECEIVE & have a BLAST. 

This is MOVEMENT CHURCH  - EVERY GratiTuesday 💜💃🏽 💫✨
LIVE: https://mixlr.com/jami-deva/

Track Listing:
A Different Kind of Human - Aurora
May the Way (Erothyme Remix)- Little Star
Down - Marian Hill
GOLD feat. Cengiz - Nu
Duat - Trippin Jaguar
Flow State - Drrtywulvz
I'm Free - Symbolico
Hummingbird - Equanimous
I Got Love - Mark Balet
Desire - Muzi
Rider Shafique  Santa Muerte - Dub-Stuy
Energy - Sampa The Great
Utopia (feat. Dominique Young Unique) [Vocal Radio Edit] - Bang La Decks
Aide - Bang La Decks
Time - Pachanga Boys
Madan (Exotic Disco Mix) - Salif Keita
Revolution (Absence Remix) [feat. Faustix & Imanos and Kai] - Diplo
Good Morning - Jean du Voyage
Wonder (feat. Elli Espi) [Skysia Remix] - Equanimous & So Frickin Chill
La Ciudad - Odesza
Trip Trap - Symbolico
Return of the Bird Tribes - Deya Dova
God Is Love (feat. Leon Bridges & Jonathan McReynolds)- Common
Coherence - Jami Deva

MOVEMENT CHURCH 01

2.5 hours full spectrum Sunday morning banger Garden Temple style.
Enjoy!

Track Listing:
Sun In Your Eyes - Above & Beyond
Healing - Supertask
Morning BJ - Point Point
Resonate (Birocratic Remix) - Lettuce
Life Ain't Ever Been Better Than It Is Now - Lenny Kravitz
Atlas - Dirtwire
Africa Calling - The Human Experience
Party Or Something - Gramatik
Aymo (Instrumental) - Gramatik & Balkan Bump
Del Ray - Sola Rosa
Burn the Light - Saqi, Equanimous, & Diamonde
Magic Monkey - Equanimous
Shifting Things - Pumpkin & Kyrstyn Pixton
Barú - Chancha Vía Circuito
Ana La Habibi - Fairuz (SOOHAN Remix) - SOOHAN
Interdimensional Panic Club - The Polish Ambassador
The Prayer - GRiZ
Jingo - Andras
Berimbau - Dos Flakos
The Power - Duke Dumont & Zak Abel
Holding Back (feat. Gallant) [MOTSA Remix] - SG Lewis
Exit Sign (feat. Gallant) [Wongo Remix] - The Knocks
Spirit of Astana (ft. Mamadou Diabate and Robert Yuldashev) - Dirtwire
Sphinx (DJ Madd Remix) - DnA (Dov1 & An-ten-nae)
Next Level Style -  Daily Bread & Artifakts
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast
x=3 - Supertask
Kayu - An-Ten-Nae
The Panacea - Dove Mosis
Body So Good - Popcaan
SpaceGhost - Glass Animals
ALREADY - Beyoncé, Shatta Wale & Major Lazer
Down - Marian Hill
GOLD feat. Cengiz - NU
Duat - Trippin Jaguar
Hummingbird (feat. Cyndy Fike) - Equanimous"
Un Poquito Mas (feat. Chico Mann) - Captain Planet
It All Comes Down to Us - The Human Experience
Blind (CRi remix) - Jean-Michel Blais
Bound - RY X
Coherence - Jami Deva & David Helpling

Big Island Sunday Ecstatic Dance 11-29-2020

We are at a unique time in human history where the human race is waking up. We are realizing our true potential as vast and infinite spiritual beings - undergoing a transformative process of becoming who we truly are. Dissolving illusions of separateness and limiting belief structures, rebuilding our world view, our relationships, and our connection with Nature.

JÄMI

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