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✨

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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.

Producer | Ecstatic Dance DJ
Down/midtempo, world-fusion bass music.
kompass.sound@gmail.com

Production, mixing & mastering services:
www.goldentempleaudio.com

Apollo Santo is a myth-weaving sonic alchemist who blends progressive, organic and Afro-house, deep bass, sacred rhythms, and global frequencies into transformative dance journeys. His sets invoke ancient memory and future vision, guiding dancers into ecstatic union with the pulse of the Earth.

Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Spiro was introduced to computer music by his high school jazz band teacher in 1989. He studied music synthesis and technology at New York University in 1991, and was a regular Wednesday night reveler at Disco2000 in the legendary converted cathedral on 6th Avenue known as the Limelight. He made weekly Friday night pilgrimages to Caffeine in Eastern Long Island, and his first Storm Rave in a Brooklyn tractor warehouse that year set him on the musical course that he follows to this day.

Seeking a more immersive music education, he moved to Boston in 1992 to study film scoring at Berklee College of Music. At that time, he experienced the Ultraworld and Primary events in the early New England rave scene. 

He returned to New York in 1995, and quickly became one of the early pioneers of the East Coast rave, house, techno, and breaks scene, with seminal releases on Caffeine, Definitive/Plus8, Grinning, and his own label, I.M.U.R.Me Records.

After a detour into the jam band scene in the early 2000's, Spiro was one of the first resident DJ's at Alex and Allyson Grey’s original Chapel of Sacred Mirrors on West 27th Street. He went on to become a founding member of Brooklyn’s mythic “Freek Factory,”  sharing stages with Bassnectar, Random Rab, and The Glitch Mob long before they were filling coliseums.

In 2016, Spiro relocated to the Big Island of Hawai‘i and invested eight years into the cultivation of a vast ethnobotanical collection, and the study of plant alchemy. Now, encouraged by friends, and inspired by the medicine and the land he stewards, he has returned triumphantly to music production, blessing local dancefloors, private events, and online followers with DJ sets, live instrumental sessions, and impeccably curated mixes that span many genres.

Spiro's DJ sets are never rehearsed or prepared ahead of time, always generated in the living moment. Beyond dance floors, he weaves sound in ceremony, holding space for entheogenic journeys with his partner, a professional therapist certified in psychedelic-assisted therapy. Together they founded The Order of the New Eleusis (The ONE)—a sacramental plant medicine church devoted to healing, awakening, and remembrance.

Under the moniker Apollo Santo, Spiro is currently working on three full-length albums of original dance music, and new remixes for David Starfire, Savej and Dros. He is authoring what will be a groundbreaking serialized drama for HBO or AppleTV, and composing immersive ambient soundscapes for ceremonial and meditative spaces. His new musical works will be released on his new label Rhodium Recordings, available via Beatport, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and Bandcamp. His extensive back catalog can be found in the links below.

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