Live set of original & remixed tracks from Desert Dwellers & Variant Field ... recorded live on Glitch FM radio 4/3/11

1) Locks N Herbs by Desert Dwellers - forthcoming on Desert Trax
2) Temple Dragons (Circuit Dub mix) by Desert Dwellers - forthcoming on Yogi Tunes
3) Fields of Variance by Variant Field - forthcoming on Iboga Records
4) Crossing the Desert (Sattva Ananda remix) by Desert Dwellers - Desert Trax
5) Step Deep by Variant Field - Desert Trax
6) Drift by Variant Field - Desert Trax
7) Circuit Ghost by Variant Field - forthcoming on Desert Trax
8) Moonlit Horizons (David Starfire remix) by Desert Dwellers - Desert Trax
9) Critters by Desert Dwellers - Desert Trax
10) Parabolic by Desert Dwellers - Native State Records

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.


AMANI Dj Set on Glitch FM Radio part 1

now available with my new 11 track album:
https://lukemandala.bandcamp.com/album/tuning-to-gaia

thanks for listening and sharing! 

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Free Download

Mandala Affect (aka Luke Mandala) - Lucy (out now)

Travis Scott, Don Toliver - Can't Say ( Austin Carthan EDIT )

Backroad Ghost

Grüff - Needed You

There are certain nights that, when I DJ, I have absolutely no idea what I am going to spin. After all,  I approach the decks, armed to my ears with CD binders filled with all kids of genres, influences, styles, tempos and sonic weaponry; tools (if you will) for the dismantling and reassembling of the “self” through the kind of salvation that only music and dance provides. 

The following mix is a kind of "old-school-vs-nu-school"  Indo/Arab-centric vibes, that sources the sounds of a few music producing friends: Gaudi, Pierre Jean of Masaladosa, Govinda, Drum Spyder, MC Yogi, Amani of Desert Dwellers. This mix assembles itself as a spontaneously gentle combustion of tasty, unassuming groove over  the next 1:08:14 

Enjoy!

Dragonfly


DJ Dragonfly (live mix) - Chillums, Champa, Bass 'n Dub

Deep, slow, driving bass and sinewy serpentine synths ensnare Eastern idioms and mythic muse.  Live set, recorded In the dance scene's hallowed havens of San Francisco's 1015 Nightclub, at Raindance annual Chinese New year Party.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1326478980705762/

DRAGONFLY - SHAKTI CRUNK

Mixtapes 2018

Malibua

Join me in a freeform DJ set across the globe via bass, groove, house and dub. Live recording from my set at 2018 How Weird Street Faire, San Francisco on the Six Degrees Records stage in "Green Alley"  Special thanks goes to Green Alley, Six Degrees Records (https://www.sixdegreesrecords.com) fellow DJ's Jef Stott and Sep...and the amazing artists in this mix: Tropkillaz, Shazalakazoo, Will Magid, Balkan Bump,Tactical Groove Orbit, Emapea, Apashe, Nominus, Cover Blank, Cinco to the Brinco, Cumbia Addict, Bomba Estero, Jimmy Hyacinthe, Sivica, X-Ray Ted, DJ Vas, Uproot Andy, Mr Stabalina, Phibes, Hiphoppapotums.

DRAGONFLY  - AROUND THE WORLD @ HOW WEIRD STREET FAIRE - SF

This is the first part from a conscious dance series that I am co-hosting in Calgary, AB. We are gathering each month for the next five months to explore an element through ceremony and dance. In this episode we explore earth.

We are earth. Our flesh is inseparable from the arid deserts, marshy swamps, fierce mountains, rolling hills, and everywhere in between. This is our home. For this dance, we will honour ourselves and each other by honouring our beautiful home. We will dance and pray together in the sounds of nature. We will come alive through natural rhythms and earthly tones.

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Tracklist:

Kilchhofer - Amba
Shamans Dream - Naomba Uluwe Mazuri
Shamans Dream - Je Je Vignin
Noetik (the alchemist) - Of Earth
Plantrae - Tiaga Biome
Kalya Scintilla - Yatram
David Starfire - Y'wa (Morillo remix)
Melo.Nade - The First Tree
Pushloop - Drum Circle
Tiqueka - Mumba
Noetik (the alchemist) - The Awakening
Noetik (the alchemist) - Path In
Mose - Wanderlust (remix)
Pedestrian - Kalakuta
Clap! Clap! - Ar-Raqis
ATTYA - Breaking Through
Cualli - Valiant (remix)
Liquid Bloom - Roots of the Earth (Re.Generations Mix)
ATTYA - Pura
CloZinger - Time
Moonfrog - The Letter
Shamans Dream - African Dreams

Elemental Series: Earth

NO MAN'S LAND Playlist – September 12, 2019

Tune in locally on CIUT 89.5 FM every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm (EST) and listen live online at www.ciut.fm

ARTIST - TRACK
Kaya Project - Slide (Ambient Mix)
LoRenzo - Gaia (beatfarmer remix)
Martins Garden - Renaissance
Buddha Bass - Enigmatica (Desert Dwellers Remix)
Sol Rising - You & I 
Akal Dub - Equanimity (Original Mix)
Cosmic Trigger - Perpendicular (Dissolving Into A Seamless Something)
DISSØLV - Oracle Isis
Plantrae - Resistance is Fertile
The Polish Ambassador - Invisible Frontiers
Grouch - Sarva Dharma
Music Simplified - Beats Beyond Matter
The Wisdom of Shankara - Doors To the Digital Dimension (beatfarmer mix)
Alexander Scharf - When Trees Collide
Shankara - Planck Epoch  
j g b	 - Deixa A Girar Girar
Saqi - Saturn ft. The Human Experience
David Starfire - Flying Carpet
Desert Dwellers - The Great Mystery
The Polish Ambassador - Sri Gurvastakam ft. Kirtaniyas

No Man's Land

NO MAN'S LAND - September 12 - Radio Mix 2019

2026:
01/18/26 : Sunday Nevada City Ecstatic Dance
2025:
12/27:  The Sound Garden of Entheos @ The Loom, Oakland
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sound-garden-of-entheos-december-2025-edition-tickets-1977106456634

10/24-10/26: Bloom Festival Sebastopol, CA
https://www.sebastopolbloom.com

9/20: Ecstatic Dance - willits:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1508772770150357

9/11: SYNERGY @ SOFT MEDICINE - SEBASTOPOL
https://www.facebook.com/events/1172153334721233

Burning Man
> HOOKAHDOME: FRIDAY 1am-2am @ 7:30 & ESPLANADE (GLOBAL BASS SET)
> SOUND GARDEN:  SATURDAY 1:00-2:30AM @ 2:00 & ELLISON (GLOBAL HOUSE SET)
>DISORIENT: WEDS: 1PM-2PM supporting: AMPLIFIED YOGA @ Esplanade & 2:15
> Cuttlefish art car: tbd

Aug 3: Ecstatic Dance San Rafael: https://www.facebook.com/events/4177420649154296

July 18-20 Northern Nights Festival
https://northernnights.org/nnmf2025/
May 21-25 Lightning In A Bottle 
https://www.libfestival.org/
April 22 - Nevada City Ecstatic Dance
April 18th - Sacramento Ecstatic Dance
March 30th - Salt Lake City - Ecstatic Dance
https://www.facebook.com/events/957214139827736/
March 7th - with Beats Antique in Arcata, CA https://www.facebook.com/events/590483817146050/590483820479383/
Feb 16: Daybreakers - Yoga set w/ Nat Kendall
Great American Music Hall. SF
https://www.daybreaker.com/event/san-francisco/
Jan 25th - Soulplay Party @ 
Lake Merritt Dance, Oakland
https://events.humanitix.com/soulplay-soiree-connect

2024
Dec 31 - NYE @ The Flamingo - Santa Rosa
Dec 17 - Nevada City Ecstatic Dance
Dec 8 - Marin Ecstatic Dance - San Rafael
Nov 15 - Soft Medicine Sanctuary with Equanimous
https://www.facebook.com/events/2439626586226329
Sept 21 - PORTAL w/Janet Stone (Mill Valley)
https://www.theportal.house/
Sept 21 - SF How Weird Street Faire
https://howweird.org/
Sept 15th - Venice Beach
https://www.ecstaticdancela.com/
Aug. 26-31 - Burning Man
https://burningman.org
June 21-23 - June Jam (AZ)
https://www.june-jam.com
June 9 - Soulplay (CA)
https://www.soulplay.co
May 22-27, 2024 - Lightning In A Bottle (CA)
https://www.libfestival.org/experience
May 2-6, 2024 - High Vibes Festival (CA)
https://highviberecords.ticketspice.com/highvibefest2024
April 4-9, 2024 - Texas Eclipse Festival (TX)
https://seetexaseclipse.com/
March 4-10, 2024 - Envision Festival (Costa Rica)
https://www.envisionfestival.com/
Oct 5, 2023- Joshua Tree Music Festival (CA)
https://joshuatreemusicfestival.com/oct-event-info/


Music without a map: Showcasing travelogues from the global turntable...

Taste is trust.  DJing is trust. 
wHo: Hailing from the West Coast and serving sound as one of the most sought after Freestyle selectors in the Festival, Club and Ecstatic Dance scenes. A magic carpet ride of sound transports the dancefloor when Dragonfly throws down his full-spectrum, body-mind-soul transglobal sound experience. Think cutting-edge, polyrhythmic akashic bass meets primordial sound, elastic dreamtempo, tribal mayhem, and ecstatic bliss. 

wHAt: Each mix showcased is a unique snapshot or portrait of the dancefloor. No mixes are alike, no dancefloor is alike...and no set ever preplanned, recorded or mixed. This is raw.

hOw:  As a consummate crate-digger his days are spent down the rabbit-holes of sound, constantly discovering emerging talent and the hidden gems of sonic possibility. With an ear for the exotic and a background in movement arts, his approach is through the emotive keyhole of the psyche, while unlocking the heart of the dancefloor community. As a percussionist who’s adventured extensively throughout the near and far east, his mixes span all tempos and all genres of electronic dance music. His selections are drenched in global idioms, accented with tribal motifs, and interwoven with relentlessly intoxicating rhythm and groove.   

wHEre:
Past festival appearances include. Lightning In A Bottle,Symbiosis Gathering, Envision festival, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Hogfarm Hideaway, Enchanted Forest Festival, Lucidity Festival,Wanderlust Festival, Beloved Festival, Northern Nights, Stilldream Festival,Eclipse Festival (Australia),Great Convergence (Egypt), Envision Festival (Costa Rica), Shambhala Festival (Canada),Manifest, June Jam, Power to the Peaceful, Peace Village, Burning Man, Raindance, Earthdance, Harmony Festival, Awaken,OMIES Fest, Mystic Garden Gathering, Mystic Island Festival, Foreverland, 
Ecstatic Dance Retreats and Ecstatic Dance in: Berlin/Amsterdam/Budapest/Antwerp/Bucharest/Portugal, Jordan, Oakland/Nevada City/Portland/Cambria/Los Angeles/New York/Salt Lake City/Hawaii/Palo Alto/Berkeley/Santa Barbara. YOGA JOURNAL Conference, A-FEST Portugal & Jordan, SOULPLAY, Austin Yoga Festival, Science & Non Duality Conference, No. California Sufi Camp, Creating Enlightened Society (hosted by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche), David Deida, Bioneers Conference, No California Permaculture Gathering, Julia Butterfly Hill fundraiser, Santa Cruz Film Festival, and many more.

wHy:
Life is short; may your dance be long.


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~~~!!!~~~~dRAGONFLy~~~!!!~~~
booking:
djdragonfly@gmail.com

DRAGONFLY - AROUND THE WORLD @ HOW WEIRD STREET FAIRE - SF

DR∆GONFLY