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Before it was called "Ecstatic Dance" there was Dragonfly. His mixes are constantly taking dance floors to the ecstatic edge of terra incognita, a place defined by that familiar place of emotional depth, where it resides in the exhilaration of exploring music and movement. And at the same time, his sets - always unplanned, always a mystery - are a like a "trust fall", an experience where the dancefloor surrenders to a DJ whose love of the dancefloor is what comes first. Dragonfly's own initiation goes back to a metaphyshical and metaphorical rebirth in 1980, during the explosion of the punk and New Wave music scenes...and is true today, where the dancefloor is still a place he calls home.

All genres, tempos and cultures weave with deep bass, gossamer groove and beckoning beats for an inexplicable, exciting, soul-crafting session of empathogenic sound. Breathe deeply, go deep, dance hard.

PAST ECSTATIC DANCE APPEARANCES INCLUDE: Berlin, Bucharest, Amsterdam, Costa Rica, Jordan, Antwerp,  Portugal, New York (NY), Montreal (CDN), Oakland (CA), Nevada City (CA), San Francisco (CA), Portland (OR), San Diego (CA), Los Angeles (CA), Big Island (HI), Bend (OR), Eugene (OR), Ashland (OR), Palo Alto (CA), Sebastopol (CA), Sacramento (CA), Cambria (CA), Willits (CA), Global Eclipse Festival (OR), Lightning In A Bottle Festival(CA), Beloved Festival(OR), Burning Man Festival (CA) and many more...

About me:
I never plan sets. And I never will. One reason is that Ecstatic Dance is an adventurous dialogue between the dancers and the DJ. And just as the best conversations are not planned, but rather intimate explorations inspired by mutual respect, wonderment, curiosity, expression and mystery, I feel that the opposite is true for a planned set. It's a monologue. As a DJ whose first love is dancing, I am invested in the dance floor. And, to dance is to be vulnerable. To Never plan a DJ set also is vulnerability. To share in that place of raw unpredictability, is intimate connection. Dancers and DJs need each other to reside in that place in order to feel empathy , to stay connected. So, this approach to DJing may not work for everyone, but that's just me.... As it relates to preparing, that's an entirely different subject... in order for the dialogue to work as a place of connection, I have an unabridged encyclopedia of music dripping with sonic emotion and the rhetoric of rhythm. So being prepared means arriving at the decks with a broad range of taste in music, and an understanding of how dancers can become over saturated with tempo and tone. On a personal note, When it comes to music, well, that is where I am polyamorous...and under the covers is a veritable orgy of genres just waiting to make love to the sound system.

ECSTATIC DANCE

Expect the unexpected: Two hours & seven minutes of genre-hopping, tempo-morphing dance music. A slow build, followed by mid-tempo bump and groove gives way to driving tribal house , then collapses in to funk, twerk and eventually a grand, downtempo exhale

Designed and informed by the dancefloor, channeled by yours truly and mixed live, unplanned and uncharted on CDJs and with live percussive elements on my Roland Handsonic. Welcome to a journey of beat-huffing bass music, mystic glitch, electroswing, twerkhop, tribal house, Afrofunk,Balkan trap and dreamtempo!

Recorded at PDX Refuge, Jan 1st, 2014. Day of Intention with  Alex Grey and  Dragonfly, live music with https://soundcloud.com/peia-1

Partial Artist List Includes:

Anchor Hill
Plantrae
Drumspyder
Whitebear
Chris Komus
Push Pull
Marie Boine
Will Magid
Maga Bo
Buku
Keith Baker 
Jus Now
Psy-Fi
Synthetic Epiphany
Mnemesoyme

DRAGONFLY ECSTATIC DANCE SET- PORTLAND  JAN 1, 2014

Dj Dakini (Merkaba Music - Australia) lays it down again in a sacred, sexy & staunch session on the Sunset Stage at Rainbow Serpent Festival 2014.

Dedicated to all Warriors of Shambhala rising upon the Earth at this time. 

Thanks to all the amazing artists whose music I showcase from all over the world!

PLEASE FOLLOW ME HERE - www.facebook.com/djdakini

Track listing:
David Starfire - Big Chillum (Whitebear Remix)
 Deya Dova - Footsteps In The Stars (Dakini & Temple Step Project Remix(UNRELEASED) 
Ginger and the Ghost - One Type of Dark (Ta-ku Remix)
 Fever Ray - I'm Not Done (R/D Remix) 
Point B - The Veld 
UNRELEASED track - TBA! 
Wayfarer - Reflections
 Gantz & El Mahdy Jr - Rising
 UNRELEASED track - TBA! 
AmB - Oven Funk 
B.R.E.E.D. - Tears 
Vespers - Who's Your Daddy
 B.R.E.E.D. - Stuck in a Dream 
Vinja - The Strange Pull
Sizzla - The Formula (Liquid Stranger Remix) 
Kaya Project - Dark Tabla (Indidginus Champion Sound Remix) 
Strikez & Digital - Road That Never Ends

Sacred & Staunch Set - Sunset Stage, Rainbow Serpent Festival 2014

This is the set I mixed for Ecstatic Dance Durango on April 18, 2014, including the Love Signal sound bath at the end <3 )) 

I love the organic TRANSFORMATIONAL intention behind this music . . . it sounds like what physical and emotional growth feels like ~

SACRED BASS In Ecstatic Dance

This mix was created for an ecstatic dance workshop @ Kosmos festival, Finland 2014.

Synthetic Epiphany - Endgame
The Human Experience - Ritual (Kalya Scintilla´s Sacred remix)
Ghosts of Paraguay - The Swan
The Human Experience - Ot Du Shi (Whitebear´s Shadow Mix)
Ishome - Ken Tavr
Desert Dwellers - Wandering Sadhu (Suduaya remix)
Variant Field - Fields of Variance (Desert Dwellers remix)
Mr. Bill - Shatter (Whitebear remix)
Irelan - Exotic Entity
Dimond Saints - The Rising
Luna Ray - Ganesha (Desert Dwellers remix)

Dj Lilium & Otz - Rites of Passage Mix

GET YOUR SOUK ON!

Indo-centric & Arabic Trap and Twerk (FROM the decks at Camp Question Mark's Burner pre-party) ...  I was supposed to close the line up at the Burn on Sunday morning at 8:00a.m - alas, I did not make it!  However: This Caravansary-themed Indo-Arabic twerk journey is for ya'll....@ club 1015 Folsom  - Jai Ho !!!!!!

NAGAS & TWERKERS - DRAGONFLY @ CAMP QUESTION MARK

Day three of Stilldream Festival, Sunday vibes on the beach, easy. Dancehall with a Latino-Brazilian-Rasterinha-Twerk/Trap twist. Good times that day...

Mixed (live) on two Pioneer CDJ 2000s, pIONEER 900 Mixer

DRAGONFLY @ STILLDREAM - SUNDAY "DANCEHALL" BEACH SET

On Nov 6th, 2013 the world music community lost a prolific contributor and friend, Cheb i Sabbah. I had the pleasure of knowing him through DJing with him, as well as hiring him for several festivals...and of course listening and dancing to him for 20 years. This morning I spontaneously put this little mix together that includes many of the artists he worked with...thank you to my dear friend Gaudi ( https://soundcloud.com/gaudi) and his brief interview with Cheb I which became the intro to this mix.

May the music serve as the flame at his altar...

R.I.P. Cheb I Sabbah, Jai Ho!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb_i_Sabbah
(massive thanks to my friends Gaudi, Masaladosa, Zeb, Desert Dwellers, Jef Stott, Alum Khan, David Starfire, Sol Rising, Drum Spyder, Dum Dum Project for the tunes on this...)

DRAGONFLY - CHEB I MEMORIAL  MIX (R.I.P.)

LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE - FESTIVAL-STYLE ECSTATIC DANCE SET
Unlike most ecstatic dances this set reflects the open dancefloor and permeable container that comes with 20k beautiful and crazy people attending Lioghtning In A Bottle. As such, I adhered to what I would call a "traditional" approach by mixing up genres, vibes and tempos in order to keep the core dancers fully activated, regardless of their place in their flow... http://lightninginabottle.org

DRAGONFLY - ECSTATIC DANCE - LIGHTNING IN  A BOTTLE 2016

An awesome crew hosts a really high-vibin' get-down in a very sweet part of L.A. Lots of great juice bars, yoga studios, shops and hang outs...right near the beach, too. This set was was for their 2-year anniversary. What a great day!

DRAGONFLY @ LOS ANGELES ECSTATIC DANCE - 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Oshun's Swimming In Fresh Water

Oregon rocks. Eugene Ecstatic Dance was no exception. This set features an all world music Ecstatic Dance journey featuring: Latin, African, Balkan, Celtic, Indian, Middle Eastern...

DRAGONFLY - EUGENE GLOBAL ECSTATIC DANCE

ECSTATIC LATIN LOVE (with a touch of Afrobeat)! Deep in the hills of Northern California, in the sizzling heat of summer this mix celebrates the myriad of Latin influences on dance music. Cumbia, House, Bass, Twerk, Trap...never a dull moment. 

So much love and heart on the dancefloor that night....

DRAGONFLY - CORAZON LATINO

DEEP MAGICK RITUAL MOVEMENT....2 hours, 46 mins of hypnotic, worldy, percussive and shamanic ékstasis ( @ Oakland Ecstatic Dance ). From its traditional slow warm-up to its conclusive grand exhale, traditional and contemporary Eastern, African, European and Asian motifs, instruments and voices weave through this serpentine mix of magical peaks and valleys.


DRAGONFLY - DEEP MAGICK:  PRIMORDIAL ECSTATIC DANCE - OAKLAND

Cosmic Tone &Static Movement - Northern Stars

Deep selections of trap, twerk and glitch are raked over the coals with a strafing of sitars, a treachery of tablas and the bombastic bizness of bass. Swaying with attitude, the altitude of this mix's highs and lows is sure to take you thru Shiva's destruction and restoration. 

Enjoy the flight

This recording was taken from my set at Symbiosis 2016 where I was opening up for Balkan Beat Box. Here is the resulting spontaneous dialogue with a crushing audience, and everyone dancing under the sweltering late night autumnal air of the Big Top.

Boom Namah Shivaya

DRAGONFLY - SHIVA BASS (SYMBIOSIS 2016)

HELLO FRIENDS  ................................ here is the first volume from my upcoming podcasts .
These will all be part of the series  TIKNO SESSIONS = 2005 to 2016 ...............enjoy

TIKNO SESSIONS = VOL 01 = 07=10=2016

Beatport: btprt.dj/2esLLB6
iTunes: apple.co/2duubu7

Cultured house and techno label Kindisch enlists Brooklyn duo Bedouin to present their own entrancing sonic apparition on the latest Kindisch Stories compilation. It was conceived in Tulum, Mexico earlier in the year and draws together 11 original tracks all commission by the label to focus on the listening —rather than dance floor—experience.
Kindisch has been setting its own agenda for ten years now. In that time it has put out 100 releases from the likes of Einzelkind, Samim, Jay Haze, Raz Ohara and more, and offers timeless and constantly evolving music that isn't necessarily always designed for the ‘floor. Bedouin, meanwhile, create their own idiosyncratic melodies and rhythms for labels such as this one as well as CityFox. They have an eclectic vi- sion that pulls from diverse influences owing to their Middle Eastern heritage, West- ern upbringing and worldly travels.
Here they stray far into the desert and return home with a naturally elegant sound that reflects the duo’s wide musical remit. In Bedouin’s words, “each piece of music gathered, turned out to be a gem that represented a different corner of the world. Each was special in its own way, but all together they organically fit like one beautiful mosaic.”
Starting with their own enchanting passage of deep and absorbing atmospherics, this is a masterfully paced mix that slowly but surely builds without ever getting sweaty. Always supple and heartfelt, tracks like Feathered Sun - ‘Get On’ and ‘Bufo’ from the Brooklynites themselves (one of three original offerings from them) keep things lan- guorous and romantic throughout.
As the mix rolls on, organic piano keys and rubbery synths from Viken Arman and Satori are paired with ever more upright drums, but never do things feel hurried. The second half remains deep and woozy thanks to cuts from LUM, Oceanvs Orientalis and YokoO, with hints of middle eastern melody and widescreen chords, tender vocal wails and romantic late night sax lines all soothing the soul as the grooves slowly se- duce your body.
With this release, Bedouin craft a marvellous mix that sits as well on an early morning dance floor as it does in the headphones at home.

Kindisch Stories presented by Bedouin (Minimix)

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we've been experimenting with a bunch of different styles lately and are really happy with how this remix turned out.

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Madden — Alive (Kids Want Techno Remix)

The Slowmotion Club is a collective of artists and musicians based in Amsterdam with roots around the globe. In the slow movement, sounds, rhythms, and music are explored intensely; always carefully paying attention to pace – read: slow. With us, the trip is not about going fast and speedy, but deep and relax. @lola-villa-musica made a special Slowmotion Club-mix ahead of Amsterdam Dance Event.


1. Palabras Preliminares ft. José Cortazar
2. The Sea Inside - Mano Le Tough
3. Calchaqui (Nicola Cruz remix) - QTZLCTL
4. Xaxoeira (Nicola Cruz remix) - Xique Xique
5. Aliens - Oceanvs Orientalis
6. Viva Jujuy (Stimming Remix) - Eduardo Cirillo
7. Gravy Train (Nicolas Jaar Remix) - Maceo Plex
8. Forest Nativity (Red Axis Edit) - Francis Bebey
9. Morning Light Remaster - Sahalé
10. Kuar - Hendrik Schwarz remix) - Emmanuel Jar
11. Los  Montes (Jetro Remix) - Juanito
12. Todo Lo  Mio en Tus Manos - El Niño Andrés
13. Nana - Acid Pauli

Lola Villa - Slowmotion Club Mix

Sort of a follow up to my track "One Day At A Time". It's about how the fear of failure can lead you to constantly doubt yourself...

Funkagenda - Atychiphobia [PREVIEW]

TL:

1. Scann-Tec - Signals
2. H.U.V.A. Network - Symetric Lifes
3. Asura - Altered State (Album Edit)
4. Gaiana - Silenzio delle Sirene (Album Edit) 
5. Astropilot - Eternity and Instants
6. Alwoods - Samo8raki
7. Grains Of Sound - Above From Below
8. Alwoods - Natural Calling
9. MIC - Compromise
10. H:U.V.A. Network - Overload (Putput Mix)
11. Aes Dana - Heaven Report


Sacred Peyote (Psydub)

This live* mix represents a treasure of old-to-nu-skool trans-Arabic motifs dropped in my set at Giza, Egypt, during the auspicious winter solstice gathering of 2012. 

It was recorded during the The Great Convergence, an amazing gathering held at the pyramids of Giza. The event was conceived by Tamer El-Shakhs and  produced by the excellent production team at The Do Lab, (thank you all!!) 

Many thanks to friends Jef Stott, Nominus, Drumspyder, Zeb SpyfromCairo Visini, Paula Peek Kraus, Said Mrad and Ganga Giri for the tracks they produced that made this cut….

*Performed on Two Pioneer CDJ 2000’s and 900 Nexus mixer…warts, clipping, truncations and all..”

Enjoy!


DRAGONFLY @ Great Convergence - Egyptian Solstice

For new mixes go to - www.mixcloud.com/djdakini

Let this tapestry of sacred bass & chillstep soothe your soul, and take you to a place of peace in your inner temple...especially woven together by Dakini for your listening pleasure. Gratitude to the amazing producers whose music is within this mix. Enjoy...

PLEASE FOLLOW ME HERE - www.facebook.com/djdakini

Track List
Wouldn't It Be Good If It Could Stop? - Exist Strategy & Coma
A Dream Nuclei - Auditory Canvas ft Kyrstyn Pixton
K'khana - Random Rab
Nude (Radiohead Remix) - Auma
Tapedeck - Robot Koch
Glime - Kyrstyn Pixton & Auditory Canvas
Projection - Akara
Minor Cause - Emancipator
Class 5 Roaming Vapour - Tipper
Fire - Ganucheau
Organism - Liquid Stranger
Sacred Moments - ASC & Synkro
New Generation (Temple Step Project feat. Darpan) - Desert Dwellers
Snake Charmer (Nomad Dub Mix) - Desert Dwellers
Feelings - Solar Fields
Protecting Hands Part 2 - Clouds
Febru-wary - Single Cell Orchestra
To Mend - Janover, Lynx & Bluetech
 - Temple Step Project feat Kyrstyn Pixton
Teardrop on Roads (Mashed by Jaya Prime) - Massive Attack & Portishead
Imagine That - Coma & Owsey

Temple of Sacred Bass - Chillstep Mix 2013

RE-EDITED AND REMIXED FOR 2021: A very loose mix of Celtic and Scottish tunes remixed taken from my whiskey-spiked set (for the win: Tullamore Dew; 10-Year-Old Reserve) with Delhi to Dublin on St Patrick's Day - cheeky pipes and fiddles...kinda like an "Irish Spring" soap commercial meets house LOL!  What the hell... Don't take it too seriously, and chase it down with jeroboam of Guinness!

DRAGONFLY - KISS THE THISTLE, KISS THE CLOVER - ST PATRICKS DAY

2025:
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.


((((*´`*´¯`·.¸¸o*o¸¸.·´¯`*´`*))))
~~~!!!~~~~dRAGONFLy~~~!!!~~~
booking:
djdragonfly@gmail.com

DRAGONFLY - EUGENE GLOBAL ECSTATIC DANCE

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