Introducing…Déjà Brew!

A set lovingly prepared for Earth Frequency Festival 2021 

Back to the scene of the panic attack, another year older, bolder, wiser and yet still aware I’m barely scratching the surface of what’s possible in this space

Wholeheartedly welcomed the change of season and loved the winter fashunnnn expressions roving around like free range art on display to the world

What an honour and privilege it is to be able to gather, to dance, to play, to smile, to bypass small talk entirely and get straight to the good stuff! The banter flows effortlessly into philosophy pausing only for puns or taking off on tangents led by curiosity or passion 

We have evolved to be playful by nature, that is exactly how we learn best from childhood as we develop our cognition, motor skills and sense of the world around us but all the way into adulthood it’s how we bond with other humans, unwind and manage stress

To receive the benefits of play we need to be in a relaxed state and there is nothing I find more soul nourishing than being out amongst nature surrounded by hundreds or even thousands of others who heard the same calling

Each and every one of these tracks has stirred or soothed my soul and I am beyond thankful to the original artists for bringing the rhythmic remedies into my life - See below for full list ❤

Alphant - Babtoo 
Numatik - Ensename feat Liquid Bloom & Natalia Clavier)
Kusht - Birch Wood Act
M.RUX - Djoungou 
Uji - La Descarria feat Miss Bolivia 
Captain Beefheart - Abba Zaba
Gats - Beautiful Women
Kurup, Salvador Araguaua & Spaniol - Gato de Beco
Saqi - Orishas
Mose Robert - Observer
Goldcap - Mirage
DJ Le Roi ft Roland Clark - I get deep
Mollono.Bass ft Ava Asante - Feeling Good
Stavroz - The Finishing

Artwork: Moon Sugar ~ Kristin Eck
https://www.redbubble.com/people/keck/works/8787761-moon-sugar

⫷ EFF2021 ⫸ ⚬ ⫷ Déjà Brew ⫸

PT 3. In Spotlight: https://soundcloud.com/djdragonfly/tumbleweedsoul
PT 4. https://soundcloud.com/djdragonfly/dragonfly-the-tumbledown-blues

A slow deep house travelogue from the Badlands to The Bayou, from the Western twang of Wyoming's cowboy country to the pensively achy ballads of Southern blues. Live & unscripted  (recording is from my set at Green River Rendezvous Festival,  Wyoming). Tracklisting below:

https://soundcloud.com/el-buho
The Limiñanas - Maria's Theme (El Buho's Cumbi-edit)
https://soundcloud.com/besvendsen
Be Svendsen - Leone
https://soundcloud.com/rapossa
Rapossa - Wild Guns (Samaha Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/k-paul
K-Paul, Kid Simius - El Remo Dub
https://soundcloud.com/nicopuschmusic
Nico Pusch - Blackbird (Thomas Lizzara Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/steven-maff
Steven Maff - Johnny
https://soundcloud.com/feinheitsbrei
Feinheitsbrei - Forest Of Souls
https://soundcloud.com/giaccaofficial
Antonio Giacca - Down Like the River 
https://soundcloud.com/a21producer
A21 & Fernando Sanchez - Niquelao
Nhii - A Mindful Blues 
https://soundcloud.com/nhii-music/a-mindful-blues
Devendra Banhart - Für Hildegard von Bingen (Crussen Edit)
https://soundcloud.com/devendrabanhart / https://soundcloud.com/crussen
Bob Dylan  - All Along The Watchtower (Soulmotion Dj Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/soulmotiondj
https://soundcloud.com/uone/premiere-uone-western-kaos-of-time-feat-briony-taylor-brooks-beat-pathwav
Briony Taylor-Brooks, Uone, Western- Kaos of Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Otzk1zidg
Rocknrolla  Soundsystem - Nobody’s Fault But Mine
....and finally, one of the most underrated producers  ever, of downtempo, chilled-out, electro-soul & folk Americana:
https://soundcloud.com/akshinalizadeh
Akshin Alizadeh - Inner Struggle
Akshin Alizadeh - Southern Man

DRAGONFLY - TUMBLEWEED HOUSE & PRAIRIE BLUES

With change in the air and much anticipated wellness on the way it seemed like the right time to create a memento of this recent chapter of life... 

The music woven together in this homebrew is quite sentimental, the exact medicine I never knew I needed until it landed in my body at the right time and interestingly the right pace with most being a similar tempo and tone. 

Each of the tracks were recognised from within as a remedy long before I came to understand their meaning or relevance let alone marinade in their melodies. 

It is only now when I listen back that I come to appreciate the inner intelligence at work here and in turn start to rebuild some trust in my body and it’s ability to heal. 

As always I give thanks to the original artists, your creations have truly meant the world to me <3 

Andy Benz - Double Bass Dub 
Partika - A Slight Return 
Sensitive - Jean du Voyage 
Desmond Cheese - Dubbin Out 
Isaac Chambers - Moonlight Ride (feat Bluey Moon) 
Leonhart - Walking on Earth (feat Made Jen) 
Maple Syrup - Borboletas 
Audiopharmacy - Ruined Lands 
Neroche - Moontide Theory (Hugo Kant Remix) 
MAUGLI - Trouble (feat Flolento) 
Kousk & Esylu - LuciDreams 
Nomadic - Monkey Business 
Hugo & Wielandwieland - Quiet Night 
Kalabrese - Healthy Again (Feat Palma Ada) 
Fat Freddy's Drop - Ray Ray (Slope Remix) 

“Don’t abandon yourself, not when you’re sick, not when you’re tired. Not when you’ve lost the thread, the thought or the thing you thought defined you. 

You will die many times in one life and create yourself anew. This is natural. This is a gift. I’ve died a few times now here in this world. The person I was: gone. 

Throw that older skin into the water. Give it to the sky. Step into what wants to emerge now. Nothing can hold you back when you are willing to be yourself.” ~Jeannette Encinias 

Artwork ~ Johanna Linden

⫷ Homebrew ⫸⚬⫷ Anteadote ⫸⚬⫷ Vol 1 ⫸

July 1, 2023

My 12th year performing at Priceless was the most fun I've had yet. Thank you to all of the planners, volunteers, and attendees that make Priceless happen. Deep gratitude to the musicians who made the music in this set, especially previous Priceless guests El Búho (@el-buho), David Last (@davidlast), and Rumpistol (@rumpistol). 

Special shout out to my forever inspirations for Forest vibes - Ganucheau (@ganucheau) and Dr. Toast (@drtoast). It still feels like everything I do with music is trying to do for others what they have done for me. 

Happy Priceless.

Griffin Crafts - Priceless 2023

A slowburn of emotive, downtempo music of a wide range of genre, designed to make listeners cry and move their bodies in an intimate setting.

Andrew Allsgood - Live From Under The Mothertree - Otherworld 2025

( TUMBLEWEED SOUL PLAYLIST:https://soundcloud.com/djdragonfly/sets/way-out-west )

THE TUMBLEDOWN BLUES (LIVE @ NORTHERN NIGHTS FESTIVAL) : 
It's 2:30am and in a fast-paced, ever changing world  I’m dropping a downtempo mix that blazes a slow, achy trail across the American West. Festooned with ghost towns, rusticating prairie graves and lonesome crows, this collection of tunes lends you doleful voices, blues guitars, twangy banjos and the stuttering ragtime of vintage pianos. Its sideshow twin is the conjoined grumble and grime of downtempo bass. The cadence does have moments of upswing; ribald bar rooms and scurrying outlaws make a momentary presence. But the coffee-meets-whisky approach makes this sonic libation yet another perfect slow-sipper as the soundtrack for your wayward soul.

Mad props to my friends Kr3ture, Dirtwire, Morillo, Scott Nice, Ryan Herr, Jesse Hendricks, DJ Taz...and all the other super talented producers in this mix:
@kr3ture 
@dirtwire 
@morillomusic 
@scottnice 
@vandelux 
@daily-bread 
@bitskymusic 
@ryanherrmusic 
@tnertle 
@moontricks 
@buttonz00 
@thomasvent 
@inbloom1469 Gravitas-recordings – Koy-nobody-elses 
@keraladust 
@djtazrashid

DRAGONFLY - THE TUMBLEDOWN BLUES (live @ Northern Nights Festival)

As promised set recording is now live to serve as an audible time capsule to take me back to Mushroom Valley 2025 anytime the need strikes!
 
As per usual the offering contains tracks i've been listening to, loving and leaning on lately sprinkled in with some timeless treasures that felt right for the moment. Overall am feeling super proud of this little morning program niche i've burrowed myself into where I have the privelidge of providing a gentle, soulful start to everyone's day and get to shake my nerves out of the way niiiice and early.
 
Being my first experience on a main stage and big rig I was timid as hell in the lead up but now on the otherside of course there was nothing to worry about, I was truly in the safest and most supportive of hands up there and had so much lovely feedback afterwards I can now feel my confidence growing and the fog of imposter syndrome lifting. I have resisted the urge to re-record as I want it to serve as an accurate representation of where i'm at and when I listen back I hear both progress and flaws that I guess simply come with the territory of tinkering with new effects while learning to trust my ears and myself more.
 
Full track list below to show my upmost appreciation and respect to the original creators, your music feels like home 🏡✨

Morning Glory - Desmond Cheese
Sinu - nodes
You Are We Am I (blue mix) - TJ Rehmi
Her Eyes - Elektrobin
On N On - Erykah Badu (MOONTIDE Vocal Rework)
Light Wave - Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise
Northwest - Aim
Fun For Me - Moloko x Dr Rockit Edit
Electric Gypsy - Govinda
VAST - HABITAAT
Revenge of the Wankers - Oceanvs Orientalis
Ay Que Sera Del Sol - Rodrigo Gallardo
Favelas ft Zackarose - DEGIHEUGI
Seremi Buguya - The Garifuna Collective (Synapson Rework)
Dark Horse Reverve - Shanghai Restoration Project
Watina - Calypso Rose x The Garifuna Collective (Synapson Rework)
Omar Dahl - K'ami (Luca Musto Remix)
Vivir en Paz - Biomigrant & Ome
Mirow - The Bay x Raycito
Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman x Tom & Collins
Heroes - The Tribe of Good
Grapevine - Travis Emmons x Brett Rubin x Trice Be
Something You Can Feel - Stars on 33
A Kid with a Dream (Club Mix) - 
Cirrus - Bonobo 
Just What I Said x Everything in it's right place - High Beam

Artwork ~ A mystical mushroom date by Bunty Art (Reimagined on Canva with a forest background & full moon)

⫷Mushroom Valley 2025⫸⚬⫷Possibiliteas⫸

Jodie, Lost Files

Recorded aboard the Icebreaker Sep 10, 2016, with some fiddling here and there after. 

Set In Sand - Passive Inner Fear Rinse
M.RUX - Nina’s Blues
Ibu Selva - Yaka
Morais Moeira - Desabafo e Desafio (j g b remix)
Luc Angenehm - Last
Fingers In The Noise - Hot Sand
EXZ & Dunwich - Gibbus
Herr Juri - North
Romare - Prison Blues
Crussen - The Lambert Interpretation (feat. Lambert)
Crussen - The Lambert Reinterpretation (feat. Lambert)
EXZ - Parsec
Tante Dante & Sebastian Dali - Creamy Sunset
Kurup - Forasteiro
Nico Stojan - Maori Girl
Viken Arman - Rosas
Kraut - Hermano
Carrot Green - Kalimbas
James Blake - Retrograde (Finn Pilly edit)
Spaniol - Praah co Poesia
Luc Angenehm - Mademoiselle
Gab Rhome - The Spice Trade (The Mekanism remix)
Jota Karloza - Ketzal
Geju - Farfalle Su Vacanza
Rodrigo Gallardo - Warmícaro
Gab Rhome - Raphael
Marius Drescher - Harmonics (Iorie Remix)
RLHBSLCN - Ziehesch

The Long Game (DJ mix)

FlatSpin - The Slow Down Vol. 4

Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/djdragonfly/tumbleweed-house-prairie-blues

Part 3: https://soundcloud.com/djdragonfly/tumbleweedsoul

Part 4. https://soundcloud.com/djdragonfly/dragonfly-the-tumbledown-blues
Today I crafted this pretty 'n gritty downtempo journey of blues and bass meets Folktronic Americana: Music meandering like the Mississippi and swampy like the bayou,  this grimy grip of downtempo speaks from a snatch of six-string, a chatter of banjos, lonesome  voices and pondering bass lines...

Mad props to all friends/artists on this mix. Please find them, listen to them, support them.
>>>>>>>>>TRACKLISTING:
@Moontricks - Mountains
@Dirtwire - When the Levee Breaks (ft. Sidecar Tommy https://soundcloud.com/sidecartommy)
@Smoovi - Blue Bulbs
@Friend. - New Familiar
https://soundcloud.com/telmini Canned Heat - Going Up The Country (Telmini Edit)
https://soundcloud.com/ecklecticmick King Chubby meets Ecklectic Mick - Keep On (Mississippi Swamp Mix) -
https://soundcloud.com/beat-fatigue - Thongs  Strings 
https://soundcloud.com/oxaka - The Saz
@Kr3ture - Anthropocene
@Dirtwire - Damn Rooster
https://soundcloud.com/the_widdler - Outlaws
https://soundcloud.com/nomagikmusic - Daphne BlueBird & AkizzBeatzz - Who Will Comfort Me (cover: Melody Gardot)
@Gangstagrass - O Death 
@KairoKingdom - Take Me Higher (RDR2)
@ZackaRose - You should have a living
https://soundcloud.com/elmagomusic Anin Misone - Nobody's Fault (EL MAGO EDIT)

DRAGONFLY - HOMEBOUND BLUES (LONGING & LOCKDOWN)

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 - HOMEBOUND BLUES (LONGING & LOCKDOWN)

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