dragonfly ……..

The evolution continues...as does the rain!

Opening night at Wonky Town was a vibe and a half, the space was a wonderland begging everyone to come play full to the brim with games, interactive installations, a cosy lamp lit lounge and all sorts of other shenanigans 

It was an honour and a privilege to play on a purpose built stage compliments of the festival and Fulcrum Designs in lieu of Sheila no longer being with us - May she forever rest in bass...

Also worth noting for full transparency and celebration of my musical journey that it was my first time performing live directly on the decks sans laptop and controller which was a whole new world in terms of convenience but all wrapped up in the kinda nerves I thought were behind me

Looking forward to continuing the learning process, experimenting with the weaving and manipulating of sound drawing inspiration from those in the know around me and as always with the highest level of gratitude and respect for the original creators 

On that note....

Night Wind - Islandman
Duat - Trippin Jaguar
Sol - Alef
As Time Goes By - Zuma Dionys
Marimbando ft Magupi - Zen Baboon 
Etincelles - Mouma & Baso 
Not Her Favourite - Ramyen
No Trumps (Zigan Aldi Remix) - Rapossa
Culture Of Knights - Uone
Drifter - Be Svendsen
Deja De Ser - Afgo & Beeghy
Welwyn ft Harry Vanvagen - Thornato
Searching For ft Lazarusman - Xinobi
Utopia - Sylvio *With a few tickles of ATB - Until I come just for fun ;)
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac (Vibrant Matters Rethink)

Artwork: James R Eads - Only the rain knows

⫷EFF 2022⫸⚬⫷ Wonky Town ⫸⚬⫷Fluiditea⫸

NO SAMPLING was done in this...This was completely rebuilt from the ground up. Call it a proper cover tune I supposes...A little bagpipes and sitar never hurt a thing.

Grateful Dead - Dark Star (Kaleidoscope Jukebox rebuild)

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

Love Stories is a slow tempo, bass heavy series for your horizontally inspired listening pleasure....
Dedicated to my beautiful husband Jon....

Love Stories Vol-1

An incredible festival, an incredible dance: In the late night steamy heat of the Costa Rican rainforest we Invoked the sacred through sonic alchemy and surrendered to the divine.  This set was the culmination of everything I strive for on the ecstatic dance floor - in the amorphously porous container of a festival a multi genre, tempo-twisted offering of deep groove and penetrating cadence elastically stretched the potential for expression over 108 minutes of unpredictable storytelling as each dancer exploded into the hyper-nowness of being.

#Bassmusic
#House
#Downtempo
#Halftime
#Drum&Bass
#Sacred
#Psytrance
#Latin
#African
#Brazilian
#Love
#Freedom

DRAGONFLY - SPIRIT CATCHER @ ENVISION FESTIVAL ECSTATIC JUNGLE DANCE 2023

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 ⫸

(L)et's 
(S)tart
(D)ancing: 
I got on my bike today and made a spontaneous mix honoring of Albert Hofmann's  magnificent moment in history, 80 years ago.
This global psychedelicatessen of elevating, knotty, percolating, pulsing and squidgy bassliness is woven with a smorgasbord of flavor. Low-end basscapades, traditional horn lines and global soundplay all meet up with  the skank and stutter of dub reggae vibes for a mesmerizing entanglement with psychedelic sound design. ARTIST LISTING BELOW (explore, discover, dance!)
https://soundcloud.com/sensorythm84
https://soundcloud.com/psydraft
https://soundcloud.com/kuba-laurence-harvey / https://soundcloud.com/gaudi
https://soundcloud.com/pandadub
https://soundcloud.com/chriskomus
https://soundcloud.com/fletric
https://soundcloud.com/wolf-tech
https://visionaryshamanics.bandcamp.com/track/kumara-arcanum
https://soundcloud.com/ethnicalvibes
https://soundcloud.com/akashaexperience
https://soundcloud.com/sikadaofficial / https://soundcloud.com/byzantine-time-machine
https://soundcloud.com/mantismash
https://soundcloud.com/livinglight 
https://soundcloud.com/m00nrakers 
https://soundcloud.com/quanta-uk
https://soundcloud.com/axelthesleff / https://soundcloud.com/pandadub 
https://soundcloud.com/zoranpsychoz
https://soundcloud.com/schatsi /  https://soundcloud.com/mantismash
https://soundcloud.com/nomadic_escape
https://soundcloud.com/beatfarmer
https://soundcloud.com/gumiproject / https://soundcloud.com/kayaproject
https://soundcloud.com/suduaya 
https://soundcloud.com/psybur
https://soundcloud.com/cosmosis-official

ALBERT HOFMANN'S BIG DAY OUT - A PSYCHEDELIC GLOBAL DUB RIDE: AN 80TH ANNIVERSARY  MIX!

Incredible experience playing music for the Medicine for the People Spiritual Gathering in Austin, Texas~ I highly recommend this bi-annual festival, a great place to gather and celebrate with community~ 

Tracklist - 
Desert Dwellers - Wandering Sadhu
Populous - Guadeloupe
KÖNI - Danza Shqipetare
Ash, Amelie Martinez - Dans La Peau
Prisma, Martin Boder, Maria Barone - Turbina De Amor
Heimat - Tribe
Cello Joe - The Inevitable
Osman - Quiet And Cold
HABITAAT - VAST
Jad Halal - Ahwak (Deeper Remix)
Al Jawala, Murmusica - Wake Up
Scott Nice - East Pangaea
 Viken Arman - Inevitable Ending (Goldcap Remix)
Aykut Bilir - Humans
Turu Anasi - Meditation - Okuma Remix
Viken Arman - Cosmos in Blue
Ayra Starr - Amin
花凱, VodKe, KVKS - Keys
Rema - Peace Of Mind - Virgil Abloh Remix with Fela Kuti
Mas Musiq - Uzozisola (feat. Aymos, Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa)
Geometrae, Skysia, Equanimous - Achiote
Jad Halal - Petrunka
DJ Habibeats - Ringa Ringa (HABIBEATS AMAPIANO EDIT)
Jerrih - El Patron
Beyoncé, Shatta Wale, Major Lazer - Already (Intro Vocals only)
Tom Kwas - Kashmir
ALUNA, Biomigrant - Chimes (Resueño Remix)

Música Medicina (Live at Medicine for The People Gathering)

This was a very special and activated evening @ Synergy. Enjoyed doing a b2b2b with my brother Zaphod. Soft Medicine properly soared on this night...

HAJ @ SYNERGY: 4*10*25: Soaring Vision

Dumping the song folder again. The fifth KellasCat release.

HEY(hey)

I had a super fun many hour looping jam with Laura at her house in Austin, recording her playing vibraphone, singing, melodica etc.... I took one jam and massaged it into this track. around the time I was working on it I met Xenophone, I invited her over to record some vocals and ended up chopping up her alien voice vibes for the chorus. 

Mastered by Spoonbill 
Artwork by Kyrian

Sanarita (feat. Laura Scarborough, Xenophon)

Super chill ceremonial music, indigenous voices, languages, sounds and the instrumentation of South America traverse the void between the back of time to the end of now.

Download

DRAGONFLY - KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT (SOLSTICE MEDICINE MIX)

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)

A mix lovingly woven in honour of a return to community after some much needed rest, reflection and hibernation. Feeling fortunate and appreciative of each and every opportunity and experience afforded to me within this ever growing and evolving family of misfits who care so deeply for each other and the world around them.

"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of it's members" ~Coretta Scott King

Artwork: Ghana Graffiti Collective

Bulk gratitude to the original creators, your art has carried me through bringing light into the darkest of nights and lifting my spirits back up where they belong, see below for full track list...

Saqi & Isaac Chambers - Bottom Feeders 
Leohnart ft Made Jen - Walking on Earth 
Mbanza - SoulScape
Yeahman - Miniyamba ft Mina & Hajna
Rising Appalachia - Synchronicity
JAJA - Zaka
Toto Bona Lokua - Ma Mama (Kaob Edit)
Corina Lawrence ft Miss Bolivia - La Descarria (Uji Radio Edit)
Meraki - Rasta la Vista
Molife - Onda
DJ Pantelis - Bonga
Holed Coin - Rosa Balistreri a Virinedda
Liquid Bloom - Peyote Canyon (Uone's Phantom Whistler Remix)
Artphorm - Watt's Life if it Isn't Music (Poe Remix)
KR3TURE - All in this Together ft. Bernie Sanders

⫷Shady Lady Teahouse ⫸○⫷ Communitea Transmission⫸

Wolf Moon Transmissions 2021
This mix comes with it Unconditional Love from the energy of the wolf.
Some astrology I have been following is reminding us to continue practices of deep self care, love and nourishment at this time. The experience I have had with wolf energy is around family and the deeper love one can experience when asking wolf to help us remember that. I am practicing offering unconditional love starting with one self and see if that can ripple out towards every relation around us. Big love to everyone especially to our earth and all of the inhabitants((()))


Tracklist
1. Los Pastores (Rafael Aragon Remix)Chancha Via Circuito
2. Wakka (Original Mix)- Nadan Dagon
3. Quetzalcoatl (Tribute to Teddy Lasry)(Orig Mix)-Sunset Riders
4. Savia-Omeria
5. Lua (Orig Mix)- Zulu Project
6. Baru(El Buho Remix)-Chancha Via Circuito
7. ilalo (feat Mateo Kingman)(Bauica Remix)-Chancha Via Circuito
8. Tolga Maktay-Zuhur
9. Bouzouki Song (Orig Mix)-Turu Anasi
10. Len-Kadosh-Akumandra
11.  Servant of Desire-Random Rab
12. Muti Muti~Dandaa(djBaru remix)Lump Records
13. Bakhu-Sabo Hot Oasis
14. Eclipse (Orig mix)-Ka:lu
15. Turu (Salguero Remix)-MI.LA
16. Marsh-Omeria

Full Moon Transmissions - 001 GINGER

2025:
10/24-10/26: Bloom Festival Sebastopol, CA
https://www.sebastopolbloom.com/
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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