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⫸

PT 3. In Spotlight: https://soundcloud.com/djdragonfly/tumbleweedsoul

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

Setting the tone for the day ahead at the Boombox Stage on Sunday at Earth Frequency Festival was an absolute deeeeelight!
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Morning Mojo, a much anticipated maiden voyage collaboration for The Shady Lady and Blossom Medusa merging their shared love and devotion to Meditation, Yoga, Music, Dance and Tea giving the people what they so desperately need by day three...a cuppa, a spangle informed stretch sesh and a thoughtfully designed soundscape to ease everyone into their day.
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We were also so so spoilt on the day to have Cecilia Caleandro join us for the last portion of the set winding everything down to an eventual Sivasana Serenade with ethereal vocals, harp and flute leaving us all in the floatiest of moods. Alas this was not captured and stored as a recording on the day but the memory will stay with all who were there to behold.
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The first and last chunk of this set is best enjoyed taking it easy in a cosy, comfortable position with soft or even closed eyes if that’s something that feels good for you then allow the music to be the guide. The pace rises and falls again with many worthwhile messages to be absorbed throughout and a Hare Krishna/Coolio remix you probably didn't know you needed!
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The tracks selected were already well and truly adored by at least one or both of us but now have found themselves etched even deeper into our souls and psyches, destined to always be treasured and remembered together as though they belong. Many thanks to the original creators, your music feels like home, please don't stop <3 

Daydream (ft. Ashwin Srinivasan) - Nitin Sawhney
A Call to Prayer - Nitin Sawhney
The Southern Sea - Garth Stevenson
Ajai Alai - Noha
No Mind Dub - Mike Rauss & Guacayo
Midnight Curse - Slackwax
Gangtas Paradise - Coolio Krishna’s Paradise edit by Dr Parnassus
Energey - Sampa The Great reimagined by The Oddness
Meditation - Turu Anası
Tiden Inne - Baptiste Sejourne & Kama Lila Sol
Passiflora ft Maria Kalli - Heather Christie Moontide Remix
Baby Go - David Walters - Synapson Remix
Dustando - Shapers & RAMMO
Chaldene - Islandman
Garam Masala - Slow Nomaden
Umami - Michael Simon & Tibetania
Jendayi - ANBER - Balint Boldizsar Remix
Lua - Djamou Sangare - Pippi Ciez Retake
La Blanche ft Omar - TEHRACH
Penumbra - Emmotica
La Luna Perdida - J.POOL
Walk with the Dreamers - Ambala / Catoma - Leo Mas, Fabrice & Giorgio Li Calzi Remix)
Orca - Iyakuh & VOLO
A Song For Your Heart - Gwairoch

⫷EFF24⫸⚬⫷Morning Mojo with Blossom Medusa⫸⚬⫷Vitalitea⫸

Getting deep with new freshy fall flavours 🧡

♡ Deeply Madly ♡

NO MAN'S LAND Playlist - November 28 - Radio Mix 2024

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
A Path Untold - I See
Kurup - Opium Gait
John Montoya - Cumbia De Piedra (Derrok Remix)
Balancé - Madrugada
EXZ - Cacimba
Roderic - Is This On? (feat. Liah Alonso)
Xique- Xique - Protetores & Orixás (JPATTERSSON Trumpet Edit)
Barda - Las Cosas Que Hay Detras del Sol (ft. Nick Drake)
Bloom & Kotka - Reverie (Arkee Remix)
J Boogie's Dubtronic Science - Chopsticks
Synapson - Soro Te Karaba (ft. Victor Deme)
Nicola Noir - Drunk Elephant (Timboletti Remix)
Islandman - Dimitro (Carbalido Remix)
Yemanjo - Chaouen (Original Mix)
SoDPM - Coming Home (Original Mix)
Turu Anasi - Tomaso (Original Mix)
El Búho - Aguas Claras (Nicola Cruz Remix)
Hani Niroo - شب بود (Detmolt Edit)
Dalholt & Langkilde - Groovin Man
SaQi - Orishas

No Man's Land

NO MAN'S LAND - November 28 - Radio Mix 2024

Just polished off and upload for you is my set from the Lapa Stage at Envision 2024.
Easing into the dancefloor a super vibey neo Cumbia Terror/Cactus & Cuervo Cuervo collab opens the set. Following is a deep organic house set of uniquely Afro/Latin rhythms threaded with the ecstatic timbre of village voices, seductive brass, percolating percussion and heartfelt melodies. The tempo cascades and falls throughout the mix...and ends with a parking spot in your melodic heart.  

I was thrilled to share billing with some of my fav house music artists,  Birds of Mind, Chaim, Henry Pope, Maz, Okuma, Rayon, Rey&Kjavik, Paralelle, Sadhu Sensi, Lorie…and many more EnJoy!!

TRACKLISTING:
Terror/Cactus & Cuervo Cuervo - Agua Mágica
@https://soundcloud.com/ohxala - Yawanawa
@https://soundcloud.com/g-e-j-u - Az 
@https://soundcloud.com/maaje_music - Chouette
@https://soundcloud.com/les-yeux-orange/premiere-fernanda-arrau-balam-baila - Balla
@https://soundcloud.com/sebjak - Aguacero
@https://soundcloud.com/cafedeanatolia/elias-fassos-risk-gr-anasa-cafe-de-anatolia - Anasa
@https://soundcloud.com/pepo-bosser/david-tort-markem-yas-cepeda-ft-ella-loponte-strangers - Strangers 
@https://soundcloud.com/scottnice - Bossa Supa Nova
@https://soundcloud.com/wait_for_me (WAR Low Rider Wait For Me 'Tech Dub Rub' Mix)
@https://soundcloud.com/afrohouseunited/ahu-premiere-augusto-yepes-kasango-moya-original-mix-my-other-side-of-the-moon - Moya
Tomi H & Soul Star - Nnangalimbe @https://soundcloud.com/tomihofficial - Nnangalimbe
La Santa, Sparrow & Barbossa - Cumanayagua 
Elcinho Dj, ORINegrix - Apito
Lua Preta - Quero Mais (feat. Morena Leraba) (Jowaa Remix)
Vintage Culture, Shapeless - Bidolibido
Victor Alc - Sudamérica (Extended Mix)
Léo Leobons - São Bento para Ramiro (Chico Correa Remix)
Junior Jack - E Samba (Jolyon Petch & Mobin Master New Vocal Club Remix)
Andi & Alex - Mama Say [Maneki Neko]
Volanda Be Cool & DCUP - Soul Makossa (Gambino Sound Machine remix)
Frank Nitty, AL Sharif - The Iberian
Augusto Yepes, Calussa - Amore
Nasca - Trippy Chulo 
Boca Beats (CloZe edit)
Zerb, Sofiya Nzau - Mwaki (Slowed)
Frohlocker - Florcita (Ohxalá Remix)
Principe Q -  BUEN DIA

DRAGONFLY - LAPA STAGE - ENVISION FESTIVAL 2024

The most recent edition of The Wild Camp Out was so damn deeeeelightful it's officially now crowned my favourite Australian festival...

What a community? What a vibe? What an utter sensory delight and what absolutely stunninggggg land to be frollicking upon feeling right at home following one of the most authentic and heartfelt Welcome to Country experiences I have ever been a part of ✊

Thankyou to Royal Jelly Productions and the entire Wild Camp Out team, you bunch of legends! Truly honoured to be a part of the magic created this time round and sincerely hope to be back again!

As always deepest gratitude to the original maestros below for making these here exquisite creations that have had such a profound effect on me recently and will forever live in my soul rent free ❤️
 
Daughter of the Sun (Ft Katie Tupper & Justice Der)
Centre (Ft Sridaya Srivatsan
A Slight Return - Partika
No Mind Dub - Mike Rauss & Guacayo
You Gotta Be Free (Ft Karen Gibson Roc) - Lemongrass
Golden Nectar - J Boogie's Dubtronic Science
White Sands - Tommy Guerrero
Cumbia del Olvido - Nicola Cruz
Shaman - MORSE
Desierto - Coqui Tramontana & SoDPM
Playa Paraiso - Zip Zip, Blue Noir
A Spoonful of Honey - KlangDruide
Wake Up - Al Jawala & Murmusica
Revenge of the Wankers - Oceanvs Orientalis
Aube - Walter Astral
Tanguita - Tot La Momposina - Jonajosu Remix
Desert - Jose Solano
Quiero - DJ Dandara & Anissa Damali - Pophop Remix
In the Beginning (ft Nathan Nicholson) - Claptone
Havana 1959 - Mano Tiro
Neunivai - Shanti Radio
Oiga Mi Alero - Lemurian & Seba Campos - Mollono Bass Remix
Know How - Justin Jay & George Sandler
Malo Okoma (ft Theresa Ng'ambi) - Dj Poolboi

The beauty of sharing this home recording in lieu of the live set is that it gave me the ability to leave a number of tracks intact with their original flow and integrity rather than slicing, dicing or skipping along to squeeze everything into my allocated time slot. 

On that note, ran out of time to play the final track I had hoped but it is so so beautiful and fitting to the event i've chosen to include it in hopes it still reaches the ears of who might need to hear it <3 

Artwork ~ Scott Tuckfield - Source of Warmth

⫷Wild Camp Out 2025⫸⚬⫷Serendipitea⫸

On my Gohan Grind

Phethr - Hurt Back [Remastered]

Recorded on the Pisces Full Moon - as a reminder to us all to PROTECT THE SACRED. Inspired by my time spent at Standing Rock, and other events. 
A midtempo and chilled mix of diverse lush beats and meaningful vocals, smattered with organic undulations and soothing basslines - designed to uplift the journeyer in search of purpose and meaning as the world faces dire challenges and changes. 

Track Listing

1 - Shambhala Warrior Prophecy - Joanna Macy, mixed with Intro - Pensees
2 - The Color of Water (feat Black Fox) - Pathway
3 - Whispers of Our Ancestors (Erothyme Remix) - Liquid Bloom
4 - Ancestors Speak (CloZee remix) - Atyya
5 - The Silver Lining - Edamame feat. Handbook
6 - Lose Myself - Robot Koch feat. Delhia De France
7 - Laguna - Pensees
8 - Together - Phaeleh
9 - Human Nature - Sevdaliza
10 - Only You - Congi & Occult
11 - Green & Blue - Author feat. Ben Glass
12 - Trees - A/T/O/S
13 - Lust (feat Riya & Total Science) - Kaiju
14 - Find Another Way (Tor Remix) - MA/AM
15 - Cavity (Shigeto Remix) - Hundred Waters
16 - Plastic 100°c - Sampha
17 - Ardent - Trashbat & Vaun
18 - Eta Aquarid (Neven Remix) - Robot Koch & Savannah Lo Jack
19 - The Mist - Phaeleh
20 - Instructions for Time Travel - Robot Koch & Savannah Lo Jack
21 - Soothsayer - Sevdaliza
22 - Ghost Pong - Emancipator
23 - Nobody Knows - Autograf feat WYNNE
24 - Perfect Ruin (Catching Flies remix) - Kwabs
25 - Acceptance - Synkro
26 - Volition - ATYYA
27 - Our Game - Yaima
28 - Two Suns (CloZee remix) - Tor
29 - New Dawn - Synkro & Arovane
30 - The Keeper (Banks Remix) - Bonobo
31 - Corners of the Earth - ODESZA feat RY X
32 - Shortline - RY X
33 - First Fires - Bonobo
34 - Rain Around - Long Arm
35 - To Build A Home - Cinematic Orchestra feat Patrick Watson
36 - Red Dress - Submotion Orchestra
37 - Feel You Fade - Phaeleh feat Augustus Ghost
38 - King of Thebes (Enzalla Remix) - Elénne
39 - Nocturne - Aether feat Pensees
40 - Wise Enough - Lamb

Art by Shepard Fairey - https://obeygiant.com/

Protect The Sacred - Chill/Midtempo Mix 2018

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

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

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:
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 - TUMBLEWEED HOUSE & PRAIRIE BLUES

DR∆GONFLY