YO!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 tbis whole ser needs a visual companion HOLYSHIT

love this atmosphere after the previous bubbly track <3

MuyMajeekalMystikalBeginnings♡♡♡♡

"Be of good heart, cry the dead artists out of the living past. Our songs will all be silenced. But what of it? Go on singing." - Orson Welles

For my true friends and all those who wish to co-create a better world. Despite all we've been through, the truth is that joy, pleasure, and love are real and still worth reaching and fighting for. Deep love and respect to GriffinGrrl, Wesley Holmes, Kadeejah Streets/Innerflight, James Sorrell, MyKael D'eva & Ric, Courtney & Scott/Dusty Booty Ranch, Riz&Rob, Zeebo/Aivilo/Tremulant, Mz. Artiz, Blaze, Konifer & ELLEM, Camp Conception, Trev/Das Sind Wir, Jenö/Garth/Thomas/Markie/Wicked, Kinjo/Makes Me Human, Ernie Ayers, Alfonso Tan, and everyone who has believed in and encouraged me to continue mixing music. Big thanks to All Day I Dream, Lee Burridge, Sebastien Leger, and Roy Rosenfeld for the faith and optimism. RIP Thich Nhat Hanh.

This mix is #1 in a suite of five completed mixes for spring/summer 2022: "Sonic Apothecary: spaceotter's Endemic Medicine Suite," an audio analogue to recent advances in psychedelic-assisted therapies. Like the physical medicines, these mixes are intended to sonically aid recovery from grief, trauma, loss, anxiety, despair. Each mix has a specific flavor; I hope one or more will speak to you. More soon.

psychedelic love affair 6: the return

Sometimes you realize that it's burn day and you have WAY too much leftover meat in various coolers at somewhat questionable temperatures. So you pull the grill out to the bar, and fire her up. Other campmates bring more food, you get out the megaphone and feed the neighborhood all day. If you're lucky, your favorite dj from home (and role model camp creator)will have camped with you that year and magically have 12 hours of songs with words on them AND be in the mood to not leave the decks all day. History will be made and a favorite tradition formed. Minds blown, songs sung at the top of many lungs, and much dust kicked up by many boots.

Years later you'll want to start a soundcloud page for camp, and maybe drag your feet for a while, but along will come a mix, slaved away on throughout a pandemic, by the very dj that set the tone for that magical experience. Part of a series representing our remergence from said pandemic, and a certain psychedelic therapy that feels like a romp around the playa. So you’ll start the soundcloud and just like the Annual Impromptu Questionable Meat Bonanza, a new platform for us to express ourselves will be created under the guidance of the same dj who’s already had such an indelible impact on our culture. 

We're thrilled to have @djspaceotter be the first mix we post here, and look forward to sharing more mixes from our other crazy talented camp mates, and friends!

DBR ❤'s: Spaceotter

Sometimes you're in a timeless mood, when you just want a great chuggy underground groove that doesn't end. This mix is for such a mood. No big drops, no songs, no epic synths...just the rhythm and some rhythmic sprinkles. Cannot wait to play a set like this soon for you in my own Brooklyn. You know... in a small dark room with a four point sound system.

Timeless groove for a small dark room with a four point sound system

After the after, the come down for your come down.

Best enjoyed horizontally.

Greg's Ambient Trip

My opening set at 2022 Luminosity Festival (by Tremulant Label)

//Luminosity 2022 - Festival Opener

Finally got my recording back from LIB and I'm immediately transported back to the rollercoaster of emotions I experienced that weekend. 

Between the heat, dust and being around tens of thousands of people after going through a pandemic, it's safe to say I was a little rusty at festivaling. On top of it, my legs felt like floppy noodles from how anxious I was to play the prime set time Friday night at the Junkyard. This is something I experience often before gigs, the sweats, self deprecating internal thoughts, imposter syndrome. I questioned if I belonged here or if I earned it. Then I mixed in and immediately felt at home. I thought to myself "Bitch you know what you're doing" and went on to play one of those "highlights of my career" sets for me personally. 

The rest of the night and weekend was a breeze, and the magic of LIB was amplified. I was able to see the thousands of smiling faces in front of me, the above and beyond details The Do Lab had added and updated, and realized this was so many people's first festival back and they could not be happier about it. I could not be happier about it. 

I hope that you enjoy it and that you're happy too. 

P.S. it's just in time to secure your tickets for 2023. Get your tickets on Thursday, November 17th when they go live!


Tracklist:

Superstitious (Chaim Remix) - M.A.N.D.Y.
Narkotik - Eli Nissan
Brachland - Amount
New Lover - Rui Da Silva, Penny F.
Surrender feat. Lisa Lex - Moullinex
Other Side (Audiofly Remix)- Robert Owens, Aiwaska
People Can Fly (Chaim Rework)- Astral Projection
Tunno (INVŌKER Remix)- Komenda
Beton - Jonathan Kaspar
Acid Neverland - Tunnelvisions
Dame Mas - BadWolf, Soff
Fountain Of Life (Butane & Riko Forinson Final Form Remix)- Namito, Guila Loy
Deep Space (Original Mix)
Lost Souls - Radio Slave, DJ Hell, Radio Hell
I Feel Love (Secret Studio) - D'Marc Cantu
Space Sum feat. Soli (DJ Tennis Remix)- Kino Todo, SOLI

racheltorro @ the junkyard, lighting in a bottle - june 2022

One of my most emotional mixes, this set was recorded Live at Subtract open Air party just outside of LA (Valley) in an absolutely chaotic time for me.  Two days after my only lover of 16 years and wife of 12 told me she didn’t love me anymore and I went to LA with my daughter to process it.  It was also my first time back in LA since moving from there in 2019, and first time seeing/staying with my family since the pandemic.  Unsurprisingly I had trouble keeping myself together in these circumstances.

So suffice to say there are a lot of feelings in this set.  It would have actually been yet moodier but there was a hiccup on start time at this party that changed my set (2nd in order and rt before Doc Martin)  from early-ish to peak.  But it is still an emotional journey, at least for me :) 

It's my break-up set, and those can be powerful.  I'll never forget DJ Heather's at Tropical 2-Year Anniversary in LA in 2000.  It was raw and full of feels and one of my favorites, but I didn't get approval to release, I think it was too personal.

I like to play with the mix of dark and light generally - being a positive person and eternal optimist I overall lean towards light.  This set of course a unique moment in time for me.  It starts more moody and breaks through into the light, also reflecting a transition from more techy opener Bellhop to housier Doc Martin, and a balance of hosts Subtract and Sublevel.  Yeah, I think about all these things :)

It felt so good to be in LA at the party, seeing friends I hadn’t seen in years, feeling supported and loved!  In a euphoric moment towards the end I actually caught air behind the decks - not too often my feet leave the ground back there the way I mix, but Armando Kroma thankfully caught this on camera.  It was the hopeful part of summer 2021 for events and everyone was feeling it -  soon after Delta variant kinda wiped things out again.  

So why didn’t I release this set earlier?   I actually tried.  I had it mastered by Brian Saitzyk, but tbh for about 10 minutes in the middle my attention to my levels was poor in all the emotion and excitement and I pushed the pioneer mixer a bit so there’s a bit of crunchiness that can’t really be mastered out.  

So then I re-recorded it.  I don’t like to do this, I like the way I mix live better, as well as for the live set really to be the live set.  But sound quality is a factor so I did the re-record.  But then never released it.  I also was planning to push the set so the Delta V perhaps another reason I paused on set release...

Maybe too much time just went by.  Maybe it was too emotional for me as turmoil in my life continued.  Things worsened in my marriage, poly definitely did not work, dating after 15 years and a pandemic neither easy nor the focus I really wanted.  I made a lot of progress getting my groove back and enjoying my life in 2022 until my mom became ill very suddenly June 2022 and passed in September. 

Anyway here we are, I am releasing things, moving on in my life and starting to feel my fire again.  

As such I am releasing this set!   This is the original live version lightly mastered for overall levels by Brian Saitzyk.   If the audio quality is compromised some for emotion that’s an accurate reflection of my state anyway, and it’s really just a little fuzzy in a small part of the set anyway.  So, live and raw it is!  

Big thanks to Anton for bringing me, Brian Saitzyk for mastering, Mikey B for commiserating with me, Doc Martin and Andrew Bellhop for playing great sets before and after me, and all my friends for uplifting me (literally this time!), and Armando for catching that moment I broke through into pure joy <3

Ben Annand Live in LA at Subtract/Sublevel Open Air with Doc Martin - July 31, 2021

It has been quite some time since the last time we gathered for a night of MBTS. I wanted to take some time after the pandemic to be quiet and see how the dance music scene would evolve, and what sounds would come out of the standstill that was Covid. Now that I have a good sense of where I want to be sonically, and what kind of energy I want to spread onto dance floors, I am ready to restart MBTS in 2023. Stay tuned for more info, and enjoy this preview of what's to come.

Much love, 
The Scumfrog

M.B.T.S. (Most Below The Surface) 2023

Space Medicine is the practice of Deep Organic Music on astronauts in outer space. Tremulant is the application of science and technology to the prevention or control of exposure to the hazards that may cause space wanderers ill health. Tremulant works to ensure that people in space work in a safe environment while experiencing the freshest sounds from planet Earth.

Located in the woods just below the 49th parallel, amongst the toweriouglas Fir on sacred Semiahmoo ancestral lands, Sloth draws inspiration
from the magical air, water and earth around them to craft a sound for the
urban club environment.  With intention of connecting people together, to
themselves and to the earth.   Sloth searches for sounds that bring
healing and intimacy,  It was the defiant love of the brave gay black and
brown house scene that resonated with Sloth.  Connecting this music with
their own experience and the sounds of humanity the world over.   It's
time to claim our birthright as one Human family.

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Space Medicine Feat. Sloth

Never Sleep Again x Groovewell Presents:
Kamp Around and Find out

I met the Groovewell boys 10 years ago through, you guessed it, the club. We became fast friends, myself just starting out as a young dj coming up through a sober 6am party called Morning Gloryville. Jake, Chris, Victor and Angel were loyal attendees as we discovered both ourselves and San Francisco, figuring out where we belonged so to speak. Soon enough we started playing parties together and lifting each other up wherever we could. I always exclaimed my proud mamma status as they gained popularity and their sound evolved. 

Skip forward to June 17th where I was featured in their limited block at their own party baby, Kamp Around and Find Out, where I found myself only wanting to make THEM proud and not the other way around.

Love you boys, and love you Never Sleep Again. I certainly kamped around and found out but hope I made you proud.

Love,
Torro

PS. This is a re-record of the actual set that was played, not a live set due to a technical mishap. ♥️

@groovewell
@thisisnotakult

rachel torro - kamp around and find out - june 2023

Introducing: GOLDEN RATIO.  This is the enigmatic audio magic that happens when 'Dulce Vita' comes into musical collaboration with 'Exoendo', on stage and behind the decks. 

This debut mix is based on a DJ duo performance at Burning Man 2016, serving up a refreshingly vast array of emotional tech house, deep house, and tribal house - filling the listener with all the satisfying spaciousness of proper sound that one could really hope for.  Slightly dark but with loads of groove, this sacred offering is our spiritual sound of a new era. 

Take a listen - but first get grounded, sink into your roots and connect down into the earth. You might need the anchor... GOLDEN RATIO will guide your first dance to the moon.
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Opulent Temple Podcast #102 - Dulce Vita & Exoendo - Golden Ratio

I long to enter the magic with you.

Raised by drag queens on acid house and disco between Detroit and Chicago, spaceotter moved to the West Coast and found his voice DJing at radical faerie gatherings, Burning Man and underground clubs and warehouses in the Pacific Northwest.

cuddly apex predator // lotsa fur, lotsa eyes // dust in the interstellar wind // "we put the extra in extraterrestrial"

psychedelic love affair 6: the return

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