Credits:
"Purple Thumb" composed, arranged and produced by Encounters / Tyler Hovestadt - https://encountersmusic.bandcamp.com/

Vocals - Amine Benmoussa
Flute - Chris Charles / Geoglyph
Live Percussion - Maciej Gizejewski

Artwork by Tyler Shrake - https://www.tylershrake.com/
Additional Mixing by Colin Bennun - colin@oood.net
Mastering by Shawn Hatfield - www.audibleoddities.com

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Purple Thumb

Composed, arranged and produced by Tyler Hovestadt / Encounters - linktr.ee/encountersmusic
Additional production by Dmitriy Redko / Astropilot
Additional Mixing and Mastering by Colin Bennun - colin@oood.net

Released on Psyphozoa II - PsyJelly 

https://psychedelicjelly.bandcamp.com/album/psyphozoa-vol-ll

Night Walks

Remix by Tyler Smith at Androcell Studio, USA https://androcell.bandcamp.com
Mix and Mastered by Colin Bennun  - colin@oood.net
"Tropical Falls" - Written and Produced by Tyler Hovestadt / Encounters
Drums by Eddie Salazar, Guitar/Bass by Erick Cervantes, and Lead Guitar by David Wachsman

Tropical Falls (Androcell Remix)

00:00 Encounters - Beyond 
03:46 Encounters - Beyond (Globular’s Full Circle Remix)
09:14 Encounters - Path (Snowdrop Remix)
14:57 Encounters - Tropical Falls
19:58 Wolf Tech - Free Country (Encounters Free World Remix) - Unreleased
26:03 Eitan Reiter - Room of Creation 
30:20 Shpongle - I Woke Up As A Shlummutz
40:17 Hibernation - Slow Bake Sunday 
43:40 Röyksopp - There, Beyond The Trees
49:19 SineRider - Redwood 
55:00 Vibrasphere - Tierra Azul (Encounters Remix) - Unreleased
59:40 Encounters - Odds Are (Bluetech Remix)
1:05:40 Bluetech - Limonchik (Encounters Remix) - Unreleased 
1:11:01 Encounters - Reverie

Encounters Holotropic Happy Hour Mix - Spring 2023

https://ensanchaelalma.bandcamp.com/album/save-the-children

Written and Produced by Tyler Hovestadt / Encounters https://linktr.ee/encountersmusic
Additional Mixing and Mastering by Colin Bennun - colin@oood.net

Save the Children

Gnome Dub

0:00:00 Encounters - Reverie (SineRider Remix) 
0:03:12 Lab’s Cloud - Hypnotes
0:09:05 Highlighted - Everchanging ft Geoglyph
0:15:20 Wolf Tech - Free Country (Encounters Free World Remix) - Unreleased
0:21:26 Encounters - Path (Snowdrop Remix)
0:27:06 Kuba - But Your Dreams May Not (Breathe Mix) 
0:31:30 Encounters - Tropical Falls (Kaya Project Remix) 
0:37:38 Vibrasphere - Tierra Azul (Encounters Remix) - Unreleased
0:42:07 Erothyme - Pinpoint Sol (Encounters Remix)
0:45:50 Encounters - Beyond (Erothyme Remix)
0:48:37 Simon Posford - New Normal, Concerto For Piano & Birds in Eb Minor, The Ripening
0:59:52 Bluetech - Limonchik (Encounters Remix)
1:05:09 Encounters - Open Mind (early mix) - Unreleased
1:09:40 Encounters - Odds Are (Encounters x Enigmada Remix)

Encounters Holotropic Happy Hour Mix - Fall 2023

Remix Written and Produced by Encounters / Tyler Hovestadt 

https://polygonrainbow.bandcamp.com/album/approaching-eternity-remixes

Polygon Rainbow - Reconstructing Corrupt Memories (Encounters Remix)

Circuit Breaks

Encounters @ Infrasound 2024

Depth of Field (Encounters Remix)

Earth & Sky (Encounters Remix)

Encounters @ Infrasound Equinox 2022

Composed, arranged and produced by Encounters / Tyler Hovestadt - https://encountersmusic.bandcamp.com/ 

Vocals - Amine Benmoussa
Flute - Chris Charles / Geoglyph
Live Percussion - Maciej Gizejewski

Artwork by Tyler Shrake - https://www.tylershrake.com/
Additional Mixing by Colin Bennun - colin@oood.net
Mastering by Shawn Hatfield - www.audibleoddities.com

Purple Thumb ft Geoglyph

Encounters @ Astronox 2024

Encounters @ Snowta 2022

Credits:
"Purple Thumb (Kaya Project Remix)" composed, arranged and produced by Kaya Project / Seb Taylor - https://sebtaylor.bandcamp.com/

Vocals - Amine Benmoussa
Flute - Geoglyph / Chris Charles
Live Percussion - Maciej Gizejewski

Artwork by Tyler Shrake - https://www.tylershrake.com/
Mastering by Shawn Hatfield - www.audibleoddities.com

Purple Thumb ft Geoglyph (Kaya Project Remix)

Booking/Inquires: EncountersBeyond@gmail.com

Encounters, from Bay Area based producer Tyler Hovestadt, is a downtempo electronic project blending ambient, downtempo, and live percussion that seeks to find balance between organic musicality and electronic exploration. In August 2022, Encounters released his debut album "A Path Beyond"  followed by "A Path Beyond Remixed" in 2023,  “Circuit Breaks” in 2024 and "Purple Thumb" in 2025. Encounters has since performed with notable artists in the downtempo scene such as Kaya Project, Younger Brother, Ott, Bluetech, Carbon Based Lifeforms and more.

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