4AM Full Moon downtempo sonic journey gettin weird aboard a marooned ship of friends under the endless stars & echoing cliffs of Lake Powell | Oct 2020

Live at Last Chance

HARVEST MOON MIX | Live @ Last Chance Bay

20230124 Extra Pickley: Bombs #5

What do you play when you're closing down an inspiring weekend retreat celebrating 20 years of Shameless? Here you go!

Although the recording ended up with a few random pops/crackles along with an 8 second moment where a CDJ died mid mix (not sure WTF happened there?!), I decided to move past the imperfections and share this moment in time. 

I won't ever forget following John Tejada's epic 3 hour journey to close out our 20 year celebration riding into the morning together. 

Many thanks to all that made this special weekend so memorable.

Simplyshameless.com

Vicennial 2023 Live Recording

Recess Closing Set - Vicennial 20 Year Anniversary Retreat - Recorded Live 8-13-23

It’s hard to trust your choices
When you’ve made so many mistakes

<3 Trash Panda / TP079 / Ride or Die / 2023-12-09

Cover art by Stephen Wahl + Fangvader

___ track ids ___

01 Life's Not a Contest - Grife
02 Bruises (Flowers on Monday Extended Remix) - PaulWetz
03 Blue Jeans (RAC Mix) - Lana Del Ray
04 Dive (Fort Romeau's 'Tranceadelic' Mix) - Pale Blue
05 Evaporate ft. PaulWetz (Original Mix) - PaulWetz, Durante
06 Days Go By (Extended Mix) - Sunset Bros, 15grams
07 WET - Wax Motif
08 Fibonacci (Club Mix) - Nora En Pure
09 Remind Me Tomorrow (Original Mix) - Coss, Luca Musto
10 Hanging On (CRi Remix) - CRi, Bob Moses
11 Far Away (Original Mix) - Fur Coat, Lexer
12 Tell Me (feat. Hero Baldwin) [Extended Mix] - Tinlicker & Helsloot
13 Amei (Extended Mix) - Lexer
14 Bohn - Lucefora
15 Voices - Nathan Katz
16 Mangrove - DIM Kelly
17 There For Me (Amonita Extended Mix) - Marsh

___ mix notes ___

01 121bpm 100% / @6 Bruises
02 @1 0-100% / @5 Blue
03 @1-32 Blue L3!! / @4 100% / @7 Dive
04 @1 121-123bpm 0-100% / @2 100% 123-125bpm / @6 Evaporate
05 @1 0-100% / @2 100% / @6 Days
06 @1 0--100% / @2 100% / @4 WET
07 @1 0--100% / @2 100% / @7 Fib
08 @1 0-100% / @2 100% / @7 Remind
09 @1 100% / @2 100% / @7 Hanging On
10 @1 0-100% / @2 100% !! / @7 Far Away
11 @1 0-100% / @6 Tell Me
12 @1 100% / @6 Amei
13 @1 0-100% / @2 100% / @7 Bohn
14 @1 0-100% /@3 100% / @5 Voices
15 @1 0--100% / @3 100% / @6 Mangrove
16 @1-32 100% / @7 There For Me
17 @1 0-100% / @2 100% / ...

Ride or Die

Trash Panda / TP079 / Ride or Die [3AM Live] / 2023-12-09

Something a little different for ya.  Me at my moodiest.  In more recent years I apply tags to my tracks of different vibes so that I can organize my massive music collection better.  One of the biggest categories is 'Moody.'  

Of course a lot of people going out on Friday and Saturday night to my gigs are out to celebrate, so this category doesn't get as much play live as more funky upbeat rhythms.  As such it's somewhat underrepresented on my Soundcloud.

Well not anymore :). I'm dedicated to releasing more sets this year and I see this one as the start of a series.  Welcome to Ben Annand Moody AF :). 

The opener of this series is an opening set I played on a Sunday night from 9-11pm. It's actually just the first hour, 9-10.  It's ok to be moody when people are settling in :). It was also November just after the time change and loss of light... the beginning of the moody season in Eugene :)

An opening set is always interesting musically (or should be) because you get to start from scratch, and set the tone for the whole night.  So it's always a set that should be played with intention.

In this particular case, I was in a sensitive space because I had taken some really nasty criticism from the organizer of an event recently before.  I won't go into detail but it was very tactlessly and cruelly delivered.  So of course that affected my headspace both in terms of insecurity, and in terms of wanting to deliver a great set since I didn't entirely disagree with the criticism so much as I was hurt by the tone from a supposed friend.

So why am I telling you this?  Because this set is moody as fuck!  It opens with a lush vocal track that really spoke to me when my marriage suddenly went up into smoke. I find this track really intense so I haven't played it much but at home.   

The mix stays deep and moody, gradually building energy then wavering then building.  It's super trippy, a little dark/melancholy for me, but still house and totally danceable of course :)

So with all that said, I hope you enjoy this one and I will keep em coming!

Ben Annand Moody AF Vol 1 (Live at the Big Dirty in Eugene at Secret Sauce)

February Melodic Dance for Meghan!

A mix of remixes and mashups I put together over the last year

Velourian Memories

Beneath the big Texan skies, right outside of Austin, a cadre of 45 extraordinary friends settled into a sprawling 650-acre ranch located in the line of totality after sharing quintessential "Austin AF" adventures days leading up to the astrological phenomena. The out-of-this-world shared experience was amplified by the magic of authenticity, connection, play and of course music to make you dance with gusto! 

This is the set I curated to pop off the dance floor with a mix of deep, Afro, and electro house beats. Thank you to all my dear friends for showing your support. Music is the language that connects us all.

House of Gusto Eclipse 2024

House of Gusto - Eclipse 2024

Danced to by all my favourite hooligans and recorded on a hill top mansion in Texas prior to a baseball sized hail storm. Epic.

Ladyboss – Austin Eclipse

Beautiful people, we present to you the first podcast of a new series by Perspectiv. Let us kick off your summer with a range of melancholic, groovy, bass driven music, that focuses on the deeper understanding of house music. We invite you into our realm of music, leave all that other stuff behind and join us for a 1-hour journey through the rhythmic abyss that will put us all on the same wavelength. Real music, for real people, with real groove. Enjoy and believe there is more to come. This is just the beginning!

Perspectiv Podcasts 001 - Jason x Shamil

Been working on this one for a while now and wanted to keep it on the funky side with quite a few timeless favorites and some nice tunes and remixes from a few friends. Released April 2 (my birthday) after a few weeks of stay at home life for everyone..
Please Like it, share it..
oh yeah, parental advisory / explicit lyrics (towards the end) ..

dedicated to my old buddy Nicholas Alvarado (aka Pumpkin) RIP and we miss you.

# deep, funk, breaks, jams. chains. mysteries, laughter, getting on, tomorrow today, wheels, you, kidding, closer, acid, summer fades, cranes, rainbows, escapes, night falls, young folks, busted, vanishing, love theories, controllers & human trumpets.

Blicks Funked Out Bday Mix 2020

More joy con gusto.


More joy, as in MJ. 
Always living life with gusto.

House of Gusto - Eclipse 2024

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