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Night Garden ~ Ecstatic Dance 2021

In the riverside Gaia dance temple in Tzununa (land of the hummingbird in Kackchikel Maya), on the Equinox of the year 2021, Yemanjo joined forces with guitarist Benny Langfur and percussionist Paddy Ledge for an unforgettable live set showcasing many of Yemanjo's new and unreleased originals and remixes...
Photo credit: Raised By Volcanoes

Live at Embodiment Festival

A fun and frolic filled Valentines Day happening presented by Pure Phangan was the setting for this 2 hour set which features some stone cold classics and eminently danceable love themed anthems such as the timeless opener 'Want You In My Soul' by the Lovebirds (one of my favourite house tracks ever recorded) before delving into an array of current Deep, Afro and Progressive House gems to get your body grooving, your mind expanding and your heart opening! Feel the love vibration!!

https://soundcloud.com/stevie-keys

Pure Phangan Vol 2 - Tainted Love

Changa

Tracklist
Nodes - Sinú
Maywa - Matchi ma ( mose edit)
Ibeyi - River [Ronnie Zyon  Acceron Ra Refix]
Mose - Merging
Sagrada Medicina
Gracias Gracias (Mose Remix)
AIWAA - Icaro Love
madjunmaster
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (Freedom Fry Cover)
Camila y Silvio - Camino De Vuelta (Chomba Edit)
Curawaka - Te Nande (Mose Remix)
Diguital Trip - La Inspiración De Las Musas
Judith Ahrends - Run
Tonolec - Baila Baila
Soneiro Collective - RA MA DA SA (Original)
The Polish Ambassador - A Cold Air Balloon Ride

:Shamanic Flow: by Karunika @BaliDacha

After spending a few days in the middle of nature, first celebrating the equinox, then with my tribe, surrounded by music, love, the Sun, the Moon, the Stars and sacred medicines... the inspiration has come like a tsunami. I hope you can feel the healing energy of these medicine songs.
For me, devotion is the place where you do not exist; life just flows through with infinite sweetness and beauty.

Track list:

Forest Tales - Rapossa
Agradezco - Xuqutopi & Lenka Lov
Cuatro Vientos (BéTé Re-Edit) - Danit
Miel - Derrok
Bulut (Souq Records)- Santi & Tuğçe
Haunted Water - Unido
Boca de la Montaña - J.Pool
Ocean of Storms - El Búho
Yaku Wayra - ALUNA & Rodrigo Gallardo
Te Nande (Mose Remix) - Curawaka
Cleansing (Mose Remix)- Jakare
Otorongo (Captures Remix) - Poranguí
Manantial - Intiche & Paloma del Cerro
Agua De Estrellas - Derrok
Kuntur Qorianca (Ohxala Remix)- Intiche
La Luna Perdida - J.Pool
Atahualpa (Steffen Kirchhoff Revision) - Huayucaltia
La Buena Onda - Jakare
Ayahuanina (Tomanka Remix) - ALUNA
All is full of love - Nessi Gomes

Thanks to de musics

Much Love

Deep & Devotional

The Temple Gates Are Open ~ Ecstatic Dance 2021

Recorded under the rain in Costa Rica in the mountains as the skies opened. Performing for Chocolate groove.  www.instagram.com/chocolate_groove
Elements coming together, felt this one. Lots of fresh tracks in here including a remix of my track portals by @Kaleidofox .Of course I had to play some of my favorite dance floor killers so you may recognize a few towards the middle. Track of the week is www.soundcloud.com/ixchelprisma/cura So nice I had to play it twice.

Elemental

Tulum Treehouse Salon Party

Born in 2005 in the mountains, the Hadra Trance Festival is a unique event by its organization, the values ​​it defends, but above all by its eclectic and multidisciplinary program which combines musicians, videographers, visual artists and performers.
Over the years has become the biggest celebration of trance psychedelic culture in France and now recognized as a benchmark in Europe and worldwide, the festival has won over the years the hearts of festival-goers, ever more numerous.
On the banks of a lake, at the Plan d'Eau de Vieure, in the Allier; 4 days of celebration, 3 stages and more 50 artists with exceptional musical diversity for 72 hours non-stop attract each year 8000 people from around the world.

Musics from Eclektic , Vena Portae , Coam , Sigesmunden , Hinkstep , Translippers , Metamorphosis , Side Liner , Andorra , Aviron , Beatfarmer , Kuba , Sixis&Expedizion , RedSunRising&Olica, Astronaut Ape , Dubsalon,Logical Elements,Coss, Dream Twice , Cabeiri ... thanks to support directly these artists for their amazing music !

SolEye @ Hadra Trance Festival 2019

soundcloud.com/beatjay
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cover by soundcloud.com/dj-rotte

Mit Mutti In Der Prärie # 4 - Nacho Pitchu

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Mit Mutti In Der Prärie # 8 - MAUGLI [guest mix]

Soulful music set for stretching and dance workshop

NO BODY Flow_DJ set for dance class@Ubud.bali

WHAT IS THE MUSIC OF ‘ECSTATIC DANCE’ ?

Many people find a beautiful song and think “Oh i’m gonna listen to it a lot !”
And there is a special kind of people who think “Oh I can’t wait to play it for others”. 
These kind of people are called “DJ"

I spend a big chunk of my time digging for music.
And the constant question that arises is:

Can I play it at Ecstatic Dance ?

For me, Ecstatic Dance is an opportunity to discover and dance to music that is not played on commercial dance floors or spotify playlists.

Music that invites my body to move in new or different ways, or to relax and be still.

Music that isn’t just happy-happy but that might induce sadness, anger, introspection, elevation and other states.

Music that connects me to myself, to others and to life.

That is true for me as a dancer, as a DJ and as a budding musician. 

Some of the music I play at Ecstatic Dance is light, dance-y, and approachable.

and some, well, is less so. 

One of my greatest challenges is finding the balance between playing what I love and between accommodating for what people can receive.

I know I can appeal to more people if i play more commercial music.

But I feel such a calling to share some of the treasures i find;

Like a 13 minutes piece weaving together traditional arabic music and a classical string quintet.

Or music by a swedish live-band integrating latin, jazz, african, and amazonian music. 

Or a heart-ripping african-american gospel blues piece from the 1920s that was etched on a gold disc and sent to outer space on the voyager space probe.

Or a polish folk song sung by a group of female singers and remixed by a french electronic musician.

The challenge to find this balance isn’t easy, but i embrace the challenge and the experiences and insights it brings.

And so, you can find some of these treasures in this DJ set, which I played at ’Snake Charmer’-  a slower edition of Ecstatic Dance - in Koh PhaNgan, July 9th, 2020.

Gratitude to the participants, our team and the artists, musicians and producers:

David Nørlund
Andres Oddone
Ekorce
The Human Experience
Jack Essek
Lido Pimienta, 
El Búho
Udasa
Beatfarmer, 
Shankara
Morillo
Temple Step, 
Dysphemic
Djivan Gasparyan
Feist
Ìxtahuele
Monolink, 
Just Emma
Sheila Chandra, 
Estray
Zelia Barbosa,
M.RUX
El Búho x Baiuca
KARIYAN
Blind Willie Johnson
Hipnotic Earth

Ecstatic Dance ~ Snake Charmer edition ~ 9.July.2020  Koh Phangan

"Snake charmer” is a slower edition of Ecstatic Dance, and includes Ethnic, devotional, and organic music , infused with beats.

Featuring:

Shpongle
Peter Power
Rey & Kjavik / RKJVK
Yair Etziony
ESCHATON
Raz Ohara, Nu, Christopher Schwarzwalder, FEATHERED SUN
Ohxalá
Luciano Stazzone
Borchi
SOOHAN
Quinteto Violado, Psycho Tropiques
Psychoz, beatfarmer
Philip Glass
Nahira Ziwa
Nicolas Jaar & band feat. CARMINHO
Ramin Djawadi
Marlena Shaw, Diplo
Nicola Cruz
beatfarmer
Dakha Brakha, Baru
Sahalé
Kiko Navarro
Offroad
Dead Can Dance
Anouar Brahem (Moontide Edit)
Yeahman
Kedem Ensemble
Robert Gass and On Wings of Song
Calm Whale

Snake Charmer Ecstatic Dance 22.july.2020 Koh Phangan

"Snake charmer” is a slower edition of Ecstatic Dance, and includes devotional, organic and sensual music as well as more up-beat tracks.

I am continuing with the exploration of how much I can play what I love and what I feel should be heard and danced... vs. what people love and want and expect from "Ecstatic Dance", especially here on party-island Koh Phangan. 

My intention is to bridge the two - to play what I love and also to appeal to more people.

Gratitude to Prem and Dariush who supported me on the evening.

Featuring:

Kenji Kawai
Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Holy Other
Avi Adir
Ohxalá
Chancha Via Circuito
Thornato
Atropolis
beatfarmer
Mark Eliyahu
Oussema Saffar
Harmoníe
Rude & Deadly
Ramin Djawadi
Blackenart
Atropolis
Thornato & Benjamín Vanegas
Atropolis
Phanoman & Mozkai
Elias Fassos, RisK (Gr)
Harri Agnel
The Real Live Show
Nickodemus & Quantic
Virginia Rodrigues / AIWAA
Artéria & Ibu Selva
El Búho
Black aka Jason Lee

Labels: Wonderwheel records, Tropical Twista records, Kośa records

Image by WikiImages from Pixabay

Snake Charmer Ecstatic Dance 29.7.2020 Koh Phangan

Ecstatic Elementalism

I feel you feeling me - lovemaking soundtrack

🔹 Welcoming you to come gather around this Altar of Sound…

Come and gather now dear friend:  take off your shoes, dig your toes in the fertile Earth, heart and head in the direction of the Sun, prostrating cells & souls to the Great Mystery…Let’s gather dear siblings and strangers:  so that we can make Sanctuary of our wounds, our losses, pay homage to the paradoxes, to the divine chaos, to the dismantling, honouring the seedlings of the entirely new, however fragile and tender they may reveal themselves to us…

🔹 This tapestry of music was born from the chaotic-crack and potent-portal that is 2020, revealing deep caverns of fragility, attention demanding wounds, complex landscapes haunting our minds & souls, invitations to see and feel the world anew…

The weavings of this mix have been deeply inspired by Bayo Akomolafe’s slippery-shape-shifting offering of “Making Sanctuary”:  What is “Making Santuary”?  It begins with a crack, with getting lost, allowing us to be humble, and fall down upon to the Earth…it’s learning to ask questions, learning to listen…to “Be a Becoming, not just a Being”…to “loose the colonization of normal—to meet the world anew”…it is ripe with failures, with comings and goings, but with a potent invitation to stay present in this place of brokenness…”destruction folds into creation”…Thank you Bayo for this generous mapping.

🔹 In this Ceremony of Sound, may you baptize yourself with the sanctified soul-music of hip-hop, dub, funk, gospel, house, jazz, and for music of which there are no genres:  I bow with my life to the roots and spirit of soul-music, the living human-altar and testament to Making Sanctuary…I bow to all the seen and unseen forces that have brought all the shades of Soul Music to this worldly dimension…Without it, we would be surely lost…I would certainly be lost:  thank you Godfathers and Godmothers of Hip-Hop, Soul & House for all of your sacrifices, prayers and creations…May this compass of beauty and empowerment never die, may it’s spirit bring fertility and freedom for generations to come.


Deep bows to Bayo’s Sanctuary-satsang (time 8:30) and Joanna Macy’s potent prophetic transmission, ushering in grief, grit and grace (time 3:29:30):  this mix is sandwiched by their words and message for a reason.

🔹May this coming Epoch on the Planet be one of embodied warriors shining radical tenderness and love to all that is lost…May we continue to bathe in Mystery.

Alma  ∞ Omega, Berlin December 2020

Thank you to Tokio Aoyama for this beautiful piece of visual work 


Sand 🔹 Tronje Kaemena
Spirits Calling  🔹 Beautiful Chorus
I see you you see me  🔹 Yoyu
Earth Talk :  The Gods of the Discarded with Bayo Akomalafe
Cover Me 🔹Bjork
Ojoube (already bonus version) 🔹 Ali Dada 
Grow  🔹Ouhana Feat. MN.JA
Oruga  🔹 Chancha Via Circuito & El Búho
The Calling  🔹Morillo 
Inner City Travelin Man  🔹 Amerigo Gazaway
Stressed Out  🔹 A Tribe Called Quest
Save their Souls  🔹 Bohannon
The Offering  🔹 Darkhouse Family
No White God  🔹 Oscar #Worldpeace
Haley  🔹 Aztek
Word + Sound (instrumental)  🔹 Mala
Somnium  🔹 Congi 
Everything is  🔹 Artist Unknown
Harpsichord  🔹 Four Tet
Twinkle  🔹 Erykah Badu
Please Prepare Me 🔹 Beautiful Chorus
One 🔹 Occult & Jausme
Human  🔹 Sevdaliza
Injection of Blackness  🔹 Malika B and Dave Hucker
Sizwile  🔹 SPAZA 
Mother Theresea  🔹 Auntie Flo
Tides  🔹 nymad feat. Jade Parker
Deep Down (Mr.Fingers’s Mix)  🔹 Ron Trent Feat. Robert Owens
Change got to Come  🔹 OBAS NENOR
Masala  (Pablo Fierro Remix)  🔹 Floyd Lavine
Cacao Ceremony  🔹 Kiko Navarro and Nickodemus feat Florenc
Take Control  🔹JOVONN
Walk a Mile in my Shoes (Henrik Schwarz Remix)🔹 Coldcut 
Amerika   🔹 Moodymann
Allowance  🔹 Isolee 
Poem for the Planet (featuring Ursula Rucker)  🔹 Hannes Bieger
Shelled 🔹 Tipper
Time for Peace  🔹 The Fantastic Shadows
Is there any Love?  🔹 Trevor Dandy
Climb 🔹 Mos Def
Keep On   🔹 Alpha Mist
Joanna Macy for Treesisters 🔹  Grief, Grit and Grace

Follow the Love <3

🔹🌍The Evolution Will Not Be Televised | Chapter Three | Sanctuary Of Sound 🌍🔹

A delicious, sensual mix of ambient, deep bass, hip hop, electronic and temple vibes to take you deep into the groove.

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