Set deep in the peaks of the Northern Cascade mountains near Darrington, Washington, I once again am privileged to play the 4-6am set on the Forest Stage at Cascadia NW Arts and Music Festival. To top it off, I got to marry the love of my life on Thursday to kick off the event! For those who were there, THANK YOU! For erry one else, ENJOY. Big love, Y'all ! ~M~

Cascadia 2024 / 4-6am DJ Set

Spring was definitely in the air for this Full Moon Gathering.. perfect weather, stellar sound, beautiful music and a full and energetic dancefloor all the way to the end! Thank you once again, Moontribe Collective for all the magic. This one was exactly what I needed, exactly when I needed it. May the music take you higher ✨
This is my 3:30am trance/techno set -- please enjoy at high volume.

❤️ Live In Love ❤️

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Katelyn Clark, Mitch Renaud - Obliquity II (Original Mix)
Solee - Aries (Original Mix)
Türen - Lunar Mirage (Extended Mix)
SMOKE G - Clash of Emotions (RPO Remix)
Rick Pier O'Neil, Elan Myles - Eternal Transit (Original Mix)
Phoibos - Lurker (One Million Toys Remix)
Mr. Rog - Elyndra (Original Mix)
Pedro Bolero - Maarsaai (Original Mix)
Piero Dp - Namaha (Original Mix)
Atlas - Nebula (Original Mix)
Rick Pier O'Neil, David Weed - Aztek (RPO Remix)
Blake Strange - Vertigo (Original Mix)
Reetu Bambrah - Rising (Original mix)
Odi Puncher - Your Language (Nakul C Remix)
Dmitry Kostyuchenko - New Horizons (Extended Mix)
Airwave - Noir (Extended Mix)
Art Of Trance - Seven Sisters (Basil O'Glue Remix)
Atlas - Gravitate (Original Mix)
NAVOJ - María (Türen Extended Remix)
àmou - Nidavellir (Original Mix)
Slavlotski - Crystal Nova (Enlusion Remix)
Rick Pier O'Neil, David Weed - Other Dimension (Part 1)
Christian Monique - Alphas (ORMUS Remix)
PROYAL - Army of Shadows (Pico Boulevard Remix)
Introspecto - Fragments (Original Mix)
Spiros Kaloumenos - Floating Point (Original Mix)
Ciø-ch - Everything Around the Circle (Original Mix)
Vladw - Mata (Original Mix)
Oscar Romarts - Radiation (Original Mix)
Phase Difference - Astral Veil (Original Mix)
Energy 52 - Café Del Mar (Tale Of Us Renaissance Remix)
Rick Pier O'Neil - Haurun (Nomas Remix)
Ormus - Neshama (Original Mix)
Blake Strange - Zeal (Original Mix)
Out of Orbit (Eitan Reiter), Shpongle - No Disco (Original Mix)

Moontribe FMG April 2025

Live at Moontribe October 2023 FMG - Techno Sunrise

Thanks to DoLab - Jesse, Dede, Megan and all for producing another amazing festival that I'm so honored to be regular at, and to the Junkyard- Patricio and Chino for the amazing stage and sound!

Edit July 16 - Track List just added!  A million thanks for the artists represented here for their dedication to making interesting electronic music in a world with limited interest in that.  There are those of us that care!

1 - State Of Mind - Andromo (@andromo)

2 - Burning - Zetbee (@zetbee-1)

3 - Versace - Jorick Croes, Enrico Chirchiello  (@jorickcroes,  @enrico-chirchiello)	

4 - Special For Me (Extended Mix) - Michel De Hey (@michel-de-hey)

5 - Space System - Nick Dare  (@nickdare)

6 - Bonjour Tokyo - M.ono (@m-ono)

7 - Gorgeous (Oscar Barila Remix) - Oscar Barila, Vasily Umanets  (@oscarbarila, @vsiliyumanets)

8 - I Can't Lose You (Pete Moss Remix) - Mo'Cream	(@petemosstracks, @mocreamproductions)

9 - Control (Gorge & Nick Curly Remix) - Hank (@gorge, @nickcurly, @hankkorsan)

10 - Grow (Joel Mull Remix)- Paul Brtschitsch, Malte, Mrrod (@joelmull, @paulbrtschitschofficial) 

11 - MOOG Hero - Joel Mull (@joelmull)

12 - A Feeling (Instrumental) - Jasper Street Co., Nicole Moudaber (@jasperstreetco, @nicolemoudaber)

13 - La Petite Faveur (Fsk24 Remix) - DJ W!ld (@chris-carrier-841295497, @djwild)

14 - Cami's House - Hector Couto (@hectorcouto)

15 - New World - Tuccillo (@tuccillo)

16 - Celestiarp - Vini Pistori (@vinipistori)

17 - Indignation - Kevin Yost (@kevinyost)

18 - Nothing 2 Me - Jorick Croes, ØN.THE.RUN (@jorickcroes)

19 - So Good - Supernova, Thomas Newson  (@supernova, @thomasnewson)

20 - Daydream (Extended) - Archie Hamilton, Sadie Walker (@archiehamiltonmusic, @sadiewalkerband)

21 - Urban House (Leo Portela Remix) - Luis Caballero (@leoportela, @luis-caballero)

22 - Frunky (Ray Okpara Remix) - Berami (@rayokpara) 

23 - What U Need (Marco Grandi remix) - Moe Turk (@marco-grandi, @djmoeturk)

There are just a couple of parties that I play enough times to make a completely specific set for each time, and make it my absolute best.

One is Lightning in a Bottle, which I'm not a resident of but have played 7 of the last 8 fests.

I've prepared for many different time slots at LIB, always looking at this large and spectacular festival as one where people primarily want to dance and have fun.

So I ramp up my funk and vocals (usually playful but i did have one protest lyric in this year's - you can't miss it).  

I lean on the uplifting side, spend a lot of time choosing music and organizing a playlist so i can play appropriately for my time slot and come back thinking it was one of the best sets I've ever played.  

Something that was different for me this year is I took a year and a half off from buying new music prior to LIB in order to reporganize my collection, which now spans 30 years.

Sometimes it's better to understand better what you already have before adding to a massive music collection.

But I never intended my break to be that long!  It just kept going.  And I had a couple of hard drive farts in the middle which didn't help.  

But anyway,  I started buying music again about two months ahead of LIB because I wanted to play an all new music set,  and I also wanted to to  take the time to understand the new music very well.

The problem with playing all new music at a gig is that I don't always take the time to understand it well enough to know if it's as good as the music I already have.  It's fun because it's new... but is it really adding something?

So this time I really took the time to select tracks - I was picky AF!  
This time I spent a lot of time also to play with my tracks, mix them in different ways and really try to only include tracks that were blowing my mind, so that I could give that to the dance floor.

Also spent a lot of time on tagging producers in this description - hope it helps you to discover some great new artists and music!

Ben Annand LIB 2025 Junkyard Closer

This one! Transglobally good groove of Gritty and gossamer, delicate and driving, spaciously dense and playfully serious Afroblessed, Latin scorched, Heart-Opening, Booty-Shaking levity. 

Here's a mix of deep, pulsing and vibrant global magic. A late night house music journey on the playa that extracts itself from an incredibly tumultuous burn: The heat, the wind, the destruction, the dust...then rain. 

The elements in all their adversity did little to restrain an incredible dancefloor at Sound Garden where I dropped MY most inspired set since attending my first burn 30 years ago. While massive thanks to the dancefloor for its constant inspiration that night, an even bigger thanks goes out to my friend Mark Duncan, the inimitable and indefatigable visionary and host who curated and produced yet another extraordinary week at Sound Garden.

(On a final note, the closing track (Florian Gasperini - Back Home) is dedicated to our friend John Rider who passed away at the burn, at camp, Weds morning. His happy place. He would not have wanted it any other way)

DRAGONFLY - MIDNITE MIRAGE - BURNING MAN - SOUND GARDEN - 2025

My set from Tropical 27 year Anniversary on 9/27/25

KOMBAT - Live @ Tropical 27 Year Anniversary

This mix was from an amazing party the night before the Pride Parade in 2025! Thanks to all who attended. It was a fantastic Pride as always!

PRIDE 2025

Had such a sick time playing my Blossom debut that I had to re-record it to share the full experience with you.

A journey through melodic house and techno — blending studio releases, unreleased demos, covers, and live remixes.

Performed and recorded live using:
– Roland TR-8S
– Korg Minilogue XD
– Novation Bass Station II
– Ableton Push 2
– Roland MX-1

Live. Analogue. Immersive.

Hope you enjoy the ride 🔥

COAŁ - Live Synth Set | Blossom 2025

One of my most powerful sets in so many ways, though totally beatless - this was the second time ever I played a fully ambient set live, and is the first one I've recorded and released!

Taking place approximately 5:30-7:00am Saturday morning at Tropical 27-Year Hot Tub Oasis Retreat, this is actually the second part of my complete set, which started at 4:30am and spent 1 hour winding down from 132 BPM to 110 BPM before going ambient - the point at which is where this offering begins <3

If you are looking for some music to put you to sleep, this is the first set I've ever released that was designed to to just that.  It's also great for yoga or atmosphere. 

In loving memory of Jared <3

Ben Annand Ambient Set Live at Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Sept 2025

.Jamie and I played for over 4 hours late into the night celebrating Halloween and the Day of the Dead to a committed dancefloor of friends from Bellingham and the surrounding area. .We've grown to absolutely adore this special invite only affair and happily play every year. .Bellingham, WA you have our heart! .ENJOY!  

The Manahans Halloween 2025 (Recorded in Bellingham WA)

This is part of the Free Flow EP. The style of these tracks was brief departure from what usually do. I was experimenting with not thinking about what label or scene they would work with so much, more so that they would work with bigger sound systems and stages, often outdoor stages. Those stages allow for some bigger atmospheres and sounds that may not work as well with smaller ones. It was a sort of "Free Flow" for my creative soul. I'd like to extensive my deepest gratitude your support and sharing the music around <3 I'm offering them up as a free download for following me on Soundcloud and reposting.  

Purchase Here:
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Free download here:
https://hypeddit.com/lukemandala/twist

Mastering by Ascended Mastering 
Cover by Luke Mandala. 

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Presskit:
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This tune was available a long time ago on my Patreon page, which is the best place to support this music:
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Luke Mandala - Twist (free download)

Offerings: Live or DJ music sets, evidence based functional medicine protocols (healing the gut, metabolism, tiredness, available worldwide virtually), life or music career coaching, music production lessons, event production consultation or lineup curation.  

lukehenrywells at gmail.com

For my bass/downtempo moniker, Mandala Affect: @mandalaaffect 

Patreon is the best way to support the music in exchange for early access to it, guest passes to shows and other rewards: https://www.patreon.com/LukeMandala

Luke’s dynamic live act includes playing a mixture of electronic and acoustic music while mixing in multiple live wind instruments and live drumming. His lifelong devotion to community dance medicine started at age 14 in 1998 when he started to DJ at northwest USA raveriffic events! He then started touring the world and releasing hundreds of songs released with a large number of the biggest labels in the world like Selador, Desert Hearts, Digital Structures, Dreaming Awake, Desert Trax, Booka Shade Music. 

This is deep piscean scorpio music, sprinkled with unusual sounds, unexpected twists, eclectic mix of global sounds, various tempos and grooves. It reflects stories of love-driven culture and open-minded ideas.  Depending on the crowd, the sets can vary from being pretty and uplifting to deep, dark, and primal, although they typically feature melodic and atmospheric textures infused with a lot of emotion.  Luke also has a functional (natural, root cause) medicine practice as this weaves so beautiful with dance and music medicine. He helps people heal frequent issues of the gut, metabolism and tiredness. 

Luke’s songs have been played by legends like Sasha, James Zabiela, Boris Brejcha, Solomon, Desert Dwellers, Dave Seaman, Kaya Project, and BLOND:ISH. Official remixes from artists like Desert Dwellers, Bluetech, Christian Martin, Chloe Harris, Kaminanda, Govinda, Roger Martinez, Pezzner, Robert Babicz, and Deya Dova.