Art by Aris and myself: http://www.orbitalmonkeys.net

written back in Feb/2011

Desert Dwellers - Return Of Sunshine (Luke Mandala Remix) [Desert Trax]

VILENA is a Los Angeles based DJ/Producer playing underground electronic music that contains all shades of trippy, deep and driving, sometimes abstract sounds with a progressive touch. Vinyl collector with a genre-blending deep cuts

As a producer, VILENA likes to work in fields of off-beat and minimal and groovy rhythms from sensual downtempo to faster dance floor tracks.

VILENA performs regularly on stages of most underground and atmospheric spaces of Los Angeles and beyond. 

EVENTS: 6AM, Octopus Recordings, Definition, Temple, SIRENS, Anytime Anywhere, WORK, Koncept LA, Synthetik Minds, Heaven After Dark, CATCH ONE, SoundNightclub, Raspoutine LA, SILO NYC, SOHO House, CATCHAFEVER LA, Techtonic, Planet Techno California, Projekt Redlands, Dimensions Eventz, Pulse Lab, Framed Events, C011AB, Sound Factory, Space Taco, Los Perros, PWRHOUSE, FIKAFIKAFIKA, Early Birdz, LICKNDIP, Classified, SXTCY, AfterMidnight.

Shared her stage with artists like - Metrika, Cabizbajo, Curses, Sam Shure, SIAN, Maceo Plex, Christian Loffler, Kate Stein, Luciano Scalioni, Capes, Kasia, MotherMary, Manics, Ray Kash, Leisan, Cat Dealers, Borak

Radio & Podcasts: The Archer & Octopus Recordings Radio, House of Chic Radio, Stellarcast Show, JACO records Podcast, SIRENS Podcast, Planet Techno California Podcast, Early Birdz YouTube, Tektone Podcast, Kastle Dungeon YouTube, The 360 Club YouTube 

Bookings : vilenamusiccc@gmail.com

http://www.umbachconsulting.com/miscellany/velcro.html

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.