.... and i thought that cora couldn't get any more intense

Mali Blues, Afro Funk, Afro House and feel-good vibes - live, raw and unrehearsed recording from my set at the magical Enchanted Forest Festival (2017) 

Set list:
Amadou & Mariam - Dougne Te Soye -Baghdadi remix
Gregorythme - Oui oui (Multi Culti Remix) 
Tinariwen - Wallahi la ar tasninam (AkizzBeatzz Re-Edit) 
Majid Bekkas - African Blues (Luca Musto vs AkizzBeatzz funk remixes)
Amadou & Mariam - Sans Toi - Sierra Remix (Simón Mejía - Bomba Estéreo Remix) 
Oye!Simpson - Mali PunkRock
The Funkees - Salam (Sibu & Joe Nagall edit)
Fela Kuti - Open and Close (Will Magid Remix)
Miguel Migs - fire (Faze Action Afrotronic Re-Rub)
Yolanda Be Cool Dcup Soul Makossa (Money Club Mix)
Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (Mike Newman remix)
Unknown - Yala 
Mo Black - Mabiisi Pagba Ambonati Remix
Joeski - Tribute to Obatala
Sobek - True Anomaly
HYENAH - The Wish
Flying To Namibia - Electroboogaloo Remix 
Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Mbube (Thornato remix)

DRAGONFLY - AFROCHANTED

Take a trip through the music of Africa. Reworks of some of my favorite African musicians including Franco, Mamady Keita, Mamadou Diabate, Thomas Mapfumo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Final track taken from KAVAs Transmissions album: https://soundcloud.com/kavamusic/sets/transmissions
 
Tunes were playing through my phone into Korg Kassilator Pro, Kaos Pad KP3 and boss RC-505 then reworked in Pro Tools. Other instruments include Micro Korg,  Nord D3, live percussion. Instruments and remixes completed in Chicago, IL. Final mix and master completed on a ferry from Belfast to Scotland.

Mancho Africa Trip Tape

Deep, slow pulsing basslines carry the exotic cargo of sound; pretty and gritty instrumentation, the ululation and trill of womens' traditional vocal techniques, and the swoop of mens' choruses.  North African rhythms shuffle and sway beneath the cresting timbre of taught, bluesy guitars, purposeful sintirs and the cascade of Malian harps (ngonis). Hand-claps and qraqebs (double-ended metal "castanets") chatter  hypnotically around the deep, definitive low end which craft the ethos of this 60-minute journey across the desert cultures of Mali, North Western Sahara, Morocco and Algeria.

Mad respect to friends - esteemed producers - Sabo, Akis, Rafa & Jack for their relentless celebration of transglobal groove and tunes which contributed to this mix:

https://soundcloud.com/solselectas
https://soundcloud.com/akizzbeatzz
https://soundcloud.com/klikandfrik
https://soundcloud.com/ackssek
https://soundcloud.com/destroydisco

The Tuareg inhabit the Saharan regions of North Africa - Niger, Mali, Libya, Algeria and Burkina Faso. From Wikipedia: The origins and meanings of the name Tuareg have long been debated. It would appear that Twārəg is derived from the broken plural of Tārgi, a name whose former meaning was "inhabitant of Targa", the Tuareg name of the Libyan region commonly known as Fezzan. Targa in Berber means "(drainage) channel".[20] Another theory is that Tuareg is derived from Tuwariq, the plural of the Arabic exonym Tariqi.[10] 

And from: https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/tuareg/ Tuareg is an Arabic term meaning abandoned by God. They call themselves Imohag, translated as free men. 

No one knows the true origin of the Tuareg, where they came from or when they arrived in the Sahara. Reputedly of Berber descent, the language of the Tuareg is Tamachek, with their own script known as Tifinagh, thought to have ancient Libyan roots. Their numbers are unclear, but estimates run between 300,000 and 1 million. The Tuareg were recorded by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th Century BC.
 
The most striking attribute of the Tuareg is the indigo veil, worn by the men but not the women, giving rise to the popular name the Blue Men of the Sahara, or Men of the Veil. Men begin wearing a veil at the age 25.

DRAGONFLY - INDIGO PEOPLE (DESERT BLUES - NORTH  AFRICAN GROOVES)

Beloved Festival. This is Ecstatic. This is Dance.  Prophetically, for the first 15 minutes of the set a large dragonfly swirled and flew above the packed dancefloor...and thus the transformation began.

This is  how it's done; one take, no pre-planned mixes as it evolves as an organic conversation with the dancefloor.

https://www.belovedfestival.com/lineup/music/

DRAGONFLY - BELOVED & ECSTATIC (Beloved Festival 2019)

PRETTY. GRITTY. DEEP. SLOW. 
MYSTIC. MAGIK. GLOBAL. 
HOUSE. 100 BPM.

Live freestyle exploration of global sounds and slowdeephouse
Late night @opulent-temple CHILL.
BURNING MAN.
THANK YOU.

DRAGONFLY OPULENT TEMPLE CHILL HOUSE SET  - BURNING MAN - LOST ON PLAYA

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Marshan is a husband/wife duo that performs improvised based ambient loops. With the help of many kaossilators and unique live instrumentation that includes theremin, saw, oud, microKORG and a slew of world percussion instruments, Marshall and Shannon create atmospheric sounds that are a perfect accompaniment for reading, sleeping or that space where you just want to slow down, relax and let your mind wander.

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