Here it is: the full recording of my set at this year's edition of Boom Festival!

It's the first time that my whole performance was covered and professionally edited - so this is something truly special for me!

A little background info: I felt like a little kid when I entered the Dance Temple on the final morning of the festival. I was nervous as fck, excited as hell but as well amped to the max, enthusiastic and truly positive to having the chance, the challenge and as well the privilege to play for this amazing dancefloor. 

Months before the festival, a thought crossed my mind if it wouldn't be wiser and as well safer to skip improvisation this time and to prepare a set - safety first style. But a minute later I erased this thought as I realized that by doing this, I would give away the advantage of a DJ set versus a 'live' set: the ability to get into direct communication with the dance floor and to have a dialogue with the crowd based on giving, receiving and thus mutually creating a journey rather than a pre-arranged monologue of just sending out frequencies.  

So I went ahead with my trademark Boom Shankar approach of full improvisation with all its advantages and as well disadvantages. You might be able to see this in the linked video: it took me a bit to establish this connection as the energy I received from the floor was quite intense, but in the end I felt that we fully clicked and thus created an energetic and truly beautiful connection! 

Seeing the outcome of this connection in the video makes me so happy, and it confirms that this decision and the impromptu approach were the right choices.
Being able to make people dance, to create smiles and to exchange energies and vibes with each other - to make others happy with what makes me happy - is one of the most beautiful experiences of my life, and I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to do that!

This being said, thank YOU dear Boomers and everyone else watching and reading this for your support - it means the world to me! ❤️ 

Thank you Boom Festival for the chance to channel my vibe and energy into your holistic narrative, massive thanx to all the artists who contributed their amazing tunes and last but not least thank you UP Audiovisual for recording and editing this set!

Boom Shankar

Check the full video recording, captured by UP Audiovisual from Brazil:
https://youtu.be/jaq6dvI5wuM?t=1

Live at Boom Festival 2022

Full Set Video

BOOM SHANKAR @ BOOM FESTIVAL 2022 [Dance Temple] 2022

Today our series features London-based artist Jin Synth as a guest. A mix that contains intriguing sounds and beautiful depth with ambient passages. Jin sets out to craft an ethereal, meditative soundscape that transports her audience to an abstract realm.

@jinsynth
https://www.instagram.com/jinsynth/
https://www.facebook.com/jinsynth

Danza Nativa Invite 023 - Jin Synth

Recording from Monument's first club night at The Villa in Oslo April 26th 2024. The recorder picked up some distortion and the sound quality is a bit old-school. The noise is mostly hearable in the beginning and when the music is more silent. If you're annoyed by this, please pick another mix. 

Whatever the challenges are in our lives, struggles we're going through with sorrow and hardships - we always have the music. 

https://soundcloud.com/navigare-audio

Navigare Audio

Anders Navigare @ Monument Clubnight - The Villa (Oslo 2024-04-26)

- Ketale & Mind Sense - Unreleased 
- Bellatrix - Great Beyond (Ketale & Aster rmx)
- Ketale & Massive Dynamic - Transpose
- Ketale & Mystika - New Destination
- Ketale & Mind Sense - Virtual Reality
- Serenity Flux - Stairway to Serenity - (Ketale rmx)
- Ketale - Feelings
- Ascent - Moon Influence (Ketale rmx)
- Ketale & Mind Sense - Unreleased
- Ketale & Mystika - New Destination (Orisma rmx)

Ketale - Time medicine Live set '24

We're happy to be back with our mix series. This time we have a session by Parisian artist BLNDR (Hypnus Records) with a sophisticated and meticulous selection, immersing us in an hour of deep and tribal techno, which is his specialty. Tom is a close friend of the label who made an incredible remix of MB4, one of the tracks that are part of Seph's album entitled Ulizen.

@blndr
https://www.instagram.com/blndr_tom/
https://www.facebook.com/BLNDRmusic

Danza Nativa Invites 027 - BLNDR

Predestination

Fernie travels through his self-made solar system, each planet a different sonic horizon - one pulses with tribalistic rhythms wrapped in mystical atmopsheres, another breathes with organic tones like growing roots and humming birds. On every world, he gathers mind-altering tones like stardust. By the time he returns to his sun, he has composed a universe.

Originating from Glasgow Fernie has a longstanding association with the local Scottish scene having been involved and actively running events since the early 2000’s. Most recently he has been continuing to shape and grow his sound design both through production and live DJ performances. He also acts as podcast curator for respected Norwegian techno platform Monument and has releases spanning across a myriad of labels including KVLTO, BAHN and Informa. Apart from that you may know him as the mind behind Space Textures which acts as an outlet for high-quality atmospheric deep techno.

Fernie takes us on a two-hour expedition where we hear him blend deep electronics with hazy atmospheres, brain-attracting psychedelics and extraterrestrial organics, staying true to his origins in space texture while venturing into a whole new set of cosmic ecosystems.

Discover more of Fernie’s universe:

https://soundcloud.com/ferniemusic
https://www.instagram.com/ferniemusic
https://www.facebook.com/Ferniemusicuk
https://spacetextures.bandcamp.com

Dynamic Spheres #028 - Fernie

My set from the 10th anniversary of Spritiz of the Jungle, held in Bollebygd Sweden.

Spiritz of the Jungle 2025

• Crescent Textures #135 • Kalumet

Today's podcast is a live recording from the most recent Crescent party, held on the 1st June.

Kalumet is Zoltan Vajda from Hungary - one of the old-school storytellers of the psytrance scene. Active since the mid-90s, he’s witnessed the global rise and evolution of psychedelic music firsthand. His sets are deep, twisted journeys, shaped by decades of experience and an eclectic mix of influences - from Joy Division and Kraftwerk to Spirit Zone and global folk traditions.

Starting with guitar and bass in the late ‚80s, Kalumet’s sonic path led him through punk, industrial, techno, and psytrance. Under aliases like Ork Monk and Tiger Punch, he’s performed in unforgettable venues across the globe - from catacombs and mountaintops to jungles and beaches, and on the main stages of Ozora, Boom, Voov, and more.

Tracklist:
1. Sunju Hargun - Mooping @sunjuhargun
2. Cafe de la Jungle - Energy Cell @cafe-de-la-jungle @qeone
3. Kalumet - The Fish Knows Everything @kalumet @navigare-audio
4. Sandwell District - Self-Initiate
5. Maria Callapez - Diphylleia Grayi @maria-callapez @semantica-records
6. Onyr - Shinigami @onyr_sounds @aedirecords
7. Kalumet - Annual Meeting of Opposite Magnetic Fields @furthersessions
8.. Kalumet - Spring Theory @spacetextures
9. Kalumet - Chao Praya Blues (Save Your Atoll rmx) @furthersessions
10. Kalumet - Tumult (Sam Wilson rmx) @spacetextures
11. Leo Anibaldi - Always from Reality (Marcus Henriksson rmx) @marcushenriksson @cannibald
12. Planetary Assault Systems - Desert Races @luke-slater @mote-evolver
13. Pyramidal Decode - Inceptional @pyramidal-track @semantica-records
14. Linear System - Kinetic Energy @linearsystem
15. Mordio - FBX @mordiomusic @furthersessions
16. Archypness - Enter @archypness @thecodecast
17. Cylindric - Stavrovouni Shadow @cylindric_music @lotusparable
18. Sunju Hargun - Phaya Naga
19. Psyk & Orbe - Tunnel Diode @psyk @orbeartist
20. Linear Phase - Transition nr 1 @linear_phase
21. Darkduction - Crystallized Breath @darkduction
22. Magna Pia - Bezeklik @magnapia. @furthersessions
23. Hydrous - Corrupted Echo @hydrous1 @navigare-audio
24. Pallida - Gloomy @pallida @boshkebeatsrecords
25. Labyrinthine - Obelisk @labyrinthinee @crescent-london
26. Atlas - Lingus @atlas-724654794 @aurora-mistica-records
27. Alexskyspirit - Quantum of Dreams @alexskyspirit @aurora-mistica-records
28. Polar Inertia - Vertical Ice @polarinertia @dement3d
29. Claudio PRC - Ebony Feathers @claudioprc @delsinrecords

Kalumet:
▫️ SC: @kalumet
▫️ IG: https://www.instagram.com/_kalumet
▫️ FB: https://www.facebook.com/kalumetmusic

• Crescent Textures #135 • Kalumet

Toffes Värld @ Ankali

I have recorded this as a thank you to all of you that follow me in my exploration of Psychedelic Trance. Thank you i am truly greatful <3

Predestination

Matt with an S