Dear fellow humans. Please take a moment to read this. 

Down unders  is metamorphosing into underneath, same frequencies, going deeper. This downtempo set was meant to happen live in the Maxa Deer, alongside epic musicians and their instruments on the Friday sunset of Burning Man 2023, yet we had to surrender to a storm that humbled us all and gave us a true rebirth. So we decided to still create a set to elevate a powerful message and we are deeply honored to raise these spiraling frequencies of wisdom to the world through the Maxa Platform that is true family to us.  
Our inspiration for this DownUnders chapter is the collective metamorphosis we are navigating. We cannot deny It feels dark, so It’s more important than ever to keep our hearts open and connect to our craft, as a way to maintain our inner harmony in balance through the turbulence of a wild world. 

This musical journey also reflects the depths of intentionality beating in the heart of Maxa which are now birthing to light for the community. As much passion as we have for electronic music that makes us fly on a dancefloor, we are also widening the spectrum and welcoming other angles of musical craft which can delight our ears in a slow and loving way that speaks to our soul. 

It is so important for us to hear which parts of this journey resonate with you, so If you have something powerful to share in the comments please do so. Now, we do support free expression, yet are also sensitive to the fact that we are all overwhelmingly flooded by dual information in all platforms, so we kindly share… this is by NO means a space to take sides or express political opinions, we will NOT tolerate flags or any kind of propaganda in the comments, this is merely a universal expression of love and a calling for unity through music, so with all our hearts help us get spread the message in a peaceful and harmonious way.

The day will come where we get to share in flesh from the echoes of the Maxa Deer in Black Rock City.

For now, here is another 4 hour immersion into music and poetry to inspire you through the Spirals of Growth. 

Much love 

Zohar & Unders

Special thanks to: 

Jac Høja for her beautiful cello and Santi Bartolomé for his magical trumpet

To Vinny Olimpio for always helping us bring beautiful visuals to our vision 

To all the wisdom of the voices included in the mix

@zoharportal
@undersmusic

www.unders.nl

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Maxa is a community of friends united by threads of creativity, spirituality and the desire to do good and evolve. 

We create experiences and spaces that nurture deep human connections and help bring awareness of the gifts of service we all have to offer. 

Our beloved art-car and symbolic representation of our pilgrimage is an ode to the great blue deer, glowing like a beacon of strength, compassion, and inspiration as it dances through the desert. 

It is our guide, our compass, our shaman, lighting our way as we dance together to the rhythm of our hearts.

Alex Haw runs Fox&Badge, a community and artistic experiment in a collective utopia, yearning towards transcendence.
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Previously: Alex Haw is and artist/architect & director of atmos.

atmos is an award-winning multidisciplinary  art+architecture+design practice (est. 2007) that works internationally across scales and media - from small-scale product-design to large-scale master-plans, with core expertise in public installations and bespoke residential environments. 

Their work centres on innovative sculptural designs that often incorporate cutting-edge digital fabrication and data mapping. They creat work addressing all the senses, with projects that reward close inspection yet abide in the memory, merging meaning and sensuality.

They have exhibited widely and been widely published on TV (BBC, Channel 4), in national newspapers (Financial Times, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, etc.) and international design magazines (Icon, Dezeen, Wallpaper, WIRED, Blueprint etc.). 
Haw graduated with a Fulbright from Princeton and a 1st from the Bartlett.

Alex has taught Design Studios at the Architectural Association, Cambridge University, the Royal College of Art and TU Vienna. He graduated on a Fulbright from Princeton University and with a 1st from the Bartlett, UCL. He writes and lectures widely.

He played the lead psycho in Chris Nolan's 1st feature film, Following.
He runs a weekly social exploration of world food (Latitudinal Cuisine). 
http://www.atmosstudio.com

Electro & high people energy lover.
Burn it down to the ground

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