Spring is in the air.. along with a (slow) wind of change. Get your dancing shoes on!

Playworks is.. a monthly podcast based on the idea that "playwork is the work of creating and maintaining spaces for children to play. The theory and practice of playwork recognises that children's play should ideally be "freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated." (wiki)

PLAYWORKS session 007

This month..  hopes of sunshine.. with clouds of alien sounds.. 
when do we get to fly high again?! ... patience...

"playwork is the work of creating and maintaining spaces for children to play. The theory and practice of playwork recognises that children's play should ideally be "freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated." (wiki)

PLAYWORKS session 008

Vendredi soir dans la grange aux poutres, décor fabuleux par Adventures of Valparaiso (Amsterdam)
2 juillet 2021

Chateau Perché 2021 - les vacances romantiques session A

Chateau Perché 2021 - Les vacances romantiques - Session B!

Dutch Decomp 2021 - somewhere, sometime after...

Happy holidays.. 
It's been a busy year of howling for help ;) between great performances but also many projects not going as planned.
May 2022 be full of new beginnings

PLAYWORKS session 009

Last night ecstatic dance at our winter retreat, following a cacao ceremony <3

Ecstatic Winter Retreat @ Avani - Last night

Recorded on Sunday evening, February 27, first weekend of total covid freedom in Amsterdam - groooovy!

Harnomia @ Shouting Fire Radio - Kozmozoo

a journey that began at camp, stayed by the Vaginarium until we rolled into the memorial burn after sunset.

AfrikaBurn 2022 - Thursday Sunset on the Flying Dutchman

A funky sound journey that followed an electric mash-up performance by Rainbow Kimchi - thus starting with a funky hit - and leaning harder into funky dirty bass sounds, for a really fun Saturday afternoon on the playa. Finished a bit short due to a memorial burn starting nearby

AfrikaBurn 2022 - Saturday Sunset on the Boomicorn

Wednesday at Space Cowboys for the UV party, from sunset into evening <3

AfrikaBurn 2022 - Wednesday early evening at Space Cowboys

First night on the playa! Good to be back, energy to buuuurn!!
Unpack the tent and run to the Boombox!!
Thanks to Dan and the gang at MadHatters for this exquisite rig that shined bright all week, love love love!

Pioneer Rec

AfrikaBurn 2022 - Monday night @BoomBox, PressPlay

Thursday afternoon @ TomorrowLamb, Burning Man 2022
It was a super time playing for the annual Berlin Kink Tea party.

BurningMan 2022 - Berlin Kink Tea Party @ TomorrowLamb

It was the day that we arrived on the playa, on a Sunday, and I was itching to settle in by surprising a camp with music. I found familiar faces at the Camp with No Name, and I played until it got dark, accompanied partly by Remco Visker on the guitar (unfortunately could not record the input).

Burning Man 2022 - Sunday @ the Bar with No Name

It was my birthday!!.. and I got to play this set at Dutch Decompression at midnight!!
... a dark, playful and feminine journey.

Dutch Decompression  - Dreamscape (Burning Man NL)

A smooth, playful, sometimes dark and feminine journey on a beautiful terrasse above the carribean waters, in magnetic Bocas del Toro, closing the evening on the opening night of this 3-day festival.

New Horizons Tribe Festival - Bocas del Toro, Panama - Thursday

A light and airy, playful set, floating on the golden light of another warm day in paradise, Saturday, at the Feminine Energy Festival of Radio Venao, in Playa Venao, Panama.

Radio Venao - Feminine Energy Festival - Sunset @Saturday

House of Chi

Live at Wildeburg 2023 - Kas stage - Saturday

A beautiful journey played in a stunning and welcoming space in Montreal, Plein Soleil, accompanied by the talented Gotta Lago and his many percussions!
(photo taken before the event, to respect privacy)

Ecstatic Dance - Plein Soleil - 10 août 2023 - with Gotta Lago (percussions)

It was a beautiful, dirty, sweaty after party playing for a beautiful, groovy, lovely, funky, (and dirty and messy) crowd..
And the recording didn't work properly..
So three months after, the long awaited re-record (same tracks, same order). Add your own party to it!

Awokenings 2023 - Decompression After Party - Burning Man NL

It was an Easter weekend in Berlin, where many burner friends gathered, celebrating 50 years of greatness! 
..or humanness, in any case. 
Who's in charge, they asked?
..well the sexy dirty beats of this live set took charge of gathering the sweaty peeps and their dancing feet in front of the DJ.
I was in charge..!

50 Shades of Pink - Who's in Charge

It was a weekend of pure magical co-creation at the Castle of Babalunya, celebrating the (so very late) coming of spring blooming.
The elated dancers grooved on in the chapel, until they couldn’t anymore (at midnight).

Babalunya 2024 - 'Till Midnight, in the Chapel

13 June @ Freedom Manor in Maastricht
The Secret Cave Rave edition - 'rehearsal' for Southern Comfort XL in July

Southern Comfort - Descent into the Dungeon - Secret Cave Rave Edition (Maastricht /NL)

Southern Comfort - A Day Out of Time - Woonkamer Deluxe

"playwork is the work of creating and maintaining spaces for children to play. The theory and practice of playwork recognises that children's play should ideally be "freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated." (wiki)
AMEN

PLAYWORKS sessions

This month - floating on the cloudy nature of the times.. here and everywhere.
"playwork is the work of creating and maintaining spaces for children to play. The theory and practice of playwork recognises that children's play should ideally be "freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated." (wiki)

PLAYWORKS session 002

This month: firery colourful rhytms for the exceptional month we've had, in the exceptional lives we live <3

"playwork is the work of creating and maintaining spaces for children to play. The theory and practice of playwork recognises that children's play should ideally be "freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated." (wiki)

PLAYWORKS session 003

Wishing you all special times with yourselves ;) or with loved ones..

It's been an incredible year for all of us. <3

PLAYWORKS Holiday Special

These days.. it's hard to find the light. 
.. music can help.

Playworks is.. a monthly podcast based on the idea that "playwork is the work of creating and maintaining spaces for children to play. The theory and practice of playwork recognises that children's play should ideally be "freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated." (wiki)

PLAYWORKS session 005

With an ear for subtle textures and big beats, Mia delivers a dark, playful, and feminine edge, mixing indie, tribal, electro and organic house with other surprises.
Lovely and groovy, it’s always a journey.


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