Thank you for helping the year start on a good note.

Thanks for sharing. HappyLunar New Year !!!! Year of a rabbit

Thank you so much!! I am loving this mix. xoxo

All of my ecstatic dance sets from 2023. This year I've played more frequently and for a variety of different events so there is an emergent variety of styles represented.  I've also started to blend sound baths with my gong and singing bowls into the closing stillness section of my sets.

Thank you for listening and enjoy the journey(s) into the cathartic power of music movement, and sound.

Ecstatic Dance Sets by MIKAYA from 2023-25

this Ecstatic Dance journey gently builds and then bursts into life with a carefully guided mix of deep organic house, tribal, glitch-hop, house, latin, afro and progressive techno flavours..

featuring an eclectic selection of music by
ATYYA, Porangui, The Polish Ambassador, J.Pool, OPIUO, Vorso, Symbolico, Janax Pacha, Lemurian, Boris Brejcha, Phibes, Mele, BLOOM, JackLNDN, Ghetto Kumbe, Captain Planet, VFM Style, Makoto San, Mystic State, Captivate, Seeker, Bliz Nochi, Nasiri, The Human Experience, Rohne, Henry Green

recorded live on 15th July 2022 at Ecstatic Dance Byron Bay, Australia
we dance every tuesday and friday night
www.byronbay.dance
www.instagram.com/ecstaticdancebyronbay

Ecstatic Dance is a multi genre journey of music into movement
no words, no shoes, no booze... just dance

artwork by Andy Gilmore

Byron Bay ED

Ecstatic Dance Byron Bay ✧ July 2022

“There is no way to repress pleasure and expect liberation, satisfaction, or joy.”
― Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

Recorded live at the Somatic Revival in Asheville, NC. I geared this set towards sexy sensual partner dance, while keeping a wave structure to the musical progression. 

For a track title, please leave a comment to request the track ID, and like, repost and share my mix. Thank you for your support.

Photo by Vicky Long

Pleasure - live at Somatic Revival {Ecstatic Dance Mix by MIKAYA}

First live dj set yayyy! Played for the Cocrea Somatic Revival event in Asheville, NC. Kept it simple with mixing for my first time live, easing in to the art slowly and ever so sweetly.  So meowch fun to play, thank you for listening <3

Somatic Revival ~ 10.8.22 ~ First live set <3

lose yourself in the music
find your self in the dance

featuring an eclectic selection of music by
Maneesh de Moor, Liquid Bloom, Deya Dova, ATYYA, Savej, Notre Dame, Yeahman, Hajna, Mina Shankha, The Spy from Cairo, OPIUO, Memba, Mon Rivera, Willie Colón, Captain Planet, Tebra, Fake Tattoos, CloZee, Twerking Class Heroes, Luxage, Lemurian, Janax Pacha, Ben Bohmer, Nils Hoffmann, Malou, Boris Brejcha, bleedingxheart, CharlestheFirst, misc.inc, Makoto San, Orenda, Thylacine

recorded live on 25th November 2022 at Ecstatic Dance Byron Bay, Australia
www.byronbay.dance

Ecstatic Dance is a multi genre journey of music into movement

Ecstatic Dance Byron Bay ✧ November 2022

Oasis 

Of my mind,
Speak to me.

Through intention
Bring me to your waters  

The desert 
Feels endless

The oasis 
Promises nourishment

The Oasis 
Promises answers

But I must remember,
Answers come and go

It is the Questions 
Which remain

I played this set on New Years Day 2023 for the Asheville Movement Collective. This is the live mix without any edits. The poem states the intention and inspiration behind the mix. May it take you on a journey into the Oasis with a blending of musical genres to help us better understand the truth we carry inside.

Tracklist

Nod	- Julianna Barwick, Nosaj Thing
Reserva Pra Dois - Branko Mayra Andrade
Way Down - Dimond Saints
Chamaa - Le Motel
Royals (Lorde Cover - Instrumental)	- Femke
Royals - Lorde
Fluyendo (Steffen Ki Revision) - Ayla Schafer Steffen Ki
Runa - SoloKa, J.Pool, Janax Pacha Cafe De Anatolia
Ocean of Silence - Mose, Michael Ben Shimon
Moonlight Through The Branches - Enigma Beats
Mama Clo - Thornato, Benjamín Vanegas
Caravel (Uji Remix) - Baiuca, Nita, Uji
Les Gout	Rampa - chuala
Hold Me Closer - Elton John, Britney Spears
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) - Elton John, Dua Lipa
Por Una Cabeza - Quintango
Quiero Verte una Vez Más - Adolfo Berón
Desert Mule - F.S. Blumm Nils Frahm
Clair de Tulum - Classic Unknwn
Santorini Coffee - Melvitto
Malamente - Trio SR9 Camélia Jordana
One Last Time - Trio SR9 Blick Bassy
(Sittin' on The) Dock of the Bay - Come Shine, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Eikthyrnir (Extended) - Kalandra

Oasis - live @ AMC New Years Day 2023 {Ecstatic Dance Set by MIKAYA}

A reminder not to spill the chai ૐ Babanam kevalam.
NZ spirit festival south island chai tent vibes.


The Holy Set list:

Long intro: Vespera - Loscil 

07:00 Cumbia a la luna - Joaquin Cornejo 
El Jaguar Caza feat. S gar - Da Iguana
Sound (Chmura remix) - ashez, chmura
Transmutation - Chmura, Daggz
The Golden Mask - CloZee
Naissance - Circada
Hare Krishna feat. Chaytanya - Dub Kirtan All stars
Madera - Ritual Version - ANuT, MoM
Chashm e SaQi Ft. Fanna Fi Allah
Closer - Kerala Dust
Robots - Landhouse & Raddantze
Krasnapolyana - Kermesse
Akasha - Sickflip remix - Axel Thesleff
Palomita - Nu
Sapateiro - Captain Planet - Mystery
Hope (Parra For Cuva Remix) - Max Cooper
Morning Tremor - Affelaye 
Vulnerability - Pablo Nouvelle
Gaia Prayer - Stefan Eli & ZANA PRANA

Enjoy x

NZ Spirit Festival  :: Chai Tent Bass Mix 𓆃 21/01/2023 :: ZANA PRANA

Messing around with some new and old tracks. Kept it low at 70bpm w/ some mash-up style mixes.

Night Vision [explicit] {4am Mini Mix by MIKAYA}

DJ Medicine Fox live set at the Earthsong Village Party

Live at Earthsong Village

Support Artist

DJ Medicine Fox ~ Live at Earthsong Village

Ecstatic dance set prerecorded live played for the Asheville Movement Collective & Warren Wilson College on 4.14.23. The event was also a benefit for the Center for Conscious Living & Dying, an organization doing incredible service towards cultivating presence and respect for death by honoring and embracing the final seasons of life and providing proper end of life care ✨ 

The set is inspired by their mission, with a vision of cultivating consciousness and presence through the death portal, so expect a bit of a journey into the bardo. May we dance to cultivate a deeper awareness of our relationship with death and may we find that we celebrate life that much more and dance that much harder as a result <3

{Purrriestess} The Bardo ~ Ecstatic Dance Asheville 4.14.23

Engagement request: please like, repost, and send me a direct message asking for the playlist and I'll send it ova. Thank you! Engagement is a huge help on this platform for all of us artists. 

Played originally at Asheville Movement Collective on May 12th, 2023. Re-recorded and refined some transitions before publishing it two days later.

The theme for this dance is inspired by a poem referenced in many Hollywood films, perhaps most notably in the blockbuster movie “Interstellar.” Written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in 1947, it has been suggested that it was written for his dying father.   

“Do not go gentle into that good night” 
by Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

More info here about the poem can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night

This ecstatic dance set explores the theme of interstellar and inter-dimensional travel both through the portal of dying, and through the portal of distorted perceptions caused by love, desire, fear, angst, and rage. It will resolve itself into a space where surrender, grief and courage can take root before taking flight.

Cover art by Artbyagni on ETSY

Interstellar Night {Ecstatic Dance Mix by MIKAYA}

Intention: Dynamic Range 

Referring to the range of values that a system can capture, represent, or reproduce. Dynamic range can be applied to audio, photography, or dance. In audio, it pertains to the difference between the softest and loudest sounds a device can accurately handle. In photography, dynamic range refers to the range of tones, from the darkest to the brightest, that a camera can capture.

In the context of ecstatic dance, dynamic range refers to the spectrum of movements and expressions a dancer can embody using motion, energy, and emotional states with fluidly and curiosity. From subtle and gentle motions to bold and powerful movements, this dance aims to stretch the dancer to their limits, in order to create a more immersive and transformative dance experience. 

Played on 1/5/2024 @ Haw Creek Commons, Asheville, NC. Pls like, repost and comment to feed my algo-rhythm. Danke!

Cover Art: Unknown Source

Dynamic Range {Live Ecstatic Dance Set by MIKAYA}

Deep in the jungle, there lies a fern gully. 
What lies within, can only begin...

Closing set for Fiddlehead's Frosty Ferngully Fiesta at The Landing on Jan 13th, 2024.

Special thanks to the Ferns and Fractals that came to celebrate this amazing man, and dear friend. We love you, Clay. Happy 4-0.

Fiddlehead's Fern Gully {Live Sensual set by MIKAYA}

Curated in the depths of winter at Beat Church Asheville on Feb 11th, 2025.

May those icy frozen parts of us, fractured from our past, melt back into the nurturing waters that flow through us, dissolving, returning into one.

Num.	Title		Artist
1	Flow State	Triniidadii
2	Deep Sands	Ion Driver
3	holdon.	YATES!
4	Batanga	PHURN Lowcation
5	Geeked Up	Skinny Limbs
6	Arrive [nuo stems]	5AM
7	Miles Apart [nuo stem]	PHURN
8	FYA dub	Shaka Lion Singularis
9	Lovas [nuo stem]	Shaka Lion
10	Everglade March	Of The Trees
11	Mystic Physics	Hedflux
12	Taksim	Guns
13	What I Can Do "ENERGY"	CONTRA Saturna
14	Poetry In Motion [nuo stem]	AtYyA Finnoh
15	6AM (Perkulat0r Remix)	Of The Trees
16	Bellydancer	Kuni
17	Bad Karma (Original Mix) [nuo stems]	Axel Thesleff
18	Goober Time - PEAK	Jade Cicada
19	Wubbalubbadubdub	Jade Cicada
20	Like a Drum (Original Mix) [nuo stems]	Not The Father
21	Ric Flair Drip (with Metro Boomin)	Offset
22	vanish.	YATES!
23	Evacuate 1:06	Skinny Limbs
24	Siren's Call	Psyoptic
25	COLA	XRAY
26	Koté mwin	Sskyron
27	Truth or Dare	Tyla
28	Love in Space	Matt Becks
29	YOKO	Sskyron Bioz
30	Wanting You [nuo stem]	PLAZA
31	Sprout	Hudson Lee
32	Sunflower	Hudson Lee voljum
33	Borderland Sorrows	Slow Meadow

Remastered by Luo Rawls

Ice Becomes Water {Live Beat Church AVL Set by MIKAYA}

Wubbed in Dub is an ecstatic dance set in homage to the bass heavy sub cultures of dub. This set is structured by the classic ecstatic dance wave progression. We will wub shoulders with the music of psychill, psydub, reggae, reggaeton, dubstep, melodic bass, eclectic intelligent dance music (IDM) and a few heart openers to close it out. 

See you on the other side. 

Played on Feb 28th, 2025 in honor of Asheville Movement Collective's 25th Anniversary. Thank you Jeannie Adair for inviting me to play on such a memorable night. 

Photo cred to the interwebs.

Wubbed in Dub {Ecstatic Dance Mix by MIKAYA}

🎧 Straight from the cave [album]
🙌 elro
📼 https://pvmm.ffm.to/fromthecave

"Straight from the cave" is a raw yet refined exploration of lofi’s endless possibilities. Across its tracks, elro demonstrates a masterful ear for creative sample flipping, reshaping fragments of sound into something both fresh and familiar. Smooth, mellow keys serve as the album’s heartbeat, while wobbly melodies drift in and out like half-formed memories. The beats are organically played, rich with human imperfection, and rooted in a groove that feels lived-in rather than programmed. Lo-Fi nostalgia hums through every corner, wrapped in subtle layers of texture, while flashes of smooth jazz peek through with elegance. At the same time, hip hop energy runs deep in the bones of this record ~ steady, grounded, and undeniably rhythmic. Straight from the Cave isn’t just background music; it’s an immersive experience that balances grit with warmth, spontaneity with intention. A carefully crafted journey that feels like both an excavation and a celebration.

Out on all platforms !

#pueblovista #pvmm #noir #lofi #modranicht #lofihiphop #lofibeats #lofimusic #lofiaesthetic #chillhop #chillbeats #chillvibes #lofiandchill #lofiedits #ambient #vaporwave #aesthetic #vibes #beats #instrumental #music #hiphop #beatmaker #producer #jazz #lofanimation #studybeats #relaxingmusic

📼 Stream ~ DL

elro ~ Loop porque podemos

A song for those without a home, for those in refuge, for those who roam. An acoustic original written in the mountains of Oregon outside of Asheville. Don't be afraid to change! Cuz the times they are a changin'! Everyday is not promised and tomorrow is not known. No matter what happens we can choose how to respond. May we all find home = the earth, a home within ourselves, and our community wherever we are in a world of displacement. 

LYRICS:

Take what you need but don't ever stay the same.
Don't be afraid, afraid to change
Don't be afraid of the unknown
Don't be afraid of what your heart wants to know

Fly all the way home
Fly all the way home
Let us fly our way home

Even when a single golden ember still burns
Cuz we're still all holding the flame
To light it again
Carryin our prayers in the ashes
To light it again
I break free of the silence again

To fly my way home
To fly my way home
To fly our way home
Let us FLY LET US FLY

I lay my troubles down
I lay my troubles down
Oh let me break free with the moss and the cedar of the ground
Let me break free now
Fly, our way home
Our Way Home
Don't Be afraid
Don't Be afraid
Don't Be afraid
Of the unknown
Come on Home
Come on Home
Come on Home
Let us fly....
Fly....

Special Thanks for Violet Recording Studio in Boulder, CO

Don't Be Afraid

MIKAYA's Upcoming 2025 Event Schedule:
Sun, Sept 7th - Asheville Movement Collective
Sat, Sept 13th - TBA

MIKAYA (Micah Swabb) is an Ecstatic Dance DJ and facilitator for cathartic dance events. MIKAYA’s mixes inspire meditation through movement in ways that widen the scope of one's self-awareness and self-expression. For booking MIKAYA (Micah Swabb) please email micahswabb@pm.me. 

These musical journeys begin peacefully, build momentum and contrast, and then land softly with resolution and grace. MIKAYA also produces mash-ups and mixes in various genres. He teaches people how to make world class ecstatic dance mixes both from his home in Asheville, NC and virtually online.

Micah Swabb is also a regenerative real estate agent and eco-flipper in the Asheville, NC area. If you'd like help buying, selling or rehabbing homes or raw land please reach out. Regenerative Real Estate is all about living in harmony within the eco-systems of nature, society and personal well-being.

With deep gratitude... may we grow and glow together with love, courage and freedom.

Oasis - live @ AMC New Years Day 2023 {Ecstatic Dance Set by MIKAYA}

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