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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

Morning 2024

Copy of Cafe Botz

Midnight Seduction

HQ Download

Emancipate

Ancient Ground

Momentology & Equanimous - Ancient Ground

.:. Tracklist .:.

Aagentah // Dunehon 
3WA // Stalagmites Rain
Lacu // Forward
Abstrakt Sonance // Seeing Navy
Teffa // H17 
Innocent // Military Radio
q100 // Fake ID
Zpektryl // From Cretion
Abstrakt Sonance // Mangladesh
Hebbe // Different (Dillard Remix)
Quoma // Operation
Mist // Distant Bhikku
The Widdler // Cube (Dillard Remix)
Ninety // Golden Teeth Smile 
Repulsion // Riddled with Confusion
TMSV // Ominous
DPRTNDRP // Babaganoush 
Dub Killer // Soundsystem Wave
ENiGMA DUBZ // Double 99 Dub
Hypho, Xakra, Finnoh // Stellar Transit
Panix // One Moment
Dubamine // Champion

.:. Wakame .:.

A recreation taken from my Halloween set at Howl 2021. This hyphy mix pops ~ get your baile on with over 40 tracks intricately mixed within an hour.

Howl 2021 Mix (Halloween Set)

Fire Ceremony Mix recorded LIVE at Ritual 2.25.22. 

A high energy ceremonial mix honoring the FIRE element. 

With over 3 dozen tracks in 1.5 hours, this live set stirs up primal energies and tribal dance rhythms. 

Featuring ALL ORIGINAL productions, live controllerism and mash-ups with Master Minded, Eivør, Ape Chimba, Temple Step and more.

SET LIST - 

Master Minded - Fire - Ceremony (Feat. Anukai Arun) (Light Language Intro Edit)
The Monad - Light Language (Unreleased)
Resonance -  Light Language ft. Supernova Sarah
Neo - Light Language x Poranguí - Otorongo (Shamans Dream & Geometrae Remix)
Lotus Leaves - Light Language (Unreleased)
Pyrite & Palo Santo - Light Language (Unreleased) x Trøllabundin (Chant)- Eivør 
Roots - Light Language (Unreleased)
Tubes - Light Language (Unreleased)
Mapacho - Light Language  x Medicina - Light Language (Unreleased)
Earth Calls (instrumental) x Earth Calls - Light Language ft. Supernova Sarah
Exuviae - Light Language
Caves - Light Language (Unreleased)
Down - Light Language (Unreleased)
Red Magic - Light Language ft. Asheeliya
Lightwerker - Light Language (Unreleased)
Codons - Light Language
Ecstatic - Light Language x Amoriri (Tribal Bass Mix) - Temple Step Project, Ape Chimba, Ebyän
Grey Path (BLVCK mix) - Light Language x Valhalla Rising (Chant) - Nytt Land
Airsu - Light Language ft. Joni Digital and Miguel (Unreleased)
Orion - Light Language (Unreleased)
Io - Light Language (Unreleased)
Primal - Light Language (Unreleased)
Cernunnos - Light Language (Unreleased)
Untitled - Light Language (Unreleased)
Warcry - Light Language (Unreleased)
Zion - Light Language (Unreleased)
Current - Light Language (Unreleased)
Luna - Light Language x Tangaroa (Chant) - Tiki Taane 
Lunar Low - Light Language (Unreleased)
Shadowwork - Light Language (Unreleased)
Gaia - Light Language ft. Ama Sophia (Unreleased)
Untitled - Light Language (Unreleased)
Ocarina - Light Language (Unreleased)
Maestra - Light Language (Unreleased)

Ceremonial Fire Mix

Ceremonial Fire Mix (Recorded LIVE @ Ritual)

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}

"Nikuah" which means "gratitude for what earth provides" is the 1st single from a new upcoming album called "Home" produced by Shaman’s Dream & Geometrae. 

It's featuring, Grammy Award winning Artist, Chris Berry, with his masterful vocals, drumming & Mbira playing. This project is perfect for the Ecstatic Dance & Medicine Ceremony audiences, where Shaman's Dream has been popular for over 25 years. 

“Home” is a collaborative album between Shaman’s Dream and Geometrae, featuring multi-instrumentalists, vocalists, and cutting edge electronic production. 

The story is told through the intention of each song, and woven together for the listener to observe each element through the body as a felt experience.

The album begins with the sunrise, as each day begins for us here. The seed is then planted with intentions to grow and flourish, to reach the highest potential as a blooming flower. The 5 elements are explored: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether. The 5 elements are needs to transform the seed into a flower, for the fullest expression to be witnessed. Once the flower has bloomed, we welcome the moon, to tap into our psychic senses and merge into the dream world once again, to begin the cycle renewed, to return Home.

Shaman's Dream & Geometrae - Nikuah (Feat. Chris Berry)

Wisdom Keepers Ecstatic Dance Journey

Live ambient journey guided within a Blue Lotus ceremony in the Guatemalan Jungle ~

 .. I was recently invited to play music for 3 hours during a private Blue Lotus Ceremony in the jungle of Guatemala. This first hour was a guided breath-work session leading into a 2 hour dance of original music.  

33 candles were lit to represent the spirit of each individual present & illuminate their purpose in this lifetime. 33 representing the 33 vertebrae in the spine on the path from the root to the crown. The set was a journey upwards & then integrating back into our body. 



Tråcklïst .. 

Poan - Alba
Tal Coleman - Offerings
Milo Manzana - Respirando
Chronos - Shawasana
Kuba - On the Spot
Andrew Lahiff - Soft Clouds Behind the Rain
Sonic Samadhi - Deep Roots
Heavenchord , Infinity Dots - Rainforest
ɗʒɛmɪηaɪ  - Sleep
Ekená - interior calm
Heavenchord - Field Recordings 6
VasuDev Medecine Budha, baptiste S Edit
Evan Fraser & Vir McCoy - Shavasana Journey

Alōng Thė Påth Of The Lōtus ( Livë Blue Lōtus Ceremony )

Recorded live at Oakland Ecstatic Dance February 2023. Join the newsletter to receive a download link. https://www.scottnice.com/

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Global Village vol. 04 | Ecstatic Dance Live

Thanks to https://soundcloud.com/lo-renzo-project

"Each track of this mix speaks about a wide range of emotions, sensations and experiences. 
They remind me of personal moments while at the same time they offer new visions and perspectives.
We’re going through changes and may find new directions or old ones we forgot about. This mix explores a three phases journey to float and dive deep into our innerworld and reborn as being of light."

Tracklist : 
Lo.Renzo - Bliss
Loris S. Sarid - Orizzontale verticale
Ishq - Kong
Contours - Balafon A (repitched)
Leilali ft Inin Nini - Dream Ceremony
Contours - Balafon B 
Lo.Renzo - Here it comes (live stem version)
Ishq  - Aphrodite
Sushma Soma - Nature
Gaiea Sanskrit - Aum

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After several months of introspection, we are delighted to announce our grand return with a new visual communication and artistic direction! On the agenda, new sound experiences and uncharted musical explorations. The Jedi team is excited to present our brand new visuals and the various sectors that will punctuate your days and nights:

🌜Night Pleasure (ambient, psybient, downtempo, idm...)
A hybrid/multi-genre sector for your cocoon times. Immersive soundscapes await you, ready to transport you to unexplored dimensions.

🍃 Bass Garden (psybass/psydub & bass music)
Vibrate to the rhythm of hypnotic bass, psychedelic sounds, and music that resonates with your soul. The journey into the world of bass music begins here.

☀️ World music
Explore the riches of electronic music from around the world. From ethnic rhythms to enchanting melodies, prepare for a sonic world tour.

🚀 Hybrid
Where the nostalgia of the 90s meets the modernity of downtempo, techno, and break music. A unique musical fusion awaits you, blending retro elements with a contemporary sound experience. A more dancefloor-oriented and colorful sector, celebrating genre hybridization.

📷 Graphic design by Emilie Ghashghaie

Jedi’s Chillout | Lo.Renzo • Music to Dive Deeper

Cafe Botz

“Love Serve Remember: Reimagined,” is a unique collection of new Ram Dass songs and musical renderings. Out today, these tracks collectively celebrate the 50th anniversary of an expansive collection of Ram Dass radio conversations, readings, and music that first took form as the six-LP box set, Love Serve Remember, in 1973.

Liquid Bloom’s “Opening Reimagined” features Moondrop alongside Evan Fraser, and the other tracks were woven by the The Human Experience and John Pattern. 

This album is also available as a vinyl for those of you who want to add this special gem to your collection.

Ram Dass & Liquid Bloom - An Opening Reimagined (ft Moondrop)

A bass-rich dance journey to open your heart and get you bouncin! Featuring lots of flute, fiddles, trap & global grooves. 
Sweet, sultry and drippin' with bass.

Drippin' Bass ~ Ecstatic Dance Byron Bay December 2023

🎄
OY LightHouses
Dawn Landhouse ( David Rausch remix)
Moments of my Life Dan Bay
Now Laaar Osho
Tenpemrompack Landhouse
Spacedream Landhouse
In Evert Lifetime I will find you ITAI & Matt Hill
Unified Theory Dan Bay
Freedom Frequncy Soble and Li'lith
Moonlight Interlude Leeu & Titoffee & Hibotep
Dellomoon Landouse (niju remix)
Halvet Tolga Maktay  (KumaraPA) Remix
Queen's Locomotive.128 Joe Carl
Celestial luçïd
🎄

One by One

Support and follow @lamas_dream

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We wish you to be yourselves, happy, full of life, and grounded! The XX episode of this podcast is our little gift from a wonderful musician and producer Lama's Dream.

A deep journey...

Alae Records Podcast Vol XX tracklist:

Light Codes - EIRLYS
Inner landscape ft Divasonic - Lo.Renzo
Arcana of Orion - Maneesh de Moor
Ulenflucht - Niklas Paschburg
Ancestral Blessings - Maneesh de Moor
A Distant Glow... - Slow Meadow
Open Channel - DJ Taz Rashid
Becoming - Hiatus
Lighthouse - Hiatus
Immunity (with King Creosote) - Jon Hopkins
20 Minutes - Carbon Based Lifeforms 
We Are Centered (Nice & Quiet) - Ivan Latyshev 
As the Earth Kissed The Moon (excerpt)  - Michael Stearns 
Ariana - Tony Anderson

Alae Records Podcast Vol XX by Lama's Dream

Weclome to this musical mystical journey through the waves of your soul. It's all about the connection with the chaotic nature and beauty of raw feelings of gratitude, grief, love and hope

tracklist:
Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders - Movement 6 (feat. London Symphony)
voice: pinsiberia reading ancient poem of Sappho
Joseph Shabason - Broken Hearted Kota
Greg Sper, Ronald Bruner, Jr. MonoNeon - Careless (Tiny Room Sessions)
Fred again, Brian Eno - Cmon
kid’s voice: boy says about self-esteem in reels
N’Gou Bagayoko - Kulu
Kamaal Williams - Hold On (feat. Lauren Faith)
Emily Wurramara - Ngarrikwujeyinama
Elmiene - Marking My Time (BADBADNOTGOOD Edit)
BAMHUM - On Your Love
Greg Spero - Orange Sun
Nai Palm feat. Jason Guwanbal Gurruwiwi - Wititj (Lightning Snake) Pt.1
Mammuthfinger - Downstream Mammoth River
voice: pinsiberia’s sound channelling
James Blake - Limit To Your Love
Selah Sue - Fyah fyah
Roberto Musci - Water Music
Starling Arrow, Ayla Nereo, Tina Malia, Marya Stark, Leah Song, Chloe Smith, Ris
Oliver Brouwer - Brouwer Ardent
Oscar Jerome - The Spoon
KMRU - degree of change
voice: pinsiberia’s reading the prayer

galactic mess

The 23rd edition of Voyage on www.rabe.ch

Voyage is a moderated radioshow from Berne, Switzerland, on independet radiostation www.rabe.ch with mostly ambient music, some fine beats and informations about artists and releases.

Songlist:

1. Jogging House - N°
https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/album/station
2. Cat Tyson Hughes - Roses in the Casement Window
https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/roses-in-the-casement-window
3. Sonmi451 - Hyperbole
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/the-eighteen-minute-gap
4. Suso Saiz - Looking You In Silence
https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/resonant-bodies
5. c o m t e - (ii)
https://comte.bandcamp.com/album/r-e-g-n
6. Arovane - Eint Leicht
https://arovane.bandcamp.com/album/drei-formen
7. Arovane - Falten
8. Jeannine Schulz - Light In The Dark Corners
https://jeannineschulz.bandcamp.com/album/light-in-the-dark-corners
9. Suso Saiz - Paseando El Encierro
10. Hania Rani - Dancing WIth Ghosts
https://haniarani.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts
11. Cat Tyson Hughes - Watercolours
12. Loscil / Lawrence English
https://loscil.bandcamp.com/album/colours-of-air
13. Jogging House - Mantra
14. Purelink - Blue
https://purelink.bandcamp.com/album/signs
15. Kuniyuki - Takahashi
https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/10
16. Okraa - Ola De Luz (Distante)
https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/2023-label-compilation-mixed-by-todos
17. Vincent Gericke - Secret Heaven
https://vincentgericke.bandcamp.com/track/secret-heaven
18. Purelink - Earth To
https://purelink.bandcamp.com/album/to-deep
19. Hania Rani - Komeda

Voyage °23

Set made by @magiciandj for Magical Hour at Magicians podacast published in February 2023. A very deep and beautiful story.

Magician - USC Podcast Sessions

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}

Resueño proudly unveils Pao Pamaki's enchanting new remix of "Travel Inside," by @paopamaki skilfully remixed and brought to the dancefloor by the incredible talents of the renowned producers @Iyakuh and @pathwey. 

This single marks the prelude to the much-anticipated "Travel Inside Remixes" Album. Volume 1 of which will be out in just a few days on February 1st, so stay tuned! 📅🎉 Pre-save the album to stay informed and be part of the magic as it unfolds.

Stream/Download: https://fanlink.tv/travel_insdie_pao_pamaki_remix_iyakuh_pathwey

Pre-save link to album Travel Inside Remixes Vol.I: https://hypeddit.com/kusej2

Artwork: https://www.instagram.com/aephiclesjourney/

Pao Pamaki - Travel Inside (Iyakuh & Pathwey Remix)

A carefully curated mix of smooth tunes for deep loving

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}

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.