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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

T⨋₼₱L⨊₡ĄS৳ #008 - Madeira 1 (M 1)

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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}

Danubian Grooves Part II brings out the ancestors and addresses the impact on our lives today.
„The elders whisper, always be a song“ is a central lyric in the first track and tells us about the importance of music and singing still today. Track 2+3 is characterized by more lighness. Get it, like it, play it ;-)

Free DL

Palya Bea - Suttognak A Vének (Landegaard Edit) - Danubian Grooves 2

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.

Wubbed in Dub {Ecstatic Dance Mix by MIKAYA}

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