Smalltown DJs make their return to RDA, this time bringing along the legend Rrotik.
On "Dreaming", the trio launches your senses to a heightened level of serenity with gorgeous melodies complemented by lush textures and a longing, ethereal vocal.

Dreaming

Smalltown DJs & Rrotik - Dreaming

I have a special release today on Desert Heart Records called 'Song 4 Finn', the most personal track I've ever made, dedicated to my son. Having a kid while working as a professional DJ is complicated. It hurts leaving him while touring, but it's also how I make a living so I have to suck it up. I will say there's nothing better than getting home and having my little guy run up and hug me. I hope you guys vibe with this one, as I've loved playing this one out in all my sets. 👶

Listen / Buy Here:
https://desertheartsrecords.fanlink.to/song4finn

Fanlink

Mikey Lion - Song 4 Finn

Eyes Wide Shut

Life On Planets takes orbit back into the Rules Don't Apply solar system with the groovy & tail-wagging "Bow Wow".

On "Bow Wow", LOP breaks down why he's the best and proves it with his ability to form wavy constellations on the dancefloor.
A floaty bass line tumbles & descends with earth-moving inertia while slivered plucks & ethereal synths breathe life into the tracks atmosphere.
However, the star component of the track is LOP's gleaming & memorable guitar solo- he makes it bark like "Bow! Wow!".

Bow Wow

Life On Planets - Bow Wow

Woods ft Sea Of Bees (VIP)

West Coast Classics

A2. RQZ - Pod Racer [LTH005]

Dead Prez - Hip Hop (Will Clarke's doingitforthecuddles ReRub)

For 15 years I’ve been releasing two track EPs with a crazy A-side and a much deeper or weirder B-side. Showing a range of sound has always been very important to me. My friend, Wyatt Marshall, collaborated with me on the B-side and also gets credit for turning me on to modular synthesis which is used considerably on both tracks. 

-Claude

Claude VonStroke - All My People In The House [DIRTYBIRD]

Mr. Spock by Justin Martin & Ardalan

Midnight Swim

How Many Times

Buy/Stream

Steve Darko & Claude VonStroke - How Many Times [DIRTYBIRD]

♥ Desert Hearts Records Boss ♥
Bookings ~ Americas and Australia: jon@liaisonartists.com
Management: t.gould@deserthearts.us
PR: mfrieser@infamouspr.com

Part mythical desert harlequin, part modern soul conductor, Mikey Lion is more than a DJ––He’s a freak of nature and an energy controller. The San Diego-native has earned a dusty mystique over the past few years as the center of the Desert Hearts movement and as a house and techno provocateur with a stage presence that suggests he will ride this wave all the way to the top. If there's one thing Mikey does well, it's get the party started.

Lion, real name Michael Leon, has brought the mothafuckin' ruckus to the stages of Lightning in a Bottle, the dustiest storms at Burning Man, and The Do LaB at Coachella, earning nods from Claude VonStroke, Jamie Jones, and Green Velvet in the process. In doing so, Lion and his signature top hat have developed a boisterous voice in the House & Techno scene with strong tribal, hip-hop, and psychedelic elements.

But it all started with Wu-Tang and Daft Punk. Lion first found his way behind the decks as a thirteen year old kid, scratching underground hip-hop records religiously after school. At Coachella as a seventeen year old, he witnessed that legendary Daft Punk performance on the same night he tasted his first dose of psychedelics. The show had such a monumental impact on him, he gave up Hip-Hop and became a House DJ the very next day.

After honing his craft with weekly marathon DJ sessions at Sala Razzmatazz in Barcelona, Mikey was introduced to Burner culture at Lightning in a Bottle, 2011. It was at his first Burning Man in 2011 that he found a community calling and merged forces with his brother Porkchop, life long friends Marbs & Deep Jesus, and the inimitable Lee Reynolds to form The Desert Hearts Crew.

In November 2012, Desert Hearts began as a seedy, 200-person renegade gathering deep in the Mojave Desert. The intrepid crew barely survived a set of extreme weather conditions and unfortunate circumstances, but that first party sparked a fire. The entire point of that first Desert Hearts was to create as much love as humanly possible, and now that same gathering has evolved into the darling of the West Coast house and techno scene. The Bi-annual festival is capped at 3500 attendees in order to create the best possible vibe. Built upon beautiful people getting as weird as possible to deep and trippy house and techno, Desert Hearts has already achieved iconic status in the North American Festival Scene. 

Desert Hearts has given rise to a family of thousands and it's safe to call it a bonafide movement of love. And while Desert Hearts Records launched in 2014 as a totally-free record label, pushes the sonic aesthetic of the scene, the crew’s busy international calendar of bookings has the DH message spreading far and wide. At the center of it all is Mikey Lion, the dusty prince of desert hearts, a beacon of weird far and wide, and one of this generation’s most compelling agents of love.