Ecstatic Dance provides the greatest freedom for me as a DJ.
The freedom to include any song regardless of genre, style, intensity, tempo, etc.
The freedom to transition from 10 minutes of intensity, wild BASS and heavy percussion to a melancholic ambient-classical piano piece and then to tribal house.

My passion and pleasure is to include music from all over the world, some original and some remixed with electronic elements.

At times, there are people who can't dance to one of the tracks, but another person finds new ways of expression.

Highlights of this journey:

- A jazzy tribal electronic song that I was listening to in the late 90s
- Music from an Almodovar film
- Electronic remixes of Moroccon #gnawa and of Blues-y African folk
- Shamanic eastern European music
- High-energy psychedielic #cumbia
- Global #bass with Native-American lyrics

Played live at my "Sacred Riddims" LIVE ecstatic dance event in Koh PhaNgan Thailand, where until recently we were covid-free.


Featuring:

Yuval Ron featuring Omar Faruk Tekbilek and Yair Dalal
IRFAN
Shankara NZ
Sango
Ohxalá
Wizkid
Tekno Miles
Zuco 103, Kraut
Fatoumata Diawara
Deuteroz In Chill
Sahalé
Mixwell
SOOHAN
Amon Tobin
Bliss
El Pele & Vicente Amigo
Sunlightsquare, Jose Marquez
Mr. ID
Mulatu Astatke, BALMARKODES
Lizwi, DJ Qness
Mawimbi Label, Déni-Shain
Daniel Haaksman
Dave Angel
Penya
Black Motion
Morillo
Ghetto Kumbe
Captain Planet
Layo & Bushwacka
Boa Kusasa feat Magugu
Mahto Akicita & Tiwahe
El Búho
Visionary Shamanics
Mr. Bongo
Aquatic collective

Enjoy and comment on your favorites - I'd love to know.

Image by Hulki Okan Tabak

Sacred Riddims Ecstatic Dance 31.03.21

Echoes in Rust 852 Hz [Dark Nature Concept]

Breath of the Yak

Gate of Harmony 528Hz. [Dark Nature Concept]

This expedition through the deep universe of sacred sounds is an extended version of the set I played at the wonderful Heart Culture Festival 2017. Many thanks to the Heart Culture Family and all the great artists for creating such beautiful pieces of music: Johannes Heil, Estray, Lannka, Stanisha, Wally, The Bassment, Jose Solano, San Migual, Luka, Sangeet, Mose, Troja, Nico Stojan, Birds of Mind

Dj-Sets

Don Juan Mezcal - Mantras de Curacion / Live Set @ Heartculture Festival 2017

Original by @do_nev
Remix by @ibu-selva

Kirill Donev is living among wildlife and powerful nature in the north of Russia.

„Pinega“ is the name of a mystical 800km long river flowing from the depths of the northern taiga up to the white sea. His love and admiration for this powerful river and the places it reveals served as an inspiration to tell this story of magic and ancient wisdom that still is present today for those who are able and willing to listen to the nature and it's spirits. The original track has been reworked by sound alchemists who already contributed lots of  quality music to the organic ethnic downtempo scene. Ibu Selva creates a trippy ceremonial ambience for a deep dubby journey on the slowed down dancefloor. Tomanka turns the original into a hypnotic and enchanting benevolent groove-monster and Steffen Ki paints a vivid colorful picture with dreamy ambient soundscapes, sweet melodies and organic percussion sounds.

Love

Donev & M. Carlos - Pinega Ft. Terya (Ibu Selva Remix)

WHAT IS THE MUSIC OF ‘ECSTATIC DANCE’ ?

Many people find a beautiful song and think “Oh i’m gonna listen to it a lot !”
And there is a special kind of people who think “Oh I can’t wait to play it for others”. 
These kind of people are called “DJ"

I spend a big chunk of my time digging for music.
And the constant question that arises is:

Can I play it at Ecstatic Dance ?

For me, Ecstatic Dance is an opportunity to discover and dance to music that is not played on commercial dance floors or spotify playlists.

Music that invites my body to move in new or different ways, or to relax and be still.

Music that isn’t just happy-happy but that might induce sadness, anger, introspection, elevation and other states.

Music that connects me to myself, to others and to life.

That is true for me as a dancer, as a DJ and as a budding musician. 

Some of the music I play at Ecstatic Dance is light, dance-y, and approachable.

and some, well, is less so. 

One of my greatest challenges is finding the balance between playing what I love and between accommodating for what people can receive.

I know I can appeal to more people if i play more commercial music.

But I feel such a calling to share some of the treasures i find;

Like a 13 minutes piece weaving together traditional arabic music and a classical string quintet.

Or music by a swedish live-band integrating latin, jazz, african, and amazonian music. 

Or a heart-ripping african-american gospel blues piece from the 1920s that was etched on a gold disc and sent to outer space on the voyager space probe.

Or a polish folk song sung by a group of female singers and remixed by a french electronic musician.

The challenge to find this balance isn’t easy, but i embrace the challenge and the experiences and insights it brings.

And so, you can find some of these treasures in this DJ set, which I played at ’Snake Charmer’-  a slower edition of Ecstatic Dance - in Koh PhaNgan, July 9th, 2020.

Gratitude to the participants, our team and the artists, musicians and producers:

David Nørlund
Andres Oddone
Ekorce
The Human Experience
Jack Essek
Lido Pimienta, 
El Búho
Udasa
Beatfarmer, 
Shankara
Morillo
Temple Step, 
Dysphemic
Djivan Gasparyan
Feist
Ìxtahuele
Monolink, 
Just Emma
Sheila Chandra, 
Estray
Zelia Barbosa,
M.RUX
El Búho x Baiuca
KARIYAN
Blind Willie Johnson
Hipnotic Earth

Ecstatic Dance ~ Snake Charmer edition ~ 9.July.2020  Koh Phangan

After nearly 20 years of dancing on the island, a dream came true and I played at Ecstatic Dance at Pyramid Yoga center. 

Featuring:

Shantala
Alex Forster & Revati Sakalkar
Nils Frahm
Kaya Project
Fractal Force
PSYDRAFT
El Búho x Tremor
Vlastur / Nibana
Sunrizen
SCHWERINDUSTRIE
Poranguí / Drumspyder
Desert Dwellers
Byzantine Time Machine
SOOHAN
Carminho
Radio Tarifa
Hadron Orchestra
Six dead bulgarian (6db)
Kano / Mahaon
Shpongle
The Bassment
Desert Dwellers
Dobranotch / Shinder
 ELEA / Asura
beatfarmer
Nat Barrera
jack essek
Sonny Terry / Psychemagik
S H I R A N , Kobayashi
Anita O'Day
S'Express
Masole A Kgotso
quidbop, Stevie Wonder
O Conjunto De Orlando Pereira
Nessi Gomes, Temple Step
55 Cancri e
The Human Experience
Hipnotic Earth

Ecstatic Dance @Pyramid 23.7.2020 Koh PhaNgan

Get the release on your fav platform:
https://numalove.bandcamp.com/album/ess-ncia-revisions

✨Original by @maywa✨
✨Remix by @janaxpachax✨
✨Mastered by New Earth Mastering✨
✨Cover-Artwork by Adrián Callejas✨

Maywa - Naynaeo (Janax Pacha Revision)

"Snake charmer” is a slower edition of Ecstatic Dance, and includes devotional, organic and sensual music as well as more up-beat tracks.

Join the next event in Koh PhaNgan:

www.facebook.com/events/287791706003364/

Please comment on what you're enjoying - I'd love to know.

Featuring:

Jungle
El Búho
Alex Forster, Jamie Catto & Lévon Minassian
rafiralfiro (Rafael Aragon)
EURYTHMY, pineconed
El Búho x Chancha Via Circuito
Shamanic Catharsis
Kaya Project & Gandolfi
Lunar Symphony & Kompass
Barda
MAUGLI
Maille
Borchi, Fela Kuti
zimt
Dandara
Wandara
Jack Essek, Kaob
Rhemus
Lukas Bohlender
Rokia Traoré
El Búho
Sahalé
Symbolico
Zulu Project, Kurup
Valeron
Palov meets A.Angelides
LUM
Khaikhan
Andara
Unders
Carrot Green
Rodrigo Gallardo
KARIYAN
Ruff Libner

Snake Charmer Ecstatic Dance 9.9.2020 Koh Phangan

Casa Noble Lisboa Especial 29: O Poema Tranquilo Da Vida
By OCTUPONE (Tea*Eye Productions) : BERLIN

For the upcoming project: "Casa Noble" Lisbon, Portugal, Summer 2021
In corporation with SLOW

www.soundcloud.com/octupone
www.mixcloud.com/octupone/
www.youtube.com/channel/UCpoZh3QVdau-fNclnxJ45pw
www.instagram.com/octupone/?hl=de

1 Signe Marie Rustad - When Words Flew Freely (Prelude)
2 Areni Agbabian - Rain Drops
3 Trio Sinhá Flor - Légua Tirana
4 Ensemble Festina Lente - Misit Dominus
5 Ben Harper - Toronto
6 David Kollar - A Morning Was Being Born of the Night
7 Fenne Lily - Blood Moon
8 Hélène Grimaud - Pièces froides / II. Danses de travers : 2. Passer
9 Hideyuki Hashimoto - Spring (Solo at Fluss)
10 Kim Weston - This Is America (A Capella Interlude)
11 William Ryan Fritch - Avenue of Iraq at Night
12 Güldiyar Tanrıdağlı - Pavane pour une infante defunte, M. 19
13 Anette Askvik - Without Permission
14 Reb Fountain - Lighthouse
15 Alberto Longhi - Audi tellus, audi magni maris limbus
16 Bor Zuljan - Lachrimæ, P. 15
17 Klik & Frik - Boavista
18 Sébastien Llinares - Pavane
19 Maarja Nuut & Ruum - Cloths of Heaven
20 Yaima - Gajumaru (Acoustic)
21 Bertrand Burgalat - Grand-place
22 Luciano Còntini, Francesca Torelli - Toccata III
23 CLEMENS CHRISTIAN POETZSCH - Schlaflied (Redux)
24 Sun Theory - Una mattina
25 Katie Melua - A Love Like That (Acoustic Version)
26 Smail Benhouhou - Clair De Lune
27 Martin Schmid - The Meditation (2020 Reversion)
28 Klara Kristin - Le premier bonheur du jour
29 Intiche - Morning Ocean Whisper
30 Genevieve Dawson - Tight Lips
31 Andrée Grise - Une seule prière
32 Klik & Frik - Agreste
33 Elin Rosseland & Johannes Eick - Gryr
34 Federico Albanese - Slow Within
35 Valérie Milot - The Sound of Silence
36 Alexandre Tharaud - Bach, JS / Arr. Tharaud & Labadie: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio
37 D’Atri - Respirando
38 Bettye LaVette - Blackbird
39 Thibaut Garcia - Tansman: Musique de cour d'après Robert de Visée: VII. Air
40 Valérie Milot - Concert Study In E flat minor
41 Silvio Dalla Torre, Aya Matsushita - Histoires - Morceaux de Salon pour contrebasse et piano: IV. L'adieu
42 Brona McVittie - Secretly Between the Shadow and the Soul
43 Juliette Gréco - Strip-Tease
44 Ceeys - Yes, Brick by Brick
45 Andrew Wasylyk - Black Bay Dream Minor
46 Víkingur Ólafsson - Debussy: Bruyères (Home Session)
47 Katia & Marielle Labèque - Trois morceaux en forme de poire : Manière de commencement
48 Schiller - Arco Iris
49 Derek Gripper, Mike Block - Folon (Cello and Guitar)
50 North Americans - Break Maiden
51 Richard J. Birkin - Vigil Ii
52 Slow Meadow - Outro
53 North Americans - Alice Lake
54 Stephan Moccio - Freddie's Theme
55 Jakob Lindberg - Suite in A minor - Prelude
56 Paul Armfield - January
57 Lasse Passage - If the Wind
58 Nicole Mueller - Danse de travers
59 Slow Meadow - Boy in a Water Globe (Solo Piano)
60 Will Johnson - Los Cuervos
61 Laurent Naouri & Frédéric Loiseau - Ici-bas !, Op. 8 No. 3
62 Ben Harper - Paris
63 Squirrel Flower - Eight Hours
64 Elin Rosseland & Johannes Eick - Blues
65 Thibaut Garcia - Heitor Villa-Lobos: Prelude No.3 in A minor (Homenagem a Bach)
66 Schiller - She Never Told Him Her Name
67 Yaima - Nuclear Fusion (Acoustic)
68 Tomomi Kohno - La catedral: I. Preludio
69 Spencer Zahn - When We Were Brand New
70 Sun Theory - Blinding Lights
71 Melody Gardot - I Fall in Love Too Easily
72 Fabrizio Giudice - Cavatina: No. 2, Sarabande
73 David Kollar - Somewhere in the Moonlit
74 Golf - Raverlied
75 Al Lethbridge, Abbie Lathe - Frozen Light
76 Grigoryan Brothers - 3. Clair de lune (Arr. Eduard Grigoryan)
77 Sam Burton - I Am No Moon
78 Adrianne Lenker - Mostly Chimes

Casa Noble Lisboa Especial 29: O Poema Tranquilo Da Vida

Afro and Ecstatic Dance DJ based in Thailand and playing internationally.

Amapiano, Ancestral Afro-House, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Latin, Funk, Soul, Tribal, Afro-Folk, Dancehall, R&B, and other music from the African Diaspora.

http://africanpartykpg.com

August-September 2025 in Europe.

As an Ecstatic Dance Activist and Mentor, my mission is to Deepen the dance experience, Grow and diversify the community, and support the organizers and teams.

I'm inspired by growing up in a multi-cultural family, playing classical piano for 7 years, life-long dancing and music-collecting, 20 years of traveling, and an extensive study, practice, and teaching of tantric yoga, personal development and conscious business.

I weave traditional, popular, organic and electronic music from cultures and ethnic groups around the world into dance journeys that invoke the mystic, the lover and the animal within us.  

Remix requests and bookings in Europe and Austral-Asia : PM or IG


 "Joy, Embodiment and Connection through Dance"

Ecstatic Dance ~ Snake Charmer edition ~ 9.July.2020 Koh Phangan

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