The collaboration between Quixotic and The Human Experience expands beyond the sonic experience and into the mixed media world. Quixotic blends world class performance, using cutting edge visual projections with aerial, dance, fire ballet and original music to convey mysterious and beautiful worlds. Quixotic's own live band has collaborated with Block's cinematic compositions to create a synesthetic explosion on the senses. 

Over the course of two years, Block worked back and forth with Shane Borth (Violin/Viola) and Magliano (Hang Drum/Percussion), sending files back and forth, receiving direction from Borth and Magliano as to what kind of musical landscapes they were envisioning for the performance. Finally, The first selection of songs: "From The Outside Looking In" was born. 

The album weaves together strands of music from around the world. Listeners can expect a palette of sensual, global, organic-electronica, fit for one of the most mesmerizing performances on earth. 

-Bios- 

Quixotic: 

+Art that enchants, invigorates, and awakens the imagination has always been born of the rule breakers, and no one is breaking the rules more joyously, more fervently than Kansas City’s Quixotic. A melting pot of dance, aerial acrobatics, projection mapping, high fashion, and original live music, Quixotic is a cornucopia of mystical majesty that enraptures audiences who have never even dreamed a night at the theater could be this much fun. Sleek dancers pushing the boundaries of athletic artistry soar across neon skies that encompass and envelop traditional and non-traditional venues, bathing structures and even painting new nature on old in a vivid fantasy world. Evocative tribal electronica sets the stage for the visual panoply of color and agility in flight. Even the aural accompaniment blurs the lines between stylistic worlds, blending organic instrumentations of lush strings and primal drums with digital symphonies of programmed beats and bellowing subsonic frequencies.                                           

+Founded in 2005 by renowned graphic designer, percussionist, and artistic director Anthony Magliano and joined a year later by award-winning lighting and theater technology guru Mica Thomas, Quixotic’s mission statement was to tear down the walls that cloistered each discipline of the arts, unleashing a flood of new ideas that would wash away the staid norms of traditional theatre performance. It is the joint vision of Magliano and Thomas that has taken the loose collective of avant garde trendsetters and molded them into what the New York Times branded an “innovative circus [company].” This ultra-modern, multi-sensory experience shatters antiquated notions of “a night at the ballet.”   The stunning and surreal environments that set the scene for this experimental movement troupe has aligned its performers with the most progressive acts in the burgeoning electronic music scene (Dave Tipper and Shpongle, among others), but its undeniable grace, transcendent athleticism, and dogmatic dedication to haute couture also allows Quixotic to flawlessly complement the Kansas City Symphony.                                                                       
+The raw power, immersive experience, and sheer mesmerizing artistry of Quixotic Fusion cannot be conveyed through words, nor can audio or video alone capture the magic of an intense, firsthand glimpse of the collective in action. To truly get a sense of what it is to leave the earthly realm and enter a digital landscape of breathtaking wonder, where the bounds of genre—and gravity—have no meaning; you have to be there to believe.

The Human Experience: 

“The Human Experience” is David Block’s principal project as a live electronic composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer. Listeners experience a delicious symphonic blend of prismatic soundscapes and sultry beats. 

David is constantly pushing the boundaries of live electronic music. Playing, composing, and conducting his own electronic symphony live on stage, his performances are brimming and layered with human emotion, world exploration, and sacred sounds. Whether performing by himself, or with a live band, “The Human Experience” always delivers an emotionally charged show. 

“The Human Experience” aims to cross cultural barriers through music. David has collaborated with artists all over the world including Ignacio Perez (Buena Vista Social Club), William Close (The Earth Harp), Random Rab, Govinda, Amae Love, Rising Appalachia, and many others. 

Since his debut album “Inaudible Sounds” in 2010 , he has released six other albums in the last two years and has four new projects planned for release in 2014. Each song is a sonic journey; interweaving psychedelic layers of melody and harmony with organic grooves and international vibes. 

Since 2010, David has performed all over the world sharing the stage with renowned artists such as, Thievery Corporation, Bonobo, Tipper, Random Rab, Emancipator, Bluetech, Kalya Scintilla, and Kaminanda.

Over the last three years he has toured in England, Portugal, Germany, Russia, Israel, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, Canada, and all over the United States at a variety of events including festivals like Boom, Burning Man, Lightning in a Bottle, Satya, Symbiosis, and Envision. 

David is consistently redefining himself as an artist, performer, and human being. Moving and traveling around the world, meeting people from all walks of life and realms of consciousness, he is continually learning, growing, and sharing inspiration with those around him. 

“We don’t play music, music plays us” – David Block 

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released 13 May 2014 

Written and performed by: David Block, Anthony Magliano and Shane Borth
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Quixotic and The Human Experience - From the Outside Looking In EP

Check out Quixotic's latest single Goddess from the upcoming EP!

~~~ Embracing the powerful feminine, Goddess, Quixotic's 2019 release, joyously celebrates divine instinct. The "Goddess" figure being the inner-self, reaching for elevation and serenity, wholeness and presence. The recording is heavily focused on vocals, strings and drums, and inspired by the emotional movement of Quixotic's aerialists, dancers and performing artists and how these performers continue to inspire awe in audiences across the globe. ~~~

Quixotic - Goddess (MXDWN.com Premiere)

Quixotic is a group of talented dancers, aerialists and musicians.  The music is created for our performances but more importantly for you all to enjoy.  Experience the electronic vibe with synths, soaring vocals, percussion and melodic violin driving the music to where it belongs...  Your soul.

Quixotic

This EP is a collaborative group of songs written by David Block of The Human Experience and Anthony Magliano & Shane Borth of Quixotic. This record blends the signature sounds of both groups, focusing on chill grooves and lush strings to bring you something new and exciting that can only be done when artists work together. 

6. The Human Experience - Ot Du Shi (Whitebear Remix)

5. La Calaca

4. Love.Lost.Dust

3. The Fire Inside

2. Grandma's Piano (LoFI)

1. From The Outside Looking In

Quixotic has collaborated with Drrtywulvz on his original track Distant Pyramids, and also remixed it for their live performances. Today they are giving away the remix ahead of their upcoming new Quixotic EP being released in September, featuring more original music along with remixes of Distant Pyramids by Michal Menert, Nominus, Space Jesus, and David Starfire. The new as yet unnamed EP will be engineered by none other than Ron Lorman, known for his work with Frank Zappa and Miles Davis in the 70’s and 80’s. This remix blends vibrant strings with driving drums and psychedelic sound bites giving this track an other-worldly feel.
https://soundcloud.com/drrtywulvz

DRRTYWULVZ - Distant Pyramids (Quixotic Remix)

"Shadows" blends jazz, heavy bass and lush strings, delivering a solid, warm wall of groove, Quixotic is a collaborative group of musicians, dancers, aerialists and unique performers and our music is a reflection of that. We compose in a wide range of musical styles including world, cinematic, electronic, down tempo and more for our artists to perform to but also for the listener's pleasure!

Quixotic is an innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection mapping and live music to create fully-immersive, multi-sensory experiences.

Quixotic - Shadows

One of the pieces from Quixotic's album, Gravity of Center, this is a collaboration between Quixotic and The Human Experience's David Block.

Gravity of Center

Setting Myself Free

Quixotic is an innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection mapping and live music to create fully-immersive, multi-sensory experiences.

Quixotic dwells in sonic theater, using percussive sounds and strings as the foundation for creating movement for the myriad of dancers, aerialists and cirque performers in the group. 

"Quixotic harnesses light, rhythm and expressive emotion."

"Quixotic is constantly pushing the boundaries of performance art."

“Mesmerizing” - The Atlantic

La Calaca - Lyra Remix

This is the live soundtrack to Sensatia, a cirque-cabaret show in residency at the Five-Star Faena Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. 
The soundtrack is a mix of eclectic music with emphasis on electro-swing and sensual grooves. Sensatia features Envee as our MC and singer, Shane Borth (Music Director) on electric violin, as well as a talented cast of cirque performers, dancers, aerialists, and a ballerina. 
The Faena Theater is a gorgeous venue in the heart of Miami Beach, it was designed by Baz Luhrmann in 1950's Miami glamour. Sensatia runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Ticket Link:
https://www.faenatheater.com

Sensatia - Cirque Cabaret - Soundtrack *LIVE*

Samsara Cabaret is the journey of our Heroine, Artemis, through death and rebirth. Presented at Faena Theater in the gorgeous Faena Hotel, Samsara Cabaret has received many accolades for the beauty of the show, performers and soundtrack.
An eclectic mix of genres, Samsara's soundtrack weaves pop, rock, EDM and classical music into unique arrangements which are both sung and played by gifted vocalists Yoli Mayor and EnVee, drummer Alejandro Zon, and the eclectic string duo, cellist Ben Muñoz and Shane Borth on violin.
Each song was carefully chosen to shape the identity of each act, creating an emotional voyage for the audience as they watch Artemis transform before their eyes.
Enter the world of Samsara, where the end is only the beginning.

19. Fenix Rising - Lost It To Trying

01. Samsara Overture - Artemis' Death

17. Nothing Compares 2 U

10. Le Vie En Rose

11. Keep Lying

13. Ik Onkar

12. I Put A Spell On You

06. Enjoy The Silence

02. Elastic Heart

15. Duo Sphere - Lapis

03. The Diva - Il dolce suono

20. Resolution - And the Winner Is...

07. Cosmic Storm

16. Reflective Illusions - Mood for Love / Karmacoma

09. Club Scene - You Know I'm No Good

04. Rebirth

05. Venus

08. The Cage - Whole Lotta Love

Quixotic is an innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection mapping and live music to create fully-immersive, multi-sensory experiences. 

Quixotic harnesses light, rhythm and expressive emotion.

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