A collection of mixes we made to technodrift to. 

The Technodrift is an easily borrowable and locally adaptable somatic spell dreamt up by Lecken weaver of rites Maria F Scaroni. It is a techno-somatic technique that helped keep our raver’s diaspora tuned during this year of the pandemic & we hope it can do the same for you wherever you may need to drift.

To learn how to, check out this instructional video in Maria's own words: Here's how to (do this at home): https://www.facebook.com/leckenberlin/videos/384100959437510

Or read her statement:

"This is a technology of ecstasy, done alone, together. It relies on entrainment, the in-built ability of the human body to fall into rhythm and on stepping forward or on place with a downspill, playing the earth with some intention and thrust. It relies on techno music and on the privilege to access an environment that allows you to be lost in public, in a sonic bubble of your own.

Otherwise said, for the profane, it is a walk on a beat. Though it is a conscious spell to revive the earth, to become host of an inner rave, a requiem to the dance floor, a feast to the sacred relationship/entanglement of our bodies with gravity and levity. A Covid-suitable medicine to support the psychological and physical effects of social distancing, isolation, disorientation.

It affirms the need to exchange energy amongst friends and strangers, beyond verbal communication. It’s analog. It affirms dancing as a form of misbehavior. It bows to the vibe as the master.

It is not fitness, though it’s a workout. Its success at becoming an altered state of consciousness relies on your desire to raise aliveness within yourself.
Thus, it is a self-reviving spell, an agency builder.
It’s not dogmatic, though it is intentional. So no guru cosmology, but also no 'whatever'.”

https://www.allalways.org/technodrifthttps://www.facebook.com/leckenberlin/videos/384100959437510

TECHNODRIFT MIXXXES

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DJ Lentil — Spring Solstice Drift

fast mix for fast drifting down the lockdown spiral

a new world apart - PAARTANZ technodrift mix

This mix was made especially for my technodrifters far & wide in time for the Winter Solstice and the Grand Conjunct. The idea was to press play at 18:30 & drift, with the ending being aligned with the Saturn & Jupiter Conjunction at 19:37 CET. The tempo is 128bpm throughout - the optimum drifting tempo. There are added vocals throughout the mix with particular meaning & attached to specific memories of the ghosts of our ravey pasts. 

The call to arms from Maria Scaroni, technodrift creator:

'Technodrifters it’s the darkest time of year. If you have a bit of a pagan, either undercover or outed spiritual practice, you know these days are for planting intentional seeds for the returning sun. We will dance away assessing 2020 and dance intentions and wishes towards 2021. Sophie conjured a mix just for this purpose, so there is much power given already to the collective mind.

This drift is dedicated to Mariana, who vanished at the end of summer leaving many longing to have one last dance with her. A sunshine. May this dance serve your grieving in tender recognition.'

Technodrift Winter Solstice Mix

Hogy mi a Technodrift? Egy módszer, hogy akkor is életben tartsuk a táncparkett ősi rítusait és testünk közös rezgéseit, amikor egyébként törvényileg nem szabad táncparkettek közelébe menni. A berlini Lecken kollektíva használati útmutatója: jöjj össze barátokkal (vagy idegenekkel) egy használaton kívüli városi térben vagy parkban. Készítsétek elő ugyanazt a mixet, tegyétek fel a fejhallgatókat, vegyétek fel egymással a szemkontaktust, és 3-2-1 visszaszámlálásra indítsátok el. Lépjetek a ritmusra előre - kemény lábak, puha szív -, az első negyed órában legyen csak egy lassú, ritmikus járás, ami folyamatosan bontakozik ki tánccá. Egy pillanatra se adjátok fel a lépéseket: ami a transzállapot elérésére irányuló kísérleteket illeti, az ismétlés a kulcs. Egy órára kötelezzétek el magatokat. Kifizetődő lesz. Nyissátok meg a portált a most még oly távolinak tűnő táncparkettekhez, és ha már itt vagyunk, nyissátok meg ezt a portált az @OMOHBp rezidens @menishu mixével. Hamarosan újra táncolunk.

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The Technodrift is a resilient technology to keep the ancient spirits of the dance floor alive and our bodies in (safe) resonance with one another. It is simple, adaptable, tenacious, interconnected and... ecstatic. Dreamt up during the pandemic by Maria F Scaroni of our Berlin besties, the Lecken collective. How to technodrift: come together with friends or strangers. Use a disused urban space, a park or nature. Prepare the mix on your device. Test it’s working. You have headphones. Small ritual: join the devices together like the mosquetier’s spades or a team cheer; connect with each other though eye contact and count down 3-2-1 and press play at the same time. Then start stepping forward on the beat with a willful intention, playing the earth, reviving its heart with your stepping. Strong legs, soft heart. A walk is the portal, the way in. Stick to the stepping and swinging of the arms, it is a way to activate a different part of the brain, creating a sense of expanded consciousness, or ‘high’. As for any attempt at reaching a trance state, repetition is the key. You are committed to one hour. Enter patiently, let it be ‘just a walk’ or a dance disguised as a walk for the first 15 min. It will pay back. Then just let the drift take you. A portal to the faraway times of dance floors that seem so distant now. And now you're ready to open this portal by the mix of @OMOHBp resident @menishu. Don't forget: we will be dancing sooon.

LÄRMCAST 018 - Menishu and the Eternal Drift of Techno Souls

Bass Informed Techno // Rave as praxis, Non Binary as a practice //
Label: Vaggison Smooth //
FORMER resident of Lecken // Renate
Special Skills: DJ // Vocalist // Producer // Music composition for dance & performance //
Bookings: gemma@fold.london

Technodrift Winter Solstice Mix

S Ruston