A wave of beauty and wonder- mayhem, mystery and full-force feeling. 

-Destroyed by Sweetness- Rhythmwave @Burning Man 2025

A live recording of the monthly Luminous event Saturday 9th August, a conscious sober party playing a fusion of eclectic afro-inspired music from around the world. This improvised set is accompanied on the night by live percussion and features requests from the wonderful dancers in attendance.

Luminous is twice a month, currently on the 2nd Saturday and last Monday of the month.

Lumnous Nights 13.09.25

A live recording of our monthly Luminous New Moon event Monday 22nd September, a conscious sober dance playing a fusion of eclectic music from around the world. This was a special collaboration between resident DJ Gumbo and Ecstatic Dance DJ Anahata, who played interweaved with each other throughout the set. DJ Gumbo started and ended the dance, whilst Anahata took over the middle hour. On the night the set is accompanied by live percussion and features requests from the wonderful dancers in attendance.

Luminous is twice a month, currently on the 2nd Saturday and last Monday of the month.

Luminous New Moon 22.09.25

Whew. Things been a bit chaotic for you? WEIRD, ME TOO. ;) This mix is an exploration of my relationship to chaos. Especially if chaos is a comfort zone, it can feel normal to live in extremes instead of rooting into  balance. The world is pretty wild and crazy right now, and while I can't always control my circumstances, I can control my reaction to them.

This mix was played in Seattle at OmCulture for Ecstatic Dance Seattle. It features a double peak structure, which is different than how I normally compose sets, but I had fun with it! (A version of this set with a single peak was played for Dallas Movement Collective.)

track listing: 

Gen #4 - Moss Covered Technology
Ocean - Luna’s Garden
Birds at the Crack of Dawn - Kilometer Club
Sakura - Tokyo Bedroom Orchestra 
Big Boy - Balam Acab 
Tibet (A Passage To…) - Wilmos
Reykjavik - Nutrition ft. Shallou
POTS & PANS - Charisma
Life Is But A Dream - London Electricity
Tell Her - Low5, Decaz
Yellow - Khen
Maasai Dancers - Victor Ali
The Fortune Teller (Extended Mix) - Engelhart
Beat Azul (Chill Mix) - Dj Fevers
Kiwake - Kollah
Mind & Soul - BAR/TY B
Bad Boy (GENESI Extended Remix) - Linska
The Spot - Artbat, Joe
That’s My Name (Extended Mix) - Dani Thorne, Luxtides
Revival - Youngsta, Cimm
Gone (Kruder & Dorfmeister) - David Holmes & Sarah Cracknell
Opera - Emmanuel Santarromana
BLAOWP - Freddy Todd, Of the Trees, BLAAP
Let’s Go - Sub Zero, Profie, Sub Killaz
Ruido - Dub Elements
Bored - Diemetic, LOSTRONAUT
Freak On - Smoakland
Chaos (Taiki Nulight Remix) - Ev, Taiki Nulight
Bun Fire (Trends Remix) - SpookyBizzle
I Like (Extended Mix) - Redlight, Lady Ice, Tia Carys, KAM-BU
Feel It Out - Khiva
Afterlife - TRUTH
Walk (Phaeleh Remix) - Ludovico Einaudi
On the Nature of Daylight - Max Richter
Inland - City of Dawn

Raised on Chaos

Let Love Grow Wild-  Alixir Dance @ Mountain View Sept 2025

Dance lifts me up

A Luminous takeover, closing the conscious day festival Embodayfest ran by Ecstatic Dance UK. This is a live recordinng of DJ Gumbo playing 2 waves of afro inspired music from around the world. The set was accompanied by live percussion from the dancers in attendance.

Luminous @ Embodayfest 04.10.25

Harvest Moon Magic - outdoor dance sunset session Oct 2025

A live recording of DJ Gumbo at the 2 year birthday celebration of our conscious dance Luminous. This special extended set curated our greatest hits over the past 2 years into 2 waves of music, it was accompanied by live percussion from the dancers in attendance and finished with a gong bath from Kaja of Liberating Sounds. 

This fortnightly event takes place on Saturdays close to the full moon and Mondays close to the New Moon, all are welcome to come and experience it in person (details in bio)

Luminous 2nd Birthday 11.09.25

This is a Live mix from our Full Moon Dance on Oct 5. 

This immersion is inspired by the 5Rhythms: Flow ☽ Staccato ✦ Chaos ✶ Lyrical ❂ Stillness.

⟡ May it guide you into belonging, joy, and inner orbit ⟡

R I S E ˚ ❍ || A Full Moon Dance Ritual | Live Mix

Meet katiedid, a multi-genre artist bringing catharsis to dance floors. As an ecstatic dance DJ and dedicated force in the world of journey-based dance music, she creates hypnotic containers and eclectic musical landscapes that invite dancers to express a full spectrum of emotions. Since her debut in 2009, katiedid has curated hundreds of open format dance sets that travel through a wide span of genres, including (but never limited to) house, drum and bass, indietronica, contemporary classical, soul, funk and ambient. 

katiedid is also a pianist and electronic producer who makes original music as one half of the band Beckon (other half: Chelsee Cynesthesia), as well as layered and textured solo ambient jams.
 
booking: heydj@katiedidmusic.com

Tess Howell regularly leads "Wild Moves" outdoors dance events where participants can be deeply nurtured by nature. Tess also runs a dance based rites of passage programme for contemporary city dwellers which explores how creativity, community and connection can make our lives more meaningful. 
She relishes and cherishes space, sky, sea and stillness.
She finds refuge in dance, the dharma, bunnies, badass basslines and beautiful cowboy boots.

L A ï Q ˚ (Luh-eeq) (able, fit, deserving)

I'm a celestial weaver of dance music. Welcome to my world. Here genres are meaningless. I create sacred spaces, a sanctuary for the soul. Here music in not heard, but felt, deep within the core of one's being. Each note is a whisper from the stars, a call to awaken, guiding you through a mystical voyage of inner discovery and renewal. Here, in this enchanted realm, the music becomes a healer, a transformative force that aligns the chakras and liberates the spirit.

Step in. Move, connect, transform. 
Close your eyes. Breathe. 
Elevate yours vibe. RISE!

https://soundcloud.com/laaiiq/tracks

London based DJ playing Afro-inspired music.

1/3 of On Shenanigans
1/3 of Luminous Nights London

New tracks tagged #5rhythms