This new set builds upon the foundation laid in my 2022 mix, The Stoned Ape Theory, which explored Terence McKenna’s unique insights into the evolution of human consciousness. McKenna’s perspective challenges conventional narratives, urging us to see the mind’s awakening through a new, psychedelic lens. Now, the journey deepens. In this next chapter, we encounter Tuko, the first to awaken, and follow his transformative path—a story of discovery, enlightenment, and the dawn of a new way of seeing the world.


The sun hung low over the vast, golden grasslands. Tuko, a young hunter of the Red River Tribe, moved silently through the brush, his sharp eyes scanning for movement. The herd of great horned beasts had passed through earlier, leaving behind trampled earth, dung, and the faint scent of musk in the air.

His stomach growled. The last hunt had failed. The elders whispered of hunger, of curses from the spirits.

Then, Tuko saw some strange small golden caps pushing up from a pile of dung. He sniffed them, wrinkling his nose. Food was food. He plucked a handful and chewed. They were bitter but soft, melting on his tongue.

He waited.

Then, the world breathed.

The grass shimmered, shifting like a great ocean of light. The sky pulsed, the clouds curling into shapes he had no words for. The earth beneath him hummed, a deep sound that spoke to something ancient inside his bones.

When he turned, he saw his own hands, but they were not just hands, they were tools, they were claws, they were the roots of trees, shifting, becoming. The spirits of the land whispered to him, not as ghosts but as thoughts in his own mind.

He saw the others—his people—huddled around the fire at night, but in his mind, they were not just eating. They were telling stories, singing, dancing, painting the hunt on stone walls. He understood what could be, what should be.

For the first time, he saw the future.

When he returned to the tribe, his eyes were wild with wonder. He spoke, not in grunts, but in something new, something deeper. At first, they did not understand, but then they listened.

That night, around the fire, the first story was told.

From that moment, the world was irrevocably changed. With a single step, Tuko had set events in motion that would shape the destiny of his kind, an uncharted path toward what future generations would call civilization.

Cover art by: њӓђђӓћ JѳђЭs
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Mixing decks used to perform this set: Pioneer XDJ-XZ.
https://www.pioneerdj.com/en-us/product/all-in-one-system/xdj-xz/black/overview/


Setlist:
1. Relativ & MoRsei - Are We Dreaming 
2. Fungus Funk, Ajja - Sonic Elixir 
3. Bootysattva - Groovy Sattva 
4. Djantrix & Modual  - Not Even Close 
5. Xed & Bandicoot (ARG) - Helter Skelter (PsynOpticz Records & Patronus Records)
6. Creepy Deep - How to Fake a Shadow (Patronus Records)
7. Tristan - Empire of the Sun 
8. Virtual Light & PsyFiction - Pump Up Ze Party 
9. Akatosh & Inverze - Infestation (PsynOpticz Records & Patronus Records)
10. Alienatic & Liftshift - Pineal Gland 
11. Volcano On Mars - Dream in Colors 
12. Wubba Lubba - Hologram 
13. Nukleall, Gigi - Voidwalkers Groove 
14. Fungus Funk - Moon Rock 
15. Purple Shapes & NoFace - Embrace the Random 
16. West Galaxy - Age of Stars 
17. Ingrained Instincts & Nektarios - Southern Triad 
18. Xed - We Have Everything We Need (Patronus Records)
19. Mergel & Spatial Plants - Mist
20. Magik & Iridian (UK) - Imminent Future 
21. Mekkanikka - Psychedelic Jesus
22. Radikal Moodz - Acid Layers 
23. Altered Stasis - Witch People (Patronus Records)
24. Jumpstreet & Pantomiman - Bloody Feet 
25. Technology - Tribal Technology 
26. Hallucinogen - Gamma Goblins (Soundaholix Remix) 
27. Nektarios - Thoughtless Awareness 
28. Hecate - Eudemonia Nymphe 
29. Ninesense - Rewind 
30. Shivatree - Digital Space 
31. Faders - Imagine 
32. Imaginarium - Alien Lighthouse 
33. Daksinamurti - Conductor of Magic

The Stoned Ape Theory - Part 2 | A Mind Altering Evolution | 145-148 BPM

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New tracks tagged #A Mind Altering