One of my favourite Ecstatic Dance sessions I played this year so far - Feels like a good first one to share, following nearly a year of no posts, as I launch my Pro Soundcloud account, moving away from Mixcloud. 

This really was a beautiful & powerful cacao fuelled journey; played live at the Ecstatic Experiences retreat in Devon back in Spring. (next retreat's/weekly dances here: https://linktr.ee/ecstaticdance.uk)

Take a few breathes, have a shake, close your eyes and let the music move you & the ceremony begin. As always with EDance we start grounded and steady, so skip 10-15mins if you wanna get into the beats faster :) 

Note this journey also featured live sound healing to follow, which was not recorded.

Ecstatic Cacao Dance - Embercombe UK Retreat

An extremely powerful, wild, sensual and cathartic dance; played out live at the peak of summer, at the Ecstatic Experiences Summer retreat 2023.  

This set was called bold by some for its brave selections! The dance floor received it with the power it was transmitted with. This one went OFF! A true ecstatic journey to evoke all range of movement & emotion. 

Expect a full ecstatic ride here, expect the unexpected. 

Note - the original meditative track was not recorded at the start, nor the live sound healing that followed the set by Sunita Kaur. 

I invite you to take some space for this one, drop into your feet, notice your breath and let the music take you there. 

Let me know how it was for you in the comments! 

- TAORO -

Sexy Shamanic & Deep - Ecstatic Dance | Summer 23

The 3rd and final upload from my Ecstatic Experiences Retreat series. This was the EPIC closing session to an incredibly powerful weekend. It was the explosive and juicy celebration dance following the theme of the weekend 'The only way out is through'

The recording does not include 15 mins prelude of meditative music (so you can get straight into it) or the live sound healing that came after.

Take a deep breath and enjoy this deep, delicious, fun, sophisticated & wild journey through many genres, across the globe & across the decades too! DANCE DANCE DANCE!

Epic Ecstatic Dance - Power Hour - 2023

A massive moment in time for me and the Ecstatic Dance UK community. A coming together of the past 2 years of dances in London and beyond. This set was delivered live to the packed out Movement Shala to open the festival for many on the Friday morning at the peak of that summer. We went so deep, it was such an honour to offer, co-create and play music from Mose who later played this same platform and also Gidge who played the Warmup Festival the same day too :).

It was at the time, possibly the set of my career, so I hope you love it as much as I enjoyed playing it and the revellers who were there danced their socks off to it.

You'll find many surprises in this one. It was gorgeous to witness all the twists and turns and how they were interpreted on the dance floor.

Thanks to the above artists, &ME, Radiohead! Tipper, Mazde, DRS, Break, A.M.R, Max Richter, Montoya, Curawaka, Dj Taz & more! :)

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And https://www.instagram.com/ecstaticdance.uk/

The Medicine Festival Session - 2022 - Ecstatic Dance UK - TAORO

A beautiful and deep practice delivered to the EDUK community live in Hackney London, at a time of much heaviness in the world as we pray and hope for peace. We held the space as we always do, welcoming each part of you. This two wave journey allows for all sides of our realities and experience to be explored with your conscious dance practice. A true and wild magic carpet ride through genres across the globe, with tracks spanning from brand new releases to absolute classics in the mix. 

Let me know if you enjoy! 

The dance community: https://www.instagram.com/ecstaticdance.uk/

All our events & retreats here:
https://linktr.ee/ecstaticdance.uk

SUN•DAY Ecstatic Dance UK 12.11.23 - New Moon • Old Hope

Recorded live at Ecstatic Dance UK in Hackney London - A rare Friday night session, led by TAORO. Was mighty, epic, a real moving prayer. Cacao was flowing and emotions moving, being felt, expressed in wild abandon. Why we dance! To FEEL. To move with, in and through our process. Enjoy!

The Evening Sessions - London Ecstatic Dance  - The Feeling Body Ritual

Our first Evening Sessions of the year at Ecstatic Dance UK, was a SUPER powerful one - Led by TAORO - 100 dancers came to support the cause, raising urgent funds to provide medical aid for those in dire need in Gaza. Over £1000 was raised and donated to https://www.map.org.uk/ 

The set was moving and powerful and is an opportunity to feel more into your body and heart, & to move with whatever is present and to welcome in the new year in community, promoting greater unity and more humanity. The invitation to welcome peace into our hearts so it may be transmuted into the collective was made.

Dance for Humanity - Evening Sessions MAP Fundraiser

This was such a beautiful evening shared with the London ecstatic community - I sensed the need for a more downtempo flavour but one with psychedelic twists and turns and still the opportunity to really send it and release(plenty of awesome afro beats and drums here)! Some of my favourites and some stunning new music all played out on my new decks, their first evening session, thank you Denon I love them!

Let me know if it resonated! And if ever in London... come dance!
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Photo: Our Evening Sessions dance floor - The Bath House Hackney

Liquid Ecstatic - A Shamanic Love Trip - The Evening Sessions 10.04.24

This extraordinary summer solstice I had the great honour of playing Ecstatic Dance Brighton, my birth-town for what ended up being the highest attended outdoor ecstatic dance the country has ever seen, with 230 ticket holders sharing their love of nature, the sun and music, in delicious community!  

This set drew from a recent favourite at my Hackney Evening Sessions, and built on that, with a slow drum based buildup, shifting into tropical sounds and then a beautiful and intellectual throwback to the music that sent me on my way, during my Brighton clubbing days in the late 90's & early 2000's at The Honey Club, Zap & Beach Club, as they were all then known! And then a load more in the second wave, so buckle up! 

We hope you enjoy this set as much as the community did up on Devils Dyke. It was a wild ride!

All our ecstatic events and retreats: https://linktr.ee/ecstaticdance.uk
Ecstatic Dance Brighton: https://www.instagram.com/ecstaticdancebrighton/
Ecstatic Dance UK (London): https://www.instagram.com/ecstaticdance.uk/

Summer Solstice 2024 - UK's Biggest Ever Outdoor Ecstatic Dance! (inc. 10mins warmup/shaking tracks)

A sold out Wednesday night in Hackney London, to start the year off together in community celebration, led by EDUK Co-Founder Taoro. A night that shall be stored in the memory banks forever.  
A slow meditative start (skip first 5mins to get to the beats)into downtempo & a sensual tantric flow followed by shamanic sounds and the rest...well you'll just have to listen.. It was a beautiful journey around the globe, to say the least. 
Khavita completed the magic carpet ride acoustically on the evening, but was not recorded 

Dance with us every week: https://linktr.ee/ecstaticdance.uk
Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecstaticdance.uk/

01.01.25 Epic Ecstatic Dance - An Evening Sessions NYD Special

Our epic EDUK day festival EmboDAYfest last Saturday included this wonderfully emotional shamanic ecstatic offering by Taoro, who was accompanied by friends Sudha, Gary, Rodrigo & Guppy, with live percussion, flute & bass. This recording was made live at Cardiff Ecstatic Dance at Coed. A beautiful cacao ceremony and special Taurus 'Rooted' edition of the dance, both dances that shall live on in our body and mind memories. 

Enjoy this medicine dance that honours the forests, all nature, plant medicine people and their spirits - We go deep, we root down far, so we rise so high. Take some space, breathe and move as you feel to with these sounds and waves. Please let me know in the comments if you enjoy :) 

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https://www.instagram.com/ecstaticdancecardiff

Photo by Teodora Andrisan

Shamanic Ecstatic Ceremonial Dance - EmboDAYfest Re-Edit / Cardiff EDance LIVE

Well before I was a professional DJ.... My first ever recorded and published mix... From 2018! Far from perfect but really enjoyed making this and has some great energy in here!

Oxia - Domino Remixed etc...

Tracklisting:
1		Losing Gravity (Original Mix)	Butch, Hohberg
2		Follow Your Body (Petter B Remix) (Remix)	Luigi Madonna
3              Domino (Matador Remix)	Oxia	Domino Remixes
4		The Soul Condor (Original Mix)	Curry & Krawall
5		Stereotype 2 (Original Mix)	Robert Hood
6		The Jaguar (Original Mix)	UR
7		From London To Detroit (Mark Reeves Funky Organ Mix)Jochen Pash
8		Greater Good (P.A.S. Remix)	Octave One
9		Mind Detergent (Robert Hood Mix 1)	Diego Hostettler
10		Sungam (Fur Coat Remix)	Stephan Bodzin	Sungam (Remixes)
11		TEX (Original Mix)	Dense & Pika
12		Ghetto Kraviz (Regal 303 Dub)	Nina Kraviz	Ghetto Kraviz
13		North Star (Original Mix)	Tale Of Us
14		Faith (Budakid Remix)	Faktorm	Faith (Remixes)	Tech House
15		Apollo (Original Mix)	Thomas Schumacher, Victor Ruiz
16		Zulu (Pan-Pot Remix)	Stephan Bodzin	Powers of Ten
17		Zulu (Synthapella Version)	Stephan Bodzin	Powers of Ten
18		Run Back (Original Mix)	Mark Reeve	Run Back
19		Exodus (Original Mix)	Mark Reeve
20		Empower (Original Mix)	Octave One	
21		Fifth Gear (Original Mix)	Bart Skils
22		Redemption (Original Mix)	ANNA
23		Flash (Eats Everything Remix)	Green Velvet

Tech House Mix Winter 2018

From Spring 2020 - My last uploaded mix prior to going pro and starting at EDUK, and a special one full of my hopes and dreams, many of which are now realised!! 

Let us soothe you into this weekend and beyond with the mighty and blissful 'Feather & Fire' from Batts in the ecstAttic. Haunting strings and vocals shall warm you, world beats and tribal drums will transport you, to your deepest ancestral selves, then melodic and emotional techy warmth shall move you beyond your thinking mind and into your meditative and dancing bodies. A couple of surprises thrown in, including from neo-classical giants in the mix and ending as composed in its origin.

I hope this puts the shivers down your spine, the goosebumps on your skin and smiles, big and small on your beautiful faces. Have fun!

Hans Zimmer - Tale of Us - Bonobo - Bicep - Deya Dova - Jamie XX - Groj - Marino Canal - Geju - Max Cooper - & More

Love Richard

Feather And Fire

Co founder & resident at the world famous Ecstatic Dance UK https://www.instagram.com/ecstaticdance.uk

My mission: To get the world out of their heads and into their bodies, even if only for a moment in time, totally in the music, the beats and the present moment.

Music and all its variety and beauty has always been my primary passion... music is LIFE! I'm now creating expansive, conscious experiences through events, ecstatic dance, music and song, movement meditation, yoga, self development, connection, mindfulness and awareness. Event pages: https://linktr.ee/ecstaticdance.uk

Expect electronica, big beats, neo-classical bliss, emotional & melodic house techno and bass, ambience and peak moment catharsis. Throw in a pinch of tribal, drums, afro flavours, and we have our very eclectic recipe for one hell of a magic carpet ride!

Old stuff is on my MIXCLOUD here (moved to Soundcloud late 2023): https://www.mixcloud.com/richard-batts/

TAORO (Ecstatic Dance UK)

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