Full-On Psychedelic Trance, to groove with Simo et al for Private Birthday Party

A Psychedelic Grimes Artifact - May '24 (Psytrance Set)

Techno Trance Thursday Debut, my 1st public set at Buzzworks SF

Who Am I Pt 1 - Techno Trance Thursday Debut June 2024 (Psytrance Set)

Get your groove on to this extended 1 hr set feating blasting Psytrance, performed during GoaMoon Festival 2024 in SF

Blast from the Past - GoaMoon Extended Live Set Nov '24 (Psytrance)

Shiver x Manifest Destiny B2B 

Full-on Psytrance for those who love to flow

Entangled Flow B2B X Eon Pulse @ Flowtoys Dec’ 24 (Techno & Psytrance Set)

Valentine's Day Debut Set for Pattern Bar LA, Feb 2025. This was my inaugural opening set as a tribute to be invited to join as a Resident DJ @ 3am Playground Collective in LA

Lovers & Friends 3am Playground Debut @ Pattern Bar 'Feb 25 (Melodic & Tech House Set)

Specia 1.5 hr groovy Progressive Psytrance January set for Flowtoys, for the Flowmies!

Disentangled Flow @ Flowtoys Jan 25 (Psytrance Set)

First B2B Set with DJ Cilla to commemorate our new friendship!

Ssssynchronicity B2B X Cilla Collab (Melodic House & Techno Set)

High Power Closing Set for Lake Merritt Flowmies, flame on!

Push The Tempo - Lake Merritt Fire Jam Apr 2025 (Drum n Bass Set)

B2B with Spyros, private Sunday Brunch B'day celebration for Nicky @ The Crumb in SF with grooves & Georgian Noms!

Ease My Mind B2B X Spyros (Organic Downtempo & Progressive House Set)

For Pink Dragon Playa Bound Fundraiser, headlined a 1.5 hr explosive Tech House set in LA to let the BODIES HIT THE FLOOR. Pump up the volume, cuz this set is pure fire! 3am Playground Collab!

Tune In Drop Out (TIDO V1) @ Lost and Found Bar May '25 (Tech House Set)

Shiver is the DJ name of California native Arun Sivanandam.

Born in India, Arun moved to Saudi Arabia where he grew up with Rock and Roll and Heavy Metal music. After coming to SoCal for higher education in 2001, he was exposed to Grunge Rock and gravitated to collecting Jazz and Funk vinyl during grad school. Here he experienced music at scale, attending large EDM festivals such as Electric Forest, EDC, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo. His love for magic experienced as a journey through dance floor energy was born.

Arun started experiencing faster basslines through Techno upon moving to the Bay area in 2018. Life took him away from his passion of music, having lost his father and going through a difficult divorce. Walking Lake Merritt at the tail end of the Pandemic, Arun was connected cosmically and spontaneously to an individual who invited him to Psytrance parties such as Sammi’s Lake Merritt Forresta parties and he was invited to stay with 2 roommates in Oakland (Viśvāmitr and Luzidtrip) who inspired him to listen to Dark Psy and Hitech music and opened him up to the love of Goa Gil. Attending psytrance house parties, Lake Parties, Santa Cruz beach parties, Heaven on Earth and DNA Lounge, Arun was encouraged to play music in late 2023. After participating in several intentional Psychedelic Ceremonies to lift his wellbeing, Arun participated as a Facilitator to hold space for others in their psychedelic journeys, and understood that music is an expression of life and processing emotions in flow. Named after the lord Shiva, his DJ project Shiver was born in early 2024 among friends of Fractal Factory who have a love of Psychedelics used for common good.

As Shiver, he is a DJ resident at Fuse Collective in SF and 3am Playground in LA. Though he has played a wider spectrum of music at public venues (Melodic House, DnB, Tech House, Techno), Shiver at its core is a Psytrance project focused on groovy basslines and psychedelic melodies exploring a functional distortion of soundscapes to navigate seemingly chaotic rhythms and elevate collective consciousness through shared energy on and off the dancefloor. Shiver debuted Full on Psytrance and Psytech at house parties in Oakland and San Mateo, before shifting to public venues such as Buzzworks, BRIX, Lost and Found and others. As a dancefloor commander, he has played at Goa Moon Festival, Point of Origin Festival, Pink Dragon Festival.

Shiver welcomes you to feel the Psychedelic groove and resonate together to recall ancient wisdom of love, peace and harmony towards Mother Earth and each other.

DJ Shiver

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