The age of sonic medicine continues to unfold in the shape of Poranguí and Liquid Bloom’s landmark curative music collection, ‘Kuya Sessions: Cura.’ Created as an aural container for the cutting-edge frontiers of psychedelic-assisted therapy, this extrasensory journey invites listeners to cross the threshold into the realm of shadow and light, uniting the principles of indigenous wisdom, plant medicine, and holistic psychology with the world-bridging potential of cinematic sound design.

Designed for Kuya, a state-of-the-art health clinic in Austin, TX that is incorporating paradigm-shifting therapeutics, integrative psychiatry, and regenerative medicine into a visionary approach to trauma processing and healing, ‘Cura’ offers seekers a soundtrack for their journeys toward rebalancing, and is now lovingly shared with listeners everywhere on behalf of Kuya and producers Amani Friend and Poranguí.

Embedded with the sonic signature of the world’s oldest musical lineages and enhanced with field recordings and samples from across the globe, ‘Kuya Sessions: Cura’ is best experienced in its “Journey Mix” format, where the boundaries between movements are as ephemeral as the voyage itself. In preparation for embarking on this ritualistic path, one is invited to create an environment for inner-exploration with the help of a quiet and dark room, headphones, an eye mask, and an intention of healing and discovery. 

The first installment in this four-part release series, ‘Cura’ draws upon a grounding array of instruments, vocalizations, and therapeutic musical stylings while showcasing Poranguí and Amani Friend’s tenacity for surreal, multi-dimensional sound. Distilled from the intention of providing listeners a path toward healing and a safe space from which to embark on that odyssey, ‘Kuya Sessions: Cura’ will continue to reveal itself with each subsequent visit for all who desire its therapeutic guidance.

Kuya Sessions: Cura

Cura Journey Mix

Poranguí & Liquid Bloom - Cura Journey Mix

Night Queen 🌙 NYE Portal

Akasha is the third offering of the Kuya Sessions. Cura led us on a shamanic journey of body-centered awareness. Our journey continued in Samadhi, unifying individual and universal consciousness. We are now prepared to enter the exquisitely ethereal realm of Akasha. The gentle welcoming melody in “Path of Illumination” relaxes us in preparation for our journey. Vocalist Meagan Chandler sings four of the ninety-nine names of Allah as Poranguí sings four names of god in different African traditions. This invocation, joining male and female and diverse cultural traditions, serves as a prayer for protection as we gradually remove the veil and dissolve into the cosmic memory of divine consciousness. We are becoming formless, egoless, as we float in the liminal space between life and death. The cosmos slows down. Vulnerable and open to the benevolent pulse of the universe, we are drawn into the inner sanctum of the akashic womb. 

In “Eternal Horizons” a soothing female voice, accompanied by cello and piano, sings a sailor’s folk song, guiding us deeper into the sea of love and loss, encouraging us to surrender more, to shed that which no longer serves. We know that we must let go in order to move on, that we must metaphorically die in order to be reborn, the eternal return. As we sail towards the event horizon and pass the point of no return, we are greeted by a gentle male voice that embraces us in compassion as it slowly delivers us to a brand new world, where we are bathed in peace, love, and understanding. 

It is time to come home to the “Heart of the Mother,” where we can integrate our cosmic journey in the warm arms of our beloved Pachamama. From our experience of ethereal awareness, we have come to truly know in the deepest depths of souls that everything is being held as is meant to be, that we are safe and whole, that we are protected by the supreme love of energetic forces that lie beyond the beyond. We see that our own capacity for love, as fragile as our earthly bodies and yet as infinite as the akashic realm of which it is a part, makes an essential contribution to the unfolding divine plan.

Embedded within the sonic signature of the world’s oldest musical lineages and enhanced with field recordings and samples from across the globe, Kuya Sessions: Akasha is best experienced in its Journey Mix format, where the boundaries between the three movements are as ephemeral as the voyage itself. In preparation for embarking on this ritualistic path, one is invited to create an environment for inner-exploration with the help of a quiet and dark room, headphones, an eye mask, and an intention of healing and discovery. 

Akasha draws upon a grounding array of ancient instruments, field recordings, Celtic runes, and therapeutic musical stylings while showcasing Poranguí and Liquid Bloom’s magical, multi-dimensional sound. Distilled from the intention of providing listeners a path toward healing and a safe space from which to embark on that odyssey, Kuya Sessions: Akasha will continue to reveal itself with each subsequent visit for all who desire its therapeutic guidance. 

The Kuya Sessions were created by Poranguí and Liquid Bloom for Kuya, in support of paradigm-shifting medicine and therapeutics to help people transform their lives into lives they love. Akasha offers seekers a soundtrack for their journeys toward rebalancing, and is now lovingly shared with listeners everywhere on behalf of Kuya and the artists.


Album Credits:

Produced, Composed, Engineered, & Mixed by Poranguí & Amani Friend (Liquid Bloom) 

Guest Artists: 
Meagan Chandler (Female Vocals)
Andrew Tumason (Piano)
Michael Kott (Cello, Tracks 2 and 4)

Mastering: Gregor Zemljic 
Artwork: El Tripador
Liner Notes: Edhi Shanken

© Sol Creation Records 2022

Kuya Sessions Akasha - Journey Mix

Pls like, repost, and leave 3 comments and I'll DM you the set list. <3 Mahalo!

Played originally at Asheville Movement Collective on May 12th, 2023. Re-recorded and refined some transitions before publishing it two days later.

The theme for this dance is inspired by a poem referenced in many Hollywood films, perhaps most notably in the blockbuster movie “Interstellar.” Written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in 1947, it has been suggested that it was written for his dying father.   

“Do not go gentle into that good night” 
by Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

More info here about the poem can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night

This ecstatic dance set explores the theme of interstellar and inter-dimensional travel both through the portal of dying, and through the portal of distorted perceptions caused by love, desire, fear, angst, and rage. It will resolve itself into a space where surrender, grief and courage can take root before taking flight.

Cover art by Artbyagni on ETSY

Interstellar Night {Ecstatic Dance Mix by MIKAYA}

Embark on a transcendent voyage with Temple Step's rendition of 'Eternal Horizons'. This extraordinary remix seamlessly blends the original's enchanting atmospheres with a captivating rhythm, drawing the audience into profound embodiment. Featuring spoken word by visionary poet, Darpan, the enigmatic sound transports listeners expanding consciousness and intertwining harmoniously with Poranguí’s lush vocals. Temple Step's reinterpretation of 'Eternal Horizons' pays homage to the transformative essence of the original, inviting listeners to immerse themselves in its sonic beauty.

Eternal Horizons

Eternal Horizons (Temple Step Project Remix) Feat. Darpan

Eternal Horizons (Temple Step Project Remix) Instrumental

Kuya Sessions: Akasha Remixes

Heart of the Mother (CYMA Remix)

Support Pachira : https://soundcloud.com/pachiramusic

Golden eagle that opens the heavens.
Weaving a new world.
Its wings a testament to freedom and boundless spirit.

Condorcito touching the top of the mountain,
Whose eyes invite everything.

Hummingbird buzzing, painting the jungle with love
With colors of the universe.

Powerful healer,
Purifying, healing everything.
Loving guides caring,
They are restoring balance.


Artwork by Geenss Archenti 

https://www.instagram.com/geenssarchenti

Little Whale - Aguila De Oro (Iyakuh & Pachira Remix)

Poranguí Live at Envision

Rising Sol

“Hiama is the second single off of the new upcoming Album - Bana Kuma by Chris Berry and Shaman's Dream. 

It means harmonious creation. It's an earth element. Nature is the most pure expression of hiamatwehaum, manifestation in full bloom. If hinimawéh is listening, then hiamatwehaum is the manifested thing that comes from the listening. 

The two are a cycle of creation and inspiration that can pick up momentum.”

Bana Kuma

Hiama

Hiama - Chris Berry & Shaman’s Dream

🌿 This was a deep one. I had a such a beautiful time opening for Mose at the Cacao Dance event that I also helped produce via Boulder Ecstatic Dance! 

It was a sold out show with over 350 people, a beautiful & intentional moment drinking Cacao facilitated by Bruna Bortolato right after my set, and vocal accompaniment from Matia Kalli during the Cacao, Mose's set, and to close out. 

During my set, I was joined by Nizhóní with Ngoni & Cello, and I played a bamboo Peruvian flute while DJing. 

Hope you enjoy this set as much as I do 🌱

Once we reach 20 comments I'll post the set list. There's some originals & remixes in here as well as an unreleased track.

Cacao Dance: Opening set for MOSE .:. Avalon Ballroom, Boulder, CO .:. 7/23/24

Wild Honey is renowned for her deliciously dynamic dance journeys as a founder and resident DJ to Byron Bay Ecstatic Dance Australia. 
She weaves a fresh fusion of sensuous temple bass and primal beats, igniting dance floors with wild expression and sultry somatic bliss. 
With years behind the decks and her deep passion for her personal dance exploration (having created and taught her own unique style of dance ‘Ethereal Fusion Dance’) she is a multifaceted artist and space holder. 
Wild Honeys enticing flavors will leave you craving for more.

www.byronbay.dance