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Hailing from the southwest region of the United States, AMANI has been a unique fixture in the underground electronic music scene, seasoned by over two decades of studio production and performance. From his early days at remote desert gatherings, to his constant touring of clubs and music festivals with world renowned downtempo sensation Desert Dwellers, his career has traversed many musical styles and genres. Blending world music with cutting-edge sound design, Amani Friend has amassed an enormous catalog between his projects Desert Dwellers, Liquid Bloom, and Variant Field. Traveling the international festival circuit and staying on the road with a jam-packed schedule, AMANI continues to bring his alchemy of ancient-future psychedelia to dance floors around the globe. Equally adept at sonically fueling the spirit of large yoga classes or high-energy dance floors, Amani’s sonic offerings provide a journey into the imaginative realms of movement and sound.


AMANI Dj Set @ PEX Festival - Morning Yoga

Right here is a collection of my absolute favorite tracks that I discovered in 2021. This set encompasses Tropical House, Latin infused EDM, Organic House, Afro Vibes, songs sung in Arabic, Spanish, Malian and many others. It's a truly global ethnic sonic journey. I hope you enjoy! 

Sending this out in celebration of the Winter Solstice and the approaching New Year, and hoping that this inspires deep journeys and deep dives into ecstasy, dance and pleasure with your beloveds! Hopefully somebody out there has some epic lovemaking with this as the soundtrack... ;)

May we all discover and remain rooted in the Innocence of our intuition, and be guided to stay connected to our bodies, to our embodied sensations, to the pleasure of dance and and the frequency of playful movement, and to the Inner-Sense of our innocence, bliss and creativity. 

TRACKLIST 

» Raio & Sophie Sofree (Temple Step Project Remix) - Adi Shakti 
» Porangui (J.Pool Remix feat. Eric Zang) - Iluminar 
» Ape Chimba (Chancha Via Circuito Remix) - Niña del Mas Allá 
» DVNIEL - Be Idere
» Chancha Via Circuito feat. Kumbha Kethu - Bosques Via Temperley
» Savej - Solstice 
» Dirtwire (Dimond Saints Remix) - Taiga
» Izadorä feat. Ayoub Rahhal (Karmaâ Remix) - Sala Nabina
» Lagartijeando feat. Khalil Mounji - Mano de Fatima
» Porangui (Mose Remix) - Danza del Viento
» Dunmore Park feat. Kim Skyes - The Debt
» Janax Pacha & Lemurian (Derrok Remix) - Sirio
» Chancha Via Circuito feat. Lido Pimienta (Thornato Remix) - Jardines 
» SEVN - El Amor 
» Baiuca feat. Lilaina - Meigallo 
» Lagartijeando - La Cumbia de la Muerte 
» Jakare (Gibson Remix) - Glass Temple 
» Markus Wesen - Beyond Event Horizon 
» Lev Tatarov & Räubermukke (Thommie G Remix) - Experience 
» Ape Chimba (Goldcap Remix) - KWO 
» Daniel Hokum (Zuma Dionys Remix) - Tarantula 
» Frikstailers - Omeprazol 
» Montoya feat. Nidia Gongora - Otun 
» Juliano Gomez (Zuma Dionys Remix) - Amaterasu 
» Liquid Bloom & Pere feat. Chris Berry - Ufawatu
» Be Svendsen - State the Obvious 
» Sun Ra, Armonica Cosmos Mix - Door of the Cosmos 
» Laroz - Miombo (Sam Shure Cowbell Dub) 
» DJ Chus, Sparrow & Barbossa feat. Idd Aziz - Nyakua 
» Thornato & Sotomayor - La Niña Grande 
» Oumou Sangare, Yemanjo Edit - Sabu 
» Scott Nice feat. Anahali - Adentro del Sol 
» Jakare (Mose Remix) - Cleansing 
» Yaima - Intuition 
» Ape Chimba (Temple Step Project Remix) - Amoriri

INNERSENSE • An Ecstatic Frequency Journey

Night Queen 🌙 NYE Portal

My DJ set from Rhythm Sanctuary, Denver area, Colorado. 

This is my favorite set I've mixed so far, by far!

Fresh with new songs I brought back from my time in Guatemala at the Embodied Sound (ecstatic DJ & music production retreat that I co-produced), plus a few unreleased original collaboration tracks, this set is filled with music I have never DJ'd before. 

  It’s a heart-opening journey through realms and dimensions of the vastness of existence. 

Through the beauty and the sorrow, the darkness and the light, the heights and the depths, I invite you to feel all that comes through you, accept it, allow it, and be with it, as you dance, listen, drive, cook, whatever it is you’re doing as these sonic frequencies vibrate your cells and your soul. 

And please let me know what your experience is like <3   

It was such a gift to perform this set at Rhythm Sanctuary, with so many of the beloved Colorado community present, moving, jumping, crawling, chanting, screaming, crying, laughing, feeling.   

Huge thanks to Ahva and the Rhythm community for making this such a memorable dance that will live on as an ecstatic legacy. 

   Here are some words to be with, written by Ahva as the intention for this dance:    

“What is the legacy of your life?  How we spend our days is how we will be remembered by those who come after us.  May our ancestors and those yet to come proudly point to us and claim us as their own.  We dance together in the shared medicine of every heart...  our community pulse creating a new wave of synergy that informs us, inspires us…
and grows us into the living legacy that is the story we are writing for these days upon us.”  

~  

Tracks: 

  0:00  Kalima's Spirit : Yatao 
6:06  Lapis Waters : Skysia, Equanimous
9:16  Sky Priestess (ft. Little Star) : Erothyme
13:16  Slide (Ambient Mix) : Kaya Project 
19:19  Hyacynth : Дeva
24:05  Grow : FACESOUL
27:18  Laalach : TroyBoi
29:16  Ciranda : Heavy Baile, Leo Justi & Goes
31:56  Samba Sujo : Born Dirty, Diplo 
34:20  Caspian : ASADI
37:22  Let’s Go : ASADI
 38:52  Reverie : Orenda
 42:12  Ayahuasca At Night : Big Wild
45:19  Cielo Aya (Equanimous Remix) : Savej and Liquid Bloom
49:20  Cielo Aya (DISSØLV Remix) : Savej and Liquid Bloom
51:52  Shall We Begin : ASADI
54:34  Pythia : Amanati
60:33  Majnoon (Bloomurian & Nyrus Remix) : Mah Ze Tar (Unreleased)
64:44  Ani Kuni : Polo & Pan
67:37  Praise The Lotus : 5ierra
69:59  Booty (DISSØLV Remix) : Morillo
73:20  Shortbus (G-Space Remix) : Esseks
77:35  Inner Vision : Bloomurian, Nyrus, Hohm (Unreleased) 
82:38  Far Africa : ViLLAGE  
85:28  Boy : ODESZA 
87:55  s u n f l o w e r : PartyWave
90:10  WildFire feat. Little Dragon (Morillo Remix) : SBTRKT 
95:00  Eleuthera : Tor
97:08  Keepers : We Saw Lions
100:38  Lightraker : Tor
104:35  Awake : Rhye

~  

Please comment, like, follow, and share! 

Thank You!  

Bloomurian

Living Legacy :: Rhythm Sanctuary :: Denver, CO :: 1/20/22

A full double wave Ecstatic Dance journey awaits... a diverse selection of satisfying, earthy bass-driven rhythms from our Sunday morning dance floor!

If you enjoy this mix - please follow, like and share
Huge thanks to the artists for their sonic creations

Recorded live on 30th April 2023 at SunDance Ecstatic Dance, Mullumbimby, Australia

Tracklist
- 1st Wave -
J.Pool - Santo Antonio ft. Kama Lila Sol & Alunawachuma
Deka Sul, The Polish Ambassador - Belle
Arula - How Long (Geometrae Remix)
Porangui, Liquid Bloom - Feathered Serpent (Savej Remix)
Big Wild - When I Get There
LEMURIAN, JANAX PACHA - Sirio
Satori, Sabo, Matanza - Marimbora (Satori Re: Imagined Mix)
VOLO - Mystic
Arkanna - Mederi (Kaya Project Remix)
Skysia - Return

- 2nd Wave -
Peace Sine x Illusion Weaver x Soulstice - Snowflower 
Skysia - Reverie
Katuchat - Watercolor
Desert Dwellers, Paul Stamets - One Giant Consciousness
Jakare - GloBall
Liquid Bloom - Roots of the Earth (Hedflux Remix)
VFM Style - Sahar
TWO LANES - Closer
BOSA - Wayha
Raffa FI - Ritmo (HUGEL Edit)
Nero - Satisfy
Axel Thesleff - Eco (CloZee Remix)
Toy Box - Outside
RY X - YaYaYa
Ramin Diawadi - Heart-Shaped Box (Orchestral)
Hiatus - Vapour Trail
Portrait of Nature - Organic Peace

Tree Of Life ✧ Ecstatic Dance ✧ SunDance ✧ April 2023

“Love Serve Remember: Reimagined,” is a unique collection of new Ram Dass songs and musical renderings. Out today, these tracks collectively celebrate the 50th anniversary of an expansive collection of Ram Dass radio conversations, readings, and music that first took form as the six-LP box set, Love Serve Remember, in 1973.

Liquid Bloom’s “Opening Reimagined” features Moondrop alongside Evan Fraser, and the other tracks were woven by the The Human Experience and John Pattern. 

This album is also available as a vinyl for those of you who want to add this special gem to your collection.

Ram Dass & Liquid Bloom - An Opening Reimagined (ft Moondrop)

A live collaboration between myself and @Sarah Conner taken from a Boulder Ecstatic Dance Closing Sound Healing. Now that was one of those jams that just blows you away!

Sarah Conner Sound Healing Collaboration at Boulder Ecstatic Dance

The Calling - A calling to humanity; a calling to the Beloved (within & without); a calling for return to balance & unity upon the Earth; a calling for union between the masculine & feminine (within & without)...a tapestry of yearning & emotive music to soothe, inspire & ignite you on your journey.

Much respect to all artists whose music I weave & showcase for the world, in service.

Image by Collin Elder - https://www.facebook.com/collinelderfineart

Track listing:

Nature Is Speaking - Julia Roberts
A World Without - Phaeleh
Deep - Marian Hill
Body Close - Synkro x Lyves
Part of Life - Nanobyte feat Mary Lambert
Common Ground - Tokyo Prose feat Synkro
Existence - Pensees
Alignment - Phaeleh
Hollowly - Pensees x Quok
She - Pensees
Same Kind - Congi & Occult feat Segilola
Gooa Tungl - Samaris
Honour - Nanobyte
No Advice (Airport Version) - Chet Faker
Lost - Blackbird & 4lienetic
Sleeping Through the Day (Walton Hoax Remix) - Stumbleine
Thread That Binds - Auditory Canvas
Kusanagi - ODESZA
Lost Here - Synkro & Manos
You Echo (Asa Remix) - Nate Connelly
BALKANSKY featuring Theodosil Spassov & Haig Yazdjian - KUKER MUSIC
Lost Time (Occult's Afterdark Remix) - Nanobyte
In My Arms - Synkro & Manos
Pieces Of - Congi
Wonderful World - Hatti Vatti & Cian Finn
Lament - Phaeleh
Dawn - Pensees
The Afterlife - Vacant x Coma
Becoming the Seed (Ft Eve Ladyapples) - Bluetech

The Calling - Chill Mix 2015

Sensual and playful set designed to get your sexy on.

Unfortunately, due to some technical difficulties, not included are the live thumping octopad beats by Sahuna Love (Craig Kohland)and the heart breaking, knee weakening guitar melodies by Rara (Alex King Harris). 

These are the juicy sensual tracks that took us all on our epic shamanic journey into Bliss.

Shamanic Sexy Sensual Journey

Shamans Dream Set from Lucidity Festival 2016 themed: 

"Shamans Dream of Liberation" 

The story follows a woman entering the dream world, learning important lessons, waking and enjoying her liberation as an empowered human being. Each dance that was performed is a lesson or vision of the dreamscape. 

Song 1) A woman, Jaguar Moon, enters the dream world, seeking guidance, her dream is a ceremony and she embodies her mythological powers in her dream as the feathered serpent. She honors the directions and asks for assistance from all spirits and beings that wish her well. The dance calls in the air element. 

Song 2) The lesson of following intuition and inner voice, encouraging the throat chakra to open, inviting in power, the power to speak with wisdom and compassion, with love and devotion. A calm in the knowing. 

Song 3)  The ability to see past illusion, cut through the lies embodying the earth element, lesson of being grounded and at peace.

Song4) Uniting heaven and earth, above and within, past, present, and future as one, loss of separation, allowing full presence in the now.

Song 5) The Guardian of the Universe that carries our prayers and offerings to heaven. Opening the door (Lifting the veil).

Song 6)  Going into the trance of the fire element, experiencing fire as the catalyst for creation and beauty. 

Song 7) Meeting a personal guide who carries jaguar medicine, assisting through the portal of transformation.

Song 8) Reaching the divine garden, arriving home, becoming one with the divine, seeing the divine within yourself

Song 9) Closing the dreamscape as the feathered serpent. Expressing gratitude and the prayer for liberation of all beings. 

Song 10) Having woke up from the dream, mythology a memory, dancing in gratitude and reverence to the liberation from all that no longer served, expressing beauty and joy in the opportunity to be a human being. 

Thank you to my amazing wife, Erina Love for envisioning and creating this musical medicine Journey with me. 

Thank you to all the awesome dance performances by Serpent Sanctum, Faeryn Rose, Aya Iwasaki & Chloe Bee.

Thank you to Sita Devi, Shylah Ray and Mikey Pauker for your beautiful vocals and Brion Shearer amazing Guitar.

Unfortunately the recording from the front of house mixing board did not come out, so your not hearing all the amazing parts that were added live on top of these tracks, by the above mentioned people, but i still wanted everyone to hear the set. 

Youtube clip: https://youtu.be/6OdjybCiSxE


Lucidity Main Stage Set 2016 - "The Shamans Dream of Liberation"

Amani's solo Liquid Bloom DJ set recorded at Danyasa Yoga retreat center(2018)

01 - Desert Dwellers - In the Beginning 
02 - Liquid Bloom - Ceremony of the Heart 
03 - Liquid Bloom - Sacred Blessing (Mose Remix)
04 - Liquid Bloom - Ecstatic Grounding (AtYyA Remix)
05 - Numatik feat Liquid Bloom - Ensename (AtYyA Remix)
06 - Liquid Bloom - Resonant Migration feat Deya Dova (AtYyA Remix)
07 - Liquid Bloom - Jaguar Dreaming (Mose Remix)
08 - Liquid Bloom - Jaguar Dreaming (AtYyA Remix)
09 - Liquid Bloom - Fire Gathering (Numatik Remix)
10 - Liquid Bloom - Fire Gathering (AtYyA Remix)
11 - Liquid Bloom - Roots of the Earth (Hedflux Remix)
12 - Liquid Bloom - Emerging Heart (Nanosphere Remix) 
13 - Liquid Bloom - Emerging Heart (AtYyA Remix)
14 - LulaCruza - Uno Resuena (Desert Dwellers Remix) 
15 - Nicola Cruz - Jocotoco Antpitta
16 - Matanza - Existencia (Nicola Cruz Remix)
17 - Grupo Socavón - Homenaje a Justino (Thornato Remix)
18 - AtYyA - Pura
19 - AtYyA - Illuminate (Liquid Bloom Remix feat Porangui)
20 - Porangui - Ayahuasca (Liquid Bloom Remix)
21 - Liquid Bloom - Ecstatic Grounding (Mose Remix)
22 - Liquid Bloom - Sacred Blessing (Kaminanda Remix
23 - Liquid Bloom - Ceremony of the Heart (Dopple Remix)
24 - Liquid Bloom - Roots of the Earth (AtYyA Remix)
 25 - Liquid Bloom & Numatik - Drifting at Sea
 26 - Liquid Bloom - Whispers of our Ancestors
 27 - Liquid Bloom - Cosmic Soul Lotus
 28 - Desert Dwellers - In the Beginning 
 29 - Liquid Bloom - Bless the Waters (Ambient Mix)
 30 - Desert Dwellers - Stratosphere
 31 - Liquid Bloom - live nature mash up

BANDCAMP

Liquid Bloom Dj Set @ Ecstatic Dance Costa Rica

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