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Ecstatic Dance – Border Crossings March 2023

In the curation of a setlist for an ecstatic dance, I always let myself be guided by the latest inspiring finds. They’re the corner stones around which I gather my collection to make an interesting and exhilarating journey.
The past few weeks one was the new Dune film and the mesmerising score by Hans Zimmer, the exquisite Arabic-French World-Fusion of Bachar Mar-Khalifé, the French weird-pop tech-house of Jacques, Aleksi Perälä’s spaced out deep psychedelia, Photay’s jazzy funk, Dauwd’s warm heart-throb techno, Nadia Struiwigh’s ambient idm and Reda Darwish’s devilishly percussive whirly dervish.
I played variations of this set in Dansunie Deventer, Ecstatic Dance North Groningen and finally at home base Odessa Amsterdam, where this set was recorded. It garnered so much praise there I should upload it here to Soundcloud.
Enjoy!

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Ecstatic Dance – Groningen Christmas 2023

After a wonderful december playing around the Netherlands and Austria, it was time to upload one of my favourite sets of the past month. This one was played in Groningen!
From some modern classical ambient and jazz interpretation of classic trip hop tracks, to deep mesmerising techno and funky jazzy bass tracks, moving between the Apalachian mountains, Japan, Bollywood, Warsaw and acid laced Arabian deserts.
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Ecstatic Dance Rotterdam: 15 Oktober 2022

On the 15th of Oktober Ecstatic Dance Rotterdam invited me to play for them and make their bums fall off dancing, which ended up happening: music like the autumnal winds swept them from their branches bobbing on the waves. Now for you all to enjoy too! 
This mix contains a wild eclectic ecstatic dance journey with music from Réunion, Japan, India, Egypt, Estonia, Brasil, UK, US, Spain and France, combining styles like Bhangra, Bass, Dub, Dubstep, Drum&Bass, Grime, Juke, Techno, Disco, Hip-Hop, Neo-folk, Jazz, Classical, Breakbeat, Flamenco, Ambient, Tribal.
Rotterdam loved it so much, they wanted to have me back. I will be returning the 31st of december: launching the past year in the air together with all their hearts and feet.