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DownTemple Dub: REMIXED
Black Swan Records
On DownTemple Dub: Remixed, world-class sound alchemists filter Desert Dwellers’ classic psy-chilled grooves through a kaleidoscope of midtempo breaks and ornately-textured ambience. Yoga dub meets ethno-electronic bass music on this genre-bending journey through realms of sonic bliss and dancefloor ecstasy.
Bringing the bass music vibe to the yoga space – and the yoga vibe to the bass music space – Desert Dwellers’ global sounds are the bridge between two ideas. Joining solid groove with sounds of serenity, their signature yoga dub aesthetic feels as natural after hours as it does on the yoga mat. Due in no small part to Desert Dwellers’ pioneering spirit, the very concept of yoga music has expanded dramatically.
Some of the most forward thinking producers in the ethno-electronic scene embrace the Desert Dwellers concept on DownTemple Dub: Remixed, a reimagining of Desert Dwellers’ tranquility bass and groove-infused South Asian psy-chill fusion.
International excursions from pacesetting deep bass alchemists (Kalya Scintilla, Love & Light, Kaminanda, and Drumspyder among them), and contributions from rising names in the burgeoning yogabeat scene (Duke Mushroom, EarthRise SoundSystem, Eccodek), the album is more than just deep bass, cool soundscapes and exotic voices. It is the expression of music’s ritual and scientific power. It is the pursuit of the transformative, communal experience that bass music and yoga share.
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Spaces Between ep
Desert Dwellers co-founders Amani Friend and Treavor Moontribe have been in the studio again along with fellow collaborator Sattva Ananda, journeying into uncharted terrains and discovering new ways of expressing sonic bliss by uncovering the Spaces Between EP.
The three unreleased Desert Dwellers tracks on this EP all explore new sonic dimensions in the realms of bass music and spacious dubstep. This EP is a continuation of our recent single Spinning out of Nothingness.
As a special gift, We are offering this 3-song EP as a FREE DOWNLOAD
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Spinning out of Nothingness ep
feat Eastern Sun vs Dela remix
We are happy to announce the newest EP from Desert Dwellers with a wicked remix by Moontribe's own Eastern Sun & Dela!!! Written by Amani, Treavor, and Sattva Ananda, this EP explores a new sonic direction for Desert Dwellers, as we explore the worlds of Dubstep and Bass Music. This is just a taste of what's to come in the new year
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Muladhara Yoga Dub
Muladhara is the latest yoga downtempo offering from Desert Dwellers. Produced by Amani Friend and Rara Avis, this album if filled with chilled out, East Indian, ethnic, and dub inspired grooves. It is a musical offering that truly keeps to the Desert Dwellers credo: sensual downtempo soundscapes that successfully span genres, time periods, and cultures to create a broad, rich tapestry of tasefull grooves. These tracks are produced in a way to perfectly accompany an upbeat Vinyasa yoga class, but can just as eaily be used in a diverse range of wellness practices and other soulfull experiences.
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DownTemple Dub: Lost Grooves
White Swan Records
DownTemple Dub: Lost Grooves is a collection of alternate versions of well known yoga dub tracks that were produced prior to and during the making of Desert Dwellers first three DownTemple Dub albums on White Swan Records. The majority of these “lost” mixes were created for yoga instructor Hemalayaa Behl for her instructional DVD Dance of the Kama Sutra. These threads of sound have been woven into new sonic tapestries that are more spacious, open, dubby, and organic; a perfect compliment for yoga classes, massage therapy, relaxation, meditation, and tantric experiences.
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DownTemple Dub: Lost Mixes
White Swan Records
DownTemple Dub: Lost Mixes is a collection of alternate versions of well known yoga dub tracks that were produced prior to and during the making of Desert Dwellers first three DownTemple Dub albums on White Swan Records. The majority of these “lost” mixes were created for yoga instructor Hemalayaa Behl for her instructional DVD Dance of the Kama Sutra. These threads of sound have been woven into new sonic tapestries that are more spacious, open, dubby, and organic; a perfect compliment for yoga classes, massage therapy, relaxation, meditation, and tantric experiences.
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DD Remixed Part 3 ep
Desert Trax
Featuring remixes by David Starfire, Sattva Ananda, & Amani.
The Desert Dwellers' most acclaimed work is by far the Downtemple Dub series on White Swan Records. After completion of the three albums it was clear that these albums were prime material for remixing. Here we are now with the 3rd part in the endless remix project that is the continuation of Downtemple Dub. With this package of remixes we lean toward the West Coast “bass music” breaks & dubstep.
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DD Remixed Part 2 ep
Desert Trax
Presenting a second set of remixes to follow up the Yoga Beat/Dub Fusion albums on White Swan Records, the DownTemple Dub series. For these two remixes our good friend Drumspyder adds his production and percussion skills to two traditional Middle Eastern tracks from ROOTS (Taking Flight & Trail of Nomads), resulting in a seamless collaboration perfect for both the bellydance and ecstatic dance scenes.
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DD Remixed Part 1 ep
Desert Trax
As a follow up project to the Yoga Beat/Dub Fusion albums on White Swan Records, the DownTemple Dub series, we have brought in some of dance music’s top artists to remix various tracks from these 3 albums. These will be released as EP's on Desert Dwellers self owned label "Desert Trax". The first of these EP's features remixes by Alex Kenji (Hotfingers, Starter Records) and Saeed Younan (Younan Music). Both artists are recognized as top producers in Tech House and House Music with countless chart topping releases.
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DownTemple Dub: Roots
White Swan Records
Tracing the routes of the ancient Silk Road, Desert Dwellers lead an electro-mystic exploration of nomadic music—and the timeless concept of groove. A caravan of sound drawing from East Asia to the Mediterranean moves through a sensual psy-chill soundscape, bridging the millennia and connecting cultural past to musical future.
Amani Friend and Rara Avis again join forces with Craig Kohland (founder of Shaman’s Dream), Treavor Moontribe and a diverse cast of talented musicians from the deserts of Santa Fe for the third installment in the DownTemple Dub series: ROOTS.
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DownTemple Dub: Flames
White Swan Records
Desert Dwellers continue their yoga dub odyssey into the soul of the global heartbeat. Rara and Amani's trademark deep bass, earthy percussion, etheric voices and culture-crossing instrumentation meet Treavor Moontribe’s insistent rhythms in this invigorating psy-chill soundscape.
Like sonic incense, this spellbinding hybrid of studio and field recordings burns with a boldly modern sound reverberating with echoes of our tribal past -- and future.
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DownTemple Dub: Waves
White Swan Records
On their first full album release, Desert Dwellers meld elements of downtempo and psy-chill with sinewy basslines, otherworldly guitar and an exotic mix of organic instruments into an Indo-ambient mystical fusion. Created and composed by Amani Friend and Rara Avis, and produced by Craig Kohland, founder of the Shaman’s Dream Ensemble, DOWNTEMPLE DUB: WAVES pulses with lush rhythms and serene harmonies, guiding a sonic odyssey into the soul of the global heartbeat.
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Desert Dwellers has its roots in the Southern California dance collective known as Moontribe, famous in the electronic underground for organizing tribal dance rituals at magical locations deep within the vast desert expanses of both Southern California and New Mexico. Initially a collaboration in the late 1990's between electronic music pioneers Amani Friend & Treavor Moontribe (aka Amani vs Teapot), Desert Dwellers grew to incorporate Six Degrees recording artist Rara Avis in 2005.
Skillfully blending deep bass, earthy percussion, etheric voices and culture-crossing instrumentation into a sonic incense for mind and body, Desert Dwellers offers a spellbinding hybrid with echoes of our tribal past and future. Using the internet as a collaborative space in which concept albums are created, these sound alchemists use cutting edge techniques that blend the modern edge of electronica with the ancient sounds of cultures past. The result has been the prolific production of genre blending dance tracks and downtempo grooves that make for truly memorable listening experiences.
The trio has also collaborated heavily over the years with an amazingly talented array of artists. Craig Kohland (Shaman's Dream) has been supporting the band for years as a producer and guest percussionist. Sarah West, Meagan Chandler and Yamuna Wali are often featured vocalists on their albums, and they have at times been joined in the studio by Sattva Ananda, Michael Kott, Ricardin, and many other talented artists.
They have remixed artists such as Donna DeLory, Deep Forest, Girish, David Starfire, Deya Dova, Deva Premal, Jai Uttal, and many underground electronic artists. They have released their work on their own digital labels Desert Trax & YogiTunes as well as on such labels as White Swan, Omnis, Iboga, System, Flow, Six Degrees, and Native State.
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Amani Friend, Rara Avis, Treavor Moontribe & Craig Kohland have been making music in various combinations under the name Desert Dwellers for some time now. Whether the tracks are trancey dance floor killers or beautiful ambient pieces, you can be sure that anything released under the Desert Dwellers name is going to be well worth checking out. These talented producers (together and separately) all have a wonderful feel for combining world music, electronics and a heightened sense of "ambience" that is always lush and beautiful without succumbing to the pitfalls of much of the overly, pretty and uninteresting stuff that falls under the banner of "Yoga Grooves" or "New Age". It's often a fine balance between atmospheric world electronica and mushy wallpaper music and these guys always hit that elusive "sweet spot" that makes it work for me.
The collective's newest release, DownTemple Dub: Roots could be their best yet. Drawing from influences from East Asia to the Mediterranean, this hypnotic music actually earns the label's description of "sensual psy-chill soundscapes".
-- Bob Duskis
Founder Six Degrees Records
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