VARIANT FIELD

adesertfriend — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:53:50 GMT

Variant Field is a collaboration between Amani Friend & Alex DeYoung. These two native Santa Fe artists have a combined total of more than 35 years of electronic music production. While bringing very different influences into this collaboration with them, their music still manages to emerge from a common ground of similarity. Their groundbreaking productions are sure to blow you mind and help shape the emerging genres of the future ...... Deep-Step, Artificial Intelligent and Future Dub. >>> www.VariantField.com <<<

NEW DESERT DWELLERS RELEASES:

adesertfriend — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:44:14 GMT

check out www.desertdwellers.org for links DownTemple Dub: Roots White Swan Records (04/09) Set 9: Desert Selections - Iboga Compiled by Treavor Moontribe CHIME - Compilation Ball of Waxx THE DESCENT Desert Trax I DON'T KNOW MAN Desert Trax A LITTLE SPICE Omnis Recordings STRATOSPHERE Desert Trax RAGA SAGA Desert Trax

The Sacrament

adesertfriend — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:37:21 GMT

One of the most tribal, hypnotic and psychedelic dance tracks by Desert Dwellers ever "The Sacrament" is now available at www.beatport.com. This track is filled with awesome FX, tribal grooves and a story line spoken word vocal about the Native American Sacrament Peyote. When this track is played, the dance floor erupts every time. Don't miss this one!

Changes to Desert Dwellers website

adesertfriend — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:40:33 GMT

now with a nifty music player widget, desktops, ringtones, videos, photos, and an organized music catalog with direct links to beatport, iTunes, record labels, and all our collaborative partners. Check it out at www.DesertDwellers.org thanks for listening :) peace. // A \\ Desert Friend

Review of DownTemple Dub Waves & Flames by Desert Dwellers

adesertfriend — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:26:50 GMT

With the social and economic explosion that yoga has caused in America, it is rather surprising that an industry that has become as much lifestyle as practice - with a virtual flooding of yogic clothing, nutrition, DVDs and supplies - has not properly tapped into the music market. This is not to say there have not been attempts, but outside of someone like Krishna Das, who is performing a minor, and appreciated, tweaking of an old art form (kirtan), little is evolving the scene. For many years, as a yoga instructor and music journalist, I've searched for complete albums that accomplish this task. I'll find a song here, a couple there, music that works on many levels: in the headphones, in the midst of a Vinyasa yoga class, and just for general chilling. I knew the possibility existed, but every time I came across something promising there was always some element carrying it into the unforgivable terrain of "New Age." While men like Krishna Das and Benjy Wertheimer have been making consistently amazing acoustic music, I wanted something with bass, endowed with a bottom end that would lay foundations for what an electronic yoga would entail. Then I received these two discs. The single most important aspect of these discs, the very reason they're successful (and in reality the underlying brilliance of the yoga system), is their ability to play between light and shadow. On a sonic level, that's maintaining a serious low-end and groove while tastefully incorporating elements such as flutes, synths and vocals. And many of the vocals they've chosen are not new - they're available on mass-produced sampler discs, already tinkered with by producers such as Bob Holroyd and Ott. That does not detract from the integrity of the music, for like anything in life, it's how it's used. So when the deep, gravelly tones of "Om Namo Bhagavate" reminds one, in tone, of Cheb I Sabbah's "Radha Vindalu" - a darker, deeper electronica - you're pulled into a devotional music that does not rely on the notion of goodness alone, for it is well known that to introduce goodness, evil tags along. It is balance that is yoga, and is their music. And there are just simple moments of heartbreaking clarity. "Misty Mountain" is a gorgeous song, regardless of exterior affiliation. "Temple Dragon" has a nostalgic edge, a soundtrackish quality that blends in shades of reggae. (As does, obviously, though at a slower BPM, "Yoga Dub Mystic.") And this trio of artists (Rara Avis, Treavor Moontribe and Amani) even craft a midtempo dancefloor cut amidst the slower-paced, reflective songs, with "Tala Odyssey." Whether warming up for a dance, or sedated by a Savasana-ready "Lotus Heart," you're in dexterous, well-crafted hands. Through the development of our numerous senses, a certain dexterity is accomplished. Some train their mind and muscles for specific tasks, such as meditation, or chanting, or the study of scripture. There is no one "proper" path in the yogic system. Yet to develop flexibility is to become in control of innumerable possibilities. Desert Dwellers has tapped into the technological twilight of modern times and melded it beautifully with the knowledge and rhythms of an ancestral Indian way of being. With the massive social exploration of this art form and philosophical undertaking occurring within the borders of a growing, borderless world, to hear an evolutionary take on an old music is refreshing, and to be enjoyed over and again. - Review by Derek (Ethno Techno . Com)

New Releases & Projects

VARIANT FIELD

NEW DESERT DWELLERS RELEASES:

The Sacrament

Changes to Desert Dwellers website

Review of DownTemple Dub Waves & Flames by Desert Dwellers