If you are in South-East Asia in May, check out the Awaredance festival 2012 at Mount Batur, Bali. The festival focuses on trance, chill-out, awareness and healing, and runs over five full days, from 25th to 29th of May.
Last summer I was a DJ in the chill-out section, and hung out for the day after.
Last summer I was a DJ in the chill-out section, and hung out for the day after.
Here's me DJ'ing on Saturday night:
Seeing the sun rise over Mount Agung and Lake Batur is breathtaking:
The beautiful soundtrack to the amazing sunrise was chilled beats from Osman:
The most intense experience for me was attending Biodanza with Diane and six other beautiful people. We hugged intensively with every member of the group, looked into each other's eyes for a long time, and other "hippie stuff". :) The group:
And here's me with the founder of the festival, Baba. Sorry guy on the left, I forgot your name:
Also check out this photo set by www.jberg.com with more shots, plus the pages of Baba and Osman, who organized the whole thing.
I DJ'ed on on Saturday night, and it was reeeally nice to play some classic tracks for an appreciating audience who were dancing and chilling.
You can listen to a four-hour recording of the mix here on Mixcloud:
And here is the playlist (with links to the artists):
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Kirsty Hawkshaw & Ulrich Schnauss - Meteors
Underworld - Capa's Last Transmission Home
FFWD - Lucky Saddle
Curve - Rising (Headspace Mix By The Future Sound Of London)
Boards Of Canada - Happy Cycling
Nebular Spool - A Plankton Affair
Aphex Twin - Ageispolis
William Orbit - Optical Illusions (Billy Buttons Mix)
The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (The Lovers)
Daft Punk - Veridis Quo
The Orb - Toxygene (Fila Brazillia Mix)
Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl (Smooth Mix)
Tranquility Bass - La La La (The Skull Valley High Desert Funk Mix)
Tranquility Bass - La La La (The Skull Valley High Desert Funk Mix)
Unforscene - Z
Spooky - Strange Addiction (Dub Addiction)
The Irresistible Force - Nepalese Bliss (Jimpster Remix)
Kate Bush - Nocturn
Fortunato & Montresor - Imagine (Imagination 2)
Biosphere - Novelty Waves (Arctic Mix)
A Positive Life - Pleidean Communication
Nav Katze - Crazy Dream (Retro 313 Future Memory Mix By Reload)
Nav Katze - Crazy Dream (Retro 313 Future Memory Mix By Reload)
Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train (From "Risky Business" OST)
Front 242 - Happiness (Dub Mix By Underworld)
Röyksopp - Happy Up Here (Datassette Remix)
Rama 1 - C'est La Vie
Vangelis - Let It Happen (Feat. Robert Fitoussi & Warren Shapovitch)
Torch Song - Field Of View
Air Liquide - If There Was No Gravity
Lindstrøm - Grand Ideas (Johan Agebjörn Remix)
Barbarella - My Name Is Barbarella (1995 Be Zet Mix By Stevie B-Zet)
Barbarella - My Name Is Barbarella (1995 Be Zet Mix By Stevie B-Zet)
Sven Väth - Ritual Of Life (Tribal Acid Mix By Ralf Hildenbeutel)
Schumann - Träumerei (Played By Donald Betts)