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DownTemple Dub Remixed {TEASER}
by Desert Dwellers

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.

Album produced and sequenced by Amani
Artwork & design by Michael Divine

RELEASED ON APRIL 3rd 2012 on WHITE SWAN

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Amani of Desert Dwellers tastefully weaves soundscapes that immerse the listener in a journey to inner spaces and otherworldly sonic dimensions. He is a pioneering electronic music producer in the realms of electronic, dub and world fusion, having spent the past 24 years exploring where these dynamic styles of music co-exist. As the primary creative force behind the Desert Dwellers music catalog, Amani has produced six albums for White Swan Records in a series called DownTemple Dub. His latest offering in 2012 is called DownTemple Dub: Remixed, drawing on an amazing network of cutting edge ethnic-dub music producers to re-imagine the earlier Desert Dwellers chill yoga tracks into a kaleidoscope of midtempo breaks and ornately textured ambience.

Aside from Desert Dwellers, Amani has also co-founded the YogiTunes digital music store, where he is currently head of A&R and music acquisition; he has produced several full length Desert Dwellers albums on the YogiTunes music label; he has co-founded an electronic music label with music partner Treavor Moontribe called Desert Trax, featuring two more Desert Dwellers remix albums in 2012 called Recalibrated vol 1 & 2; he has remixed artists such as Karsh Kale, David Starfire, Kalya Scintilla, EarthRise SoundSystem, Adham Shaikh, Deva Premal, Jai Uttal, Donna DeLory, Girish, and Deep Forest, and his music can be heard on countless yoga DVDs by teachers such as Shiva Rea, Hemalayaa, and Duncan Wong; in addition to Desert Dwellers, Amani is involved in many other unique music collaborations such as Shaman’s Dream, Liquid Bloom, Variant Field, and Chase the Lazer; he is also known as a visionary artist, graphic designer, and produces the majority of his album covers.